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Aristus

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39. Thank you.

Reply to pandr32 (Reply #38)

Sat May 24, 2025, 06:39 PM

May 24

I don't have a lot of OMG what-the-hell stories to tell. Sorry to disappoint you. I'm not the hellraiser a lot of my fellow tankers were. On the plus side, I never saw the inside of the stockade, or had an uncomfortable conversation with a JAG defense lawyer, the way a few guys I knew did.

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Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything. [View all] Aristus May 23 OP

If you do word puzzles Marthe48 May 23 #1

Paper. Aristus May 23 #3

What's the most "buzzed" you've ever been? True Dough May 23 #2

I want to check back to see if there's a story! pandr32 May 23 #4

Update: Aristus May 23 #7

Buzzed enough to black out and not remember the rest of the evening. Aristus May 23 #5

Mad Dog and Boone's and POP TARTS Skittles May 23 #9

Hey, I was twenty-one. Aristus May 23 #12

I was a USAF sergeant at age 21 Skittles May 23 #17

I was also a tanker. Aristus May 23 #18

My first 2 fave wines: MD 20/20 and Strawberry Hill LSparkle May 23 #19

ah those were the days my friend Skittles May 23 #20

Those days taught me I could never Captain Zero May 24 #22

OH YOU AND ME BOTH Skittles May 24 #25

MD 20/20 Dulcinea May 24 #41

We drank Mad Dog because we were soldiers and didn't know any better. Aristus May 25 #44

Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill redwitch May 23 #10

Memory fails. Aristus May 23 #13

😁 surfered May 24 #32

At least you didn't wake up in a strange bed. pandr32 May 23 #11

Not that time, anyway. Aristus May 23 #15

Ha! pandr32 May 24 #29

There was this one time, when I was stationed in Germany, Aristus May 24 #34

That's a nice story, not an OMG what-the-hell one. pandr32 May 24 #38

Thank you. Aristus May 24 #39

I'm not disappointed at all! pandr32 May 24 #40

On the very rare occasions now when I get mind-alteringly drunk, Aristus May 24 #42

About 50 years ago I woke up next to a woman I'd never met before. Wolf Frankula May 24 #28

So there's a chance True Dough May 24 #31

Have you ever seen the show "Drink Masters"? I find it amazing what they go through to make a drink Maraya1969 May 23 #6

Not yet. Aristus May 23 #8

If a train going to Trenton, leaving from Yonkers at 3 AM and traveling at 55 mph, surfered May 23 #14

Twenty-four. Aristus May 23 #16

You are as good at math as you are with mixing cocktails. 😁 surfered May 24 #33

Reminds me of my commutes on the LIRR!! GP6971 May 23 #21

I got drunk on a tugboat converted Captain Zero May 24 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Captain Zero May 24 #24

You're 3 posts from 70,000 True Dough May 24 #26

You tell me. This is it. 70,000. Aristus May 24 #36

Oh, it's different! True Dough May 24 #37

Hey Aristus! pdxflyboy May 24 #27

I found old TA-50 wet weather gear. Duncanpup May 24 #30

My Dad had an old duffel bag full of vintage TA-50 gear. Aristus May 24 #35

I never had the visor rain gear either. Duncanpup May 25 #43