-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Nancy Backus on 01-13-13  15:30 <=-   
      
    ML>> i remember this... i was in Rantoul about an hour south of Chicago   
    ML>> when i was  in the USAF at ICBM school... my young wife, first son and   
    ML>> i lived in a small  second floor apartment... we got snowed in that   
    ML>> weekend because the drift came  up and covered our doorway... the worst   
    NB>> How dramatic... and probably more than a bit scary...    
      
    ML> we didn't even know until we tried to go out a few days later... no   
    ML> way to open  the door so instead we made more tacos and drank more beer   
    ML> ;)    
      
   Gotta make the best of a bad situation...  ;)   
      
    NB>> Did your commanding officers understand...?     
      
    ML> they didn't have much choice ;)   
    ML> but our place was right beside the base, too...    
      
   Ah, so they KNEW what sort of weather was holding you in...   
      
    ML> at one point, we couldn't even  see the base there was so much   
    ML> snow... i definitely know what a whiteout is  from that experiance...    
      
   And you'll never forget it, I'm sure...!   
      
    ML> we were very glad that the   
    ML> electric stayed on as the  place was all electric... no gas or any   
    ML> other form of heat was available to  us...    
      
   That was indeed fortunate...  :)   
      
    ML> at least we had plenty of   
    ML> food... the guys had brought about 10 pounds of  hamburger and all the   
    ML> fixin's for tacos and burritos... that was when i  invented breakfast   
    ML> burritos... heat some taco meat and scramble some eggs into  it...   
    ML> spoon it all into a tortilla and munch away... nothing like today's    
    ML> "schtuff" called a breakfast taco... yuck and double yuck...    
      
   You have to start with quality ingredients for the finished product to   
   be any good...  :)   
      
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