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To: Just another Joe

Hi, Joe! Can I have a Miller Lite, please-I've got tome for one quick one while supper cooks..Thanks!

61 posted on 12/19/2003 2:58:44 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)

62 posted on 12/19/2003 2:59:38 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)

Sure, here's one for you.

63 posted on 12/19/2003 3:03:18 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

Things don't change that much there.

64 posted on 12/19/2003 3:04:06 PM PST by international american

To: Just another Joe

Is your wife from the Phillipines? I go there on occasion.
Very nice smile. My wife is from Bejing, although she was educated over here. A nurse. I never get sick, but maybe someday:)
Best, IA

65 posted on 12/19/2003 3:07:46 PM PST by international american

To: international american

Yes, she is. We met while I was stationed there '81 through '87.

66 posted on 12/19/2003 3:09:26 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

I have a friend who owns a hotel near the old Clark Air Force Base. I will be there in the spring. Any tips on where to visit?

67 posted on 12/19/2003 3:14:32 PM PST by international american

To: international american

Any tips on where to visit?

Baguio City is very nice. It's up in the mountains so is not nearly as warm as much of the rest of the country. Temples, silver jewelry, good hotels for easonable prices are some of the things about Baguio City.
It's on the Island of Luzon, same as the old Clark air base

If you want a longer trip, the ocean reserves off the island of Palawan are beautiful for skin diving or snorkeling. They don't quite rival the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia but they are still incomparable to, almost, any other place on earth.
If you decide to go to Palawan be sure to hire a safe, preferably known to your friend, tourist guide.

Watch your back. Most people in the PI are friendly and will go out of their way to make your stay enjoyable but there are some that will take you for everything you have and leave you for dead. Of course that goes for just about anywhere.

68 posted on 12/19/2003 3:32:01 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

"Watch your back. Most people in the PI are friendly and will go out of their way to make your stay enjoyable but there are some that will take you for everything you have and leave you for dead. Of course that goes for just about anywhere."

I am aware of this. Two years ago, there was an epidemic of kidnappings in the major cities...primarily Americans. It has subsided pretty much since then. By the way, I was married to a gal from there in my early twenties. She died of Lukemia at age 28,21 years ago. I just remarried this past year. Oh well, better late than never:)

69 posted on 12/19/2003 3:41:26 PM PST by international american

I'm gonna eat a bite and stuff up some cigs.
Be back after while.

70 posted on 12/19/2003 3:47:14 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

You deserve a break!!

71 posted on 12/19/2003 3:53:50 PM PST by international american

To: Just another Joe

Hi Joe. Make mine a Tanqueray Ten martini, extra dry.

And, please hand me one of those Montecristo No. 2's.

Here are a couple of jokes for all. Enjoy.

Groan!

A noted biologist, who had been studying little green frogs in a swamp, was stumped. The frog population, despite efforts at predator control, was declining at an alarming rate.

A chemist at a nearby college found out the problem. The frogs, due to a chemical change in the swamp water, simply couldn't stay coupled long enough to reproduce successfully.

The chemist then came up with a solution: .
The chemist then brewed up a new adhesive, which included one part sodium, to assist the frogs' togetherness.

It seems the little green frogs needed some monosodium glue to mate.

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At the doctor's office

A man walks into a doctor's office.

He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana in his right ear.

"What's the matter with me?" he asks.

"You're not eating properly," replies the doctor.

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The Russian Couple

A Russian couple were walking down the street in Moscow one night when the man felt a drop hit his nose.

"I think it's raining," he said to his wife.

"No, that felt more like snow to me," she replied.

"No, I'm sure it was just rain," he said.

They were just about to begin arguing with each other about whether it was raining or snowing when they saw a Communist Party official walking toward them.

"Let's not fight about it," the man said. "Let's ask Comrade Rudolph whether it's officially raining or snowing."

As the official approached, the man said: "Tell us, Comrade Rudolph, is it officially raining or snowing?"

"It's raining, of course," he replied, and walked on.

But the woman insisted, "I know that felt like snow!"

To which her husband quietly replied: "Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear."

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A visit to the doctor.

A man goes into the doctor. He says, "Doc, you gotta check my leg. Something's wrong. Just put your ear up to my thigh, you'll hear it!"

The doctor cautiously placed his ear to the man's thigh only to hear, "Gimme 20 bucks, I really need 20 bucks."

"I've never seen or heard anything like this before, how long has this been going on." The doctor asked.

"That's nothing Doc. put your ear to my knee."

The doctor put his ear to the man's knee and heard it say "Man, I really need 10 dollars, just lend me 10 bucks!!"

"Sir, I really don't know what to tell you. I've never seen anything like this." The doctor was dumbfounded.

"Wait Doc, that's not it. There's more, just put your ear up to my ankle," the man urged him.

The doctor did as the man said and was blown away to hear his ankle plead, "Please, I just need 5 dollars. Lend me 5 buck please if you will."

"I have no idea what to tell you," the doctor said. "There's nothing about it in my books," he said as he frantically searched all his medical reference books. "I can make a well educated guess though. Based on life and all my previous experience I can tell you that your leg seems to be broke in three places

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And, as an aside, when someone wishes me Happy Holidays, I reply with, "Merry Christmas."

Everyone have a Merry Christmas!

72 posted on 12/19/2003 4:58:16 PM PST by aaaDOC

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73 posted on 12/19/2003 5:02:12 PM PST by LisaMalia (Buckeye Fan since birth!!)

To: Just another Joe

Hiya Joe! How goes it with you?

If you would be so kind, I would love to have a single malt, neat....

74 posted on 12/19/2003 5:25:50 PM PST by SeaDragon

Hello, LisaMalia, how are things with you.
Got your FReepmail. This is a quiet weekend. Just wait for a good one.
You'll be laughing so hard the soda will squirt out your nose.

75 posted on 12/20/2003 2:02:05 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

Scotch neat for you Sea. Sorry about the delay, I got caught up with something last night.

76 posted on 12/20/2003 2:03:38 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

Scotch neat for you Sea. Sorry about the delay, I got caught up with something last night.

That's okay Joe, I just helped myself to the good stuff you hide behind the bar......

Hope whatever you got caught up with was fun.

77 posted on 12/20/2003 4:25:12 PM PST by SeaDragon

All you gotta do is look on my FR homepage to see what I got caught up with. ;^D

78 posted on 12/20/2003 4:34:41 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)

To: Just another Joe

Ah yes, silly me. What was I thinking?

79 posted on 12/20/2003 4:48:39 PM PST by SeaDragon

To: Just another Joe

Bump so I can catch up on the threads.....

80 posted on 01/05/2004 1:58:45 PM PST by CSM (Councilmember Carol Schwartz (R.-at large), my new hero! The Anti anti Smoke Gnatzie!)

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