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Originally Posted by John_W
In 1962 in St. Petersburg when I was 12 one of my friend's father built a bomb shelter in his back yard. He worked for Florida Power and got hold of some discarded 2" thick steel shafts that were 4'x4'. He dug down quite a few feet and hooked together about 6 sections and poured cement all around and covered with dirt on top.
Essentially it became it became our playhouse, hideout, whatever. My favorite memory was once we let some other kids go down and check it out and we dropped a cherry bomb down the air shaft.
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Cute story, John. That was back when kids were actually still allowed to have fun! Today you'd probably be surrounded by a SWAT team!