...I'm moving -- again.
Stately Tuttle Hootch is a tin roof barracks-type deal located a twenty-five minute walk from the flight line, a five-minute walk from the Hall of Chow, a five-minute walk from the PX/BX and a ten-minute walk from the laundry (no, I don't step into the shower fully-clothed and wash the quotidian raiment. Not since February, any way). The new digs are just like my Conex container in Boz, except it has a sink with (sometimes) running water. The engineers are "working on it."
*No* roommates blistering the paint off the walls! Electric light until 0400! Space for the laptop *and* cartooning stuff! A locker to hang clothes in! A dedicated outlet for the coffeepot!
And it's only a *fifteen*-minute walk from the flight line. Still a five-minute walk from the Hall of Chow, a five-minute walk from the PX/BX and a ten-minute walk from the laundry.
The Bad News is that the Innertube connection is farked. The window is EMI-protected -- I guess that's so if the Iranians nuke us, my laptop's circuitry won't fry a nanosecond before the fireball melts it and the blastwave sends the remnants toward Mosul.
The Good News is that I won't be located 100 meters downwind from the sewer plant.
The Bad News is that I'll be located 100 meters downwind from the burn pit.
The Other Bad News is that I have to scrounge a pick-'em-up truck or a donkey cart to move my gear, including the two hunnert-pound TuffBoxes I've been living out of for almost ten months.
The Other Other Bad News is, the new hootch is planted right next to the golf course...
Stately Tuttle Hootch is a tin roof barracks-type deal located a twenty-five minute walk from the flight line, a five-minute walk from the Hall of Chow, a five-minute walk from the PX/BX and a ten-minute walk from the laundry (no, I don't step into the shower fully-clothed and wash the quotidian raiment. Not since February, any way). The new digs are just like my Conex container in Boz, except it has a sink with (sometimes) running water. The engineers are "working on it."
*No* roommates blistering the paint off the walls! Electric light until 0400! Space for the laptop *and* cartooning stuff! A locker to hang clothes in! A dedicated outlet for the coffeepot!
And it's only a *fifteen*-minute walk from the flight line. Still a five-minute walk from the Hall of Chow, a five-minute walk from the PX/BX and a ten-minute walk from the laundry.
The Bad News is that the Innertube connection is farked. The window is EMI-protected -- I guess that's so if the Iranians nuke us, my laptop's circuitry won't fry a nanosecond before the fireball melts it and the blastwave sends the remnants toward Mosul.
The Good News is that I won't be located 100 meters downwind from the sewer plant.
The Bad News is that I'll be located 100 meters downwind from the burn pit.
The Other Bad News is that I have to scrounge a pick-'em-up truck or a donkey cart to move my gear, including the two hunnert-pound TuffBoxes I've been living out of for almost ten months.
The Other Other Bad News is, the new hootch is planted right next to the golf course...
Talk about taking the good with the bad, eh?
What is Conex container?
Those CONEXs can be little mansions if you get the right one. You can find companies online that will ship some 'pimped out' ones to you at little cost. About 20K, which is worth it for the company if you're out there for a while.
Just beware of that burn pit. Nothing more toxic than that. We slept next to the hospital incinerator in the IZ, which was really bad because not only was it toxic, it was probably people. (Soilent Green?!)
How are those Cesna's holding up? Did you guys ever get the Diesel engine upgrades?
Al Qaeda and smugglers use them to move people around clandestinely, even, though the AQ types are rather more comfortable than the ones the coyotes use.
I no longer have a roommate who lives on kimchi, peppers and Tabasco, ergo, I got the right one.
ConEx container = MacGyver's closet
Hey! That's my 8'x12'x8' slice of heaven you're talking about!
*still waiting for the pick-'em-up that was supposed to be here three hours ago*
Li'l problem with the manufacturer (Thielert) sending parts that don't fit...