Staying warm

[Curt-Heinrich Schmidt]

Hallo!

Thanks, Herr Evil Dog, for the explanation.

CHS
Glad you were not run off

[bob 125th nysvi]

all the replies but I also use a second oil/ground cloth on top. I'm tall so my feet stick out of the tent and the second cloth keeps the frost from forming on my toes.

Other than that, two pairs of clean dry socks, my uniform, a blanket and a oilcloth below is all I need.

Can never keep the darn sleeping cap on my head but I try every year.

Bob sandusky
125th NY
Esperance, NY

[YMikels]

Evil Dog, If I may offer a plug...

I've read several posts regarding sleeping caps a must. I bought one of Kathy Bradford's and at Cedar Creek it really...really saved me from a head cold. They are beautifully done, quite acurate, part of the proceeds go to preservation and to top it all off. Ms. Bradford is indeed a gem to do business with.

Mr Sandusky, Her sleeping caps will stay on your head all evening, unless you are prone to executing cart-wheels in your sleep....Heck, it would stay on regardless.

To quote Herr Curt, "Other's mileage may vary."

You may find Ms. Bradford on this forum as well as the other one.

I am, most respectfully,
Brian Y Mikels

[Evil Dog]

Evil Dog:
If your avatar is a accurate reflection of your age, then I trust that you dealt with the chastizer with a firm "Bugger off!!!"

Yes, the avatar is accurate... I turned 62 a couple months back. Rather than escalate any confrontation I just let him rave on. Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.

I also think I am in the market for a sleeping cap.

[Ross L. Lamoreaux]

Yes, the avatar is accurate... I turned 62 a couple months back. Rather than escalate any confrontation I just let him rave on. Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.

I also think I am in the market for a sleeping cap.

Our very own Kathy Bradford on this forum makes some great ones, and for a good cause. Email her at PreservationParcels@hotmail.com to see what she has available.

[Doug Cooper]

2 soldiers wearing underwear, shirts, socks and sleeping caps, gum blanket and wool blanket below with everything else thrown on top (blanket, uniforms, shelter tent) of both of them (with the shoes down there somethwere). You will be warm and toasty all night in the coldest weather. I awoke like that one single digit morning and the entire tent was covered in ice and and the ground was white as far as we could see. No worries for us.

Take both soldiers and seperate them by one foot and wrap each in his own stuff - not so warm. Course the original soldiers knew that.

[tompritchett]

I also think I am in the market for a sleeping cap

or balaclava, which is much like a modern ski mask except that the whole face is open rather than just small openings for the eyes, nose and mouth. I had used both and now just stick to the balaclava as it does not fall off my head at night as I roll around. Karin Timor made mine and her username here is KarinTimor.

[flattop32355]

2 soldiers wearing underwear, shirts, socks and sleeping caps, gum blanket and wool blanket below with everything else thrown on top (blanket, uniforms, shelter tent) of both of them (with the shoes down there somethwere). You will be warm and toasty all night in the coldest weather.

This assumes that Soldier A does not keep stealing the blankets, etc. from over top of Soldier B.

One must pick one's spooning partner with care. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with my son, who has actually stolen the blanket out from under me, along with the ones on top.

[Poor Private]

Bernard that sounds familiar. I thought I was the only one whose offspring forgets about dads old bones.