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... and I building a huge mound of snow in the backyard and tamping it down to a huge igloo
shape. He would take the garden hose and sprinkle the dome carefully and then we'd let it sit
overnight while a thick ice outer shell would form. Then we'd remove the snow from INSIDE
the shell and we'd have a cool igloo to play in. I remember leaving shelves to store goodies
on (like Hostess cakes and SnoBalls) that we would pilfer from the pantry (I found out much
later that Mom would leave them out for the specific reason of our "pilfering"
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that igloo, relatively warm as toast, and talk about all the "Eskimo adventures" we were going
to have.
Occasionally, we would build a small campfire, warm ourselves by it, make sure it was out
and sleep overnight in sleeping bags.
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I had the coolest older brother.
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We had to put up with this monstrosity...
