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Lehner, P.
1964 35
Aug.14 was the usual routine day except for
the evening; O'Donnell contributed 3 cases of
beer to the cause and everyone proceeded to
get three sheets to the wind; a double feature
tonight but Cam and I decided to finish off the
blood samples; however, when we finally got
started I was slightly under the influence
and not all that effective (Doc, D.C., Haskins,
Willie, Conners, O.D., etc. were having a fiasco
in the yard with hamburgers and beer - I couldn't
leave without a few for the road); after taking
about 20 samples of blood - Cam took way over
half - he decided that I was in no condition
to continue, expressed this opinion and then
grabbed up most of the equipment and stalked
back to the barracks; I decided that as long as
we'd started we might as well finish it - in order
to get more equipment I rode the bicycle to the
pump house and returned; I began taking more
samples - Sutcliffe came up at 12:30, poked around
for awhile and then returned to the barracks where
he consumed 9 more Miques (he never returned to
"the other end", needless to say); I worked until
I had an additional 44 samples which I figured
would give us plenty to allow for centrifuge
breakage; I returned to the barracks, showered and
hit the rack at $3:45 AM.