MeandMarj: It was as cold as blue blazes!

Grandmother: How was Chicago?
Alison: It was great!
Grandmother: You know, we lived just north of Chicago once.
Alison: Really? When? Where?
Grandmother: Freddy will know.
Dad: They lived at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center from 1963 - 1964.
Grandmother: I remember, we moved in January and it was as cold as blue blazes! You know the movers had to keep the door open. Oh boy, it was cold!
Alison: Why'd you move in January?
Grandmother: That's when we needed to be there.
Alison: Did you like living there?
Grandmother: It wasn't my favorite.
Alison: Why?
Grandmother: We lived in these quarters that looked all right from the outside BUT inside, there was grey linoleum everywhere. It was awful! Don't ask me about it!