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A few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-23,24-05....What's in a Name?
Billie; ST.LOUIE1
Posted on 08/23/2005 6:11:58 AM PDT by Billie
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To: Billie
Cool Billie!!! Great thread!!
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:23:41 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: Allegra
Woohoo!!! You're on holiday!! Good for you! {{{ HUGS! }}}
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:24:56 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: NicknamedBob
LOL! I love your post! And, not to worry - I'm working on yours! Most of these posted are ones I've had for a long time, and Louie helped with some of the newer ones. You *will* be fitted with a sig before long, *one-of-many-FR-Bobs*!
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:38:02 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: ST.LOUIE1; GodBlessUSA; NicknamedBob; Temple Owl; Pippin; Texagirl4W; Allegra; Colonial Warrior; ...
Just a note to all, and an apology if necessary. When I was putting the opening together, I previewed it in IE6, and since the background is a rainbow gradient, the text colors had to be arranged on the background colors so that they would show up.
When I put it in the posting form this morning, the text colors didn't fit, so I adjusted them for FR.
Now, I am viewing the thread in Firefox, and once again, some of my text colors do not have enough contrast against the background so that *I* can read it. If any of you are having that problem, I am sorry! :( You can highlight it and read it, fortunately!
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:47:47 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: GodBlessUSA
Good Morning Billie! :) Wow, what a surprise! The thought and work you do for your threads is brilliant. The logos are absolutely beautiful! HUGS!Thank you, GBU. It's always fun when we get Freepers involved, and this was fun to do. I hope you *found* the four logos in the Welcome post! Thank you for the 'appreciation rose'! :)
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:51:45 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Temple Owl
,i>Good morning Billie. What a nice post. You even remembered me. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Owl. Of course I remembered my favorite owl! Us birds gotta stick together. :)
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:54:03 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Billie; ST.LOUIE1
Goodmorning sistah billie and brotha wolfie! What an awesome thread and I love the airplane logo you came up with for me!!!!! Will try to stop back at lunch and add more to the thread. Taking off for the wild blue yonder :o)
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:55:57 AM PDT
by
dutchess
To: Billie
That is so cute! I just knew mine was gonna be the W with the hearts! LOL! How fun to click on the letter and see my "logo"! Snagged! :o)
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:56:11 AM PDT
by
luvie
(A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
To: Billie
Oh, goody! I just love finding out how FReepers came up with their names. I'm Lakeside 'cause -(drum-roll)-
I live on a lake. :o)
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posted on
08/23/2005 7:56:35 AM PDT
by
Lakeside
To: ST.LOUIE1
This has to be one of your very best threads. You are so doggoned talented!You sweetheart! Thank you for such high praise. I appreciate that so much. :)
You must have worked your little blue tail feathers off putting this one together. : )
I always think when I start one, this is a piece of cake, but WHEW! couldn't stop once I got started, and you were a lifesaver with all those cute ones you 'gave' me - some old, some new!
Don't let me forget to do something special for you! (and you won't, will you?!) LOL
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:01:37 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Lakeside
....and I'm LUV W because......because......hmmmmmm, I'll let you guess!!!! :o)
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:01:48 AM PDT
by
luvie
(A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GET CINDY OUTTA CRAWFORD!)
To: Billie
What a gorgeous Post. It's fun to see all the old sig gifs from the past but I thought the mermaid had been banned (lol).
The explanation for me choosing a purple rhododendron for a sig gif is that I love rhodo's and have planted about 30 around our place plus had a stained glass window made for the bathroom with you guessed it a big purple rhododendron flower in the center. Even have a framed painting of one, (they grow in the mountains).
To: GodBlessUSA
Spc. Jennifer Fitts explains why she is a soldier and remains in the army.
Over the years, Ive tried putting it in plain words, with various degrees of success.
Im a patriot, yes, but its more than a deep and abiding love of my country and a need to give back to her somehow that keeps me in the Army.
Its not the pay; although for the first time in my adult life I am totally out of debt and living more than just barely above the poverty level.
Its not the education benefits, since I earned them after my first enlistment. The GI Bill is a lovely thing, but its not why I stay.
Its not the medical care necessarily, since as a National Guard member, I dont get many medical bennies when Im not activated.
Its the people the Soldiers. The good, the bad and the indifferent.
Its that human factor that reaches out, across backgrounds and educations and lives, and binds us together.
No matter how fragile those bonds seem, theyre still there and theyre everlasting.
This is no real surprise. Historians like James McPherson studying the Civil War have found a similar motivation. McPherson titled his book looking at why men fought in the Civil War, For Cause and Comrades. Looking at what the men wrote at the time about why they fought, he found that they were just as likely to have wanted not to let their buddies down as for more grandiose ideas. Stephen Ambrose in books like Citizen Soldiers and Band of Brothers also found out that men's sense of camaraderie was one of the strongest motivations in soldiers' minds during World War Two.
(Thanks to John Byrnes for the tip)
posted by Betsy (Newmark),
http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2005/08/spc.html
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:05:29 AM PDT
by
OESY
To: Billie
That IS aggrivating when things switch around when they're posted!! I can commiserate, believe me!! *HUGS!*
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:05:37 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: Texagirl4W
Good morning, (((Billie))). What a lovely post. Are you gone to Crawford Saturday? I think I am. Hi, Texagirl - you *will* have a logo before this day is over - promise!
It would be nice to go to Crawford - have never been there before - but we have plans for tomorrow night that have been made for a while. Hope there is a huge turnout and that the leftwing media will give it even 1/4th the publicity that the traitor mom has gotten/is getting still.
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:10:17 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Billie
Mornin' BillieBlue.
Kewl Thread.
Popping to the surface to say Howdy!
Been spendin' a lot of time diving down to the depths of Able Danger. Reminds me of the old "Whitewater Files" when I first began lurking at FR and all the info available yet unreported by the MSM concerning all the scandals of X42 and his unlovely co-conspirator. Once again, the MSM is trying their darndest to ignore the elephant in the middle of the editorial boardrooms.
Well, got fresh tanks, more deep divin' - Have a great day!
Kewl new logos in the "Welcome."
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:16:04 AM PDT
by
Diver Dave
(Because He Lives, I CAN Face Tomorrow)
To: LUV W
Hiya, LUV! Heard from that son of yours yet?
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:17:38 AM PDT
by
Lakeside
To: Pippin
You are right - Clara Suzanne did not fit you the way Pip, Pippin, the Pipster does! :)
Here's another cute one for you:
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:18:45 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Colonial Warrior; Hushpuppie; ST.LOUIE1
This thread is sure to be a keeper!!Thank you! I was hoping you would post your logo! And we need to include that darling logo for Hushpuppie that wolfie made!
Except it seems I've misplaced it - AGAIN, wolfie! :(
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:24:50 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: Allegra
Great thread as usual!
Just thought I'd pop in from the delightful coastal town of Penzance in England where I'm taking a break from it all and say HEY. (Can't find the quote marks on this Brit keyboard...) Hi, Allegra - hope you're enjoying your R & R, but of course you are! Thank you for popping in and always with a nice compliment at that! :) We need to get a logo for Miss Allegra, too! (I'm making a list - checking it twice) :)
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posted on
08/23/2005 8:29:03 AM PDT
by
Billie
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