Regarding the Power Outage...

I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,
Noreen

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| On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:07:47 -0500, Noreen's Knit*che wrote:

I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,
Noreen

DH was thinking about the same thing. The after effect of the blackout in
the 60s is well known, and maybe just a little exaggerated. Somehow I don't
see it being a big deal this time. For one thing, would you have the energy
after a 5 hour walk home in 90 degree heat? Also birth control is more
commonplace now than it was even in 1965.


Helen "Halla" Fleischer,
Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA
http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/

"Noreen's Knit*che" wrote ....
I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,

CBC already asked that last night, Noreen! g
Katherine

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:52:53 -0500, Helen \"Halla\"Fleischer wrote:

DH was thinking about the same thing. The after effect of the
blackout in
the 60s is well known, and maybe just a little exaggerated. Somehow
I don't
see it being a big deal this time. For one thing, would you have
the energy
after a 5 hour walk home in 90 degree heat? Also birth control is
more
commonplace now than it was even in 1965.

LOL, true, Helen about the BC, but then again, even with the
availability we have nowadays, there's still a LOT of unwed gals and
unplanned pregnancies.
And yes, agreed, LOL, making whoopie would be the LAST thing on MY
mind after a heat-exhausted walk.
Noreen



Helen "Halla" Fleischer,
Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA
http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/


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Noreen's Knit*che wrote:
I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,
Noreen


Fewer than average, I should think; who's going to want to touch anyone
else when you're both cranky and sweating??

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:23:41 -0500, spampot wrote:
Fewer than average, I should think; who's going to want to touch
anyone
else when you're both cranky and sweating??

*nodding in agreement* (hanky panky would NOT be on MY mind.... tho it
it were cold and wintery, that MIGHT be a different animal.)
LOL
Noreen

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"spampot" wrote ...
Noreen's Knit*che wrote:
I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,
Noreen


Fewer than average, I should think; who's going to want to touch anyone
else when you're both cranky and sweating??

But a nice back-rub or foot massage could lead to other things. g
Katherine

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wrote:

| On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:07:47 -0500, Noreen's Knit*che
wrote:

I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,
Noreen

DH was thinking about the same thing. The after effect of the blackout in
the 60s is well known, and maybe just a little exaggerated. Somehow I don't
see it being a big deal this time. For one thing, would you have the energy
after a 5 hour walk home in 90 degree heat? Also birth control is more
commonplace now than it was even in 1965.


Helen "Halla" Fleischer,
Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA
http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/

Ah helen does that mean no betting on the outcome.....:=((

Els

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Helen \"Halla\" Fleischer wrote:

| On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:07:47 -0500, Noreen's Knit*che wrote:

I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,
Noreen

DH was thinking about the same thing. The after effect of the blackout in
the 60s is well known, and maybe just a little exaggerated. Somehow I don't
see it being a big deal this time. For one thing, would you have the energy
after a 5 hour walk home in 90 degree heat? Also birth control is more
commonplace now than it was even in 1965.

Actually, in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework, someone posted the
following article that shows clearly that there was no baby boom
whatsoever following the 1965 blackout. The weeks surrounding the
blackout + nine months actually had fewer births than the year before.
Also the exact day which represents blackout + 267 days had fewer births
than the year before. There is a table at the end of the article that
shows the statistics for all of New York City for the appropriate
periods in 1966 and the previous five years, and 1966 doesn't stand out
at all.

http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/info/black04.htm

The problem is that the New York Times published several articles about
this "baby boom", but it was based on reports from a few hospitals. Any
hospital has fluctuations from one week to a next. Probably those
hospitals that had a lot of births those weeks attributed it to the
blackout, while those that had fewer than usual didn't call the New York
Times about it.

Barbara

"Els van Dam" wrote
"Katherine Burgess" wrote:

"spampot" wrote ...
Noreen's Knit*che wrote:
I 'need' to make a glib comment...
Wonder how many babies will be born next May????
LOL,
Noreen


Fewer than average, I should think; who's going to want to touch
anyone
else when you're both cranky and sweating??

But a nice back-rub or foot massage could lead to other things. g
Katherine

laughing all the way across the country......

g
Katherine