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Originally Posted by x_sf_med
WM - in the olden days the only thing they'd let us have outside of issued food at Camp MacKall was Gatorade powder or Pedialyte powder to mix in every 4th canteen of water (remember that guys, don't overdo the electrolytes) so that we wouldn't go hydrostatic from electrolyte loss.
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Same here, minus the powder. If it wasn't in the Mermited chow cans or your C Rat boxes, it was contraband.
We had good Tacs in my platoon, and after survival, they collected money, shopping lists, and made a run to the Food Lion in Southern Pines. They put a dozen big grocery bags on the picnic table behind the tarpaper shacks and told us, "There is unauthorized food in these bags. When we get back here in 30 minutes, it had better not be here and we had better not see any of it again. Dispose of it." Of course, we all made ourselves sick as dogs. I think I had a half-gallon of milk, a bag of Oreos, a six-pack of Snickers, and a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos. It was fun while it lasted.
Hydrostatic? I thought all this time it was Hyponatremia.
Good thread.
TR
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