What is your strangest or wildest New Years Eve Memory??????? - TopicsExpress



          

What is your strangest or wildest New Years Eve Memory??????? I will start. You have heard of Out with the old and in with the new Well in the 1970s I found out just how much the people of Naples Italy believe in that. My Ship, the USS Independence made 3 Med Cruises (A Med Cruise is 6 months, at least, in the Mediterranean Sea.) Not every port in the Med can handle the size crew that hits town when an Aircraft Carrier and her Escorts hit the Beach on Liberty. Naples Italy is without a doubt the biggest and most popular Ports of Call for Carriers. Because of that, I have been to Naples Italy 23 times. Of those 3 Cruises I made, I remember a New Years Eve, some where around 1975 or 76 or 77, when we were in port Naples. Not far from Fleet Landing, next door to each other is a USO Club and an EM, (enlisted mans), Club. In the EM club we could get American Beer, usually PBR, but at least it was American, and it was only 25 cents a beer. I was partying there that new years eve and decided to go explore some of the local Italian Bars I knew of. As I was walking along I saw several pieces of furniture laying around in and on the edge of the streets. Well as anyone knows who has drank a lot of beer, what goes in, has to come out. I have always joked that you dont buy beer, you just rent it. Anyway, all of a sudden I had to Pee real bad, so I just slipped into a dark/dimly lit alley figuring no one would notice. So there I am in that dimly lit alley with all my pride and glory in my hand, when a dang couch landed in the alley about 3 feet from me. I looked up and there came another one. I later learned that it was their new years traditions to throw out any old furniture if they were getting new stuff. Now when I say throw out the old stuff, if they were on the 2nd floor or higher of a building, just go out on the balcony or open windows and let it go. The funny thing is, by day light all the furniture was gone, I guess thats how poor people got their new furniture. Anyway, upon seeing the 2nd couch nearly hit me, I decided it would be safer to stumble my drunk butt back to the EM Club.......True story......JP/GE PS. I did manage Not to Pee on myself while ducking and dodging flying furniture...... Ok now yall quit laughing at me and someone else relate your new years eve story......
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:06:12 +0000

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