In that winter, because of the reduction of gas import, the flame in the stoves was about the size of a lighter?s. It was impossible to make the temperature rise in the room at more than 11° C. It is true, at night, the pressure was era almost normal, but nobody had the courage to go to sleep with the stove/cooker on. What is more, the heat accumulated over night, would vanish the next day, when, anyway, we would freeze at work.

One day, when I was lying dressed under the blanket, a marvelous idea came to my mind? I remembered the beautiful summer days, when I went camping an I asked myself this question: I wondered if, at night, in the mountains, when I was all right in the tent, how many degrees were outside? More than 11° C? Surely, no. So, this was the solution! I ha a big four-person tent, with two rooms, that I installed in the bedroom. Being fixed on a metallic skeleton, it was not necessary to thrust the stakes in the parquet floor. All of a sudden, life was worth living. I could sleep on a folding bed, without the bottles of boiled water; at a camping table, I could o everything there could be done at a table. The anemic (under different circumstances) electric radiator created an utterly paradisiacal atmosphere. It was so good, that, once, I had a little party (8 friends, altogether) in the tent. Too bad that the photos did not come out too well, but in the four shots that were recuperated, one can see a corner of a useless stove, partially masked by the folds of a tent that sheltered some people happy because they could talk about the freezing cold in the houses, without trembling. (129)

TETRA

I can still remember the tetra trunks that we had to wear in sport classes to make our outfit complete: a white top and black trunks, certainly the obligatory tetra kind. (114)

THEATER

Religious symbolism was banned from the theatres. The archives of the national Radio still has some recordings of plays staged by the late Vraca, such as ?Vlaicu Voda? done without the prayer scene, which is quite crucial for the play.