USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 12 November 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix and LindaSOG ( Thank you LindaSOG for all that you do out here.

[MeekOneGOP]

Wow ! Nothing like spelling Farrah FawceTT wrong ...

[tomkow6]

You guys are just JEALOUS!

[Soaring Feather]

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Ms Feather!

[MeekOneGOP]

You guys are just JEALOUS!

hehe ! ...

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Tomkow!

[tomkow6]

Don't know if this has been posted here in the Canteen.  I checked it out & it IS TRUE:

Didn't see this in the media did we????


Hello, Another example of what is NOT reported. The writer and his wife
live in LA and both work for Uncle Sam.

A Day at Baltimore Airport

Dear Friends and Family,
I hope that you will spare me a few minutes of your time to tell you
about something that I saw on Monday, October 27.
I had been attending a conference in Annapolis and was coming home on
Sunday. As you may recall, Los Angeles International Airport was
closed on Sunday, October 26, because of the fires that affected air traffic
control. Accordingly, my flight, and many others, were canceled and I
wound up spending a night in Baltimore.
My story begins the next day. When I went to check in at the United
counter Monday morning I saw a lot of soldiers home from Iraq. Most were
very young and all had on their desert camouflage uniforms. This was as
change from earlier, when they had to buy civilian clothes in Kuwait to fly
home. It was a visible reminder that we are in a war. It probably was pretty
close to what train terminals were like in World War II. Many people were
stopping the troops to talk to them, asking them questions in the Starbucks
line or just saying "Welcome Home."
In addition to all the flights that had been canceled on Sunday, the
weather was terrible in Baltimore and the flights were backed up. So,there
were a lot of unhappy people in the terminal trying to get home, but nobody
that I saw gave the soldiers a bad time.
By the afternoon, one plane to Denver had been delayed several hours.
United personnel kept asking for volunteers to give up their seats and take
another flight. They weren't getting many takers. Finally, a United
spokeswoman got on the PA and said this, "Folks. As you can see, there are a
lot of soldiers in the waiting area. They only have 14 days of leave and
we're trying to get them where they need to go without spending any more
time in an airport then they have to. We sold them all tickets, knowing we
would oversell the flight. If we can, we want to get them all on this
flight. We want all the soldiers to know that we respect what you're doing,
we are here for you and we love you."
At that, the entire terminal of cranky, tired, travel-weary people, a
cross-section of America, broke into sustained and heartfelt applause. The
soldiers looked surprised and very modest. Most of them just looked at their
boots. Many of us were wiping away tears.
And, yes, people lined up to take the later flight and all the soldiers
went to Denver on that flight.
That little moment made me proud to be an American, and also told me why
we will win this war.
If you want to send my little story on to your friends and family, feel
free. This is not some urban legend. I was there, I was part of it, I saw it
happen.

Will Ross
Administrative Judge
United States Department of Defense

[tomkow6]

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Can't ya just FEEL the LOVE?

Tomkow6!!! #50!!!

 

 

[Soaring Feather]

A Day at Baltimore Airport

Good reading Tom thanks for posting it.

[Old Sarge]

Ah, how deliciously stacked...

Nice pancakes, too...

(ducking and fastening Kevlar)

I've got two glorious days off, and how will they get spent, you ask?

Cooped up on a rainy day, three loads of laundry, two loads of dishes in the sink, Her Royal Highness and her guardsman chasing each other up and down the hall, and a toothache.

Hope your day's better, Canteeners. I'll check in with y'all later tonight...

SARGE

[darkwing104]

Good Morning Canteen FReepers. How is everyone today?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[tomkow6]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies (and everybody else, and all the ships at sea). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 8:55am
Sunset 4:30pm

Hi 31°F
Lo 14°F

Some sun (SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND COMING DOWN)

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 28°F
Lo 25°F

State Hi 50°F Metlakatla
State Lo -26°F Anaktuvuk Pass

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Ma!