FReeper Canteen ~ Happy New Year 2018! ~ 01 January 2018

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

Troops, Veterans, Families, Allies, and FRiends.....

The FReeper Canteen Presents.....

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

“May Light always surround you;
Hope kindle and rebound you.
May your Hurts turn to Healing;
Your Heart embrace Feeling.
May Wounds become Wisdom;
Every Kindness a Prism.
May Laughter infect you;
Your Passion resurrect you.
May Goodness inspire
your Deepest Desires.
Through all that you Reach For,
May your arms Never Tire.”
-D. Simone

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’ve learned not to be contemptuous to the spiritual when it appears in modern incarnations like Hayward. It’s easy enough to pooh pooh the “pagan” and hard to be humble enough to see that Christendom has left great vacuums through lukewarm effort in modern days. Something has to fill the vacuums, something that often looks like seekers.

It’s said that nothing succeeds like success, but also nothing fails like success. For it turns into pride when it forgets what it took to get there.

[radu]

*SIIIIIIIGH* I just turned to mush.

I’m still sick that we missed the Moody’s when they played in Nashville not all that long ago. Just couldn’t afford the tickets at the time.

I had a front row center ticket when I saw them at MTSU in Murfreesboro in ‘78 and paid a whoppin’ $10.
My feet didn’t touch the ground for a week. LOL

[radu]

I’m really not sure how to reply. LOL

I’m gathering you appreciate the Moodys’ music?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very cool, radu...all those different fireworks from around the world.

[radu]

I started watching them this afternoon, once people started posting them. Lots of cool fireworks displays and I thought it would be a fun addition to the thread.

I didn’t hear the first “boom” here so I imagine everyone around here decided to stay inside tonight. There are usually a lot of folks shooting them off at midnight on NYE and I go outside to watch.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Alaska Time Zone!!

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[radu]

It finally got around to your neck o' the woods. YAY!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I’ve been standing at the guest room window watching a terrific display of illegal fireworks. LOL!

Usually I can see some of the higher ones coming from downtown if I stand on the deck. These are WAY too close...probably the neighborhood on the other side of the school.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a Happy New Year to you, too.
That battle is going on right now here. LOL!

[radu]

Lucky you! And lucky them getting to shoot them off! LOL!

I just stepped outside to toss some cans in the trash and BRRRRRR! It hurt! The wind goes right through to the marrow. We aren’t used to this kind of cold so it’s easy to see why everyone stayed inside tonight.

During the 10:00 news, they did a report from downtown Nashville and there was a low turnout for the big bash compared to other years. Still a decent-sized crowd but it’s usually packed.

And when I turned the channel to watch the ball drop at Times Square I noticed a lot of gaps in the crowd there.

This just wasn’t a good time for a lot of folks on NYE. I think you’re warmer than the rest of us. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Jim.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

TianaHighrider.....#50!!
radu.....#100 and #250!!
Publius.....#150 and #200!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Hawaiian Time Zone!!

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[radu]

Flashy “WooHoo”! Rounds out the New Years celebration quite nicely! :-)

Here’s hoping 2018 gives everyone a lot of things to WooHoo about! :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, P.O.E. and thanks for the Duke Ellington link.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Great video, combat_boots! Happy New Year!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dolly Parton’s song....”I Will Always Love You”.

Whitney really nails it!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy 2018, Luv!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Liberty!