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TI: Any other memories about Granada that you have, just in terms of the day to day life, family life or jobs?

LW: Well, we didn't have too much family life, because we don't see each other. They're working, I'm at school. Only time you might see each other is when you go to sleep, bedtime.

TI: And any stories about experiences with snow? You mentioned how this was the first time you really saw snow and cold weather.

LW: Oh, yeah.

TI: So when that happened, I mean, what did a California boy --

LW: Everybody in my barracks, everybody came out. It was really snowing. But one thing, when we came there, they were still building the barracks, so there were a lot of lumbers laying around. So a lot of people, what they did was, nighttime, they go there and steal the lumber and make benches or table, whatever, furniture. The handy one makes good furniture, but that's what they did, you know. Everybody waited until nighttime and they come in, take the lumber, bring it home. I remember that part.

TI: Okay. And did you, did your family make anything from the lumber that you can remember, like cabinets?

LW: No. Because none of it was that handy. People that's handy, they make nice furniture. They even made beds, too, out of the lumber. See, what they did, most of 'em made a double bunk, you know, so cut the space down. Bunk bed.

TI: Yeah, I've heard about that. So just so they could get more room, more floor space.

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