Mess Hall Memory

 

Back in the days of the "old Corps" of the 1960's, SOP was the E-1's and E-2's were allowed to report to the Mess hall for a maximum of 30 days mess duty once in a year.

As a Boot buck private, I did not escaped mess duty at Camp Matthews the first week of rifle training and spent a week scrubbing out pots and pans and garbage cans.  I thought my mess duty time was over, wrong.

Memorial Day Civil War Reenactment

 

           The Civil War Reenactment at Roaring Camp.  Memorial Day 2012

It has been awhile since I've attended a reenactment of a battle between the states at the Roaring Camp facility in Scotts Valley, CA., so today was the day I had the time to see it again.

The site is a 15 minute drive from my house so there is not much of an excuse to not go due to distance but Memorial Day is not the easiest day to drive around a town that is a tourist Mecca beginning about this time of year.  But I bit the bullet and drove up to it expecting the worse of traffic.  Surprise, easy sailing.  Even the line to check in at the gate and pay to park was short.

DRUMMED OUT OF THE CORPS

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It is no longer authorized to drum some one out of the Marine Corps and has not been for over 75 years.  So how does the Corps emphasize the dishonor of being kicked out?  The following is a true story, which can be attested to by my former Fire Team Leader.

Computers are not our Friend

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Exciting Computer Adventure

Recently the media has been playing up a most unusual event; no, not the Mayan Apocalypse, A virus for the Mac!  We Mac users have always been very smug about not getting them like the PC users seem to do.  So, letting my paranoia get the best of me, I tried to get my Time Machine working again so I would have a back-up in case the virus came my way and destroyed all of my documents and pictures et all.

My Time Machine filled up and told me to open a new disk when it is suppose to erase the oldest after a certain time.  Apparently my TM didn't do that.   Trying to find out about changing a disc, I even started prying on the TM machine but it foiled my feeble attempts so I unplugged the damn thing and put it out in the garage with my other out-dated and useless electronic equipment.

Vist to MCRD and Camp Pendelton

Dear friends, former jar-heads along with a couple of Army guys ( I know who you are but won't tell the Marines ) oh, and one swab jockey and Coast Guard dependent.

Spent a few days last week down at the old stomping grounds on Camp Pendleton and MCRD checking out what's happening.  My old fire team leader, Dick Svee and I had talked about going down and seeing the Amtrac museum for some time now, so time permitted and away we went.

Walkin' Round in Women's Underwear

Finding Ritual wear in all the odd places.….

By Mykel

Okay, I’m coming out of the closet and admitting that I do NOT wear women’s underwear.  I wear pretty much everything else made for women.  Boots, gypsy pantaloons, over-shirt jackets, tee shirts, sweaters and most anything else that catches my fancy and looks like my style.  What’s my style, you query?  It’s dressing like a pirate on Talk Like a Pirate Day or wearing a witchy top hat and cape to a walk through a corn maze or a Japanese style jacket to a planning meeting.  Comfortable is the plan.  Eye catching is just pure fun.

Etiquette for Gentlemen

People ask me from time to time,  "How come you're so cool and everyone likes you?"

It's an easy question to answer, I'm a gentleman and ladies and others find that attractive.

What do James Bond and Cary Grant have in common? They represent the quintessential gentleman. It's what makes them so charming and beloved. They are smooth and suave, and know how to behave in every situation. "What do they have that I don't?" you must be asking yourself.  Nothing, it's just that they read the book on etiquette.  Although one might think they're a staple of a bygone era, true gentlemen never go out of style.

"How can I be cool and get girls?" is usually the next question.  The following are good guidelines and will put you in good stead with whomever you're with from Grannies to young ladies.  Bathing regularly will also be of help.