02-18-2020, 09:44 PM
(02-18-2020, 05:34 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: We had plenty of idiots in uniform who never could figure out stuff like that. The Army made me better organized internally and more tolerant of external chaos, but my Mom taught me how to pay attention and compact things for packing. Lately I've had to remind her of things she taught me when I was young; she's forgotten some of it.
Anyway, I got a Sterno stove with a built in water pot. I can handle eating cold food for breakfast, but I really do like a hot drink, even if it is only herbal tea or chicory/grain "coffee."
My Daddy taught me how to make a bed that you could bounce quarters off of and he used percolate Lusianne coffee, it was nasty but, like so many things that he did it was a reminder of his Granddad who he was really close to. His Granddad passed away when he was 10 but, he remembered everything about him, it was pretty amazing considering I might remember two or three things from when I was 10.