[Magdalen] US Higher Education

[Marion Thompson]

How lucky men are not to have to carry a trayful of such things down the 
stairs in, presumably, high heels.

I once scalded myself rather badly when I did something similar with a 
freshly made tray full of cups of instant coffee.  Hung on to the tray, 
mind you!  Nobody suffered but me, but OY!

Marion, a pilgrim  ... today my sail I lift ....

On 1/13/2015 7:28 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/13/2015 6:25:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
>
> At one  time I worked with two former Army nurses >>>
>   
> My chief in the Frankfurt/M Army Hospital was married to
> an RN who had been the highest ranking nurse in the Pacific
> Theater of W-2.  She outranked her husband (my chief of
> service), though he eventually achieved the bird colonel status.
>   
> She was an attractive woman, but became a hopeless alcoholic,
> sadly, and a terrible embarrassment at times.  She was hosting
> a group of European Military dermatologists (with her husband)
> and slipped on a stairway while carrying a tray of "sext" (German
> Champagne) flutes.  She was obviously drunk, and broke both
> arms as well as cascaded the champagne over the assembled
> dignitaries.  What a memory!  And what a sad ending for a
> woman who pioneered the place of women in the Military.
>   
>   
> David Strang.
>