A sad day in Dirtville (file under "ass" redux)

[hotwine]

Another tale is forthcoming:

When I was in 'Nam '67-'68, we could get three kinds of beer in my outfit (sometimes) - Ballintine's via the PX, in very rusty steel cans, 25 cents each; Ba Mui Ba ("33"), and Chat Noir ("tiger piss"), both Vietnamese beers; the price for those was whatever the seller wanted to charge, but was never more than about 50 cents. We were rationed to two cans of Ballentine's each day, but could rarely get it, even if anyone wanted to drink it. I usually opted for Ba Mui Ba, sold by mama-sans from chogey-pole baskets along the trail as we came in from the field. Bottles were iced down under banana leaves and weren't bad at all, but don't eat the ice!

End of tale.