-=> 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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