A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-28-06....Hall of Fame #15

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[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.

On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY

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

Thank you to all our Hall of Famers and to all of you who have become part of our Finest Family ... as regular contributors and supporters who drop in every day to say hello.  We wouldn't be here without you. : )

We're ALMOST FOUR YEARS OLD now! Still having fun. We hope you are. As promised, for your information and perusal, here is our fifteenth "Hall of Fame" - a list of all our threads from the very beginning ... from Monday, June 24, 2002, through yesterday, March 27, 2006.

"Getting to Know You"

Previous Hall of Fame Threads

09-23-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #1
12-31-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #2
03-24-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #3
06-25-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #4
09-30-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #5
12-30-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #6
03-23-04 .................................. HALL OF FAME #7
06-29-04 .................................. HALL OF FAME #8
09-28-04 .................................. HALL OF FAME #9
12-29-04 .................................. HALL OF FAME #10
03-29-05 .................................. HALL OF FAME #11
06-28-05 .................................. HALL OF FAME #12
09-27-05 .................................. HALL OF FAME #13
12-28-05 .................................. HALL OF FAME #14

December 2005, January 2006

12-29-05 ..............................THE PEAR TREE: LESSONS IN LIFE
12-30-05 - 01-01-06....NEW YEAR TRADITIONS, PAST & PRESENT
01-02-06 .......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-03-06 .....................................................WORDS IN REPRISE
01-04-06...........................................WORDS IN REPRISE, cont'd
01-05-06 ..............................................SOME 'FINEST' EXCUSES
01-06,07,08-06 ........................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
01-09-06 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-10-06.................................................TURNING THE TABLES
01-11-06........................................................WRITER33 ESSAY
01-12-06 ....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-13,14,15-06 .........................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
01-16-06 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-17-06...................................................LET'S GO SHOPPING!
01-18-06.......................................................WRITER33 ESSAY
01-19-06 ....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-20,21,22-06 ........................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
01-23-06 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-24-06 ................................................A BIRDER'S EYE VIEW
01-25-06 ..................................WINTER POETRY & POTPOURRI
01-26-06 ... POETRY & POTPOURRI, cont'd, JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-27,28,29-06......................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
01-30-06 .....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-31-06 ...LADIES & GENTLEMEN, the PRESIDENT of the U.S.

February 2006

02-01-06...................................................A LETTER TO MY PETS
02-02-06...............................KIDS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS
02-03-04-05-06 .........................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
02-06-06 .......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-07-06..............................WELCOME ~ AIN'T GOT NO THEME
02-08-06............................FUN WITH PHOTOS & A COMPUTER
02-09-06....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
02-10,11,12-06........................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
02-13-06 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-14-06...............................VALENTINE'S DAY AT THE FINEST
02-15-06.........................................................PETS & FRIENDS
02-16-06........................................................WRITER33 ESSAY
02-17,18,19-06........................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
02-20-06 .....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-21-06 .............................................ARE YOU FROM TEXAS?
02-22-06 ........POETRY & POTPOURRI for the GOLDEN YEARS
02-23-06..............THINGS YOU CAN LEARN FROM YOUR CAT
02-24,25,26-06.......................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
02-27-06 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-28-06.............................................................ICE CASTLES

March 2006

03-01-06...........................................HOUSECLEANING AVOIDUS
03-02-06..................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
03-03,04,05-06......................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
03-06-06.....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
03-07-06............................................................ALL ABOARD!
03-08-06...................................................ALL ABOARD, cont'd
03-09-06.....A LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE FR PET DAY
03-10,11,12-06.......................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
03-13-06....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
03-14-06..........A FINEST PET DAY ~ THE DOGGIE DICTIONARY
03-15-06..........................BUTTERFLIES!! THE "PRETTY" BUGS!
03-16-06...................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
03-17,18,19-06 ..........................................KISS ME ~ I'M IRISH!
03-20-06........ .............................................MILITARY MONDAY
03-21-06 ..SPRING,TIME FOR BIRDS, BEES & BLOOMIN' TREES
03-22-06 ........SPRING, TIME FOR BIRDS, BEES, TREES, cont'd.
03-23-06 ................................................................RAINBOWS
03-24,25,26-06 .....................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
03-27-06 ....................................................MILITARY MONDAY

We're Here Because of You.

12-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #14

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

[Mrs.Nooseman]

What a bummer.

To bad the server can't remember both names.:)

[Majie Purple]

Lovely Blue Bonnets Meg...Thanks for the pic ping...

[MEG33]

When I first started downloading to photobucket I kept deleting entries not realizing, unlike tinypic, you had to leave it in your own files there.....

[Majie Purple]

Oh that is so great! Listing all The Finest Archives like that! I'll be checking 'em all out...I've got alot of catching up to do what with being a FR newbie still...

[Majie Purple]

Such a preety rose...Saw it as I perused the Thread today and just wanted to say so.

[Diver Dave]

Wow, Billie. Almost 4 years. Better start planning for the anniversary party. :)

Took a short trip down memory lane with some of those profiles. Indeed, lots of missing graphics in the early ones.

[freema]

Whoa, BillieBob : )

"And trust the end we shuttle to to Someone Else’s hands."

Just yesterday, in a discussion with DCFReeper Albion Wilde regarding FReeper Cindy-True-Supporter gravely injured son (Prayer thread here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601798/posts) I remarked:

the "...only one with His hand on the wheel for this trip is God."

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

I have done that before and boy did I feel like a fool.:)

[freema]

Billie,
Your table reminded me of this poem-


Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.

Cherish friendship in your breast-
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.

- from the poem by Joseph Parry

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you, Sweet (((((((Purple)))))))!

Have a Lovely Day Everyone!

[MEG33]

An Iraqi boy rests on the arm of U.S. Army Cpl. James Reinhard outside an Iraqi police department in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 12, 2006. Reinhard and other soldiers of the 519th Military Police Battalion are delivering police uniforms and other police gear to Iraqi police at the station


May God Keep Safe All Who Serve Our Country

[Majie Purple]

Awww ditto re: the sweet! Kitty....& Thanks much for your BIG PURPLE HUGS... BIG HUGS back to you(in your favorite color! :)

[El Gato]

If you can transcribe it into electronic text, German usually translates fairly well via machine translation.

Go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/

and paste your transcription in there and select the "from' and "to" languages. That should be a very fast way to get your translation. It won't be as good as a human translation, but might be good enough for your needs.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hi girls. I hope everyone here is having a great day at the finest! The bluebonnets are beautiful Meg. Thanks!

[El Gato]

Good morning, El Gato. I am so sorry for your friend's loss. I pray that the family will be comforted knowing he is now free of pain, and they will meet again.

Thanks and good afternoon. Yes he is now free of the pain that has been his lot for the last couple of years, and for that we are thankful. But there are 3 grandchildren who will miss him terribly. Fortunately, each daughter lived with them while her husband was deployed over the last few years, so they all got to know "Grandpa" pretty well. The youngest, known to his Grandpa and Grandma as "Commando Destructo", may not remember though.

[El Gato]

Thanks Maggie, for your wonderful prayer.

Made me cry, you did.

Again

Thanks

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Prayers for all of our active duty freepers, for all of our troops and their families.

[Billie]

Thank You! To all who started and kept The Finest going.

"It Takes a Village" to keep it going. :)

[Billie]

Hello, Mr. Fox. Always happy to open the doors to let all the sunshine in. :)

[Billie]

Yes, another three months. Thank you, dutchess, and THANK YOU! You are such a big reason we keep plugging along. :)