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FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ Nov 17, 2004
Guest Chef Spotsybelle

Posted on 11/16/2004 8:03:40 PM PST by 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!
click here

Don't forget the syrup!



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To: laurenmarlowe
Soggy north TX? Boston news made it sound more than soggy. Are you high and dry? No damage? If so, think happy thoughts...


181 posted on 11/17/2004 2:00:51 PM PST by Lady Jag (YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

"I'll keep it warm in case you're late."

You're ALWAYS to good to this ol' dog!


Maybe I'll take ya out to dinner on friday!


182 posted on 11/17/2004 2:07:52 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: Lady Jag

Hi Lady J!

Where I am is fine, but the low-lying areas around North
Texas are flooding, dangerous in some parts, and still
more rain in the forecast. It's like this all the way down
through the center of Texas. So, we should stay in and
stay safe.

Thanks for the happy thoughts!


183 posted on 11/17/2004 2:08:09 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe
Then TX flooding was as bad as Boston radio hinted. I imagine there's property damage and pray that no lives were lost!
184 posted on 11/17/2004 2:19:58 PM PST by Lady Jag (YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
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To: Lady Jag

Yes, praying for those in the dangerous areas.


185 posted on 11/17/2004 2:33:47 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Gunnery Sgt. James Smith Jr., of Murfreesboro, Tenn., with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, keeps a watchful eye on post from an amphibious assault vehicle as it rolls through the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday.

Those amphibious assault vehicles sure do come in handy in the downtown area of a desert city.


Sgt. Delwin Ellington, of West Palm Beach, Fla., center, smiles as he receives mail containing photos of his two children, Mekhi, 3, and Ethan, 9 months, as his buddy, Cpl. Jasper McDonald, of Cleveland, Tenn., right, looks on. Both men are with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

Also included in the envelope was a receipt acknowledging that his Military Absentee Ballot was legally cast. I wish.

 


A U.S soldier on Monday carries stuffed animals to young Iraqi refugees inside a mosque where they found shelter during the offensive in Fallujah, Iraq.

Many of the Troops found the shooting galleries at the local penny arcades to be an easy place to win stuffed animals.

Soldiers with the new Iraqi Army on Monday distribute particle masks and body bags received from U.S Marines during the offensive in Fallujah, Iraq.

With everybody in Iraq seeming to be wearing towels over their heads why are particle masks even needed?

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, rest Monday between operations in Fallujah, Iraq.

The Marine's weekly game of "Combat Musical Chairs" was finally down to just two contestants.

 

Marines with the 1st Division take a break to gather for a “family picture” in Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday.

Finally , the answer to the age old Military question:

Q. "What do Marines wear under their fatigues?

A: Automatic weapons!                                              

 

Soldiers with Apache Troop, 1st Platoon, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, move tactically during combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 9.

Some of the Troops simply had to stop and admire one the unique Iraqi decorating motifs which is  shown here in the "pink rose`" wall covering.

A Marine with the 1st Division takes a nap as his unit receives mail on the frontlines in Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday.

Postal history was made recently when a certain Troop received an unprecedented number of cartons of Marlboros.

 

Maj. Roger Sherman takes aim at his target through obstacles set up at the Eastern Nebraska Gun Club in Lewisville, Neb., creating drills to prepare himself for a practical pistol competition.

Great form Major, just be careful while using it if any NBC embedded reporters are around.


Maj. Roger Sherman takes aim at his target at the Eastern Nebraska Gun Club in Lewisville, Neb.

Oh Mr. Caption Writer, you must have fallen asleep on this one.

Marines with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force’s 2nd Air & Naval Gunfire Liaison Company fast-rope out of a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft as part of a training exercise with Special Operations Training Group instructors at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marines in greens, leave flying machines, head for latrines after a dinner of beans.

186 posted on 11/17/2004 2:44:40 PM PST by Radix (Will the last person out please turn off the Tag Lines?)
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To: tomkow6; mylife; StarCMC

187 posted on 11/17/2004 2:56:49 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (Support Our Troops! Operation Season's Greetings - www.proudpatriots.com)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6

Fried Spaghetti and Peanut Butter has a pronounced effect...


188 posted on 11/17/2004 3:03:32 PM PST by HiJinx (Support Our Troops ~ www.ProudPatriots.com)
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To: HiJinx; tomkow6

Fried spaghetti and peanut butter doesn't much appeal to me, but you know how kids are, even BIG kids.


189 posted on 11/17/2004 3:06:24 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (Support Our Troops! Operation Season's Greetings - www.proudpatriots.com)
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To: beachn4fun; tomkow6; All

Don't blame me blame news media who think Little Kim is nice guy

Well report off Tass news wire is reporting that US may try get Lebanon kick out Hezollah that been ruling that country for last 20 years

ABOUT TIMEEE


190 posted on 11/17/2004 3:09:21 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

I know...careful who you sit next to tonight.

When I was two we returned to the US from Italy. Mom says I slept most of the way across the Atlantic; the man sitting next to her offered to hold me while she took care of my baby brother.

Well, that was a mistake. Evidently, I didn't handle waking up and landing at the same time very well. The poor gentleman ended up with a lap full of my stomach contents. Mom says he took it in stride, but I've always felt a twinge of regret at treating him so poorly...!


191 posted on 11/17/2004 3:12:05 PM PST by HiJinx (Support Our Troops ~ www.ProudPatriots.com)
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To: All

Alison Krauss ~ Every Time You Say Goodbye

192 posted on 11/17/2004 3:14:04 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (Support Our Troops! Operation Season's Greetings - www.proudpatriots.com)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Are you trying to tell us something?

Be careful, be safe tonight.

I don't know that we're going to know what to do with you gone for a whole 12 hours...

Maybe you could hook up a laptop and a cell phone to FReep while airborne? Or latch onto one of those Internet kiosks at the airport?

We're going to go through Ma withdrawals!!


193 posted on 11/17/2004 3:19:39 PM PST by HiJinx (Support Our Troops ~ www.ProudPatriots.com)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Hi, Kathy...thank you for this! I had a good 'un. I hope your vacation is a good one!


194 posted on 11/17/2004 3:23:18 PM PST by GummyIII (The shortest distance between two people is a smile.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LaDivaLoca; bentfeather; beachn4fun; Fawnn; Ragtime Cowgirl; StarCMC; ...
From the men in the Military and the Canteen


195 posted on 11/17/2004 4:08:27 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Good Evening Ladies!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good evening everyone!
196 posted on 11/17/2004 4:18:47 PM PST by LisaMalia (John Kerry will never step foot in the state of Ohio again....thank goodness!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; All
OKAY EVERYBODY!

AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

STEP RIGHT UP AND GET YOU PILLS HERE!


tomkow 6
WEIRD PILLS!!

YOU WILL GO WILD!!!

197 posted on 11/17/2004 4:26:13 PM PST by Lady Jag (YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
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To: Lady Jag

Oh for Pete's sake!

WHOO HOOO #200!!!!!


198 posted on 11/17/2004 4:39:23 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Proud Patriots dot com! Check it out!!!)
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To: Lady Jag

Oh for Pete's sake!

WHOO HOOO #200!!!!!


199 posted on 11/17/2004 4:39:26 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Proud Patriots dot com! Check it out!!!)
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To: Lady Jag

Oh for Pete's sake!

WHOO HOOO #200!!!!!


200 posted on 11/17/2004 4:39:29 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Proud Patriots dot com! Check it out!!!)
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