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Cots ... a stubborn stick.


WHAT IS ALL THAT RACKET?

THAT'S THE SOUND OF A SOLDIER SOLDIER. A military man; a private in the army.
     2. The constitution of the United States, amend. art. 3, directs that no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the 'consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
 TRYING TO INSTALL THE SECOND END STICK ON HIS ALUMINUM COT, NSN NSN National Stock Number
NSN Nokia Siemens Networks
NSN National Storytelling Network
NSN NATO Stock Number
NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA)
NSN National Student Number (NZ)
NSN Never Say Never
 7105-00-935-0422.

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INSTALLING THE FIRST END STICK IS SIMPLE. YOU JUST SLIP IT THROUGH THE COT COVER AND ATTACH TO ATTACH, crim. law, practice. To an attachment for contempt for the non- take or apprehend by virtue of the order of a writ or precept, commonly called an attachment. It differs from an arrest in this, that he who arrests a man, takes him to a person of higher power to be disposed of;  IT TO THE FRAME.

IT'S it's  

1. Contraction of it is.

2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.


it's it is or it has
it's be ~have
 THE SECOND STICK THAT POSES THE PROBLEM. WITH THE COT COVER STRETCHED TIGHT, IT'S A CHORE TO ATTACH THE STICK.

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HERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO TO EASE THE STRAIN ...

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1 SPREAD THE COVER IN THE SUN FOR A WHILE. THE HEAT RELAXES THE MATERIAL AND MAKES IT MORE FLEXIBLE AND EASIER TO STRETCH.

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2 WHEN YOU INSTALL THE SECOND END STICK, ATTACH ONE SIDE OF THE STICK TO THE FRAME. THEN USE A PRY BAR FOR LEVERAGE TO MOVE THE OTHER SIDE INTO PLACE. JUST MAKE SURE SOMEONE'S HOLDING THE OTHER END OF THE COT. AN END STICK FROM ANOTHER COT MAKES A GOOD PRY BAR.

Use a pry bar ...

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... to move end stick into place

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Title Annotation:Soldier Support Comic
Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 1, 2005
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