USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 15 October 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Fawnn]

Would some iceberg wOOhOO's help? ;)

[beachn4fun]

I SECOND THAT!

[Long Cut]

Sure! Why not? We flew over a bunch of them a few weeks back. With the onset of winter, they're getting closer and closer.

[Fawnn]

From the USO Canteen FReeper Style:


to Long Cut & the Troops!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"...and that the naysayers and haters ARE NOT the majority."

That's one of the many reasons why the Canteen is here.
I hopwe when they visit the Canteen they see that AND have some great laughs!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Hi!
Thank You for your contributions to the Canteen!

[Fawnn]

...and you know you have a CIC who supports YOU:

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my.....I hope the Cubbies win, or this guy's life as he knows it is toast.

Good to see you, LAN! That is a great picture.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Should be a busy weekend. Hope you have a fireplace.

[tomkow6]

Hey LC! You tell the guys & gals up there in Iceland that that have alot of friends here at the Canteen, & one who was there & knows about the weather & other "pleasantries" of being there!

[Kathy in Alaska]

BRATTONKIN!!

You got #150. Are you working hard? Is the goat back to stay? Maybe he'll start eating grass like he's supposed to, instead of dog food, so he won't have to go on another road trip.

[Long Cut]

It's a little better than the Med. Nobody seems to want to kill us up here, and the food's better at this galley.

[Soaring Feather]

I promised you a story from Monday night, so here goes. When I arrived at the airport in my home State of NY, I had retrieved my luggage, was greeted by the Limo Driver and told we had to wait for other passengers. I opted to wait outside the terminal and smell NY air!
I sat down next to a young Army Pvt. I thanked him for his service to our nation. We started chatting in earnest. I told him about FR and learned this young man is a Conservative Republican, and an avid Rush fan.

He was awiting to be picked up by someone from Fort Drum, Watertown, NY. He was headed of course, to the 10th Mountain Division. Bless he heart. He is 18 years young, orginally from CA, but grew up in Texas. Whoo hoo!! We exchanged email addies, and I asked his permission to talk about him here and to post his name on the Prayer Thread.

Also, I told him about our USO Canteen FReeper Style. He is going to look in very soon.
We chatted for almost one hour in the very cool NY night air.
I felt this was a serendipitous event.
From my own experience I know we can be so very proud of young men as he.

I invitied him to join, or to lurk, whichever he wished.
I ask special thoughts and prayers for all our Military guys and gals. I have been so blessed to meet this young man.

May God continue to bless our great nation.

bentfeather

[tomkow6]

Even when I was up there, we always tried to put out a high quality product for the troops. Good food seemed to help keep morale up.

Have you been thru a whole winter up there, with it's almost totally dark days, when the sun just starts to glow on the horizon at about 11 am & then it's pitch black again at 1pm? Really can mess your mind!

[Long Cut]

Yep! Winter of 98-99. You're right, it IS a head-fake. I noticed people getting very surly and depressed about that time.

[beachn4fun]

Howdy Mr. Tonk. How's business?

[beachn4fun]

Yes, we have an insert! But, unless we really get some chilly weather, we can't burn the wood fast enough!

[beachn4fun]

Hey Long Cut.... can you share this with your guys to help boost their morale?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"How's business?"