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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-03-03....Military Monday
Aquamarine; Billie

Posted on 11/03/2003 4:49:35 AM PST by Aquamarine




A Few of FR's Finest
....Every Day
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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 could no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I had been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.
Still that didn'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 we've created a place for just that. This is a friendly room in JimRob's house where FReeper FRiends can gather every day and just say hello if that's all they want to do.
There's more of course. We sometimes feature different FReepers, with a little background information on who they are and what makes them who they are, along with a few photos you might not have seen on other threads; sometimes others write an essay for us to post as the feature for the day; sometimes our presentation is a human interest story found elsewhere that you might not have read; sometimes special holiday threads; but whatever the topic of the day, it is always with FR's Finest in mind and that is YOU!
If you would like to be featured, or would like to see someone else featured, please send me a private FR mail.
Every Monday we will post the photos of FR's Military Personnel that I have collected and put into groups; these will be available to view through a link the remainder of the week - every day just a click away. :)   If you would like to add a photo of yourself or a loved one in the military, past or present, please let me know; I will hold it until I have enough for a new group.
Thank you, and please have fun with us...every day! ~ Billie

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Thank You For Serving Our Country!

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1



TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet
MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga
BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc



TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette
MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid
BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf



TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP
MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian
BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma



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:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68.
MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797
BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack



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.



TOP: ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM: AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx' Aunt Eva.





                     








THIS WEEK'S THREADS

11-01,02-03...Week in Review

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

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5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: freepers; fun; military; patriotic; surprises; usmc; veterans
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To: dixie sass
Soup's on ! These people really get 'into' their cooking !! ...


141 posted on 11/03/2003 1:42:44 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
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To: ST.LOUIE1
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I have had you in my prayers for a fast and full recovery. I am so happy to see you out and about on the Finest!

:-)

142 posted on 11/03/2003 1:44:56 PM PST by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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To: ladtx
Oh ladtx, what a horrible thing to go through, yet I'm so happy that it turned out okay for your family. Indeed our prayers go out to all the families who were not so fortunate. It's the worst kind of hell, losing your children. May they find the strength of the Lord to get them through this.
143 posted on 11/03/2003 1:45:56 PM PST by WVNan
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To: The Mayor
LOL, "our faily bread". There must be a sermon in there somewhere.
144 posted on 11/03/2003 1:46:49 PM PST by WVNan
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To: Molly Pitcher
(((((((MP)))))))

Thank you for the ping. Enjoy your "bonus days" in OH! :-)
145 posted on 11/03/2003 1:47:35 PM PST by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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To: jwfiv
(((((((jwfiv))))))))

Have been missing you and will miss you again for the next few days from what you've said.

Hurry back!
146 posted on 11/03/2003 1:48:52 PM PST by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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To: Aquamarine; Billie; ladtx; Diver Dave; LadyX; All
Thank you for Military Mondays!!



Freedom Isn't Free

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze
A young soldier saluted it, and then
He stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many Pilots' planes shot down?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No Freedom isn't free

I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still.
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen"
When a flag had draped a coffin
of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard at the
bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.....
No -- Freedom isn't free!!

...Cadet Major Kelly Strong
Air Force Junior ROTC

147 posted on 11/03/2003 1:52:21 PM PST by JustAmy (God Bless our Military, Past and Present. God Bless America!)
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To: Billie
Fabulous!!!!!!! You cheered me up!
148 posted on 11/03/2003 2:02:20 PM PST by The Mayor (Through prayer, finite man draws upon the power of the infinite God.)
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To: Aquamarine
Prayers for your cousin Aqua.
149 posted on 11/03/2003 2:03:40 PM PST by WVNan
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To: ST.LOUIE1
LOUIE!!!!!!! You're BACK!!!!!! We missed you!


150 posted on 11/03/2003 2:06:27 PM PST by WVNan
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To: WVNan
LOL, "our faily bread". There must be a sermon in there somewhere.

I'll work on that one, LOL!

151 posted on 11/03/2003 2:07:37 PM PST by The Mayor (Through prayer, finite man draws upon the power of the infinite God.)
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To: LadyX
Am I to conclude that some people at our Finest establishment were acting up in my absence. Sheesh, can't leave for a minute.
152 posted on 11/03/2003 2:09:19 PM PST by WVNan
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To: LadyX
I know....I've figured it out. You are some sort of wandering angel flitting in and out of people's lives wherever they happen to be. Otherwise you could not have so much in common with so many people. Our lady Angel.
153 posted on 11/03/2003 2:12:27 PM PST by WVNan
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To: Billie
Hi Billie. How are things in Texas? Unlike my Sistah, I really love Texas, especially Amarillo.
154 posted on 11/03/2003 2:17:03 PM PST by WVNan
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To: Aeronaut
You surely jest? Aggghhhh! How can you stand it? I wouldn't like snow this early. Come to think of it, I don't like snow anytime. Guess it's the Southerner in me.
155 posted on 11/03/2003 2:19:38 PM PST by WVNan
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To: The Mayor
Are you serious? You can't have lost your job. Didn't you just recently get that job, or am I thinking of someone else?
156 posted on 11/03/2003 2:20:40 PM PST by WVNan
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To: WVNan
How can you stand it? I wouldn't like snow this early.

Well, I live in Minnesota; its not entirely unexpected. Although, you'd never know it based on the local newsies going into hyperdrive last night about the impending storm. (You'll notice on the picture there's about 3/4 on an inch of snow.)

157 posted on 11/03/2003 2:22:50 PM PST by Aeronaut (In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
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To: The Mayor
My hubby went through something similar. He took a job that turned out to be totally a bad deal. He felt trapped, but that job put him in another town where he read an ad in the newspaper and learned that interviews were being held in the hotel where he was staying. He got the best job of his life that day. God always uses our misfortunes for good as long as we trust Him. You will find the perfect job for you. I affirm it in Jesus' name.
158 posted on 11/03/2003 2:30:06 PM PST by WVNan
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To: Aeronaut
LOL. Weather people do tend to hypervent at the prospect of snow don't they?
159 posted on 11/03/2003 2:32:09 PM PST by WVNan
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To: WVNan
I took this job while I was still living in Virginia.
I moved back here to Buffalo at my own expense. I was working 60 to 70+ hours a week building this market.
When Home Depot opened the sales market there was nothing in place, no installers for windows or siding. I have hired dozens of crews, some of them friends of mine. They simply don't pay the installers enough.
Since the attack on 9/11 workmans comp and liability insurance has quadroupled. I built the installation end of this market from nothing and to date we have installed over a million dollars worth of windows and siding since June 19.
My mistake was to help out a homeowner and allow him to remove the existing siding off his house, and have the installer put up new plywood. What I did was buy time for the company. It was a $15,000 job and they were threatening to cancel.
Had I not done what I did the company would have lost a $15,000 job. So needless to say I have no job.
The Lord will supply a new one for me and my family.
160 posted on 11/03/2003 2:59:36 PM PST by The Mayor (Through prayer, finite man draws upon the power of the infinite God.)
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