FReeper Canteen ~ Beam Me Up, Scotty!!! ~ 7 Feb 2006

Honor Our Troops! | Thank you for your service!!!! | We Support Our Troops

[GummyIII]

We Support Our Troops!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.

The Future is  now!

 

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT:  Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

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Volkswagen AG's American unit is working with Nvidia on a prototype vehicle which features Google Inc.'s satellite mapping software to give drivers a bird's eye view of the road ahead.  The car manufacturer showed off the prototype car at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

The Radical Six Part Toaster rotates and heats the toast in single compartments. The compartments lift from the main assembly and swing open to allow toast to keep warm and crisp on its hot plates. The toaster is ideal for homeowners that are inspired by contemporary touches in their living space, making an inspiring centerpiece to at the dinner table

  

Leave it to the brainiac graduate students at the MIT Media Lab to come up with fashions that blend techno-geekiness with other-planet surrealism....The curators described the event as a showcase for “innovative and experimental works in computational apparel design, interactive clothing, and technology-based fashion.”

Quantum Teleportation is something to keep an eye on if you're interested in Star Trek style futuristic inventions. Most people didn't think that Quantum Teleportation was possible and now many are saying that it probably won't lead to a useful Star Trek type of teleporter, but they're making the same mistake again. If Quantum Teleportation was thought to be impossible, why make any more statements about the impossibility of anything else? With imagination and the ability to learn from past experiments, humans can learn do just about anything if given enough time.  ( http://www.quantum.univie.ac.at/zeilinger/ ) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_teleportation )

The MetroNaps pod was designed with one thing in mind: the Powernap. Its contours are perfect for napping; its mechanical processes are perfect for waking.  MetroNaps pods feature Bose® QuietComfort 2® Noise Cancelling® headphones. 

SLEEPTRACKER® continuously monitors the most subtle physical signals from your body as you sleep and gently wakes you when you're most alert within a set window of time. The result? You wake up refreshed instead of groggy. Waking up has never been easier!  Worn like an everyday watch, SLEEPTRACKER® is ideal for anyone who wants to wake up alert and ready to start the day, such as frequent travelers across time zones, business people looking for an extra edge, students with fluctuating schedules, or busy moms who need to wake up easily.

The first reliable non-invasive glucose monitor is finally here! The LifeTrac SugarTrac™ Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor transmits a low energy beam of near IR light through the earlobe and measures the amount of glucose concentrated in the patients blood. No more pain and bleeding a few times each day just to check your blood sugar.  I bet Bones has one of these!!

Saint-Gobain Recherche has developed self-cleaning building materials that will keep roofs, windows and external glazed walls effortlessly clean. These materials are covered with an invisible coating of catalyzer which destroys the organic dirt, moss, fungi, and pollution as it is deposited. 

Contour Crafting is a layered fabrication technology developed by Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis of the University of Southern California. Contour Crafting technology has great potential for automating the construction of whole structures as well as sub-components. Using this process, a single house or a colony of houses, each with possibly a different design, may be automatically constructed in a single run, embedded in each house all the conduits for electrical, plumbing and air-conditioning.

"Autoslide is an automatic door system which attaches to new and old manual patio/flyscreen & Security Screen sliding doors, to enable the door to open and close automatically.  Star Trek it isn't, yet, but it's gettin' there!

Moller International has developed the first and only feasible, affordable, personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle the world has ever seen.  The M400 Skycar has vertical take-off and landing abilities similar to a helicopter, flies like an airplane, and can travel short distances on the ground like an automobile. All this and incredibly, it's easy to fly! Actually a computer does the flying. The pilot need only move the controls in the direction he wants to go so that little skill is required.
 

Samsung announced it has developed a prototype of a fuel cell that can be used in PDAs and portable multimedia players. This fuel cell technology works by converting methanol fuel into hydrogen which is combined with oxygen in a seemingly magic process that [insert miracle here] results in energy and heat, with water as a byproduct. In this case, that energy powers a 1.5-watt multimedia player that Samsung said can run up to four hours on one fuel cartridge.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[AZamericonnie]

Evening Sweetie! Did you enjoy your day off? I got so busy at work I never made it back to the thread.

[Soaring Feather]

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[usmcobra]

When did Star Trek get a Marine Corps and Why didn't anyone tell me about it?

[StarCMC]

LOL -- I'm sort of hoping we get one to land in our back yard like that! He he he!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.

To our military readers, we remain steadfast in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
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[luvie]

I had a great day off. Even got a couple of errands run and chores done. I missed you but figured you were busy. Good to see you tonight, though! (((hugs)))

[Soaring Feather]

Oh hum mine

[Soaring Feather]

Oh hum mine

[Soaring Feather]

me

[trussell]

LOL

[luvie]

LOL! That story is just too cute, Twin!

[trussell]

Thank you Twin!
Glad you liked it.

[Soaring Feather]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen






Thanks men.

[trussell]

Gummy...are you sending out subliminal messages at the beginning of your thread? LOL!!

[BIGLOOK]

Fascinating, Gummy!

[Army Air Corps]

Okay, so when do I get my own Runabout?

[Lady Jag]

I love that! It's beautiful and funny at the same time!

Creation and Pets

Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden you walked with us every day.  Now we do not see you any more.  We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us."

And God said, "No problem!  I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me.  Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves."

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve.

And it was a good animal.

And God was pleased.

And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail.
 
And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."

And God said, "No problem.  Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you his name will be a reflection of my own name and you will call him DOG."


And dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them.

And they were comforted.

And God was pleased.

And dog was content and wagged his tail. After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride.  They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration.  Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well."


And God said, "No problem!  I will create for them a companion who will be with them forever and who will see them as they are.  The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration."

And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.


And cat would not obey them.

And when Adam and Eve gazed into cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings.

And Adam and Eve learned humility.

And they were greatly improved.

And God was pleased.

And Dog was happy.


And Cat didn't care.

[Kathy in Alaska]

"....has developed self-cleaning building materials that will keep roofs, windows and external glazed walls effortlessly clean...."

Self cleaning windows...I like this. Good evening, Gummy. Thank you for today's Beam Me Up, Scotty thread!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

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A PRAYER OF PROTECTION The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

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