Moon Over Waycross

May 3, 2020, 9:07 PM

Before WW2. several of us at The Univ. of Florida dropped out of school after the Spring semester and went to work with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL RR) in Waycross, GA. All of us served in WW2.Most of us were discharged in early 1946, too late to enroll at UF for the Spring semester so we returned to Waycross to work until the Fall semester began.

My best buddy and I rented a room in a private home near one of the city's parks. We had arrived home after work, showered and dressed for dinner at another boarding house. It was a nice pleasant day and too early to go to dinner. We sat on the front porch visiting with the lady from whom we were renting the room. As we chatted, we noticed two men over in the park walking toward our street. It soon became obvious the two had been consuming something stronger than branch water as both appeared be unsteady on their feet.

As they came closer, we could see that one of the men was having trouble keeping his pants up. The other man was trying to help him but his efforts seemed to make matters worse. The men had now crossed the street and were coming down the sidewalk in front of the house where we were. One of the men's pants continued to come down and the other man kept trying to pull them up. Just as they got in front the house. the old man's pants came all the way down. When he leaned over to pull his pants up we saw he was wearing winter long handles even though it was summer. Now, there were two types of winter underwear. ne style had a "drop seat" with buttons to keep t closed. The other type had a long slit in the rear. This "gentleman" had the type with long slit in the rear. When he leaned over to try to pull his pants up, his rear end and everything else came into clear view. Both men were now trying to pull the pants up but they were so polluted it was a difficult and prolonged task. They finally got the pants back up and went merrily on their way.

After the two were out of earshot, the three of us burst out laughing. I still get a good laugh when I think of this episode. That's why I gave this story the title of "Moon Over Waycross".

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