B Run: As a bit older guy I can tell you how it was - back in the day. Now I would NEVER have done any of these things, but this is what I heard.

When I got back to San Diego after my boot camp leave - also at the tender age of 18 -- I ran into a buddy from boot camp. He said" Vedder you aint gonna believe it. They got .25 tequila and $5.00 hookers in Tijuana." We left that night. There were five pimps on every corner all with the same spiel - a rhyming alliteration of sorts and the price was $5.00

One night I drank so much I don’t have $5.00. All I had was $3.00. After a good bit of negotiation I got a young lady to agree to $3.00. When she got in bed she simply lifted her dress over her head. I said "Aren't you gonna get undressed?" She said, "Not for $3.00" That was a lesson in life. You get what you pay for!

Also in Tijuana one night I agreed to pay the girl ahead of time and she would n=meet me on the corner in a few minutes. Remember I was only 18. Another lesson learned.

One night I got "arrested” for pissing in an alley. The Tijuana cop let me pay the fine on the spot. $3.45, as that was all I had on me. I got paid $32.00 every two weeks that would cover cigarettes, personal items, and a drunk with hooker in Tijuana.