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Permanut

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2. I'm not in that league..

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 01:09 AM

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I was a cook on a tin can out of Norfolk, Virginia in the 60's. We didn't have anything worth stealing on that boat, but I could trade a large can of Navy Spam for a bottle of Cutty Sark or Jack Daniels any time.

I don't know if I can still get busted for that 60 years later.

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