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To: ManyMoose who wrote (283048)	8/2/2002 1:12:30 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I am awarding a prize... ...to the first person who tells me how to heat up a can of C-Rats to perfect eating temperature without having the can blow up in your face. ...The prize is a genuine, new in wrapper, fire ration can opener. I have two and you need only one for life. Actually I have three. One on my key ring I've had forever, and two in the wrapper. These are the single most useful tool I've ever had. ...In case of tie, the prize will be awarded to the person who can tell me how to pack a crosscut saw in a firepack (they're several feet long) without having anything flopping around. Respond by PM or public, your choice.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (283048)	8/2/2002 7:00:44 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Hi Dave, I still have quite a few albums and a record player. Last year I came across one of those yellow adapters for 45-rpm records. I asked an engineer who was about 30 what it was. He had no idea. He guessed that it was some kind of washer. My favorite thing in C-Rats was the canned peaches or fruit cocktail. My biggest surprise came when I opened one box and found a small canned fruitcake from Denison, TX where I had spent a fair amount of time. Indecently, Denison is the birthplace of Dwight Eisenhower. We had a real tree our first Christmas in the home we just paid for. After Christmas, I took it out to the backyard and set a match to it. The tree exploded in flame. Since it was the season, artificial trees were on sale and I went and bought one. It is unbelievable the people with big nice houses that will go out and buy a damn dead tree to put in the living room. They are dangerous and a fire hazard. * * *