I think a young Sailor might be in a little trouble.

[chud333]

But it is football and real football I might add as they actually use their feet unlike the *******ized American "foot"ball where we use our hands. And I'll never understand how anyone can think that 2 45 minute halves uninterrupted by commercials of back and forth action is boring while somehow finding the NFL exciting with its 10 seconds of action sandwiched between 30 seconds of nothing while waiting for the snap and more commercials than actual game play. The mind boggles.

Please...... Football ???? Not close to being real Football.
You ever see archival footage of Dick Butkis falling on the ground and writhing in pain from being tripped ???? Or accidently kicked in the shin ????
Then being helped to the sidelines for a nice refreshing Juice box? They only use their feet because they don't want callouses on their pretty little soft hands......
Take the Soccer back down to S. America where it belongs.

Chuck

 

[shouldazagged]

Fully agree. 40 minute halves, no armor and only the man with the ball can be tackled. Then you go out drinking with the survivors. Dave_n

Fixed it for you.

I like the bumper sticker that says "Rugby players eat their dead."

And then there's Australian football, which is truly mysterious to anyone who didn't grow up in Oz.

 

[jumbeaux]

Drinking in uniform !!!...should've stood Shore Patrol anywhere on earth in the "gut areas" of any port city during the early '70s...."Shore patrol wanta be my babies daddy...?"

rick

 

[red14]

"Shore patrol wanta be my babies daddy...?"

Drinking in uniform !!!...should've stood Shore Patrol anywhere on earth in the "gut areas" of any port city during the early '70s...."Shore patrol wanta be my babies daddy...?"

rick

Almost sounds like where ''don't ask - don't tell'', came from.

 

[jumbeaux]

Almost sounds like where ''don't ask - don't tell'', came from.

Red you lost on that one...the bar girls would ask the question...but I guess we probably would not want to tell the complete story...

rick

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Could have been there with, and at the request of, a female soccer fan in which case I say, "carry on".

 

[red14]

Red you lost on that one...the bar girls would ask the question...but I guess we probably would not want to tell the complete story...

rick

Sometimes being wrong is not a bad thing.

 

[rojodiablo]

But it is football and real football I might add as they actually use their feet unlike the *******ized American "foot"ball where we use our hands. And I'll never understand how anyone can think that 2 45 minute halves uninterrupted by commercials of back and forth action is boring while somehow finding the NFL exciting with its 10 seconds of action sandwiched between 30 seconds of nothing while waiting for the snap and more commercials than actual game play. The mind boggles.

Soccer is not, can not, and never will be the ultimate sport.

The reasons why: 1.5hr of play. A net the size of a Mack truck, upright and on the ground... and after an hour and a half???? Score is maybe 1-2, if any score at all. And all ya gotta do is kick the ball into the net.......

Basketball. 1hr of game time. A net the size of- well, of a BASKETBALL. And for some crazy reason, they hang the net 10 feet off the ground. And at the end of an hour of play??? Score is 85-100. Even in the WOMEN'S league, they can muster 50 points in an hour.

Soccer will always remain a great sport, but 3rd world. Especially so long as the Brits still embrace it.

 

[Hodgin]

If that's the case, then I've been misled. It was my understanding that a sailor would be in trouble if he didn't drink.

 

[DeathGrip]

There used to be a van that drove up and down Ft.Lauderdale beach just to pick up the drunk sailors during Fleet Week.

Some of them boys were so messed up. I always worried the locals would rob them. We called the locals "Beach Maggots".

They cleaned up Ft.Laud. and thank God. Spring Break was just as bad. Now we get a much mellower tourist.

But the stories I could tell.........

 

[STCM(SW)]

Hey, he's a "O" !
They never caught me drinking on tape....
That's how I made Master Chief! LOL!

 

[steelslaver]

Navy officers should never drink. The Marines can take care of that and the women for them as always. LIL

 

[Straightshooter2]

Drinking in uniform !!!...should've stood Shore Patrol anywhere on earth in the "gut areas" of any port city during the early '70s...."Shore patrol wanta be my babies daddy...?"

rick

Shore Patrol drink or behave inappropriately in uniform? I stood Shore Patrol from Malaga, Spain to Izmir, Turkey and I never saw anyone drinking in uniform. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

CW

 

[jumbeaux]

Shore Patrol drink or behave inappropriately in uniform? I stood Shore Patrol from Malaga, Spain to Izmir, Turkey and I never saw anyone drinking in uniform. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

CW

As a 20 year old 3rd Class on my first Shore Patrol assignment I learned the hard way that drinking a "coke" in the bars really meant a little "coke" and a lot of rum...course the "boss" was a stranger to none of the "ladies" and he really enjoyed breaking me in...

rick

 

[jlrhiner]

I have no clear recollection of those events.........