THE BOOT CAMP TRUTH....?

Q. I am nervous about Boot Camp...NOT SCARED, BUT NERVOUS... I have heard nightmares about it and I just want to get the truth from someone that has recently been through it... NO SUGAR COATING... PREPARE ME FOR WHATS TO COME....

Answer
Ahh the memories, phosphorus melding into the Monterey fog, Drill Sergeants putting us in the thinking position. CS, blowing up Bambiâs dad with a claymore, first aid and how a bandoleer can hold things in place, chow, KP, pots and pans, having the Range Officer screaming cease fire while some idiot is firing on a civilian aircraft ( it was not me ), same thing except it was a yacht in no mans land behind the dunes in Monterey Bay, the guy that got hungry and ate poison ivy, wild pigs in bivouac area, being choked out for not saluting the aggressors flag in escape and evasion......AND WE ALL LIVED, SO WILL YOU!!!

They say that in the Army
The Chow is mighty fine
A biscuit rolled off the table
And killed a friend of mine

They say that in the Army
The Coffeeâs mighty fine
It looks like muddy water
And tastes like turpentine.

They say that in the Army
The chickens mighty fine.
One jumped up on the table
And started marking time.

Don't think it has changed too awful much since Dino Days, I even throw in a little butt chewing...no extra charge

It might go a little like this:

Up before the sun @ 0430. Also known as O dark thirty
30 minutes max for the 3 S's ($h!t, shower, shave) sometimes the shower is the night before.
Formation.
A little PT: Daily Dozen and Singing âUp in the morning with the rising sun, were gonna run till the running is doneâ while double timing a mile
Chow: Coming to attention, count off 1 Drill Sergeant WETSU (We Eat This $h!t Up)
Formation
Draw weapons if going to range
Formation
Double time to training site. C130 rolling down the strip, airborne daddy gonna take a little trip.
Train
Chow
Train
More PT Drill Sargent We Eat This $h!t Up
Double time back to barracks. I wanna be an Airborne Ranger, lead a life of death and danger, I wanna go to Viet Nam, just to kill ole Charley Cong ( I will guess the words have changed)
If weapons were drawnâ¦.
Stack weapons
Post guards. Guard relief to the head of Chow line.
Chow
Clean weapons
Have weapon inspected
Turn in weapon
Formation maybe maybe not
1 hour of your time....maybe
GI boots
GI area
Mass Attack on Showers or wait till morning
Write mommy
Lights out 2100
Coma time

"DROP AND GIVE ME 20"

Keep the pie hole shut and listen.

Think out your questions...it's the Army...do not appear that you were not paying attention!!!

Do not point at food and ask WTF is that:
If it is a green looking meat like substance that is "Mystery meat". Chow down it's very good for you!
If it looks like lumpy burnt oatmeal it's SOS.
If the SOS is poured over a something ...that is a biscuit not a hockey puckâ¦though itâs hard to tell the difference!
If it is yellow and dry it is cake. Just stick it in a glass of milk, it will be fine.
If it is brown and poured over rice it is chili.....maybe...could be gravy made from left over bacon grease.

You think it will make you fat???

NO PROBLEM! I will just PT you until your legs are wore off to the knee's and your arms to the elbow!!!

ARE WE CLEAR???

WELL ARE WE???

GOOD!

Close enough anyway!

A premature welcome to "The Club"!

SSG US Army 73-82
H/4/3 Ft. Ord Jul-Sep 1973

This Weâll Defend

The Marines will try to make you think Boot is mo tougher than Basic.....same same

What pool-like game has poles coming out of the table?

Aidan

When i was younger at my summer camp there used to be a game room. In the room there was this pool-like game that included pool sticks and a felt covered table except smaller. On the table there were these little pole like structures maybe 5 of 6 of them and then there was 2 holes on either end. From what i can remember the poles were red and white and so were the balls. What the game is actually like may very from this. The balls and poles may not be red and white but thats what i remember from it and there may have been more than those two holes.

Answer
You are right. There were two holes.
You had to bank your balls off the side cushion toward the opponent's hole and he did the same toward your hole.
The player that pocketed all their balls was the winner.
Check out any Establishment that sells Billiard equipment, pool tables, etc. and they should have one on display. Called "Bumper Pool table."
If not they can show you one from their catalogs.

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What pool-like game has poles coming out of the table?

camping table with hole image

Aidan

When i was younger at my summer camp there used to be a game room. In the room there was this pool-like game that included pool sticks and a felt covered table except smaller. On the table there were these little pole like structures maybe 5 of 6 of them and then there was 2 holes on either end. From what i can remember the poles were red and white and so were the balls. What the game is actually like may very from this. The balls and poles may not be red and white but thats what i remember from it and there may have been more than those two holes.

Answer
You are right. There were two holes.
You had to bank your balls off the side cushion toward the opponent's hole and he did the same toward your hole.
The player that pocketed all their balls was the winner.
Check out any Establishment that sells Billiard equipment, pool tables, etc. and they should have one on display. Called "Bumper Pool table."
If not they can show you one from their catalogs.

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Where to go camping inexpensively and without a car near NYC?

km1312

Need a fairly cheap tent campground with basic bathroom and drinking water facilities near hiking trail(s). Looking to head there Friday evening after work and return Sunday evening on a train and/or bus.

Thanks!

Answer
Floyd Bennett Field
Manhattanites have always considered Brooklyn to be something of a wilderness, but it may still come as a surprise to learn that you can actually camp thereâand weâre not talking about sleeping on the sidewalk. This abandoned-airport-turned-national-park in Marine Park has room for about 100 campers, each site with a fire pit and picnic tableâand not much else. (It may be the only place in New York City where holes in the ground are considered acceptable bathroom facilities.) Itâs a little slice of serenityâ¦with bonus noise from JFK-bound planes that occasionally fly nearby!
Price: $50 per campsite for a three-night stay.
Getting there: Take the 2 or 5 train (at rush hour) to Flatbush Avenue and transfer to the Rockaway Parkâbound Q35 bus. Call 718-338-3799 for reservations.

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What are good pranks to pull at camp?

camping table with hole image

Luke S

ok so heres the deal...In two weeks, my school is going to a camp by some river. We stay in cabins with about 12 people in each and there are about 10 cabins for boys and 10 cabins for girls. Girls camp is about 2 miles down the river so we dont really want to go all the way over there. Heres my question, what are some good pranks we can pull to the other guys, my own group, and counselors that i wont get in trouble for.

Answer
Pin Holes in Cup
Use a tiny pin to make little pin holes in a plastic or styrofoam cup. Then offer the cup with a drink in it to your unaware victim. They will have dribbles of the liquid all over their shirt while drinking the beverage.



Clumsy Coffee Prank
Fill a coffee cup with some brown paint that looks like coffee. Tip it over onto wax paper until it dries up, then remove wax paper. You are now free to place this item anywhere. People will be fooled and think that someone tipped over a cup of coffee.



Wrapper And Cheese Sandwich
Next time you want to play a food prank on someone, make them a sandwich with cheese. But don't remove the plastic wrap from the cheese. When your victim takes a bite, they will get a plastic surprise!



Caramel Candy Onions
Make some tasty caramel candy apples for someone. But substitute the apples with onions.



Sour Times
Before going to bed at night, place a few drops of green food coloring in the milk. In the morning when your victim opens the carton to pour milk into breakfast cereal, he or she will think the milk is sour and no good.



Palms Down Beverage Trick
Impress your friend and show him how you can balance 2 cups of liquid on your hands (palms down). Then bet him that he cannot do it. When he tries to do it, offer to help him...once he gets it and balances the cups, walk out of the room and leave him to figure out how to remove cups from back of hands.



Cereal Box Switch
Remove the plastic bags from cereal boxes and switch them around. Your victim will scratch his head wondering why Cheerios came out of a box of Lucky Charms.



Yummy!
While eating at a restaurant or having dinner with friends pretend you see a fly. Take out a fly swatter and act like you are chasing it around. After awhile, take out a raisin when no one is paying attention. Then show them it quickly as if it is the fly...and eat it!



Take The Bait
Add a rubber fishing worm into your victim's meal and watch their surprise when they bite into the tasty morsel



Unable To Cut The Cake
Decorate a round car washing sponge with icing, whip cream and sprinkles so it looks like a cake. Leave it out so your victim can help himself to a slice. Then just sit back and enjoy watching him struggle while trying to cut the cake

Lottery Ticket Swap
This one takes some pre-planning. All you have to do is buy someone a lotto ticket today and tomorrow go out early and buy another ticket with the exact same numbers as the winning ticket from yesterday. When the victim of your prank isn't paying attention swap the newer ticket with the old one. When the person looks in the paper for the winning numbers, he or she won't even realize the date is wrong on the ticket and will believe it is the big winner.



Raining Confetti
Pick a rainy day and put some confetti inside your victims umbrella. When he or she goes to open it up...POOF! out comes the confetti.



Ping Pong Fallout
Put a bunch of ping pong balls or packing peanuts in an open box. Tilt it at an angle against the cupboard door (from the inside) so when the victim goes to open the cupboard the ping pong balls will all spill out.



Where did it go?
Remove the dining room table. Hide it somewhere. Then take the table cloth and whatever else was on top and put it back just the way it was, only this time its all on the floor.



Drenched With Water
This one takes a bit of practice. First, place a coin on your forhead and shake your head so the coin will fall into a funnel that is inserted in the beltline of your pants. Amaze your friends on how talented you are once you master this and when they ask to try it, quickly pour water down the funnel and into their pants.



So Heavy
Walk past a buddy with a large jug that is non transparent and act as if its filled with liquid, even though you only fill it with a couple ounces. Then ask him to carry it somewhere for you. He will be expecting a heavy load.



Blocked Sensor
Use a small piece of black tape to block the tv sensor so whoever decides to watch TV next cannot change the channel or adjust the volume.



Mail Box Prank
After the mail has already been delivered, fill the mail box with ping pong balls or packing nuts. Then ask someone else to go get the mail.



Poisonous Mushrooms
Buy some fresh mushrooms at the store. Paint them red. Then go and plant them in your friend or neighbors yard. They will think poisonous shrooms are going in their yard.



Embarasing Magazines
Send in subscriptions to embarasing magazines in the victim's name. Make sure to check "Bill Me".


Shoe Polish Phone Prank
Coat the reciever of someone's phone with shoe polish and then give them a call. Instant gratification. Make sure you match the colors of the polish and the phone. Small amounts of shaving cream work too.



Three Way Call
Utilizing threeway calling, call two people you don't know and star

How to decorate a door with pink theme?

Megan

I'm going to cheer camp, and we stay in dorms.. We have to decorate our doors and I don't know what to do, the theme is pink. I got pink tule, pink ribbon, and pink ribbon that says princess on it. I am getting a pink table cloth to put on the door, so that will be pink too. But, I just do not know what to do.ninalso, made 5 bows with pink polka dotted ribbon.. Please help, thank you in advance.

Answer
If you have tons and tons of pink tule, make sure to practice on a door at home and try using four very long, separate pieces of pink tulle to wrap horizontally around the door and making a giant bow in the middle. Evenly space out those gigantic bows and arrange the tulle so you are wrapping the door like it is a present with four bows. I'm sure you might need to buy those stick-on and removable wall hooks from wal mart or target and some extra ribbon to tie the bows on and keep them where they belong.
Buy some pink construction paper and print out or find butterfly and heart shapes, even cut out the words "cheer Camp" from the pink paper and arrange it around the tulle bows. You'll be able to tuck it in hopefully to the folds in the tulle. The extra tulle and a little tape will hold your butterflies and other cut out things. You can use the ribbon you bought and a hole punch to make the words like cheer and the hearts you've made to hang it.

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