-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Nancy Backus on 01-14-13  15:10 <=-   
      
    NB>> Gotta make the best of a bad situation...  ;)   
      
    ML> yup... it could have been a lot worse... in some ways, it actually was   
    ML> but we  made do as best we could...   
      
   And you lived to tell the tale... :)   
       
    NB>>> Did your commanding officers understand...?     
    ML>> they didn't have much choice ;)   
    ML>> but our place was right beside the base, too...    
    NB>> Ah, so they KNEW what sort of weather was holding you in...   
      
    ML> most assuredly... especially since they were as stuck as we were... i   
    ML> don't  have a clue what folks in the barracks did but i know they had a   
    ML> real battle to  walk to the chow hall and back /if/ they even went...   
    ML> no clue if the chow hall  was even open...   
       
   Pretty bad...  I'd guess some would have had private rations from "care"   
   packages from home... I wonder how many belts needed replacing...? [g]   
      
    ML>> we were very glad that the electric stayed on as the  place was    
    ML>> all electric... no gas or any other form of heat was available to     
    ML>> us...    
    NB>> That was indeed fortunate...  :)   
      
    ML> yeah... no way to build a fire for heating or cooking in a wooden two   
    ML> story  apartment building and be safe about it at all...   
       
   I had a friend rig up a "stove" from baking pans, water, and floating   
   tea light candles...  she claimed it worked well enough to heat water   
   for her tea... ;)  Can't imagine that it gave off much heat for the   
   apartment though...     
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
   ... Reality crept in. I nailed it for trespassing.   
      
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