Re: [CH] Holy smokes, I'm headed for San Antonio
Doug Irvine (dougandmarie@shaw.ca)
Sat, 24 May 2003 16:30:51 -0700
Nahhh...vada? would ya believe? Reno, to be precise, right Dave? Doug
in BC not that far away from him!
Mark McHugh wrote:
> Dave Anderson wrote:
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>>Three Problems:
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>>1. I was only there for 4 weeks of basic training and they didn't let
>>me off the base.
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> I was there for a year for language training in the early 80's. San Antonio is
> one of my favorite cities in the world!
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>>2. They didn't have any Mexican food in the chow hall.
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> My Army unit had its own mess hall at Lackland. It was run by a Mexican
> family. They introduced this Midwestern boy to the magic of chiles. ¡Gracias!
> I also learned a new word: fajita. I saw it everywhere away from the tourist
> traps. Seems like a million mom and pop operations selling fajitas.
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>>3. I was there in September of 1959. I'm not sure construction on
>>the Alamo had been completed:-)
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> This sounds like Mass or upstate NY. Is the Boston mess still going?
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