A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-10,11,12-06....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay or a profile of another FReeper.

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We're having fun and hope you are!
~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, Mama_Bear, GodBlessUSA ~

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, Mama_Bear ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


02-06-06 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

02-07-06 ~Welcome ~ Ain't Got No Theme
By Billie

02-08-06 ~Fun with Photos and a Computer
By DollyCali

02-09-06 ~ Riots Spread in Muslim World;
Cartoons held on suspicion of involvement
By JohnHuang2
Presented by Dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

12-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #14

Click on the photo to view the album. To submit your photo, please contact dansangel or .45Man at danbh59@yahoo.com and include Freeper Photo Album in subject line.

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

"Wear Red" Friday

You will soon see a lot of people wearing Red on Fridays. Here's why..... The Americans, who support our troops, are the silent majority. We are not "organized" to reflect who we are, or to reflect what our opinions are. Many Americans, like yourself, and all their friends, simply want to recognize that Americans support our troops. Our idea of showing our solidarity and support for our troops is starting Friday and continuing on each and every Friday, until this is over, that every red-blooded American who supports our young men and women, WEAR SOMETHING RED.

Word of mouth, press, TV -- let's see if we can make the United States, on any given Friday, a sea of red much like a home football game at a University. If every one of our memberships share this with other acquaintances, fellow workers, friends, and neighbors, I guarantee that it will not be long before the USA will be covered in RED - and make our troops know there are many people thinking of their well-being. You will feel better all day Friday when you wear Red! So let's get the word out and lead by example; wear RED on Fridays.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! GOD BLESS AMERICA.

received this in my email June 10th, the author is unknown.
I am wearing red today and every Friday ~ Billie

[The Mayor]

Some pics from last night and today..

My new signs for the van and the yards.. Yippie!

Me looking at one of the B-Day presents

The Award Trophy "Hero of the Tax Revolt"


Me on stage accepting the award from Jim Ostrowski

Last but not least, my beautiful family!

[Mama_Bear]

Awwwww.........thanks for sharing glimpses of your birthday with us, Rus. Looks like you had a really nice day. :-)

Yes, you sure do have a beautiful family! God has blessed you richly, indeed.

HUGS!

[luvie]

Oh, Rus...thank you so much for sharing those wonderful pictures with us. Your family is so handsome. Love the trophy! WOOHOO!

[dutchess]

A belated Happy Birthday Rus and thanks for sharing the pictures of your lovely family et al. Also, congratulations on your "FreeBuffalo Award"!!!

[luvie]

BRRRRRRRR....all that beautiful snow is making me shiver! It looks sooooooo cold! Glad you're enjoying it, though.

[The Mayor]

I had to share with the rest of my family and friends..

[deadhead]

Love your photos, thanks for sharing them

Your family is beautiful, you have been blessed

[deadhead]

Just went out to the store, it is getting colder, yes brrrrrrrrr :-) But, it is very pretty.

[luvie]

Awwww....I am proud to be considered part of your family/friends!...as well as being a part of the rest of this family here! (((hugs)))

[JustAmy]

Congratulations on the Hero of the Tax Revolt Award, Rus. You deserve that and more.

Thank you for sharing pictures of the award presentation and your lovely family.

Belated Happy Birthday Wishes!!

[JustAmy]

Why Go To Church?

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.

"I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"

When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

[Mama_Bear]

Brrrrr........that looks so cold, but very pretty!

WVNan e-mailed these snow photos to me last night. I have enjoyed all the recent weather photos posted at the Finest. Calfornia rarely has any "weather" to photograph or talk about.

[JustAmy]

Did God Create Evil?


The university professor challenged his students with this question:
"Did God create everything that exists? "

A student bravely replied "Yes, he did!"

"God created everything?" the professor asked.

"Yes sir," the student replied.

The professor an swered, "If God created everything, then God created evil. since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are, then God is evil."

The professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question professor?"

"Of course," replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor does cold exist?"

The professor replied "Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?"

The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy,vand heat is what makes a body, or matter, have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (- 460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat.

The student continued. "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light intomany colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor. "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil."

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto its self. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God.

God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The young man's name --- Albert Einstein

[MEG33]

Beautiful..Keep warm!

[MEG33]

What wonderful pictures of you and your lovely family. Looks like you really had a great birthday!

[MEG33]

Thank you for sharing the beauty.

[Billie]

How sweet that gif is!

[Billie]

Yes, you've been shopping and are all decked out in your Sunday best - hope you had a great day today!

[Billie]

Thanks again for this & that & t'other!

You are welcome for it all! :)

[Billie]

Oh, brrrrrr! Get in out of that blizzard before you get frostbite, Colleen! LOL