Without intending to generate another flurry of responses, I called it a general purpose medication because it is a generic medication. It is one medication used to treat a large variety of things across multiple spectrums hence general purpose. Just like penicillin is a general purpose medication. And as I said I don't know or care if can treat the flu. But it is extremely disingenuous to all the millions of people the medication has helped to flippantly call it horse-dewormer.

Never liked gator tail. If you can try some soft shelled turtle. That's a pretty good unusual meat. Not much meat on them but it is tasty. Bit like squirrel in that regard. Takes a few to make it worth it for a meal.

Curtains? There was just a shower room with shower heads coming out of the walls. The only stalls were for the toilette.
We were guaranteed 7hrs of sleep each night and they were required to give us at least 4 of those hours uninterrupted. Out of everything though I think my cycle, specifically my platoon, had it pretty easy. The average age in my platoon was like 25 so we didn't have a whole lot of the stupid going on. The other platoons in the company were much younger in comparison.

They do call iguana tree chickens in places that regularly eat them because they taste so similar.

Never had that particular issue. But it was 5 days before we were allowed to shower in basic training. 2 weeks before we were allowed to wash our clothes.

Yep, once a marine always a marine, unless you were dishonorably discharged I believe. Need a marine to confirm or deny that last part but I think that's how it works.

Having seen some of the cook books from this time period "not bad" is actually a really good thing. Here's a few of its contemporaries: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/truly-upsetting-vintage-recipes

Which is perfectly acceptable and a valid reason for not doing that. But if that isn't your reaction or it doesn't bother you then you may be willing or even enjoy working those types of hours despite the negatives. Some people do this while they can in preparation for the future. Some want to do this to get into a position where they don't need to keep up that level of work but still maintain the level of income. Some want to retire early enough so they can do still enjoy doing the things they love. It really depends on the person. As long as your not someone who complains that they don't get the same "perks" as someone who did put in all that work and effort, it's all good.

That's really old. I mean the quote you're using not the girl. Haven't seen that one for years. Surprised you could recall it.

You're talking about people who have the training and skill to bring to life a long dead person's face. Does this training and skill seems like the type that belong to a person familiar or adept at applying make-up or knowing what light to use to give the best appearance to a person? I'm not saying they don't, the picture does that, but it's extremely unlikely they even thought of applying better "light" or whatnot. It more likely went something like "Look what we did! This is amazing! Let's show everyone because this is so cool!"