"Coors runs" to NAS Meridian, MS from more blessed points west were comme il faut during the late 1960s - early 1970s before Coors achieved national distribution. Pretty standard drill - cross-county a T-2 from NMM to NAS Dallas, Buckley ANGB, or any other Coors-infested part of the west, buy your stock (no more than ~3 cases - the limit in the T-2 nose void), and wing your way back to The Heart Of The New South.

Normal return was ~0300 Monday. You always gave a strato-chilled six-pack to the duty line crew (for later, off-duty consumption).

Many folks will never appreciate how welcome this beverage was in a land of "county-option" liquor consumption and the likes of the much-despised Pearl beer brand.

--
Mike Kanze

Republican Sen. John McCain berated fellow lawmakers for "spending money like a drunken sailor." But one of his constituents took offense at this comparison, saying, "As a former drunken sailor, I take offense at being compared to Congress!"


"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message ...
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:38:57 GMT, Dave wrote:

I used to work at OMD in B'wick ('70 - '73), and helped many an aircrew
load lobsters, into everything from a C-118 with no seats, to an A-37
Tweet.

Dave in San Diego

While I was serving in purgatory (Willie Air Patch flogging a T-37
with UPT students--a reward for my F-105 tour), we often would take a
Tweet on a Friday afternoon out-and-back to Navy North Island.

Hop on the ferry (AKA "nickel-snatcher") because this was before the
Coronado Bridge and hit the fish market. Pack up some fresh seafood in
a styrofoam box with dry ice and RTB to Willie in time for a nice
evening fish-fry and drink-a-thon.

Junior guy got to ride in the right seat with the box on his lap.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
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