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I have vivid memories about pulling out of Subic Bay (I rode the Midway TAD in '83-85, and embarked on CARGRU5 Staff from '88-91). The day after was always a bummer. Especially because:
1) MAN OVERBOARD drill - No biggie if you worked the dayshift but it sucked for the guys working the afternoon/night shift. They couldn't get decent rack time after that. And if you partied hard the last night inport, which we all did, it made it that much harder to get up.
2) HANGOVER - Whether from drinking San Migoo, Bullfrog/Mojo, ESQ-Rum and Cokes, Cork Room Daquiris, Red Horse, or Ginebra San Miguel, everyone needed an extra 12 hours of sleep after pulling out of Subic. We didn't do a good job of staying hydrated then--it's not like they sold bottled water out on town! I remember drinking Mojo at the Quarterdeck club and stumbling out of there back to the ship. Was hungover for 2 days out of P.I.
3) THE CLAP LINE - Ouch!!! Plus the humiliation of standing in the 50 deep line, hungover, tired, inhaling beer/puke breath and sweating like hell! And the smart ass comments you had to endure from shipmates ("And you ate that girl too?"). And of course the anticipation of the corpsman giving you the swab...that first piss after left scratch marks a foot long in the bulkhead. The things we endured for Olongapo liberty.
4) BACK IN THE CHOW LINE - And the food sucked the first few days out because the MS's were all filipino and they went home during the Subic port visit. But heck, after 5 days of maybe a plate of pancit and some toast, anything was good...
5) HEADED OUT TO GONZO STATION - And probably not getting back to Subic for 4-5 months...that was tough. A lot of thoughts going through your mind, especially for the guys that hooked up with girls in the bars/clubs. Wondering if she'll still be there when you return? Not caring if she does...looking forward to meeting a whole new crop of girls..and of course being welcomed back by the bar owners/mamason's...Subic was like the TV show Cheers, you like going "Where everybody knows your name".
JUST SO MANY MEMORIES...
Excellent first post 80scal and all valid points for sure.
First day back was really rough for me for the following reasons;
I usually came aboard around 0530. I forget the name of the bar, but it had a second floor balcony and I liked sitting up there with a San Miguel to watch the sunrise.
Crawl to my rack and pass out.
Threaten to kill whoever woke me up for the man-overboard-drill.
Get up at 1100 to shower/eat before the first launch around 1300.
Spend the first day of flight ops hung over as hell. If I'm lucky a pilot will take pity on me and let me have a few drags of O2 from his mask. :)
Crawl to my rack at 0000 knowing I have to get up in 5 hours :what:
shotglass
07-28-03, 11:40 AM
Anybody remember that open-front place called 168? Way down the drag on the right hand side....where you could heat up a peso with a lighter and chuck it into the street?
Those kids never got hit.....dammit.....
ktrout01
08-04-03, 09:21 AM
168 ? The open air mojo bar near the fountain ? Naw, never been in the place...sober ! I found a great site that brought back many fond if dim memories...http://www.subicbaypi.com/ He has a whole section broken down by decade of bargirls, maybe she's there guys ! For engineering it was a little more painful those first couple days. We had to fire up the plant the night before so we had to be back for Midnight and then light the fires and kick the tires. It's amazing that we ever got underway with the entire department either drunk or hung over so bad they couldn't see. Pride and Professionalism...Set The example. remember that phrase from CNO at the time Adm Wadkins ? We set the example every time we stopped in Subic.
Originally posted by ktrout01
... I found a great site that brought back many fond if dim memories...http://www.subicbaypi.com/ He has a whole section broken down by decade of bargirls..
:thumbs:
Now all I need is a San Miguel while I peruse the decades. :D
shotglass
08-06-03, 10:00 PM
OK, so what's the deal with the Red Horse Beer? I kept hearing that it had formaldehyde in it....anybody know the real scoop on that S-5?
I had always heard not to drink US beer overseas because it had formaldehyde in it. Of course I have nothing to back that up. It was just rumour passed around. We did get a warning not to drink Tiger beer in Pattaya Beach because it was laced with something that would pop you positive on a wizz quiz. We drank it anyways, but I swear it left my mouth feeling numb. :what:
ktrout01
08-07-03, 10:08 AM
So tell us ... How many Tigers did it take for your mouth to go numb ? LOL
I can pick up Singha locally (CT) and it's not too bad. It doesn't have the grit in it like the stuff in Pattaya though. I'd like to find Kloster but I don't know if it's exported. It was certainly the best beer there although more expensive than the others. We would drink Kloster first than switch over to Singha or Tiger after it didn't matter what we were drinking.
btw... The Navy informed us today that we have a firm ship home date from the UAE. My wife is beyond happy.
That's excellent news that your ship home date has been set. Are you going to hit any good ports on the way back?
How many Tiger's? Ah hell, I forget..... a LOT of them. :laugh: http://bushwhacked.net/forum/images/smilies/drinkin.gif
Have a couple for me if you stop there on the way home. Pattaya was my favorite port. :D
foehammer03
04-16-04, 08:48 AM
Mojo...
Smiles...
Cat...don't deny it...you proved a person could still operate with beer induced sleep deprivation.
And Whitaker and Mackie proved that it only took one inport for booters to get married in P.I.
Tahnk God for having an ample supply of O-2. I think that that is what kept me going most of the time when we pulled out. Well, that and a full pot of coffee. We should all own stock in San Magoo.
foehammer03
04-17-04, 07:40 PM
Yes, O2 and the scuriously hidden pilot's mask. "HUFF" Now I feel better.
Samurai Films
05-11-04, 05:01 PM
Does Olongopo exists anymore since they closed down Subic Bay and Cubic Bay? Ahhhhh, the mojo/bullfrog. That was good stuff to drink and bad to wake up to. San Miguels too. Monkey on a stick was tasty regardless if it was real monkey or not, hehe. Never tried the bolut (duck embryo), that just sounded too nasty.
Does Olongopo exists anymore since they closed down Subic Bay and Cubic Bay?....
You betcha. There's a cool powerpoint slide show on my site of current
Subic City (http://cv41.org/multimedia/SUBIC3.pps) photos.
Samurai Films
05-11-04, 09:43 PM
Excellent slides! Wow, all the clubs seem to have disappeared. It did bring back many memories. Thanks for the slide show.
That slide show came courtesy of Robert Layden.
RigTheBarricade
05-12-04, 08:39 AM
And Whitaker and Mackie proved that it only took one inport for booters to get married in P.I.
Dan,
Do tell about J.R. ... :!:
This is one that I don't think that I've ever heard before. Please tell me that he was just love struck!!! :Broken:
CARGRUFIVE
05-23-04, 12:26 AM
I was on staff duty during that time, OS2 Troy Henderson. Now in Kansas in the KSANG working at the Smoky Hill ANG Bombing Range. Duty almost as good as staff was. Close anyway. Drop me a line at tajjhenderson@cox.net.
DNNassans
05-27-04, 12:09 AM
Excellent first post 80scal and all valid points for sure.
First day back was really rough for me for the following reasons;
I usually came aboard around 0530. I forget the name of the bar, but it had a second floor balcony and I liked sitting up there with a San Miguel to watch the sunrise.
Crawl to my rack and pass out.
Threaten to kill whoever woke me up for the man-overboard-drill.
Get up at 1100 to shower/eat before the first launch around 1300.
Spend the first day of flight ops hung over as hell. If I'm lucky a pilot will take pity on me and let me have a few drags of O2 from his mask. :)
Crawl to my rack at 0000 knowing I have to get up in 5 hours :what:
The name of the bar might be the "RUNWAY" on Gordon Street?
Does Olongopo exists anymore since they closed down Subic Bay and Cubic Bay? Ahhhhh, the mojo/bullfrog. That was good stuff to drink and bad to wake up to. San Miguels too. Monkey on a stick was tasty regardless if it was real monkey or not, hehe. Never tried the bolut (duck embryo), that just sounded too nasty.
:p
Its still there though the Cubi point Nas is mostly a FedEx freight transfer point. My wife as there in olongapo in march 04 and po city is loaded with restaurants and not bars now. :shrug: The monkey meat we all survived on between hopping the bars was mostly DOG meat. ever wonder why the canines would bark at you when you walked by? :rainbow:
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:beer: Hoisting one to the good old times at Olongapo
From the sound of all the posting here, it seems that nothing has changed in Olongapo since I was wandering the streets there in 1973-1975. There was nothing like coming into port, go into town and slamming a San Magoo that was so cold it had ice in it. Susans restaurant had the best lumpia. There was an old lady begger nearby that always asleep with her hand out. I was tempted to place my cigarette in her had to see if she was really alive.
I have vivid memories about pulling out of Subic Bay (I rode the Midway TAD in '83-85, and embarked on CARGRU5 Staff from '88-91). The day after was always a bummer. Especially because:
1) MAN OVERBOARD drill - No biggie if you worked the dayshift but it sucked for the guys working the afternoon/night shift. They couldn't get decent rack time after that. And if you partied hard the last night inport, which we all did, it made it that much harder to get up.
2) HANGOVER - Whether from drinking San Migoo, Bullfrog/Mojo, ESQ-Rum and Cokes, Cork Room Daquiris, Red Horse, or Ginebra San Miguel, everyone needed an extra 12 hours of sleep after pulling out of Subic. We didn't do a good job of staying hydrated then--it's not like they sold bottled water out on town! I remember drinking Mojo at the Quarterdeck club and stumbling out of there back to the ship. Was hungover for 2 days out of P.I.
3) THE CLAP LINE - Ouch!!! Plus the humiliation of standing in the 50 deep line, hungover, tired, inhaling beer/puke breath and sweating like hell! And the smart ass comments you had to endure from shipmates ("And you ate that girl too?"). And of course the anticipation of the corpsman giving you the swab...that first piss after left scratch marks a foot long in the bulkhead. The things we endured for Olongapo liberty.
4) BACK IN THE CHOW LINE - And the food sucked the first few days out because the MS's were all filipino and they went home during the Subic port visit. But heck, after 5 days of maybe a plate of pancit and some toast, anything was good...
5) HEADED OUT TO GONZO STATION - And probably not getting back to Subic for 4-5 months...that was tough. A lot of thoughts going through your mind, especially for the guys that hooked up with girls in the bars/clubs. Wondering if she'll still be there when you return? Not caring if she does...looking forward to meeting a whole new crop of girls..and of course being welcomed back by the bar owners/mamason's...Subic was like the TV show Cheers, you like going "Where everybody knows your name".
JUST SO MANY MEMORIES...
After one long PI visit, I gave so many clap shots that I couldn't move my thumb without it hurting :laugh:
Does anyone remember the midget pizza place. All of the waiters were little people. Pretty good pizza too (never got sick there by the grace of God). :hehe:
Does anyone remember the midget pizza place. All of the waiters were little people. Pretty good pizza too (never got sick there by the grace of God). :hehe:
Hi d41 and Welcome!
Man, you either triggered a faint memory or bad dream... I can't decide. It kinda sounds familar. Do you remember where was it located?
Does anyone remember the midget pizza place. All of the waiters were little people. Pretty good pizza too (never got sick there by the grace of God). :hehe:
Hi Midway Fans :)
There was a Sam's Pizza Hut on Magsaysay across from D' cave Bar in the late 70's and just up the street toward the base was a Chatterbox Pizza :D and there also was a Shakeys Pizza also I believe on Magsaysay. One of them may be what you are think of.
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If YOUR not having fun; YOU'RE not doing it right
Hi d41 and Welcome!
Man, you either triggered a faint memory or bad dream... I can't decide. It kinda sounds familar. Do you remember where was it located?
Not too far on the main drag on the right. Kinda across from the Sam's Hotel (only hotel with hot water in the morning). Geno's Pizza. No bar girls that I can remember.
Not too far on the main drag on the right. Kinda across from the Sam's Hotel (only hotel with hot water in the morning). Geno's Pizza. No bar girls that I can remember.
Hey D41 when was Genos Pizza there. My wifes parents operated a club called D'Cave :D in the 70's it was on Magsaysay on the left just before the traffic circle and across from Sam's Pizza Hut. :thumbsup:
:beer: Hoisting one for all the good times at Olongapo :thumbsup:
It was across from Sam's Hotel, which was next to the VFW. I was there in 1980-1982. I remember the Cave, I think it had a live band. Those clubs must have made a fortune when a carrier pulled in. If you bought beer in the "sorry sorry" store, it was cheap. If you were brave enough to venture to Subic City, the prices of everything was cheaper.
It was across from Sam's Hotel, which was next to the VFW. I was there in 1980-1982. I remember the Cave, I think it had a live band. Those clubs must have made a fortune when a carrier pulled in. If you bought beer in the "sorry sorry" store, it was cheap. If you were brave enough to venture to Subic City, the prices of everything was cheaper.
Hi Midway Fans :D
D' Cave did have a live band there, and your right about those clubs making a fortune when a carrier pulled in. They made even more during the Vietnam War and a figure I heard back in the earily 70's was around $5000.00 per night
:Boobies: Cause there were lots of Sailors and Marines and some Air Force personnel always on the move through the Subic Bay Naval Complex
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:beer: Heres to all that great P.I. Liberty
Wow!!! Talk about memories...lol D'Cave was a pretty awesome place. And, if I remember right... Shakeys was on the very end of Magsaysay. Wasn't it? I know it was the first place that I ever had pineapple and corn on a pizza.
Did anyone ever drink Absinth in Yokosuka. Tasted like licorise, responsible for memory loss. No hangover though, just a numb head.
Wow!!! Talk about memories...lol D'Cave was a pretty awesome place. And, if I remember right... Shakeys was on the very end of Magsaysay. Wasn't it? I know it was the first place that I ever had pineapple and corn on a pizza.
Hi Midway Fans. :D
Ya Bodean, I beleave thats correct either on the end of Magsaysay ave or right on the traffic circle with Rizal Ave. "Bout the time just before my wife and I were married :Peck: in the Independent Free church on Rizal ave about 3 blocks on the right, we used to eat at the Chatterbox Pizza Place on Magsaysay. They were always crowded with people but we always got in. They served Iced Tea there and some of the best I have drank. There was one particular waitress who always made sure my glass was always full.
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:beer: Hoisting a cold beer to all the great memories of P.I. liberty
Absinth(sp) was off limits to us because they claimed that it had opium in it. I never tried it but it I heard it tasted about like Jagermeiser does now.
I was there before the Navy cranked up on drug piss tests. An EA6B crashed on Nimitz, and have the flight deck crew failed their drug screening. After that it seemed that we were pissing every week. I don't know what absinth had in it, besides worm wood, but you were in no pain after a couple of drinks.
Hi Midway Fans :)
There was a Sam's Pizza Hut on Magsaysay across from D' cave Bar in the late 70's and just up the street toward the base was a Chatterbox Pizza :D and there also was a Shakeys Pizza also I believe on Magsaysay. One of them may be what you are think of.
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If YOUR not having fun; YOU'RE not doing it right
Chatterbox was the shit in the day :!!!:
Weps,
Thanks for the update on what Olongapo looks like since the base closed. I always knew it would turn into a ghost town without us. If I ever find myself in the area, (which I never will) it would be a kick to see what Magsaysay st looks like. At least I wouldn't be hissed at or fielded any offers to buy my watch.
Well I was stationed in Diego Garcia and well we had this Joe who worked at NavMag and when the base closed he moved to DG. He told me it was called Subic Bay Free Port zone, UPS had a Hanger up in Cubi and the BEQ's were hotels and they made a casino at the CPO club I think in Subic and it was like a black market head quarters! I left that part of the world in 96. But he said he would go in as a reporter and he had unlimited access to the old base, he'd get a ID from another Joe, you know how that works with them, but he said it was different, but a lot of money came through there.
Back in 94' to 95' when I was living in the Philippines as a civilian up in Ilocos (Vigan & Laoag), every so often I'd go back to Olongapo just for shit's and giggles, plus my girlfriend had some family who worked on the base after it was turned over to the Filipino Government, so we would stay over at their home when we were in town. It was pretty interesting not having to show any type of I.D. or have my sack spot checked by duty Marines for anything illegal brought on base or goods from the exchanges being smuggled off base. I did do some walking around the streets, saw a first class I remember from the Midway (Petty Officer First Class Ream). The only three places which were open and hadn't changed their name since the last time I was there in 91' was Cal-Jams, Chatterbox and Shakey's Pizza. Everything else was either tore down, boarded up or completely changed into something else. Imagine walking from the Main gate, crossing shit river without seeing any kids under the bridge, and then walk all the way up to Shakeys without seeing a single U.S. troop or hearing any blaring speakers vomiting out a single tune. I think I passed only 20 people during the walk up the entire length of Magsaysay. I got along great while I was there cause I had long hair and everyone thought I was what they refered to as a "souvenir" which was made reference to the baby left behind by an American Servicemen and his bar girl. Shakey's is where I had met a really good friend of mine and she was my friend for six years and then when I returned in 94' for that year, she became my girlfriend. She was one of the waitresses at Shakey's Pizza back in the day.
Those were the days alright. This was a shot of me within a year of returning back stateside. K
When there were no ships in port Olangapo was quiet, and the prices were more reasonable.
Dude I couldn't not bang a few LBFM's after a while I needed to flush my nuts! But I as well never did the BDS-6 role call! Thankfully I survived any other STD too because in the coop I was wedged between 2 cats who had herpes and couple of others who had the gleep most of the time so it was a weird deal. me no like jimmy hats so I was lucky and had the experience too.
Todays Navy I would be more cautious due to the gift that will kill ya. :cry:
Unfortunately, I got the crabs, once. We had pullled out of Korea 3 weeks before. Stunned, because I hadn't picked up a hook, I went to medical. The Corpsman told me to ask anyone and everyone in my row in berthing if they had them. Turned out that the low-life below me had them and had given them to me, just by being within a four foot area of me. Bastard knew he had them and didn't do anything about it. I passed out the cream to all in the row and we got the M.F. kicked out of upper B. :fbomb:
That kind of shit really sucks, you have to live next to complete shit bags and then you get something because of their own stupid pride. What a butt nugget!
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