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From: S'mee on 10 Jul 2010 22:42 On Jul 10, 6:51 pm, sean_q_ <nos...(a)no.spam> wrote: > S'mee wrote: > >> I read recently that MRE stands for "meals rejected by Ethiopians". > > > Sean that joke was old by 1985. > > Ok, so I'm a bit slow with some things. I was never > in the military, although I am an Army brat -- my dad was > in the Royal Canadian Artillery in WW2. He would have taken > a shot at Tokyo, except that the range is a bit extreme > from here (Canada, west coast). heh, so he was a gun bunney also eh?
From: J. Clarke on 11 Jul 2010 06:02 On 7/10/2010 9:45 PM, High Plains Thumper wrote: > S'mee wrote: >> High Plains Thumper wrote: >>> sean_q_ wrote: >>>> High Plains Thumper wrote: >>> >>>>> I was never fond of a GI breakfast. >>> >>>> I read recently that MRE stands for "meals rejected by >>>> Ethiopians". >>> >>> I heard that eating MRE's as several squares a day will lead to >>> constipation, so I don't blame GI's for calling them that. >> >> You get fat as hell also...2,500kcalories PLUS per MRE. > > For ground pounding they pro'ly burnt it off. > >>> GI Breakfast - Cup of coffee and a cigarette. >> >> heh, for the NCO's yeah. Troopies get to eat their MRE or mess hall >> chow...we were busy working while they ate. > > Rank has its privileges, IMHO, along with headaches. MREs have the coffee you know, for certain values of "coffee". The cigarettes though aren't going to be back until somebody figures out that war fighting is more hazardous to your health than smoking cigarettes. >
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 11 Jul 2010 10:21 On Jul 10, 4:17 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 10, 8:50 am, "Vito" <v...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Where did you get such a silly idea? > > Hint: she panics at the sight of billy goats. Then by all means get some whistles for protection.
From: S'mee on 11 Jul 2010 11:07 On Jul 11, 8:21 am, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Jul 10, 4:17 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jul 10, 8:50 am, "Vito" <v...(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > > Where did you get such a silly idea? > > > Hint: she panics at the sight of billy goats. > > Then by all means get some whistles for protection. Yeah, but then you end up in the same old mess, singing drunken lullabies...not that, that is a bad thing I'm t'inkink. ;^)
From: The Older Gentleman on 11 Jul 2010 13:12
CindiK <cindi.knox(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I know synthetic oil is too slippery for Harleys (it makes the > bearings slide instead of roll) I does? News to me. And does HD exlcusively use ball and roller bearings? Are there no plain bearings anywhere? > - does the same apply to an air- > cooled, belt-driven metric cruiser like a Suzuki (LS650/S40) Savage? No -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |