I was never in the Navy but I got to eat in a Navy mess hall for a couple of weeks when I was overseas. That mess hall was like dying and going to heaven compared to the useless crap the Army fed to us.
We didn't get anything nearly that good in the Army mess hall. I worked mostly nights which meant that my dinner was breakfast to almost everyone else. Breakfast was Krusteaz pancakes made with water. Kayro corn syrup, scrambled eggs made with water and powdered egg and powdered milk made with water to drink. In the navy mess hall we had like seven or eight choices of salad, 3 or 4 main courses, maybe ten choices of side dishes, three or four choices of drink, 5 or 6 choices of dessert. All this and the mess hall was air conditioned. Luxury, luxury, luxury. One time our CO threw an outdoor steak fry. Wow oh wow, They grilled all these steaks on outdoor homemade grills made out of sawed in half 50 gallon oil drums with rebar for welded on for a grill. I sat down to my steak thinking I was in heaven. Then reality hit. The steak was obviously an old tired water buffalo. Still to this day, I've never had meat that tough. I took this first bite and tried to eat it. I must have chewed on that crap for ten minutes and couldn't seem to soften it. Well, I was 20 years old and thought I was immune from serious harm or death so I took a chance and swallowed that hunk of critter. It went halfway down and lodged there. I thought I was going to die. I choked and coughed and choked and coughed and finally after quite a struggle I coughed it up and on the ground. Oh, dear lord that air smelled sweet. We traded some very cheap whiskey, about a dollar a fifth, to the Air Force for the steaks and we felt cheated. But I got back at them. They had this material that they used to make temporary landing strips for planes like helicopters and sky raiders. I stole a bunch to make a command bunker for the CO. They may have wondered where it went and then ordered some more from the states. They could get whatever they wanted but the Army always sucked hind tit. Trust me when I say the Army ate shit. Hey, when I first arrived in Saigon, I use to go to a really nice Army mess hall. They even had ice cream. The problem was that they would serve us in these hot metal trays. The first thing we got served was the ice cream. By the time I got to the end of the line the ice cream was just a puddle of melt in my tray. We learned to eat the ice cream as we progressed down the line. We actually preferred the C-rations which you could buy on the black market. Tody, they have MREs that are even better than the C-rations of old. Here we were in combat dying and getting wounded and they fed us shit. Bad memory. While we're at it, God Damn it was hot. I remember on my off day I had to pull outdoor duty that was not at all nice. I went in the Com (Communications) center for a drink of cool water. It felt like walking into a walk-in ice box. I looked at the thermostat which read 80 degrees. As I walked back outdoors it felt like opening an oven door. All you could feel was that blast of hot air. Enough of the good old days. There's more but I don't want anyone crying.
Anybody else come in here just to see if @THE HCP or @EL PRESIDENTE has more shoes? Me... Like 6-8 ish? 3 pairs of moccasins; 2-4 pairs of tennis shoes and a pair of dress shoes
Sorry for the confusion. I thought you were Navy. All I meant to say was a couple months back my boss (former Navy) was rocking the Air Monarchs with a suit and tie because it was a Friday.
I didn't know Nike made snowshoes! They look like they have a landing pad so your 7 year old kid can stand on your feet without slipping...great for teaching your young daughter how to salsa dance!
I don't care who has more, but have you seen the type of shoes that kid wears? Like $600 dress shoes with a Russian mob track suit. He's get's no love from me on his shoe game.
