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Nile Kinnick correspondence, September-November 1942
1942-11-28: Page 01
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Saturday Nov. 28, 1942 Dear Folks, Perhaps you would like to hear in some detail how my schedule goes each day. I usually waken around 6 oclock but don't get up until 7:15. During that time I reflect on the warmth and comfort of my bed, the shortness of the night, and alternately doze and lament the fact that soon I shall have to arise. Hastily shutting the windows and turning on the radiator I proceed to shave according to a new method explained in a recent issue of Newsweek. Instead of softening the whiskers with a hot cloth I apply a cold lather and hold my razor in steaming hot water just before scraping them off. The theory is that a hot cloth and lather not only softens the whiskers but also renders the skin soft and pliant so that the whiskers bend away from the blade as it advances. Strangely enough this new method doesn't pull - if you keep the blade hot - and I do believe it gives a closer shave. About 7:30 or 7:45 Bob and I manage to drag over to the mess hall for breakfast. When cold cereal, eggs and bacon are served we do right well by ourselves, but all too frequently we are faced with cold French toast or pancakes and cold syrup. On those mornings we don't fare so well. By eight oclock we are in ground school, beginning with navigation, next radio code & blinker, and finally ship recognition. Blinker has
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Saturday Nov. 28, 1942 Dear Folks, Perhaps you would like to hear in some detail how my schedule goes each day. I usually waken around 6 oclock but don't get up until 7:15. During that time I reflect on the warmth and comfort of my bed, the shortness of the night, and alternately doze and lament the fact that soon I shall have to arise. Hastily shutting the windows and turning on the radiator I proceed to shave according to a new method explained in a recent issue of Newsweek. Instead of softening the whiskers with a hot cloth I apply a cold lather and hold my razor in steaming hot water just before scraping them off. The theory is that a hot cloth and lather not only softens the whiskers but also renders the skin soft and pliant so that the whiskers bend away from the blade as it advances. Strangely enough this new method doesn't pull - if you keep the blade hot - and I do believe it gives a closer shave. About 7:30 or 7:45 Bob and I manage to drag over to the mess hall for breakfast. When cold cereal, eggs and bacon are served we do right well by ourselves, but all too frequently we are faced with cold French toast or pancakes and cold syrup. On those mornings we don't fare so well. By eight oclock we are in ground school, beginning with navigation, next radio code & blinker, and finally ship recognition. Blinker has
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