Posted by Ultradog MN on February 18, 2019 at 00:48:47 from (172.58.86.164):
Any of you former Navy men remember that word? It's a Navy term for candy, sweets, junk food and the like. We never called them vending machines. They were geedunk machines - Pronounced with a hard G. So in 1971 after boot camp I was sent to machinist school in San Diego. Wasn't getting paid much then. We had a bunch of geedunk machines in the barracks where we stayed. I was often broke so one day when I had learned to run a lathe sufficiently I turned down a piece of copper and parted off a bunch of slugs the size of a quarter. They worked perfectly. I showed my buddy Earl Bonner and he told others and soon the geedunk machines had nothing but slugs in them. The word got out and our class caught heck for it but they never did catch any of us and they hid the copper bar stock so we couldn't get at it. I ate enough Moon Pies and Banana Flips then that I still don't like them today. PS, Earl Bonner has passed away and the statute of limitations has probably passed so I think I can admit to this petty crime now. I got a call from an old Navy buddy yesterday. We spent well over an hour reminiscing about those times. Maybe others here have some things they ought to fess up about from those times? Have a good day.
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