USO Canteen FReeper Style~Continuation of Ancient Greek Military~December 9, 2003

Warfare in Hellas ^ | December 9, 2003 | LaDivaLoca

[beachn4fun]

Hi Meekie.....brrrrr......isn't that kind of chilly for you? do you wanna borrow that blue blanket again?

[beachn4fun]

Hello yourself! I noticed that Kathy had to send you a reminder of what green looks like. Is it that bad?

[stand watie]

YEP! it is!

we've had so much rain this year (MORE than FOUR FEET above normal!!!!) that my grass DROWNED TWICE this summer.

i did NOT replant grass a THIRD time, and i just gave up for the year. thus she frequently sends me pix of GREEN GRASS & an occasional MUDHOLE, too.

it's a HOOT! (and i've always wanted to be a HOOT!)

free dixie,sw

[beachn4fun]

LOL......better try more decaf! Or tomkow could dress 'em up in kilts and we'd have a Michael Flatley moment! LOL

[Pippin]

Hi!

Did y'all see what I posted on JustAmy's thread?

It was a "poem" dedicated to TomKow.

[beachn4fun]

HI EG.......

[beachn4fun]

Hey Mr. Tonk. Thanks for those nice Christmas cookies.....I need to maintain my weight.......

[Calpernia]

Old comics; but old issues? Remembering Dr. Seuss:

Originally printed: April 22, 1942

[beachn4fun]

You know, I heard tell that you can plant grass seed under the snow and it will sprout in the spring! Have you tried that?

My problem has always been, when I sow my seeds it turns dry and they die out! I think I'm going to try to do some seeds as soon as we are expecting more snow! Ground is indeed wet enough! Can't lose.

[stand watie]

thanks for posting this!

nice cartoon!

my favorite of the WW2 period is an OFFICIAL WAR DEPT. poster with crossed US & CSA battleflags, which says,

"JOIN THE ARMY & HELP THE SOUTH WIN THE WAR!"

that about says it all.

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

as my yard is currently UNDER ICE, it won't work NOW, but based on your post i may call the county agent for an opinion on planting grass in the winter!

THANKS!

free the southland,sw

[Kathy in Alaska]

Operation Tribute to Freedom Essay Contest Top Sixth Grade Winners Tell What Freedom Means to Them

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2003 — Lindsey Rettke from Mililani, Hawaii, has watched her father deploy in the name of freedom throughout her life. In the Weekly Reader’s Operation Tribute to Freedom essay contest, she remembered being “a confused and scared 5-year-old girl, clinging to my dad’s leg” and not wanting to let go as he deployed to Bosnia.

Four years later, Lindsey remembers that “tears rolled down my cheek” as she hugged her father goodbye when he deployed to Kuwait. “But once again,” she wrote, “my mom told me not to worry.”

Now, at age 11, she wrote that her father is once again preparing to deploy, this time to Afghanistan. “Now that I am older and more experienced, I understand what freedom means,” she wrote in her essay, the top winner among entries from sixth-graders throughout the United States.

“Freedom means that it is okay to be sad, scared and lonely at times,” she wrote. “But most of all, freedom means being proud of an American soldier, my dad.”

The rest of the story

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, beach. How is your weather. I understand it's a little cold for you. Thinking about rain today. NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[tomkow6]

Hi, Pippin! Where ya been? Still struggling with that "bad" computer of yours?

I can just imagine what the other's thought when you posted that poem on JustAmy's thread.....LOL!

Thank you, tho!

[beachn4fun]

Hey Pippin.....yes i did see the poem! I loved it. We need to get some of our talented folk to put it on a piece of parchment so that we can just copy and paste it here periodically to taunt tomkow!

[Pippin]

Hi, Tom!

Still got the computer blues :O(

[Pippin]

HEE! HEE! HEE!

[Mr. Silverback]

Dig the new ride even more than the last one!