[quote author=Mighty_Joe link=board=relationships;num=1078020884;start=0#7 date=03/01/04 at 0558]I had basic training in the 60's and as much as I have always been a "beat-off freak", I don't remember ever doing it while there. *I was usually so tired when bedtime arrived plus rumors were that the DI's (or was it TI's? ...it was Air Force) would "spot" check your bunks. *We always heard they put salt pepper in the food. *Since I got out though I've certainly made up for lost time![/quote]

I can remember a friend writing me back in the 1960's when he had joined the Army to keep from being drafted. He was concerned during basic training that they were putting saltpeter in the food to keep the troops from 'getting horny,' as he seemed to have no sexual desire whatever.

Here's what Urban Legends has to say about it:

http://www.snopes.com/military/saltpetr.htm

Pecker

He had a dyslexic girlfriend back in Nebraska - she wrote him a John Deere letter.