P.I. sories 20 years later

[tulu Al]

I work with a guy who was a snipe on the Ranger. It still cracks me up to see the reaction of the people who were never in the service when we start telling P.I. stories.They look at us like {yeah right}. do you expect us to believe that there is really a place like that. We just smile at each other and remember when. He swears he is taking his son to Olongapo for his 18th birthday.I dont know what Po City is like today but that would be a birthday to remember.

[cwsoules]

From what I have heard since the base closed Olongapo has changed dramatically. CUBI Point is now a FEDEX terminal and the Base is a tax free zone. It would be interesting to return to see SRF and the area where we lived onbase and in Olongapo. Our view of the city was certainly different when we lived there than when I was ships company on Midway. I remember a BTCM who once remarked as MIDWQAY departed Subic that we were leaving our loved ones and returning to our families.

[Eagle3]

Originally posted by cwsoules
From what I have heard since the base closed Olongapo has changed dramatically. CUBI Point is now a FEDEX terminal and the Base is a tax free zone. .....

I had heard the same thing. Somewhere at work I have a Subic / Cubi Pt website url on what the place is like now. I'll post it tomorrow. BTW cw, looks like the Midway pulled in to your backyard today. :)

[Eagle3]

Couldn't find the URL I was looking for but found these that are pretty interesting. :)
Retired Activities Office - Subic (http://www.raosubic.com/history.html) Lot's of good Po city info.

Cubi Pt. / Subic Bay Memories (http://www.sailorrandr.com/web/subic/subic.htm)

SubicBay.net (http://subicbay.net/)

and for those of you that want to know what the current weather is like at Subic...

Weather. (http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/98426.html)

[shotglass]

We used to like to sit in the 168, which was an open front bar, and watch traffic go whizzing by at 40 or 50 klicks. Remember how the local kids would all start standing at the front of the place, begging for pesos? You'd stick one between the tines of a fork, heat it up with a lighter, and chuck it into the street. They'd run out to it in the middle of all that traffic, try to pick up that f***ing peso, and have to stand over it until it cooled off enough to hold.

Fun times....I always wondered if them kids ever got hit by the jeepneys, I never saw one get hurt. Those little kids were fast as hell....:D Fun times....

[dylumph]

those kids were funny as hell! One wanted to shine my shoes-Chuck Taylors! One wanted to sell me "#1 virgin,my mom, my name is Jesus!" I think of them every now and then and wonder what became of them.
I wonder if they hate us too.

[m14dan]

I was in there a lot back in the 80's on the midway and had the time of my life. I try to tell my civilian freinds about it now and noone beleives me at all. are the things we did in pi that unbeleivable to the average civilian? You should hear the stories my granddad told me about that place starting back in the 40's. I used to think they were pretty unbeleivable till I saw Pi myself. I sure miss that place.

[Billntwrk]

This probably the only place I would discuss P.I. Stories. Never with my wife, almost never with my work mates (They would never believe me anyway) With an upcoming reunion, I can finally discuss the "Good Old Days" CHuckle.
Billntwrk
SDACM Volunteer

[bodean]

I still remember the time that Terry Duncil and I took 10 days leave and went to Baguio (sp). I decided to call my dad before I left. (He was retired Air Force and spent 2 years or so at Clark AFB right around the time I was born.) I told him where we were going and told him what we were up to. (which was no good, of course) And he replied... and I quote.... "Stay away from those girls up there son, you may have a half sister there abouts." I just about died!!!!

Civilians just can't imagine what it was like... The only way to explain it that I have found is.... "If you had the money, you could get whatever you wanted."

AD3:cool:

[Eagle3]

Originally posted by bodean
...."Stay away from those girls up there son, you may have a half sister there abouts." I just about died!!!! ...

LMAO!!!! Now that's one I've never heard before. :laugh:

[foehammer03]

Like I said, when Midway passed into history...WESTPAC as it was died. After Midway we had TAILHOOK, those nazi feminist bastards and a defiled navy came after it.

[Eagle3]

I've heard from several shipmates that "the Navy isn't like it was back on the Midway". :cry:

OBTW - I got a killer powerpoint slideshow of Subic today from Robert Layden. I'm going to put it up on cv41.org soon. It's worth the download.

[foehammer03]

Hehehehe....Toms, Bogarts, and a mechanical bull.

"You can't do that to me!"

[bodean]

A few quotes....

"My name is Baby"
"You buy me drink?"
"I Lub You, No shit"
"You pay my barfine?"

Those were the days.

Catman

[dylumph]

NEVER forget
PU-TANG-ENIMAH!