Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
I never learned how to play hockey--only ice skating we got to do was
if the back yard flooded before freezing. It happened various times
while I was growing up but not on a consistant enough basis that I
learned how to ice skate that well. (OTOH, I did get good at roller skating.-G-) Our yard was at the bottom of several good sledding hills
so if it (the yard) was frozen, we'd get quite the ride.
I played football, hockey and baseball as an alternative to attending
gym classes where a lot of hazing took place. I was a "60 minute"
Not an option for me, school was small enough that alternatives to gym weren't available. Also, girl's sports other than gym were non
exsistant, basically the only thing that would have been close was cheerleading. That wasn't an option for me.
My grand-niece Katy plays foorball for her small town high school. As
she is "well built" I asked her if they had developed special pads to
protect her "attributes". When she replied in the negative I asked the
next obvious question. And she told me that an opposing player had hit
her there, on purpose. Then she said "He should have worn his cup that
day."
Apparently word of that got around and she has not been hit there or
groped in the scrum. Bv)=
player as a football lineman, learned to skate well enough to be a defenceman and goalie in hockey and was a 1st baseman and pitcher
in baseball.
Our school did soccer instead of football.
This was in the 1950s. Still with all the Canadian who were at the
school I'm surprised soccer wasn't, at least, nodded to. There was a
Lacross team - but I didn't have anything to do with it.
I'm pretty well stocked with non-perishables even though I don't have
a specific "possibles" bag. The only part of any MREs I have is a
Same here, I keep a number of canned goods in the pantry, just in case. I'll also put some in the camper if we're heading out for a longer than just a week end trip.
supply
of those teeny-tiny Tabasco Bottles.
I don't have but a couple of those, but do have a few C-rat can openers floating around. Used to keep one in my wallet but discontinued that
some years ago.
I still have a couple of the P-38 openers and use them from time to time.
One of the best things the gummint ever came up with. Bv)=
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: C-Ration Soup du Jour
Categories: Pork, Beans, Vegetables
Yield: 2 servings
1 Can ham & lima beans; mashed
1 C-Ration can hot water
Salt & Pepper
Generous dash Tabasco
3 tb Chopped green onion; sauteed
- in butter, oil, or fat
4 tb Butter, oil, or fat for the
- crumbled crackers
C-ration crackers; crumbled
There is a "soup du jour" on every menu in every
American restaurant from Maine to 'Frisco. There is
no reason why the Armed Forces should be an exception.
The front-line fighting man has one advantage. He
knows what goes into his soup du jour.
Mash the ham and lima bean misture to a smoothish pulp.
Combine with a can of hot water and bring to a boil
stirring briskly all the time. Add Tabasco, salt and
pepper to taste.
Serve piping hot garnished with crumbled crackers you
have sauteed in butter, oil, or fat.
RECIPE FROM: The CHARLIE RATION COOKBOOK
(or "How to eat well in a foxhole.")
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