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So long Harcombe, just want more cookie break
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So long Harcombe, just want more cookie break

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:00 PM
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The grand old lady (Clemson) definitely gonna be looking different

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:06 PM
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From my days in town. Already weird enough w/o Clemson House.

Didn't get to experience living in Johnstone, but think that was a badge of honor for the 1s who did.

Ice cream nights @ Harcombe were worth the trek clear across campus. The real MVP for me was the Chick-Fil-A that used to be in the Union...had a 3 hr class on Wednesday nights my Jr year that when I got out, dining halls were closed. The CFA & other vendors in the Union were still open long enough I could grab a good ol' #1 combo & a chocolate parfait to eat on while doing homework.

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:31 PM
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Sounds like it was a good place to get relief from constipation. Was eating USAF food up until three weeks prior to enrolling and commuted to class so never had to sample it.

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I used to love the.

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:51 PM [ in reply to The grand old lady (Clemson) definitely gonna be looking different ]
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Super 60’s in the union: bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheese and egg on toast. I think they even sold cigarettes back in the day there.

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You and I were at Clemson around the same time. I remember plenty of times

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:53 PM [ in reply to The grand old lady (Clemson) definitely gonna be looking different ]
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missing the dining hall and having to “settle” for some Chick-fil-A.

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There's something in these hills.


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Mar 7, 2024, 9:00 PM [ in reply to The grand old lady (Clemson) definitely gonna be looking different ]
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Spent 4 years eating meals and getting cookies and lived in the Cans E-340 all the years.

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:02 PM [ in reply to The grand old lady (Clemson) definitely gonna be looking different ]
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Spent 4 years eating meals and getting cookies and lived in the Cans E-340 all the years.

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:04 PM [ in reply to The grand old lady (Clemson) definitely gonna be looking different ]
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Well, guys, we lived in brick barracks (like the quadrangle), wore uniforms, and ate together in the mess hall - class of '52.

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Please post more! I want to hear your stories.***

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:37 PM
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You & me both

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Mar 7, 2024, 10:01 PM
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Would love to hear stories from the military school days. Those numbers are just getting fewer

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Mar 8, 2024, 6:51 AM [ in reply to The grand old lady (Clemson) definitely gonna be looking different ]
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Lived in Johnstone as a freshman for a semester in the early 80’s. I do remember Harcombe opening up at nights with cookies and snacks during exam weeks.
Also, I was a big kid so the full breakfast was great.

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Mar 8, 2024, 6:53 AM
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Of course, I was down at Sloan street during those weeks because it was less crowded.

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Harcombe was a rite of passage in the 70s...mystery meat, sh*t on a shingle, and

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:20 PM
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dog puke on a bun. The only thing you really trusted was cereal and milk. And we'd lean out our window from Norris Hall and shoot fat girls in the butt with a wrist-rocket and acorns.

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Just hanging around the bus station picking my nose.


Used to take the trays to go sliding with when it snowed.***

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:55 PM
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Re: Harcombe was a rite of passage in the 70s...mystery meat, sh*t on a shingle, and

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:07 PM [ in reply to Harcombe was a rite of passage in the 70s...mystery meat, sh*t on a shingle, and ]
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I remember the lady who checked meal cards in the mid-80’s. She had a regular cadence with a deep southern drawl - “Hi” “Hello” “Hi” “Hello”… (Hi pronounced “Hah”).

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:45 PM
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Remember the meal card with my pic on it. She’d stick it in the slot and it made a distinctive ding.

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:18 PM [ in reply to Harcombe was a rite of passage in the 70s...mystery meat, sh*t on a shingle, and ]
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That brings back memories. My grandmother used to make us Creamed ground Beef on Toast but it was delicious. I remember my grandfather whispering to me that they called it "SOS" in the Army. LOL

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Mar 8, 2024, 1:17 AM [ in reply to Harcombe was a rite of passage in the 70s...mystery meat, sh*t on a shingle, and ]
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Best was pancakes and ice cream at midnight, during exams yum

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"Green space"

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:20 PM
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... until the next big building project is announced in two years.

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Indeed. They sure don't hesitate to whack down any tree in their


Mar 7, 2024, 9:43 PM
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way to build anything they want. Green is not one of their motives. Hope they don't start eyeing the botanical gardens............

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:21 PM
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I remember midnight breakfast of pancakes and ice cream during exam week in Harcombe. I was not very fond of Harcombe when I had to eat every meal there, but I still have good memories of exam week and shrimp or steak night when you got a ticket for one or the the other on Thursday nights. The steak was as tough as shoe leather and the shrimp wasn't much better, but it was something different.

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Mar 8, 2024, 8:16 AM
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The shrimp was awful. I grew up on the coast and we caught fresh shrimp as kids. That stuff was terrible.

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:45 PM
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Lifelong memories with lifelong friends from D and F-annex, Harcombe, Student Union, the game room where the pool tables were, and Edgars! Would not go back and change a thing!

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Spent many an hour honing my pool skills there


Mar 7, 2024, 8:49 PM
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Tiger Stripe card balance got depleted very quiclky every semester.

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:48 PM
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It’s been closed for awhile. The union was an eye sore so glad it’s being torn down.

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Had a lot of good times there. Same as Clemson House.

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Mar 7, 2024, 8:51 PM
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I barely recognize Clemson anymore.

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There's something in these hills.


Edgars?!?***

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:14 PM
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Bar/bowling alley when the drinking age was 18.***


Mar 8, 2024, 2:07 AM
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Mar 8, 2024, 7:32 AM
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50 cents for a paper popcorn bucket full of beer. Had to drink it quickly before the beer began leaking through the container!

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What part of Johnstone is still standing? A?


Mar 7, 2024, 9:15 PM
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nm

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:27 PM
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where will all those roaches go? oh the roach-manity

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:45 PM
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Steak and shrimp night with the tickets, baked potatoes, I still rate it Michelin 3 star

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LOVED Harcombe...one ticket for shrimp AND steak. Man...what a deal... AND


Mar 7, 2024, 9:47 PM
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fruity pebbles and bacon for every breakfast. Good stuff. Loved it. Miss it.

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Mar 7, 2024, 9:57 PM
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People talk crap about Harcombe and my mother is a great cook, but I had some good times in Harcombe. If others hated it so much, they wouldnt bring it up as much. Food wasn't great, but we had some serious laughs in Harcombe. I remember the organized food fight days, the snow days when we stole treys to sled on, the cookie monsters with stacks of cookies in Johnstone. I lived in E3 for 3 semesters, 2 of those semesters were absolutely fun although they were my lowest GPA yrs. There is Johnstone, then there is Johnstone E3, ground level out of Student Union and all parties passed through E3 along with possum and skunks, some I chased indoors on purpose. Fun days and would never want to change my days. Thornhill was a blast as well living with the crazy baseball players in my duplex. Living off campus was never the same as on campus.

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I ate in there one or more times just about everyday during my four.......


Mar 7, 2024, 10:15 PM
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years living in Johnstone E-Section and New F.

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Missing Ms. Rose asking can I help ya in the burger line


Mar 7, 2024, 10:23 PM
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Hard choosing between burger and chicken patty. Missing prime night and getting extra tickets from the “girls” who acted like they only ate salad for dinner. Took a plate, cup and silverware day one to have in my room for off eating times and brought it back 4 years later. Nothing had changed in decor of the silverware and plates in that time.

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Mar 7, 2024, 10:30 PM
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Had the good fortune of enjoying sweet tea made by gold-chained Amos and omelettes by Mrs. Iola.

Iola had several stainless containers of individual omelette toppings at the station as well as one with all of them combined. My favorite thing was watching people order “everything except onions” and watching her suck her teeth and lazily slap a pinch of each other ingredient on the eggs while they cooked. Highly entertaining.

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GO TIGERS


I still have a meal card from 1975.....

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Mar 7, 2024, 10:40 PM
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Just hanging around the bus station picking my nose.


and this football and "Norris Hall party schedule" was also inside it...

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Mar 7, 2024, 11:09 PM
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Just hanging around the bus station picking my nose.


Re: and this football and "Norris Hall party schedule" was also inside it...

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Mar 7, 2024, 11:11 PM
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Just hanging around the bus station picking my nose.


Neat!***

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Mar 8, 2024, 1:24 AM
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Mar 8, 2024, 12:58 AM [ in reply to and this football and "Norris Hall party schedule" was also inside it... ]
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That would be a pretty tough schedule in 2024. I think Tulane was 11-1 last year also. If we added in the App St from this year or a Miami to add a conference team, this would be a top 5 SOS for 2024.

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Mar 8, 2024, 4:34 AM
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And not a single Noon game!
Man, they were so lucky.

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Mar 8, 2024, 8:21 AM
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Haha. All the home games were 1:00. Saturday morning breakfasts of beer were the norm.

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Mar 8, 2024, 8:53 AM
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Lol I know. I remember all the 1:00 games even as recent as the 80s and probably early 90s.

I always think it’s laughable when people act like night games at Clemson are some big tradition.

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Man... I grew up there.

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Mar 8, 2024, 1:22 AM
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This weird.

Sack lunches, lunch ladies with facial hair, all you can eat pizza, chicken sandwiches and burgers.

Slushies, salad bar, food fights, cookie break!!!!!!

😢

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So lemme get this straight.


Mar 8, 2024, 4:37 AM
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Hey, let’s make the campus “memorable” by making it so older alumni can hardly even recognize the damnn place.

Got it 👌

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I take my wife to campus sometimes for games


Mar 8, 2024, 9:09 AM
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and she'll ask me about buildings. Once we leave west campus, my default answer is "I have no idea." I don't even know what some of them on west campus are anymore. No idea what the "new Johnstone" is called, or the building in front of the shoeboxes. Do they have nicknames? No clue.

All I can tell her about is what used to be there, with a few exceptions now.

We're becoming relics with our memories, and I'm only in my 50s!

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Mar 8, 2024, 6:32 AM
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I object to the "memorable" portion of that message. The Union, Harcombe, the post office, Edgar's, the bowling alley and pool tables area have all been very memorable. I get that times change and new buildings will replace old but don't suggest that whole complex wasn't memorable.

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100% agree.


Mar 8, 2024, 7:29 AM
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I got over getting upset with Clemson years ago. It just is what it is.

But the language they use about tearing it down to make the campus memorable kinda pissed me off.

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Mar 8, 2024, 6:34 AM
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Kind of a bummer.

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Mar 8, 2024, 6:54 AM
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Forgot to add, that without Texas Pete, sometimes Harcombe wouldn't be edible.

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I need to go get me another brick.***

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Mar 8, 2024, 7:45 AM
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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


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Mar 8, 2024, 7:48 AM
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Food fight!!!!

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We made many, many jokes about Harcombe, but having sampled dining halls


Mar 8, 2024, 7:51 AM
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at Clemson AND on occasion at USuK, I can assure you without any doubt, Clemson had by far the better of that deal. If for no other reason than, a Clemson meal ticket got you unlimited food, whereas down in Cooterville, at least during the time I was at Clemson, they had to tear off little square coupons for just about everything they got, and it was limited.

That was Shirley the reason for the "Freshman Fifteen" that I and a lot of my fellow classmates put on at Clemson. Man, some of those guys (and gals!) really took advantage of late brunch. I can clearly recall trays (not mine!) with eight glasses of milk on them, and an additional couple of glasses of CHOCOLATE milk to boot. Small bowls piled high with doughnuts, and individual boxes of cereal. It's a wonder some of us ONLY gained 15 pounds!

Having a 7 day meal ticket literally saved my life at Clemson, because I had no control of money whatsoever. If I had had to buy food on the weekends, I would have starved. I usually only held back enough to be able to buy a grilled cheese and a hotdog in the little cafe below the Student Union, when I would collapse there after making it up the long hill from Fike, after playing pickup basketball or intramurals. That was a long hike some evenings. Especially since I still had many stairs to go, to make it up to Old F4.

Harcombe also was the site of one of the funnest concerts from my time at Clemson, the Sha Na-Na type 50's greaser band "Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids". They brought down the house. I still remember the front several rows of people getting sprayed with beer after the drummer played "Wipeout" on full cans of beer, then opened them on the unsuspecting crowd. It was a simpler, good time.

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Epic food fights, bumming steak/shrimp tickets from the girls,

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Mar 8, 2024, 8:07 AM
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getting a round of applause when my backpack slipped off my shoulder and hit the crook of my elbow which dumped 3 large glasses (not cups - GLASSES) of milk onto the hard floor, cookie night....

Good memories from great times.

I guess we're officially old now. None of the buildings that we lived in will be there anymore - Harcombe, Johnstone, Union, post office downstairs....

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Grab me a donut while you are there.


Mar 8, 2024, 8:11 AM
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and a bowl of soft serve.

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Dang, I had almost forgotten about the soft serve ice cream. How could I forget


Mar 8, 2024, 8:29 AM
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something I ate almost every day? Brain cells are dying off at an ever increasing, alarming rate these days. (And I doubt the death rate slows down much at night, either!)

:)

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Mar 8, 2024, 9:07 AM
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It became a personal challenge to see how high I could spiral it up from the cone!

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You sound like a guy I worked with at my first job, who we nicknamed "The


Mar 8, 2024, 9:15 AM
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Space Cadet", because his mind was, well...OUT THERE! The DuPont cafeteria had two different price salads, (make your own) depending on the size bowl you chose. The salad bar had these little tiny tomatoes on it, and he would rim the bowl with those things, and pile stuff inside it until he literally made about a foot tall salad, in the SMALL bowl. The cashier would give him the evil eye every time she rang him up, but what could she do?

:)

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Monday: Veal Cutlet (1st Stage Mystery Meat!)


Mar 8, 2024, 8:27 AM
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Tuesday: Breaded Veal Cutlet (2nd Stage Mystery Meat!)

I ate both versions. The one thing that they had a lot, which I could not really stomach (thank goodness it wasn't the only option) was Shepherd's Pie. I never really even wanted to know what part of the flock (or the shepherd) it was really made out of.

:(

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RIP***

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I got my first PHD from there***


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Mid to Late 80s I Was in Johnstone E6...Harcombe Was Food Central


Mar 8, 2024, 9:51 AM
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Remember

1) Cookie Break
2) ITZA Pizza...For When You Couldn't Afford Chanello's
3) Going to First Time TTT Happy Hour as a Freshman and Then Visiting Harcombe and Later Blowing Lima Beans All Over The Bathroom
4) Eating More Cap'n Crunch my 1st Semester From The Dispenser Than Humanly Possible
5) Smuggling Sandwiches Wrapped in Napkins to The Guys w/o Meal Plans
6) Steak & Shrimp Nights...Back Then I Didn't Know Ribeyes were only supposed to be 5oz
7) The Ancient Old African-American lady that was maybe 4ft tall that worked the sandwich line and would never give me a hamburger bun for my sandwich unless it was the breaded chicken
8) 3-4 Wicked Food Fights
9) Those Milk Dispensers that sometimes found ways to leak in a gusher
10) The Mandated Ritual of Eating Dinner then going downstairs to the mail room hoping Mom and Dad sent a few $ or a care package

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