And SSGSPEAR@aol.com thus wrote: > > C-Rats kept for a LONG time, too. When I was in USMC boot camp in 1974 some > of ours were made in 1943! Some with chicken noodle soup! Still have my P38 > from boot camp, and it still works great. (It's a can opener.) When I was a kid, our next door neighbor, Wendell, a bus guy, looked just like St. Muir, (who actually got me into busses) gave me 2 tins of "survival biscuits" dated 1956. I actually tried some. The most rancid stuff I ever ate! They came in big 5 gallon tins... Thom -- > This space was intentionally left blank. Thom Fitzpatrick tfab@netcom.com ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/home.html '56 VW Sunroof Kombi '72 Porsche 911T Targa (For sale: $5000/bo) Casually seeking '51-'55 Barndoor Deluxe Project
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