THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The What Part Of Oktoberfest Are You Quiz - Wednesday, October 4, 2017

The best troops and vets in the whole world...and their families too! | Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | LUV W and the Wonderful Canteen Support Crew

[TruthWillWin]

Im “Beer”

[bobby.223]

Leavenworth Wa. always puts on a fantastic Oktoberfest celebration.

[ConorMacNessa]

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Good evening, Luv!
***HUGS***



Thanks very much, and thanks also for this evening's "What Part Of Oktoberfest are You Quiz" thread!

[luvie]

I’ll bet that’s fun to attend! Do they serve gut German bier? :)

[radu]

Dancin’ fool that I used to be (and wish I could STILL be), oom-pa-pa never tickled my fancy. Maybe it takes downing a bunch o’ beer to get into it and I don’t drink. LOL

[Publius]

Woke up this morning in my new place in Scottsdale to discover that I had no hot water. I thought I was back in the Army. Turned out that one of the heating elements in the hot water heater had died. They fixed it by the time I got back from driving all over the Greater Phoenix area taking care of errands.

I tried to do laundry last night, but it turned out that the new washer/dryer they had installed had not been connected to the water supply, just shoved into the alcove. They fixed that too. I've been running one laundry after another.

Been very, very busy.

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

I have been known to imbibe at times, just a happy-go-lucky guy.

I did nothing and went nowhere today, just lazed. Boy should be over tomorrow.

You and the 'lil darlins' doing OK?

[luvie]

That’s what Oktoberfest is all about! :)

[luvie]

Thank YOU for being here! Hope you’re having a good week! What is the latest in home projects?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv, and thank you for today's What Part Of Oktoberfest Are You Quiz.

[Exit148]

Bratwurst here, too.

My one time in Germany, on a train trip, we spent nights at hotels with open buffets for breakfast. It was the selection of breads and rolls that were fantastic! So many choices and full of flavor.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[radu]

Nuttin’ wrong with imbibing at times. LOL! I probably would if I could get beyond the taste. blech!

I wondered what your son’s schedule was this week. Hope you stocked up on plenty goodies to munch on when you shopped yesterday. :-)

Not a whole lot here today. Did a little housework, made a quick run to the store, and got dragged around the yard by Churchill.

The kittehs have been lil terrorists all day. Not on my good side tonight. Comin’ up on the full moon and they’re feeling it already.

[ConorMacNessa]

Having a good week, thanks! Most of the home projects are in hiatus for a few weeks. The weather has been beautiful this week - highs around 70.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[ConorMacNessa]

It's all about the beer!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[luvie]

Howdy, Kathy! (((hugs)))

You’re welcome! I totally enjoy doing this! Love seeing everyone’s answers!

[radu]

Howdy, Publius.

Have a good trip to Scottsdale? All ready to start work tomorrow?

[ConservativeStatement]

Hi Luv. Sez here this week I am all costumes. That would explain my boyhood fascination with Bat Girl and Cat Woman.

You are creative, expressive, and playful. You are a bit of a shape shifter, and you enjoy trying on different identities.
You don’t take yourself too seriously, and you don’t mind looking a bit silly. You are happiest if you can make someone else laugh.

You aren’t that wild, but you have a side that likes to let loose sometimes. It’s almost like you have an evil twin.
You are probably pretty ordinary on a day to day basis. But you have a fun secret life that very few people know about!

[ConorMacNessa]

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Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

[Publius]

No problems on the trip. I’ve been running around a lot to get ready for a clean start tomorrow.