tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post3248911901588742800..comments2024-03-23T06:43:45.246+10:00Comments on 1735099: LunacyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-47535845746180041482009-07-21T08:33:56.435+10:002009-07-21T08:33:56.435+10:00Wilbo43
A "Hootchie" is a shelter/ground...Wilbo43<br />A "Hootchie" is a shelter/groundsheet. The term is out of use now, but back then we knew what it meant. Each man had one, so if clipped together they could make a two-man shelter.<br />We never used them in operations, as they were shiny and could be easily seen.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-30058293855659973382009-07-21T08:21:04.077+10:002009-07-21T08:21:04.077+10:00I remember the moon landing as well, although only...I remember the moon landing as well, although only the sound. I was in Papua New Guinea with my head stuck in an electrical switchboard, listening to the radio. It was years later when I finally saw it on TV.<br />By the way, I give in. What's a hoochie?wilbo43https://www.blogger.com/profile/00598066077101522060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-32011372850211213412009-07-20T20:37:44.001+10:002009-07-20T20:37:44.001+10:00In this age of instant comms, we forget what thing...In this age of instant comms, we forget what things were like 40 years ago. Snail mail. Expensive phone calls. Telegrams. People didn't expect to recieve news the instant something happened.<br /><br />On a side note, I did simulated jungle training at Bindoon, and had to chip ice off my hootchie in the morning. I'm surprised the Army didn't take us up to Thredbo in winter for our jungle training.Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.com