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Aristus

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34. There was this one time, when I was stationed in Germany,

Sat May 24, 2025, 05:58 PM

May 24

I was hanging out at a German bar that I had selected because it was not one of the ones American soldiers hung out in a lot. I speak German, so I managed to have a good time with a small crowd that kept getting larger the drunker we got. Hit it off with this German lady, and somehow, not wanting the evening to end, we all staggered back to her tiny apartment, and kept on drinking. One by one, the partiers called it quits, and went home, until it was just the two of us.

I only remember waking up the next morning, and doing what a lot of inconsiderate twenty-two year-old guys do: I got dressed as quietly as I could, left her apartment, and hit the local taxi stand for a ride back to the post. I sort of half-consciously made a note of where her apartment was located, and a couple of days later, feeling guilty, I went back, and knocked on her door to apologize.

"Oh, hi! I was hoping you it was you. Did you get home all right the other day?"

We ended up having a relationship for the next few months, until I got deployed to the Gulf. When I got back, she had moved on.

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😁 surfered May 24 #32

At least you didn't wake up in a strange bed. pandr32 May 23 #11

Not that time, anyway. Aristus May 23 #15

Ha! pandr32 May 24 #29

There was this one time, when I was stationed in Germany, Aristus May 24 #34

That's a nice story, not an OMG what-the-hell one. pandr32 May 24 #38

Thank you. Aristus May 24 #39

I'm not disappointed at all! pandr32 May 24 #40

On the very rare occasions now when I get mind-alteringly drunk, Aristus May 24 #42

About 50 years ago I woke up next to a woman I'd never met before. Wolf Frankula May 24 #28

So there's a chance True Dough May 24 #31

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Not yet. Aristus May 23 #8

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Twenty-four. Aristus May 23 #16

You are as good at math as you are with mixing cocktails. 😁 surfered May 24 #33

Reminds me of my commutes on the LIRR!! GP6971 May 23 #21

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You tell me. This is it. 70,000. Aristus May 24 #36

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My Dad had an old duffel bag full of vintage TA-50 gear. Aristus May 24 #35

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