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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seen them too. We used to buy a case of cigs off shore/underway for $12.50 a case. But we couldn’t have beer on board. Not sayin’ somebody might not have had a bottle of Jim Beam someplace.


23 posted on 01/19/2014 8:49:03 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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--We used to buy a case of cigs off shore/underway for $12.50--That brings me back. Cigs were 25 cents on board, so guys would go ashore with 4 or 5 packs of Marlboro's hidden under their jumper. For two packs a cab driver show you around all day....
28 posted on 01/19/2014 9:09:29 AM PST by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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Listerene bottles worked great whenever we pulled into Rosie Roads after torpedo and missile tests. Until the doc on the blue crew caught wind of it and told our doc to check mouthwash for traces of cheap rum....


31 posted on 01/19/2014 10:27:01 AM PST by AnAmericanInEngland
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