Maddest thing I've seen in a while, though it's from the Wail.

[northernladuk]

Why didn't any of them go on to develop any super powers. These DC comics were actually a pile of horsetulip then!

Yeah, super power of being able to shag as many birds as they want and not get one of the pregnant!

[socialworker]

Not sure when National Service ended but I knew someone who did it and said his lot were either sent to do nuclear testing or getting rid of old ammunition. He did the latter and ended up very deaf, but still thought he had the better end of it. I dont remember whether he actually had a choice or whether they were just assigned. National Service wasnt voluntary, of course.

[VectraMan]

Why didn't any of them go on to develop any super powers. These DC comics were actually a pile of horsetulip then!

Don't you have to be bitten by something radioactive to gain superpowers, rather than being radioactive yourself?

[bobspud]

Alcohol improved your driving as well.

It relaxed you, apparently.

Still does

[BoredBloke]

Why didn't any of them go on to develop any super powers. These DC comics were actually a pile of horsetulip then!

[northernladuk]

Dark humor: The volunteers marked the spot from which they will be viewing the atomic explosion with the tongue-in-cheek sign which read: 'Ground Zero: population five'

.... and won't be growing an more than that where ever they moved to...

[OwlHoot]

Nuclear bombs REALLY are safe: Astonishing video from 1957 shows Air Force volunteers exposing themselves to RADIATION during atomic test | Mail Online

Stone me.

10,000 feet from a 2kt detonation.

Wonder what the gamma dose from that was.

Hardly any I'd guess, because the smaller the yield the more energy goes into blast compared with radiation

[NickFitz]

Alcohol improved your driving as well.

It relaxed you, apparently.

It was a lot safer to be drunk when you crashed your car and weren't wearing a seatbelt, as your relaxed state meant you landed without coming to any harm after being thrown twenty feet through the air. Once you'd got past the windscreen, it was plain sailing.

[Platypus]

Nuclear bombs REALLY are safe: Astonishing video from 1957 shows Air Force volunteers exposing themselves to RADIATION during atomic test

Very safe ... GF Platypus is sure that her father went to an early grave (very early) due to his exposure to radiation

[Doggy Styles]

In those days smoking was thought good for you. Homosexuality was illegal. Child abuse was believed impossible. Those in positions of trust could do no wrong.

Alcohol improved your driving as well.

It relaxed you, apparently.

[EternalOptimist]

They may well have been. Though the cameraman wasn't.

In those days smoking was thought good for you. Homosexuality was illegal. Child abuse was believed impossible. Those in positions of trust could do no wrong.

damn. I miss the good old days

[BrilloPad]

I love the idea of military "volunteers". Some how I doubt (in fact I know) that wasn't the case.

They may well have been. Though the cameraman wasn't.

In those days smoking was thought good for you. Homosexuality was illegal. Child abuse was believed impossible. Those in positions of trust could do no wrong.

Times have changed. Praise The Lord.

[eek]

I love the idea of military "volunteers". Some how I doubt (in fact I know) that wasn't the case.

[BrilloPad]

"It is not clear if any or all of the men later developed health problems as a result of their exposure to the blast."

I bet they are all fine now.

[zeitghost]

Nuclear bombs REALLY are safe: Astonishing video from 1957 shows Air Force volunteers exposing themselves to RADIATION during atomic test | Mail Online

Stone me.

10,000 feet from a 2kt detonation.

Wonder what the gamma dose from that was.