Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Reefer Spaces? Message-ID: <1990Jul13.015918.4420@cbnews.att.com> Date: 13 Jul 90 01:59:18 GMT References: <1990Jul5.020444.14132@cbnews.att.com> <1990Jul10.024805.10027@cbnews.att.com> <1990Jul11.025603.23934@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Northeastern University Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr) In article <1990Jul11.025603.23934@cbnews.att.com>, wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr) said: > Okay, I give up. Assuming that "reefer spaces" aren't special > areas which the Navy has thoughtfully provided for the consumption > of marijuana :-), just what are they? My thanks to all those sci.mil folks (six so far, and the cards and letters keep on coming) who emailed me that "reefer" is slang for "refrigeration" and that therefore "reefer spaces" are refrigerated areas which must be periodically checked on to make sure that they're still cold. (I kinda liked my interpretation better, though... :-) -- William December Starr