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MN: Now, you were there for a while, but then you also ended up working at a natural ice cutting job.

HY: Yeah, up in the mountain, yeah, up in the Grandview Lake up there.

MN: This was after, at the garage?

HY: No, this was before the garage.

MN: Oh, okay. Well, let's talk about the natural ice cutting job, then.

HY: Yeah, they were promoting this natural ice packing, one Japanese guy. And me and my friend, we applied for it. We worked there for about couple months, packing natural ice. The lake, he cuts it in blocks, you know, then they store it, see. Summertime, summertime.

MN: To be used for ice boxes?

HY: No, they used it for packing the vegetable in the, at the packing sheds, summertime, yeah.

MN: How cold was it up there?

HY: [Laughs] Some guy stole our blanket one night, and man, we almost froze. You know, we slept in the caboose. And they had a potbelly stove going, you know, it was pretty warm, you know, while it's burning, but it was cold. Some guy stole our blanket. [Laughs] Oh, man.

MN: So if you went outside and you peed, would your pee just freeze up?

HY: I know I went out and peed. [Laughs]

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