FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ Nov 17, 2004

Guest Chef Spotsybelle

[Spotsy]

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in
The United States Armed Forces.

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom?
Support The United States Armed Forces Today!

Good Morning Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies, and FRiends!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1942 Martin Scorsese, Director/Actor film credits include Goodfellas and Taxi Driver

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1944 Danny DeVito, Actor/Director/Producer credits include Renaissance Man
and the television series Taxi

(WICKED) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Thrift is a wonderful virtue --
in an ancestor.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1869 The Suez Canal opened; known as "the ditch" to U.S. Armed Forces, the 101-mile waterway provides passage from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1913 The Panama Canal opened (unofficially); the 51-mile waterway cuts through the isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. President Teddy Roosevelt played a central role in making the canal a reality, for he recognized the significant economic and military advantage that the Atlantic-Pacific passage would provide the U.S.; the American Society of Civil Engineers declared the canal one of the modern "seven wonders of the world."

FIELD TRIP

We're going on a cruise to Ma's home in Alaska!
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Don't forget the syrup!

[beachn4fun]

Ma.....I've hired these girls to give you a official send-off. I know that you are going from Alaska to Calyfornea but it sends the right message, don't you think?

[Radix]

TomKow6, do you think this gal's name is

Rusty?

 

Model Tyra Banks attends the 2004 Vibe Awards at Barker Hangar November 15, 2004 in Santa Monica, California.

[blackie]

Good Morning Beachy ~

We took a cruise a few years on the Princess Line and when we got to Juneau we flew to the Mendenhall Glacier on a helicopter ~ whata chunk of ice ~ we also took the White Pass Scenic Railway trip from Skagway, plus some other neat off ship stuff. :)

The personnel were thoughtful and considerate and the service was superb ~ take an Alaskan Cruise, they're the best ~ it's something that you'll never forget!

[StarCMC]

Oooooh!! And you'll need to pepper your speech with a lit of "eh!"s.... LoL!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

More Florida poling problems: Fortunately no one was riding shotgun when this SUV smashed into a 100-foot-long metal utility pole carried by a tractor-trailer in Springfield, Fla. Witnesses said the rig was preparing to turn when the GMC passed escort vehicles and plowed into the pole.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Eyes bigger than stomach in Kansas City, Mo.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Loco color: Two locomotives make their way along the Mojave River in Apple Valley, Calif.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Look, mom, Peter Pan DID grow up!Jordan Donich does his karate training early in the morning on the beach by Toronto's Lake Ontario.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, patrol through rubble in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis R. Agostini

Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, enter the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, through a hole they created Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis R. Agostini

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!

[beachn4fun]

Thanks Blackie. Everyone I have heard who have gone on an Alaskan Cruise have said the same thing. They all love it. It is something both my husband and myself want to do.

[Lady Jag]

[blackie]

Do it ~ we really loved it!

[Soaring Feather]

Durn squirrel critters!!

[Soaring Feather]

Hi LJ!! How be ya?? Just getting around to see who is here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, patrol the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis R. Agostini

041109-N-5539C-001 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Nov. 9, 2004) – The attack submarine USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) prepares to depart Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a Western Pacific deployment. Los Angeles, the fourth Naval ship to be named after the city of Los Angeles, is the lead ship of the 688 attack submarine class. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Corwin Colbert (RELEASED)

[Kathy in Alaska]

[StarCMC]

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good afternoon Canteen, Good afternoon Troops!

Hello from very soggy North Texas.

Thanks for all the awesome pictures today Kathy, and I hope you have a safe and very enjoyable trip.

Ms. Feather, I hope you are feeling lot's better!