-=> Dave Drum wrote to Shawn Highfield <=-

 DD> Mine are all military service related. The anchor on my upper arm I got
 DD> on December 6 1959 - the day before I was sworn in to Uncle Sam's Yacht
 DD> Club abd sent off to Sandy Eggo for boot camp. The cartoonish shi ---\
 DD> gooney bird on the inside of my arm was applied as a graduation from
 DD> boot training present to myself. And the redheaded woman on my left arm
 DD> showed up the morning after I was discharged. I remember the third gin
 DD> mill I went into but then things get hazy and I've no idea where I
 DD> picked up the toots or what she cost me. But I had to make a trip to
 DD> St. Louis (there were no tattoo parlours here in the early 60s) to get
 DD> a bikini on her to cover her "attributes".

When I was in the Armt stationed at Fort Sill, on the weekends, guys who
wanted tattoo piled into my '79 Ford LTD and we barreled down to Wichita
Falls, Texas (an hour?  90 minutes? drive; I don't remember now).  All I
asked was for gas money (gas was $1.01 back then) and money for me to get a
meal to eat while I was waiting.

I made a LOT of money doing that until I went TDY to Fort Hood.

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      Title: Mersey Point Smoked Mackerel Log
 Categories: Seafood, Main dish, Canadian
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
      2    Smoked mackerel fillets
      8 oz Light cream cheese
      2 ts Lemon juice
      1 ts Onion; finely chopped
      1 tb Celery; finely chopped
      1 ts Horseradish
           Salt
           Pepper
      1 c  Almonds; crushed
    1/4 c  Parsley; fresh,fine chopped
 
  Remove skin and bones from smoked mackerel. Mix and blend smoked
  mackerel, cream cheese, lemon juice, onion, celery, and horseradish.
  Add salt and pepper to taste. Spread mixture on plastic wrap and form
  into a log. Refrigerate until firm. Combine almonds and parsley. Roll
  log in this mixture. Serve with crackers.
  
  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
 
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-- Sean

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