Wasn't a lot of fun, I'll tell you that. [He gives a small snort.] I figure the superflu took out as many of the Russians as it did of us. It didn't really discriminate based on color -- red, red white and blue, everybody was fair game.

[It sort of made the cold war seems like a child's game in comparison, wiping out all the politicians and the soldiers and the generals in a matter of weeks. Of course, wasn't long before they had a whole new war, and not a cold one.]

When and where are you from, Ricki? I'd guess around the seventies, unless your haircut is real out of date.