It's me again. I'm going to copy down my code into this.
[2008: what follows is a simple code that has a different symbol for each letter. Very easy to decode!]
Well, so much for that. What to write about now? Today I got a letter from Lisa G. Too bad she lives in Rudolph, and will soon be moving to Florida. She's a good friend. And I wouldn't mind being more than just friends, if you catch my drift (what a strange slang expression!). But Rudolph is about four miles outside of town, which makes a close relationship difficult without a car, which I don't plan to get for a while. I wrote her a reply, and maybe if she writes me back, I could ask for her address in Florida, so I could write her there.
I wonder if there will be a nuclear war in my lifetime? [2008: what follows is a teen's view of the world situation. It's too plodding and dull to put down verbatim, so here are the highlights:
- nuclear war is more likely between smaller nuclear powers, and not the US and USSR
- an all out war would wipe out the US, USSR, China, most of Europe, and probably Japan
- Since the US and Canada produce 2/3 of the world's wheat, there would be worldwide starvation
- Civilization would reverse at least a hundred years, if not more
- world economic collapse, disease, etc
[2008: I used to play Risk a lot, and my analysis shows the influence. Also, I used to read about WWII all the time. Why wasn't I out there chasing girls and getting into trouble??? Normal teen things. No, I was too busy pondering the effects of nuclear war as if I were about to write an article for some academic journal. Of course, we all know this kind of over-the-top intellectualizing is also pretty normal teen behavior. ]
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