I can add one Big sausages were called ________. not breakfast sausages but big ones.

answer DDs

Yes guys I think many of us if we could would turn back the clock in a heartbeat

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the pink stool

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I've been trying to remember what we called it. Thanks! I wonder why they called it that?

Bananas had two names. One was Tessie (nickname for students at Texas Woman's U) Delights and you should guess the others. Loved giving meal service to a Jr or Sr and said plenty loud, "Mr.Jones, sir, would you care for a ----, sir?"
Speaking of TWU, I remember my fish year going to the TCU Corps Trip in Ft. Worth. Many gathered on Friday night at TWU for the Aggie-Tessie "social mixer" more commonly called either the Pig Push or the Calf Scramble. That was back when fish having cars was pretty rare. Bummed a ride with upperclassmen or just hitch hiked. I probably hitch hiked 2-3000 miles my first two years.

coo coo was when you hung upside side on a pissheads rack your fingers and toes holding the springs. The bed was pulled out from the wall and the pisshead had a broom and stood upon the rack with a broom.

He yelled coo coo and you stuck your head out either side and SWOOCH. You had a 50% chance of getting hit.

Fun and games.

You always got this after the pissheads went to the steam showeres in pisspots and panchos.

its a wonder that my first semester as a fish at midterms I was not passing anything even PE but brought up my grades at the end of the semester.

School started sept 15 and ended after mid jan for fall semester. you would go home for Christmas break and return for finals.

92-100 A
86-91 B
76-85 C
70-76 D no grade points
below 70 F

Old army was tuff

Haven't thought about steam showers in piss pots and panchos in a long time. That was another day and time for sure.

You will also recall that we were on a 3.0 system. I remember having to post an index card on our doors with our GPR. First semester pisshead year I had a .56 and my room mate had a .3. You could add us and still not make a C average. We changed to 4.0 system beginning Fall of '69.

Had a sergebutt buddy who was an Aerospace Engineer major. Asked him what he posted last semester and he said "1.8". I told him that was damn impressive for the load he took. He said "times 10 to the minus 1". 4 D's and a C.

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Reckon the fish will wear bottle-cap spurs for the SMU game?

Your sergebutt friend reminds me of one of Shelby Metcalf's famous stories. When one of his players reported his grades as four F's and one D, Shelby's response was, "Son, looks like you're spending too much time on one of your classes."

Canyon, I don't remember that we had a name for utensils.

pitchfork

shovel

knife?

napkin bib


glass crystal

Knife would be a saber or at least that's what I had to call it.

couldnt remember

so why was tea called stud?

Because it tasted like racehorse piss

Canyon77

Fork - pitchfork
Spoon - shovel
Knife - saber

Yep. I remember them well. Maybe an outfit thing?

That's possible, I really don't recall the BQs having silverware nicknames.

Somewhere I've got Dad's campusology stuff from Ol' Army Lou, circa 1947. Need to scan and post it.

When the last of the Corps units left the Sbisa area in '65, I had occasion to eat at a table one weekend with some Spider D guys. I was introduced to an obscure handle, possibly unique to the Spiders (who were the groadiest bunch on campus). It was an "oyster glass". You can probably figure out what it was used for.

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Family Style feeding had lots of components back in the day. Some of my funniest memories are of things that happened during morning/evening chow in Duncan. Sad to see that era go into the history books

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Agree. It was a huge mistake to do away with family style, IMO.

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Agree. It was a huge mistake to do away with family style, IMO.

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Ditching Family Style feeding in Duncan was about $. Pure and simple. Bean counters back then, Food Service types, thought there was just too much waste in maintaining Family Style feeding. CCA didn't really exist back in that time (Late 80's) so there was no voice out there to support keeping it. Would be interesting to see the numbers on what it would take to bring it back.

Family dinners make families strong.

First semester my fish year, I got stuck (for the whole semester) sitting Hot Corner for seven pissheads. Not sure how that happened but lost 25 pounds that semester.

DEAL FIGHTS?

BUTTER PATS ON THE CEILING?

fish doing fart offs?

crawling under the tables and lighting bibs. Now that was a reason to have fish matches

Weasel:

We lived in Sbisa Area our fish year, 1966-67 and ate in Sbisa. Three dorms (17,18 & 20) of Corps units-3rd Bn, 2nd Bde Staff, part of the 4th Bn )the spring semester) and I think the 3rd Group.

After that we all moved to Duncan.

And several outfits had what would be called the oyster glass or whatever. Had to pass it around and everyone contribute, especially during the winter when the campus crud was prevalent.

Family dinner isn't coming back.

Chartwells was unhappy with the losses at Duncan this last year and had floated the idea of shutting it down. Instead (knowing they couldn't do that, that corps has to eat) they are renovating Duncan and come fall will be trying to better inform non-regs they can eat there too. Chartwells wants/needs more people to eat at both Duncan and Sbisa, which is why they are changing how the meal plans work with an emphasis on eating at those two.

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didn't Duncan get renovated around '04

Yeah somewhere right around then. Minor facial changes like adding the columns iirc

Yes, if you asked to shoot the battery acid, i would still pass you the Orange Juice. C/o
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Yes, if you asked to shoot the battery acid, i would still pass you the Orange Juice. C/o
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I would crap you out for not passing the grapefruit juice.

We were told during the August 1978 FOW, that the tea was called "stud" for allegedly being dosed with saltpeter (potassium nitrate, alleged in days of you to reduce male libido).

We were also taught that the strict rules for dining came from when A&M would admit 15 & 16 year-olds straight from a farm, who had no table manners at all. As in reaching for food without asking, talking with their mouths full, and so on.

The Standard would teach a person that the reason it was a Senior Privilege to walk on grass, as it was assumed they would be smart enough to not wear a rut across the lawns doing so.

Further, that Tessies, Midnight Yell, and fish matches were linked. In (really0 Old Army Days, cadets were to be in uniform near exclusively. Which would include a date to MYP. Since it was a violation (the old term-of-art was "RAM-able") to engage in a Public Display of Affection--such as holding hands, but, especially kissing.

The seniors, having wrangled dates from TWU (Tessies--from Texas State Teacher's School, now TWU) wanted to have an opportunity to kiss their dates without being detected. So, the Senior Yell leaders were to give a signal during MYP, so that their cohorts could douse the lights.

Now, the dateless seniors, with nothing better to do, could 'spoil the fun' by causing the "lights" to be on in a local sense, by having each freshman light a match.

Now, if a given zip suspected such would be the case, he might bum a match from the fish to prevent the planned osculation interruptus. The scheming 'stag' zip could then detail the fish to carry more matches, thus, ever to be ready to shine the light of day upon PDA.

I know, in the heat of that Autumn, that we learned to not buy 'safety' matches, and the striker chemistry on the side of the box was not sweat-resistant.