FReeper Canteen ~ Part VIII of Women Warriors:European Women Leaders ~ March 9, 2004

GenderGap.com ^ | March 9, 2004 | LaDivaLoca

[StarCMC]

My computer is slow right now -- i'm sure I missed it...but...just on case....

MINE!

[StarCMC]

My computer is slow right now -- i'm sure I missed it...but...just on case....

MINE!

[StarCMC]

My computer is slow right now -- i'm sure I missed it...but...just on case....

MINE!

[StarCMC]

My computer is slow right now -- i'm sure I missed it...but...just on case....

MINE!

[StarCMC]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click!
radu

[tomkow6]

[tomkow6]

The widow lay crying on her psychiatrist's couch. "We were
married twenty-five years before he died," she said, dabbing
away a tear. "Never had an argument in all those years."

"Amazing," said the doctor. "How did you do it?"

"I outweighed him by forty pounds and he was a coward."

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Fawnn]

tomkow6!!! #300!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very cool indeed!You wear it well!

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL!! Much better!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey, Radix, look what I found. They're getting ready for Pancakes on Wednesday!

Sugar shack: Maple sap bubbles to a full boil in Charles Matteson's sugarhouse in East Poultney, Vt., as his wife, Patricia, passes the time with a good read.

[tomkow6]

For our Canteen WAFFLE Specialist, MR. RADIX,
Catch 

Pancakes on Wednesdays

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!

[Old Sarge]

Blonde on Assembly Line

A new blonde employee is hired at the Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 am.

The next day at 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman from the assembly line throws open the door and begins to rant about the new employee. He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing up, putting the entire plant behind schedule. The Personnel Manager decides that he should see this for himself so the two men march down to the factory floor.

When they get there the line is so backed up that there are Elmos all over the floor and they're really beginning to pile up. At the end of the line stands the new blonde employee. She has a roll of red plush fabric and a big bag of marbles. The men watch in amazement as she cuts a little piece of fabric, wraps it around two marbles and begins to sew the little package between Elmo's legs.

The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter. After several minutes of hysterics he pulls himself together and approaches the woman.

"I'm sorry," he says to her, barely able to keep a straight face, "but I think you misunderstood me yesterday. Your job is to give each Elmo two test tickles."

[Kathy in Alaska]

[tomkow6]

A rich man was moving to a new house three blocks away from his
old one. Being rich, he hired a moving company.

He soon noticed the movers were not treating his prized
possessions as carefully as he would like. He grew very
concerned about what would happen to a tall grandfather clock
which he had inherited from his grandmother.

So, taking the clock in his arms, he started for the new house.
But the clock was as tall as its owner, and heavy besides. He
had to put it down every few feet and rest his arms and mop his
streaming brow. Then he would clutch his burden and stagger on
again. After half an hour of these strenuous exertions he was
nearing his destination, when a drunk who had been watching his
labors from the opposite side of the road called out to him.

"Mister," he said thickly, "could I ash you a question?"

"What is it?" demanded the rich man.

"Why on earth don't you carry a watch?"

[StarCMC]

OMG - bad, bad, bad Sarge!! ;o)

[StarCMC]

HA HA HA!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hankie Alert!! What a classy first lady is Mrs Bush.

First Lady Thanks Fort Hood Families

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2004 -- First lady Laura Bush told military wives at Fort Hood, Texas, last week that she knows what it's like "having your life turned upside-down because the man you love wants to serve the country he loves."

During a March 5 visit to Fort Hood, Mrs. Bush thanked participants in the Fort Hood Women's Conference for their sacrifices in helping their spouses fulfill their dreams—dreams, she said, are protecting America's security.

The first lady acknowledged the long list of military units that hail from the Lone Star State and the important role they are playing in the role in terror.

"Over the last year, the world has witnessed the skill and the resolve of our military -- from Korea to Kosovo to the Middle East," Bush told the group. "We've seen their courage and their decency to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. From the beginning of the battle to this very hour, our troops have conducted themselves with honor and compassion. Our military men and women have helped to free 50 million people from the oppression of two brutal regimes. They've given an entire generation of children in Iraq and Afghanistan and America the chance to grow up in peace."

The first lady said America's soldiers are "defending freedom and restoring civilization … and in the true American spirit, they are building hope one heart at a time."

She cited acts of kindness that are helping to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. She noted the work of Lt. Col. Steven Maglio, chaplain from the 4th Infantry Division's Division Artillery. With the help of families at Fort Hood, Mrs. Bush told the group, Maglio has distributed more than 180 boxes of winter coats and dresses to Iraqi children.

Similarly, she said, when soldiers from Task Force Ironhorse started renovating schools in Iraq, they realized that students didn't have basic supplies like pencils and notebooks. "So they called their family and friends back home in Killeen, who collected more than 4,000 pounds of supplies," the first lady said. "The soldiers distributed paper and calculators to children in 2,000 schools in Tikrit."

Mrs. Bush said these acts of compassion aren't simply part of the soldiers' mission. "It's part of their character," she said.

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