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| May 19, 2009
| franksolich
Posted on 05/19/2009 9:18:17 AM PDT by franksolich
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I'm really curious about this; any enlightenment and illumination would be appreciated.
To: Auntie Mame; buschbaby; tired1; Sir_Ed; Paul Heinzman; Purrcival; Roscoe Karns; GeronL; bcsco; ...
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:19:42 AM PDT
by
franksolich
(Scourge of the Primitives, in service to humanity)
To: franksolich
When I was in Vietnam,we had a mama-san do it.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:21:54 AM PDT
by
Dr. Ursus
To: franksolich
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:23:11 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: franksolich
There are laundromats on base, and where they have access to do laundry, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen do their own laundry and ironing (or their poor wives do).
Signed,
Former Army daughter and former Marine wife
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:23:21 AM PDT
by
conservative cat
(America, you have been PWNED!)
To: Dr. Ursus
I think that the plan is to contract it out to ACORN, they have HUGE experience in handling ‘dirty laundry’!
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:23:54 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Dr. Ursus
When I was in Vietnam,we had a mama-san do it.
_________________________________
Hootch maids.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:23:56 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: franksolich
It’s a function of the Quartermaster Corps.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:24:07 AM PDT
by
Argus
(We've gone downtown to Clown Town, and that's where we'll be living from now on..)
To: franksolich
They have what’s called the Quartermaster Laundry in the Army.
Send out on laundry day and get last week’s back. Payroll deduction for the service.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:24:12 AM PDT
by
StAntKnee
(I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up from this dream theatre of the absurd.)
To: franksolich
Military bases have laundromats. I used the military provided facility. Even the personal stuff came out starched to the dickens...
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:25:01 AM PDT
by
bcsco
(I'm a Constitution defender!)
To: bcsco
" Even the personal stuff came out starched to the dickens..."
OOCH! that sounds painful especial after a twenty mile hike!
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:26:28 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: unkus
“Hooch” should be the correct spelling. 38 years makes the mind a little fuzzy on some things.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:27:08 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: franksolich
The Quartermaster Corps has “field laundry units” located in the rear areas that are relatively secure. They get the dirt out is the best way to put it.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:27:09 AM PDT
by
mosaicwolf
(Strength and Honor)
To: franksolich
There is a big washing machine on the Navy ships and laundry is done buy the crew. There are also machine that the crew can use to do you own laundry.
The Marines coming back onto the ship from the field had some funky laundry. You do it however you have too. A lot of times over seas I had a local person do it. I buck or two to wash a bag a laundry is a good deal. I didn't have to do it, and the local economy got a buck or two.
Usually in the field we just stunk real bad. Baby wipes are a soldiers best friend in the field.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:28:12 AM PDT
by
DYngbld
(I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!!)
To: unkus
This is my 40th anniversay and we’ll be in Hong Kong next
month.I wonder if the Yellow Submarine bar is there?
To: Kartographer
OOCH! that sounds painful especial after a twenty mile hike!After a 20 mile hike there wouldn't be any starch left, by a long shot. Fatigues could be like washboards. By day's end, though, the starch was gone. In fact even the act of putting on the fatigues broke down some of the starch...
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:32:39 AM PDT
by
bcsco
(I'm a Constitution defender!)
To: DYngbld
To: bcsco
"By day's end, though, the starch was gone."
But how much of your hide went with it? ;-)
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:34:25 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: franksolich
We sailors had it easy; drop it into the laundry bin in our living compartment and it would come back clean and folded on our rack two days later. For the dress blues, we could take them down to the ship’s dry cleaner and pick them up next day.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:35:42 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Dr. Ursus
The Royal Hotel in Bangkok was our HQ for R & R.
I did order a nice leather jacket from Hong Kong through PACEX.
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posted on
05/19/2009 9:35:52 AM PDT
by
unkus
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