@MsMerope I remember at that age being convinced that any unexplained ticking sound might be an IRA bomb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

@ChrisMayLA6 I read a piece some time ago saying that the second US civil war won't be armies and set-piece battles, it will be more like the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the Irish independence fight before that: death squads at midnight, car bombs, kneecapping. Things are developing right along that trajectory at the moment. It's going to get worse before it gets better. Sorry.

@Edwin085 The future isn't what it used to be.

One of my favourite poems. I'm not much of a poetry fan, but #PamAyers really hits the nail.

I often wonder what it must be like to be so strong,
Infallible, articulate, self-confident and wrong.

They Should Have Asked My Husband
https://poetryarchive.org/poem/they-should-have-asked-my-husband/