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Thanks Tonk, for the post and ping.
Some of the best gifts my guys received while deployed OEF were cards and letters from children. They were very touching and usually very funny.
JJ
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One Nation UNDER GOD
Hi everyone!!
What a great thread!!
WOW!! Great thread!!!!
Thanks for posting the thread Mr.Tonkin!
Tried to go to bed and Timmy decided that he needed to have a conversation with me. Grrrr!!
Where was The Sailor?
He had gone next door to help the neighbors with their computer. It seems that in the Ghetto they don't seem to understand the need for Norton's Anti-Virus Software. Sheesh!
So? I'm up again!
Hi Ma!
Ping to the Canteen thread!!
Read: Read: 2 Timothy 1:6-12
God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7
Bible In One Year: Psalms 49-50; Romans 1
The silence awakened me at 5:30 one morning. There was no gentle whir of fan blades, no reassuring hum from the refrigerator downstairs. A glance out the window confirmed that a power outage had left everyone in our neighborhood without electricity just as they would be preparing for work.
I realized that alarm clocks would not sound, and there would be no TV news. Coffee makers, toasters, hair dryers, and many telephones would be useless. Beginning a day without power was simply an inconvenience and a disruption of routine—but it felt like a disaster.
Then I thought of how often I rush into the day without spiritual power. I spend more time reading the newspaper than the Bible. Talk radio replaces listening to the Spirit. I react to difficult people and circumstances in a spirit of fear rather than the spirit of“power and of love and of a sound mind”that God has given us (2 Timothy 1:7). I must appear as spiritually unkempt as a person who dressed and groomed in the dark.
Our power outage was short-lived, but the lesson remains of my need to begin each day by seeking the Lord. His strength is not for my success or well-being, but so that I will glorify Christ by living in His power. —David McCasland
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Good morning, MoJo! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY! 
TROOPS!
Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!
Today's FEEBLE
YOKE :
Definition of Bravery
Bravery is arriving home late after a boozy night out, being confronted
by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask:
Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?
Chicagoland Weather
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On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on July 29:
1758 Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment)
1805 Alexis de Tocqueville France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America)
1817 - James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1820 Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871
1828 Cuvier Grover, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
1830 Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1861 Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt
1869 Booth Tarkington US, novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons)
1871 [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin the mad Russian monk
1878 Don Marquis Ill, journalist/poet (archy & mehitabel)
1883 Benito Mussolini [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43)
1887 Sigmund Romberg Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time)
1892 William Powell actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey)
1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi Poland, physicist (explored atom-Nobel-1944)
1905 Clara Bow silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid)
1905 Dag Hammarskjold 2nd UN Secretary-General (1953-61) (Nobel 1961)
1907 Melvin Belli Sonora Calif, lawyer, SF's "King of Torts"
1913 Stephen McNally NYC, actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo)
1914 "Professor Irwin Corey comedian (Car Wash)
1924 Robert Horton LA Calif, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena)
1930 Paul Taylor dancer & choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company)
1932 Nancy Kassebaum (Sen-R-Ks)
1933 Robert Fuller Troy NY, actor (Laramie, Wagon Train)
1936 Elizabeth Dole US Secretary of Transportation (1983-87)
1938 Peter Jennings Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1941 David Warner Manchester NH, actor (Holocaust)
1953 Geddy Lee lead singer (Rush-Tom Sawyer)
1972 Wil Wheaton actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me)
1981 Jennie Thompson, Wichita Falls TX, gymnast (Jr Natl-champ-93, Oly-96)
One of run a muk's kittens was born stillborn
she was cleaning it last night but the kitty never moved
So the revised count is 4 kitties
run a muk and 4 kitties all doing well!
Web sites that may be of help to retired military FREEPERS, FREEPERS with family members in the military, and military FREEPERS.
www.military.com This site offers an extensive array of free resources for active duty and retired personnel. Visitors can click to benefit areas designed for various military designations such as Reserve, National Guard, retiree and veterans' benefits. Services include military career development, deployment information and educational aid. Other links allow users to download forms, locate discount uniforms and surplus equipment, and find family education assistance and health care. The home page also has a "buddy finder" feature so users can search for former colleagues and friends.
www.pcs-tdy.com Moving is a fact of life for military personnel and their families. Relocation assistance in the form of maps, guides and contact information is provided through this site. A variety of links connect visitors to affiliated home pages specializing in service specific moving aid such as truck rentals, boxes, and packing materials. Detailed information is provided about moving to the main regions where U.S. forces are based, both inside and outside of the continental United States. One link offers checklists for planning a move.
www.mfrc-dodqol.org/mcy Children often are the ones most affected by frequent relocations. This site is designed to help military families serving as a clearing house for information about child development, youth and parenting programs. Visitors can access data on a variety of initiatives, from Defense Department-sponsored efforts and related government legislation to reports and statistics on specific family and educational topics. Additional links lead to individual service support programs.
www.militarystudent.org Providing military families with information to transition their children into new schools successfully after a move is the goal of this Defense Department-run site. Specific subject areas are highlighted allowing visitors to click and drill down to appropriate areas, such as pre-teen and teenage issues and parental support. Material is available on the social, emotional and educational needs of transitioning children. Information is provided about public and Defense Department-operated schools and other options such as home schooling, distance learning and private schools.
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www.gasbuddy.com Traditionally, summer is a time for long drives for vacation. But rising gas prices can put a crimp in these vacation activities. This home page, which is operated by a non-profit organization, is a portal site for more than 170 related gasoline price web sites. Each home page provides a live forum for users to post local recent low and high fuel prices. By clicking on a U.S. map of a region, visitors can access the state or site. The lowest and highest prices in the past 48 hours are listed, and users can report prices through the home page. These prices are removed after 48 hours. Users can also search for gas prices by local community and establishment.
