RE: FT: Pre-read questions

Just to let you all know where john is going, take a look at a map of
Southern 
California.  Find US Interstate 15 between San Bernardino and Las Vegas
Nevada. 
 About the halfway spot is Barstow California.	About 35 miles (60 km)
north is 
Fort Irwin.  Notice that this is smack in the middle of the Mojave
Desert. 
 There are NO trees.  Only those that are stationed there see the inside
of a 
building.  John is lucky, it will only be cold and windy (temp @
freezing at 
night and @ 60 F in the middle of the day).  My first visit (of many)
was in 
late July through early September.  Daytime high of @120 F.  Did I say
there 
were NO trees?	Creosote bushes, alkali flats, rocks, sand, dust, 2
varieties 
for rattlesnake, scorpions,  sand, and more rocks.  Oh, and no dial
tone.

And we wonder why he gets cranky.

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	John Atkinson
Sent:	Monday, February 04, 2002 6:06 PM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	Re: FT: Pre-read questions

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Misc.[1], I hate to depart
after posting some of the inflammatory stuff I have in
the past couple of days, but I'm off to NTC at Ft.
Irwin (for those of who don't have a clue what I'm
babbling about speak to Don or any of the other
'Merican troops who served since the early 80s) for a
little while.  So to avoid approximately 4,000 e-mails
clogging my box I'm signing off the list.  If you wish
to respond to anything I've said in the past couple
days, feel free to cc: it to me and I'll get to it as
soon as I can.

John

[1]Asexual beings, hermaphrodites, Daleks, expendable
insectoid drones, and whoever else may be monitoring
the list for whom the terms lady or gentlemen may not
be applicable.

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