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Posted on 03/06/2006 1:28:44 PM PST by Unkosified
I received this in an email from a friend and thought others might enjoy it. Here is a soldier stationed in Iraq, stationed in a big sand box. He asked his wife to send him dirt (US. soil), fertilizer and some grass seed SO he can smell the sweet aroma, and feel the grass growing beneath his feet. When the men of the squadron have A mission they are going on they take turns walking through the grass and the American soil to bring them good luck.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; soldier
To: Unkosified
cool! What a great photo!
To: Unkosified
To: Unkosified
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posted on
03/06/2006 1:37:35 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Muslims pray to Allah, Allah prays to Chuck Norris.)
To: beezdotcom; Unkosified
Cool. Another pic [from snopes]:
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posted on
03/06/2006 1:38:10 PM PST
by
SquirrelKing
(Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.)
To: Unkosified
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posted on
03/06/2006 1:42:00 PM PST
by
jveritas
(Hate can never win elections.)
To: SquirrelKing
To: Unkosified
That is cool. Thanks for sharing!
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posted on
03/06/2006 1:47:44 PM PST
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: MaryFromMichigan
Thats an "Offsite link warning" that many sites use these days.
Like Tripod and Angelfire. Which I think contributes to the ruining of the internet which thrives on links, duh.
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posted on
03/06/2006 1:48:26 PM PST
by
Crazieman
(6-23-2005, Establishment of the United Socialist States of America)
To: Crazieman
I hadn't seen that one before.
Thought it might be an attempt at humor.
:)
To: Unkosified
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posted on
03/06/2006 1:55:20 PM PST
by
hsalaw
To: Crazieman
I wouldn't even mind these prohibitions on offsite links, except that the current approach doesn't really work.
To wit: Poster Joe Googles around for a suitable image, finds one, doesn't really notice where it's from, previews it - and because it's in his cache, his article looks fine to him, so he posts.
Meanwhile, everyone else looking at the posting a)thinks poster Joe is an idiot,or strange, and b)still causes traffic to go to/from the blocking site, in order to request and serve the dummy image.
The protocol should force Poster Joe to see what the actual result of his posting will look like to the masses - if only that occurred, then these little mishaps would no longer happen.
To: beezdotcom
Easy solution: load the picture into your own cache.
To: Unkosified
With that hair cut, he looks more like a marine than a soldier.
To: A.A. Cunningham
Easy solution: load the picture into your own cache.
And if I close the window and come back later, the blocking picture is back. Sure, I can change MY settings - but my larger point still stands; the protocol/software should be smarter about showing you the actual end result up front, and then nobody has to solve ANYTHING on their own box...
To: longhorn too
He's Army Warrant Officer 1 Brook Turner.
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posted on
03/06/2006 2:50:14 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Unkosified
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posted on
03/06/2006 2:53:28 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: MaryFromMichigan
LOL
I'm a mean ol' bandwidth stealer!
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posted on
03/06/2006 4:49:50 PM PST
by
SquirrelKing
(Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.)
To: SquirrelKing
Nah. I've done that myself.
I clicked through to your intended pic.
:)
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