Our Afghanistan craigslist-equivalent is nakslist.  It’s usually where deployed folks looking to buy or sell televisions, phones, computers, lamps, fans, and other small appliances and miscellaneous items come to do business, but every now and then there’s an ad offering or requesting unusual services:

Fans of the site inspect such ads closely, looking for any hint of hidden meaning, double-entendre, or evidence of a prank.  I don’t detect any attempts to circumvent General Order #1 here, and I’m not getting a wink-wink-just-joking vibe.  This place is just weird enough that somebody might really actually be looking for an egg peeler.  When you live in a world where this could be legit, it makes you stop and think.

Speaking of hard-boiled eggs…

PROTIP:  Hard-boiled eggs make GREAT hand-warmers!  You can’t get those chem-pack hand-warmers shipped here (hazardous cargo) and the PX is often out of stock.  But, every morning on the main line at the DFAC, there’s a pan of hard-boiled eggs, in the shell, waiting hot-and-ready in a chafing dish.  Grab two (make sure the shells are intact).  Put one in each jacket pocket.  They’re comfortable in your hands, will keep putting out heat for a couple hours, and provide a convenient, high-protein snack later in the morning, right about the time the outdoor temperature has risen enough that you don’t need hand-warmers anymore.

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