The GUILD 11-11-2002 Curious George and the High Tension Power Line

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Today we take a Monday morning break for a little story

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Good morning.

[anniegetyourgun]

Mornin' HLL! Happy Veteran's Day and THANKS to all who have and do serve....

[SassyMom]

ROFLOL....... I needed that story! Thank you HLL, I hope you have a terrific day!

To all of our veterans.....THANK YOU! Thank you for fighting for our freedom! God bless you all!

[BigWaveBetty]

Hey ClancyJ! Always good to see you. I'm bringing your post over so everyone can enjoy the memories.

To: BigWaveBetty

Hi BigWaveBetty and all. Happy Veterans Day.

I was just thinking back and realized how much effort all have put into turning this country around. All the posts, letters, calls, investigations, discussions, opinions, freeps, participation in all areas have borne fruit in that we now have the White House, the Senate and the Legislature.

So, each of our efforts do add to the overall and we can thank ourselves as well as the GOP candidates. Remember the Daffodils? We have all been planting daffodils and they are blooming.

Wonderful isn't it to have the elections turn out as they did?

103 posted on 11/11/2002 10:29 AM EST by ClancyJ

You should see the smile I have had plastered on my face since Tuesday! Life is good.

[Teacup]

Happy Veteran's Day.

[BigWaveBetty]

Well, that was interesting! LOL

Thanks for the new thread.

Happy Veterans Day everyone! I'd like to remember my Dad today. He was a Lt. Col. in the Air Force and fought in Korea. He never told me any stories and I was too young and stupid to ask, so to all of you who have a veteran in your lives still living ask if they might want to tell you some stories.

There were two stories my Dad did tell me about. One was when he taught Charles Lindbergh how to fly a jet (no verification, just my Dad's word, which of course is good enough for me) and the time he and a buddy tried to sail a boat and a barge ( he named after me, lol) from Lowestoft, England across the Atlantic to Miami. The planned route was Lowestoft to Plymouth; Lisbon; Canary Islands; Puerto Rico to Miami.

They hit very rough weather and ran out of time and had to abandon their trip. The made it as far as Las Palmas, Canary Islands. He was big news in our little town. My Grammie saved all the newspaper clippings.

My Dad, the rebel! I love you and miss you Dad.

God Bless all veterans and active duty soldiers, we appreciate you more than you know.

[Iowa Granny]

Thanks to your Dad, and to all who have protected us from harm. Special thanks to those who were left behind to manage as best they could.

[mountaineer]

We're losing our WWII vets at a rate of about 1,800 per day, I've heard, and they, of course, take their memories with them. If you know a WWII or Korea vet, talk to him. If possible, arrange for him to speak to school children.

My grandfather and father (WWI and WWII veterans, respectively) are no longer with us, and I regret not learning more about their wartime experiences. I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my neighbors for a newspaper story about his service in WWII and Korea, and it was fascinating, horrible and stirring to hear what it was like for him.

[mountaineer]

x42 gets back to work after his great success in the 2002 election (thanks again, Blubba, for all you do):

The executive offices and the board of directors of Temple Beth Avodah, Newton, (Massachusetts) have announced that the Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States, will be a guest speaker Monday Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., at the temple. Tickets are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call the temple office at 617-527-0045. source

Curiously, no mention of the cost of tickets. How many will they have to sell to cover the $125,000+ they have to pay the rapist?

[Iowa Granny]

They'll probably find a leftist with deep pockets to purchase a block of tickets,,, then turn around and give them away for nothin' in order to draw a crowd.

[Endeavor]

I just spent over 5 minutes on the phone to the temple and couldn't find a warm body anywhere on the premises to talk to. Who knows how much these tickets are going for. And if you wanted any, all you'd get is "electronic sally" to talk to.

[mountaineer]

Bitter loser liberal alert:

BEING a losing leftist in Minnesota has Garrison Keillor gnashing his teeth in impotent rage. After Norm Coleman soundly trounced Walter Mondale in the U.S. Senate race, Keillor launched a limp attack on the senator-elect on salon.com. Recalling a dinner party in St. Paul at which then-mayor Coleman gave a speech about native son F. Scott Fitzgerald, Keillor snipes, "[It] was soon clear to anyone who has ever graded ninth-grade book reports that the mayor had never read Fitzgerald," reports the Washington Post. Page Six.

And this regarding Pardongate, also from Page Six:

FORMER Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has federal prosecutors fuming by refusing to answer their questions about his role in the Marc Rich Pardon-gate scandal, even while traipsing around Manhattan like a Hollywood celebrity. Barak was dining in high style at Michael’s and at the Waldorf recently, even as he ignored an Oct. 27 deadline to provide prosecutors with answers to a list of questions they sent him as part of a deal with Israeli authorities.

Now the feds are so miffed with Barak that the Israeli embassy in Washington is warning the peripatetic ex-PM he could be arrested the next time he steps foot in the country, reports Israel’s Ha’aretz newspaper. U.S. prosecutors believe that Barak used his influence to get Bill Clinton to pardon the disgraced financier, who hid out in Switzerland for 17 years rather than face prosecution for massive tax evasion. An Israeli government source dismissed the possibility that Barak would be arrested here, calling the likelihood "zilch."

[mountaineer]

Mr. M has always harbored the desire to return to the Boston area (he lived there for several years in the 1980s), and Newton is one of our favorite areas. It's a sad thing that the brain dead libs of the community would welcome the impeached rapist.

[Endeavor]

Yes, it is sad that Bostonians welcome Clintoon. However, it would be great to see you and Mr. M return to Boston - that's two more votes for our side!

And, congrats, Mitt Romney!

[Utah Girl]

That Garrison Keillor article was one of the worst articles I have ever read. He slammed Norm Coleman and made insinuations about his personal life.

[Utah Girl]

Mitt Romney will make Massachusetts an excellent governor.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

re: losing WW2 veterans.

My grandfather, a WW2 veteran, passed away this morning. He was in the Navy during the war and was a pilot and photographer. When he returned from the war he became a civil engineer for the State of Michigan. He was a bow hunter, and taught me how to shoot a gun. My fondest memories are sitting in a deer blind with my grandpa and rubbing apples on trees. ( don't worry, I think apple rubbing is illegal, and it probably repels the deer more than baits them)

My grandpa could also have been a twin of Ronald Reagan. They look exactly alike.

Small story, he served in the military with child actor Jackie Cooper, who later became my mother's Godfather.

My Godfather is my uncle who was a fighter pilot in Vietnam and still flies today.

[mountaineer]

My condolences on your grandfather's passing. The 9th anniversary of my father's death will be in two weeks. He also served in the Navy in WWII. Just saw a story on the 5 p.m. news about how only a couple of people bothered to come to today's Veterans' Day ceremony at one of the local courthouses. It looks like my generation and the one behind me is failing to tell the children about the significance of this day.

[Endeavor]

My heart goes out to you on the loss of your grandfather. I'm sure he was VERY proud of you, HLL. We sure are. -- E