1983 Mack WS700 Cruise-Liner in Algona, IA on purplewave.

[cruiseliner64]

1 hour ago, Joseph Cummings said:

My great great grandparents on my dad's side came over during the Potato Famine. The British Loyalists had soup kitchens where you got free soup for converting to Protestantism. Basically if you took the soup you got your belly full, but were headed to eternity in Hell

"Protestant soup" is a term used to describe the practice of offering food to people in exchange for converting to Protestantism during the Irish Potato Famine.

Never knew that!!! ...You'd never know what you'd learn on BMT..From Fullers to Maxitoqures to the Irish Potato Famine...Fantastic and no my folks never took the soup.The saying "are you going for soup?" has been around as long as I can remember but it was  slang for "are you going for drink".What you have said does fit in with what I remember when I was in my teens.At that time religious instruction was very strong and I can remember priests calling Alcohol "Protestant Soup"to try to keep young people away from it...They failed in my case!!!!

Paul

[cruiseliner64]

14 hours ago, tjc transport said:

i dont have to worry about sanity....

i have been insane for many many many many years.  

Me too...

Paul