notbob > wrote in :

> LucasP > writes:
>
>
>> But "ol' pruno mindset"?? Please explain!!
>
> Basically, pruno is prison slang for any bootleg alcoholic beverage.
> The term came from using fermented prunes, at one time plentiful in
> prison kitchens.


I remember in the dim distant past as a young soldier we were all
confined to barracks for about 4 weeks due to an unfortunate incident
(young soldier shot dead at an 'informal' ****up in the barracks), and
weren't allowed to go to the 'boozer'. So one enterprising Digger got a
watermelon, a pair of pantyhose, and a few extra items, and 2&1/2 weeks
later we were drinking watermelon wine/rocket fuel!!


>
> nb ...having no first hand knowledge...
>

LOL!! That was going to be my next question!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915