A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day - Weekend....10-19,20-02

Billie and Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest.....
......Every Day

FR is a Treasure Trove of talented, compassionate, patriotic, wonderful people who gather every day to discuss the latest news and issues; salute
and support our military and our leaders; tell a few jokes; learn a new
word; write poetry; pray for those in need; and congratulate those who
are deserving. Thank you, Jim Robinson, for giving us the vehicle in which
we can express ourselves.

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997. I
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of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I can no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I've been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that doesn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why, in addition to seeing FR's Finest Military Personnel every day, I thought it might be fun to feature a different FReeper (or FReepers) each day. If you would like to be pictured, or know someone who would, please FReepmail me and we'll turn the spotlight - on YOU - for the day!

And do let me know if you'd like your picture added to the groups of Veterans/Active Military below. I will keep this page updated, and continue to add them to the comment section of the original Veteran's Day thread as well.

TOP: g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett

MIDDLE: fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick,Leroy S Mort, Mark17

BOTTOM: Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau

TOP: ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,

dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony

BOTTOM: rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx

MIDDLE: The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law

BOTTOM: deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

TOP: Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog

MIDDLE: Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son

BOTTOM: JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

TOP: dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7,
AlasBabylon.
BOTTOM: Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad,
Aomagrat

To Our FReeper FRiends: We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our spotlight on various FReepers. We thought we'd kick back on the weekends and simply review those who've been featured during the week. If you missed seeing them and want to say hello to them now, feel free to click on the link to that particular thread. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today and tomorrow, please feel free to do that also. One of us will always be around to see the welcome mat is still out, and maybe even put fresh flowers on the table. :)

"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


10-14-02 "Ohio and FR's Finest" ................................MOLLY PITCHER
10-15-02 "Another Fine Ohio FReeper" .................................DUTCHESS
10-16-02 "WFTD Teachers" ......ANNIEGETYOURGUN/RIKASTROM
10-17-02 "John's 2 Cents" .................................................JOHNHUANG2
"Champaign Odyssey in Bahgdad"
10-18-02 "An American Hero" ........................................................LADTX

Something to think about...

"All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten"

These are the things I learned:

Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
Be aware of wonder.

Take any of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your goverment or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all goverments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and clean up their own mess. And it is still true, no matter how old you are - when you go out into the world, it is the best to hold hands and stick together.

Author: R.Fulghum

("All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten" has been around for awhile, but I think these rules are worth repeating and thinking about....especially the part about holding hands and sticking together.)

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

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[Mama_Bear]

[Mama_Bear]

The coffee's on, make yourself at home. We are glad you are here. :-)
Have a great weekend!

If you would like on or off of the Finest Thread ping list, FReepMail me.

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Mama.

[lodwick]

Sierra Nevada Reflection

[mhking]

Good morning, y'all. Getting ready to fix a pot of cheese grits & sausage & eggs here...

[Iowa Granny]

I think I somehow missed your Special Day. Congrats to you, dear lady. We appreciate all you do here at FR.

[ladtx]

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on todays date. God bless them all.

1967 WO1 Dennis G. Blackmon -- 174 AHC, Age 23, Elberta, Alabama
1968 CPT Robert L. Cottman -- 82 MED DET, Age 27, Princess Anne, Maryland
1968 WO1 Dennis A. Groth -- 82 MED DET, Age 21, South St Paul, Minnesota

IN HONOR OF THE 82 MED DET

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLADE

SCOUTS OUT!

[Mama_Bear]

Hi Aeronaut! Your timing is amazing.....or, is it my timing? LOL! You are almost always the first one here.

It is a treat seeing you and your little red plane every day. Wishing you a great weekend!

[ladtx]

Wow! Nice picture. Looks cold but refreshing. Can almost smell the bacon over the campfire.

[Mama_Bear]

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on todays date.

Some gave all. God rest their souls.

[Mama_Bear]

Beautiful picture of our rugged Sierra Nevadas. I am wondering where that was taken. Looks like it is way above the tree line.

Good morning, lodwick. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Getting ready to fix a pot of cheese grits & sausage & eggs here...

Yum! That sounds like a "stick to your ribs" breakfast.

Hugs to you and your family on this beautiful day. :-)

[lodwick]

Minarets reflecting in Ediza Lake at sunrise,
Ansel Adams wilderness area, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

Apologies for the lack of identifer on the post - ;-)

A blessed day to one and all who pass this way.

[lodwick]

Compliments Elmer's Restaurants

[Aeronaut]

Oooooohhhhh!!

[dutchess]

ladtx Thanks for keeping our fallen heros remembered and....

prayers for the four missing fighter pilots and their families....

[dutchess]

Goodmorning mama. Great looking breakfast today lodwick!

Can't be around much today...we're going to the theater this afternoon and to a "Big Band Dance" tonight...a fundraiser for our Cultural Arts Commission. It's really a blast...many of the "young" folks having been taking dance lessons in anticipation...fox trot, tango etc.! And I must say, Mr. D. is quite the "Fred Astair" on the dance floor!

[lodwick]

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill, 1865 The world consists largely of weak men made and kept free by better men than themselves:

John Stuart Mill, 1865

As DUSTOFF pilots in Vietnam, our task was to insure that timely medical care was delivered to the wounded; a job that was probably helped along by having a bent for foxy flying and being a button short ---

[lodwick]

The very best of luck with the fundraiser, and way to go Mr. D - you guys have a "ball."

[GailA]

Afternoon ALL..it's a rainy day in Memphis, a day to kick back, put some blue grass gospel on the CD player, and make a pot of Soup. Both crock pots are going, one is full of pinto beans the other is full of the beef for my soup.