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BigBlueFan1963

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I lived my first 14 years in the stix of Anderson County before we moved to that metropolis of Waddy.

I know much more now then I did then.

I think I first became aware of nuclear bombs in the 7th grade in Science class. I had a teacher named Norman McCray. He was always telling jokes and being funny. I don't think he is with us anymore God rest his soul.

Anyway he showed us a few films about Nuclear bombs. One I distinctly remember was like a slideshow (like a video with all still frames) with talking. These people were in Washington D.C. and they were discussing these things and at the end the civil defense sirens were going off.

What was Anderson County Junior High at the time was on Main Street in Lawrenceburg where I think the building still stands. Mind you this was in the days where there was no AC and the windows were open in warm weather.

So there was a fire engine siren from an old fire truck they had and I guess it was coming right down Main Street. It sounded like a hand crank siren with a slow whhhhwaaaaaaaaaaaaahh low tone.

I felt an immediate rush of anxiety and fear as all of this talk of nuclear bombs rushed through my tortured mind.

I blurted out in class loudy "What's That!?"

Mr. MrCray in a slow deliberate voice said "it's a fire engine" and kind of rolled his eyes much like Seinfeld might saying something to Costanza.

I was not embarrassed but relieved.

It does not bother me much now even though we are all a moment away from obliteration.
 
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funKYcat75

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Had the same fear. I was convinced that everything that flew through the sky (think planes at 30k feet and up) that I could not immediately identify as a plane was an ICBM. Lots of things wrong with that scenario, of course. 1) I couldn't see for **** 2) We were just messing with Libya at the time, so I'm pretty sure they didn't quite have that capability. I was convinced we were at the precipice of all out nuclear war at all times.
 
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starchief

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Sheesh, you guys were safe.

 
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YourPublicEnemy

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Chucky. I was a little bit younger than the main character in Child's Play when it came out. That was around the time of "My Buddy." Anyways, that movie was terrifying to me before the sequels ended up being comedies.

But that was the scariest thing to me probably because the doll was about the same size as me and he could hide anywhere. As an adult, I'd just kick the shat out of that thing. [laughing]
 
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Brown recluse spiders. My uncle was bit by one when it crawled up his pants leg and bit him. He was in the hospital with complications for a week. Around this time Arachnophobia came out at the theater and it only accelerated my fears.

 
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rmattox

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dracula, the mummy and other dead people. You can't kill a dead person.
 
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allabouttheUK

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Spiders, it's always been spiders. Night time severe storms, don't like it when I can't see what's coming.

Had this reaccuring dream as a kid that I was running down a railroad track as this giant pumpkin rolled after me. The faster I tried to run the slower I seemed to go. Stupid *** dream but it always woke me up.
 
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UKGrad93

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My dad used to have nightmares where he would start screaming/ talking weird stuff. That scared the **** out of me as a little kid. Now that have to hose nightmares and scare my kid.

I also worried about Dracula hiding in a dark closet somewhere.
 
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jwheat

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I always thought something was gonna crawl up my *** while I was taking a ****
 
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UKGrad93

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That pic that KYborn posted reminded me of another childhood fear: storm drains. I was always worried that if there was a flood that I would get sucked down one of those things. I remember being at school with my mom late one afternoon (PTO meeting). It rained and the street flooded. We had to wade in water that was over my knees to get to the car.

Another fear was deep water. When I was 8 or 9, my dad got a boat and I loved riding in it. We stopped to swim (I wasn't a good swimmer then). I had on a life jacket, but had the idea that it would hold the upper half of my body up out of the water. Of course, that's not how it works. I climbed in & thought I was going to keep sinking.
 
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I was bitten by a Doberman Pinscher when I was seven or eight. This was way before leash laws. I was playing in the front yard running around and the neighbors dog came up a bit me on the side of my waist. The dog was just playing too but it caused me to bleed and I still have a scar today.
 
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GonzoCat90

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Elementary school spends so much time teaching you what to do if your house is on fire, or you catch on fire, that I fully expected it to be a requirement to graduate someday.

Up until like fourth grade, I was just waiting on the night that the house went up in flames and I had to drop below the smoke, feel the door to see if it was hot, or rely on my Child Finder window sticker to save me.
 
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allabouttheUK

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maverick1 said:
Damn, have all y'all pussies forgotten where your posting? THIS. IS. THE. PADDOCK. -- you're not supposed to be scared of anything.

As for me, I've never been afraid of anything. I am the one who knocks.
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I heard from a guy who's cousins sisters bil knew a guy, that said you were scared of breaking balls and off speed pitches.
 
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Kaizer Sosay

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allabouttheUK said:
I heard from a guy who's cousins sisters bil knew a guy, that said you were scared of breaking balls and off speed pitches.
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Mav isn't scared of of that stuff. But his bats, they are sick. It is true that mav cannot hit curveball. Straightball he hit it very much. Curveball, his bats are very afraid. He ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats.
 
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UKserialkiller

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GonzoCat90 said:
Elementary school spends so much time teaching you what to do if your house is on fire, or you catch on fire, that I fully expected it to be a requirement to graduate someday.

Up until like fourth grade, I was just waiting on the night that the house went up in flames and I had to drop below the smoke, feel the door to see if it was hot, or rely on my Child Finder window sticker to save me.
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You ever have that fear that you'll get accused of rape from a student?
 
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