[TontoKowalski]

I feel sorry for the young guys today. They’ll never know what real liberty is like. Between mandatory “liberty buddies”, curfews, a chain of command going straight to the top that is absolutely terrified of the slightest “incident”, liberty today is so pussified it’s pathetic.

Liberty is now a pussed-down experience and so are some of most cherished traditions.

I was looking at some old photos the other night, and ran across some pictures of when I Crossed the Line as a wog. What terrific memories! The last time I crossed the line, the highlight for the wogs was the DC Olympics or some such. And of course, today's sailors will never witness a Wog Beauty Contest, which, 20+ years after it happened, I still believe to be the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life.

[xrmusn]

Having spent most of the time between 57-60 and all the time 60-62 homeported in Yokosuka Japan had done my share of Japanese bath houses....IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO REALIZE THAT A BATH HOUSE IN 1950/60’s JAPAN HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH BATHOUSE IN SF.