Viens cīņu biedrs atrakstīja,visa starpā vēstulē bija arī šī burvīgā atkāpe:
"Like I said earlier, we don’t really get much snow in Texas. One winter when it was cold and I was young I dug out trenches in a large compost heap 1) because the microorganisms consuming the plant matter give off heat and so was much warmer than the ambient air and 2) in my mind it was the next best thing to digging in the snow. It was mostly full of grass clippings and the occasional egg shell. "