Still no Shephards (Who cares!)

....But still no chocolate. It's about time for the choc--Oh God no!
It's chocolate all right, but this is a Vietnam Flashback of the worst kind!.........

Dec 18) A Tropical Hershey Bar!

OK, who's the wise guy?

For any of you who have never had the pleasure, Tropical Hershey Bars were made to be issued to soldiers in hot climates. They don't melt in your hand, they don't melt in your mouth, they don't melt under a blow torch. Dope smokers over there would complain that they would dry out your mouth so bad that if you didn't have any liquid around you, eating one when stoned could fataly turn the inside of your mouth to chalk. (I personally got to watch this happen to someone I was playing cards with--somebody found a canteen just in a nick of time to save him. It wasn't a pretty sight.)

We would give all of ours away to the local children and I suspect they made bomb proof bunkers out of them, bunkers that are probably standing today.

I've seen them for sale at camping supply stores. Definately for survivalists only. I only ever got as far as one bite. Our Major was the only person I served with over there who ever claimed to like them.

A cruel joke from whomever in the Cat sent me the calendar. (Not my Secret Santa). I'll have to check the wrappings again for clues.....