tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post8780268747611150504..comments2023-06-07T05:59:38.888-07:00Comments on Wayfarin' Stranger: Y-12Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-19961051541759777402012-06-18T13:40:40.417-07:002012-06-18T13:40:40.417-07:00If they'd hired me to watch the dials the whol...If they'd hired me to watch the dials the whole history of the world would have been very different and there'd have been a huge crater in east Tennessee.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-19886725050200640212012-06-18T12:37:57.544-07:002012-06-18T12:37:57.544-07:00No, I can't. I'd get fired for inattention...No, I can't. I'd get fired for inattention in the first hour. But it was war time, and WWII was very different from any of the wars our generation has known. Then, the whole country went to war, even those who stayed home. As for guessing what they were doing, I doubt it. It would probably take more education than most of those young women had to even suspect what was going on. Atomic energy was not a widely known topic at the time. Talking to older people who were there, some of the technical folks will admit they had their suspicions, but it's hard to say if that's not actually 20-20 hindsight. I tend to think the older we get the better we were!Wayfarin' Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806995797136803377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-66338111978330228182012-06-18T10:30:45.735-07:002012-06-18T10:30:45.735-07:00Can you imagine sitting in front of those dials al...Can you imagine sitting in front of those dials all day long? Ugh. People didn't complain so much in those days though. A job was a job. What would make me crazy though is not knowing what all those dials were for. Don't you think they must have had some suspicion?Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.com