What scared you as a kid?--Al

-- Al Schroeder (al.schroeder@nashville.com), October 18, 2000

Answers

Small scale, spiders -- but I could run from them. Large scale, the infinity of space which chased me for years.

-- Denver doug (ionoi@webtv.net), October 19, 2000.

For some reason, I was absolutely terrified by a large piece of equipment that I believe was to be used to dig ditches---I remember it being colloquially called a "ditch digger." It was parked for a couple of days near our home, then I never saw it again---though I kept an eye out for it for a few weeks!

-- Becky (becky-says@diaryland.com), October 19, 2000.

Sitting with my back to a dark, empty room used to give me the shivers. I still need to walk through all of a house or apartment when I come in at night, before I can be comfortable alone.

-- Tom Dean (tsd@ogk.com), October 20, 2000.