Re: [CH] Holy smokes, I'm headed for San Antonio
Dave Anderson (chilehead@tough-love.com)
Sat, 24 May 2003 19:15:35 -0700
The Reno area it is, but I did do some work during the French and Indian war in
upstate New York.
Dave
> 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:
> >
> >>Three Problems:
> >>
> >>1. I was only there for 4 weeks of basic training and they didn't
> >>let me off the base.
> >
> >
> > 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!
> >
> >
> >>2. They didn't have any Mexican food in the chow hall.
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >>3. I was there in September of 1959. I'm not sure construction on
> >>the Alamo had been completed:-)
> >
> >
> > This sounds like Mass or upstate NY. Is the Boston mess still
> > going?