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The Joy Of Leftovers!

Yesterday we had a large Bar-B-Que with all of the fixings. The food was more than enough and of course resulted in a large quantity of left overs. Knowing that we had to be in to work at 3:00 am for a preflight and launch, I set aside one very large tray of Ribs and Chicken to bring in for lunch for the launch crew. The tray was too big to put into the fridge so I just set it out on the Maintenance counter. Now I know that this is not proper food handling and storage, but out here at a desert airfield I find it highly unlikely that a food inspector will be coming around any time soon. It does not take long for the Maintainers and Crew to find this tray and soon greasy hands are made even greasier with bar-b-que sauce. But the smiles a plenty and what was to be lunch became breakfast with Ribs, Chicken, Coffee and Red Bulls flying. So remember this little story the next time you stuff your left overs in the back of the fridge where they will stay until you throw them out a month later.