The scene; Weekend pass from basic and nearest tavern from Ft. Dix, Sept ‘55. I ask for a beer and get ’carded’ and the ‘tender tells me I’m too young and to leave. I give the standard ‘if I’m old enough to die’ argument (I’d been drinking beer since I was 13 in the hayfields of Upstate NY) whereupon the ‘tender tells me; "Fine, you come in here with a CIB with a wreath and I’ll BUY you a dam beer…now SCRAM !" Unwilling to face PX beer and the louts that were already drunk and disorderly on such waters, I went out to the road, hitch-hiked over the NY State border, had me a couple beers, returned to Jersey and became a little more worldly that weekend.
BE THIS GUY almost 6 years ago
“How about you keep sailing until we reach Miami?”
Rosette almost 6 years ago
Beer – or nacho cheese?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Sweet, sparkling beer! Nectar of the Gods!
babka Premium Member almost 6 years ago
ya mean they don’t have “illegal immigrant just separated from caged child comfort women” for them yet?
Linguist almost 6 years ago
Suddenly, I had a flashback to 1966, and a certain R&R from Vietnam, we had in Hawaii.
Compared to us, the college kids’ spring break in Ft. Lauderdale, looked like a Southern Baptist Convention !
unca jim almost 6 years ago
The scene; Weekend pass from basic and nearest tavern from Ft. Dix, Sept ‘55. I ask for a beer and get ’carded’ and the ‘tender tells me I’m too young and to leave. I give the standard ‘if I’m old enough to die’ argument (I’d been drinking beer since I was 13 in the hayfields of Upstate NY) whereupon the ‘tender tells me; "Fine, you come in here with a CIB with a wreath and I’ll BUY you a dam beer…now SCRAM !" Unwilling to face PX beer and the louts that were already drunk and disorderly on such waters, I went out to the road, hitch-hiked over the NY State border, had me a couple beers, returned to Jersey and became a little more worldly that weekend.
WDD almost 6 years ago
Desert Shield? Is this from the early 1990s?