A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-06-06....Put Down the Mouse & Step Away From Your Computer

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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~ Billie, Dutchess, DollyCali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~

You Know You're Addicted to the Internet When...

• Your bookmarks list takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom.
  
  
• Your eyeglasses have a web site burned into them.
  
  
• You find yourself brainstorming for new subjects to Google.
  
  
• You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines.
  
  
  
  
• You finally do take that vacation, but only after buying a cellular modem and a laptop.
  
  
• You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap.... and your kid in the overhead compartment.
  
  
• Your dreams are in HTML.
  
  
• You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.
  
  
• You turn your computer off and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug of your loved one.
  
  
• You step out of the room and realize that your roomates have moved and you don't have any idea when it happened.
  
  
• You turn up the volume real loud when leaving the room so you can hear if anyone IM's you.
  
  
  
  
• You wife drapes a blond wig over the monitor to remind you of what she looks like.
  
  
• All of your friends have an @ in their names.
  
  
• Looking at a pageful of someone else's links, you notice that you've been to all of them.
  
  
• You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again.
  
  
• You don't know what sex three of your closeset friends are, because they have nuetral screennames and you never bothered to ask.
  
  
• You miss more than five meals a week downloading the latest MP3's.
  
  
• You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back.
  
  
• Your virtual girlfriend finds a new sweetheart with a larger bandwidth.
  
  
• The last hottie you picked up was only a jpeg.
  
  
• You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
  
  
• Your sweetie says communication is important in a marriage...so you buy another computer and network them together so that you can IM each other anytime.
  
  
• You start using smileys in your snail mail.....
  
     
  
  
• You bring a bag lunch to the computer.
  
  
• You have withdrawals if you are away from the computer for more than a few hours.
  
  
• You take a speed reading course to keep up with the scrolling.
  
  
• You double click your TV remote.
  
  
• You type faster than you think. You can now type over 70 WPM.
  
  
  
• You check your e-mail and forget you have real mail.
  
  
• You go into withdrawals during dinner.
  
  
• You rank your friends by the amount of bandwith they have.
  
  
• You message someone via IM when they are less than 20 feet away.
  
  
• The sound of the keys clicking turns you on.
  
  
• You have more browsers than friends in the real world.
  
  
• You sign off and your screen says you were on for 3 days and 45 minutes.
  
  
• You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
  
  
• The letters have come off your keyboard from excessive use.
  
  
• You order pizza online - because you can't be bothered to call.
  
  
• You enter a room and get greeted by 25 people with {{{hugs}}} and ** kisses**.
  
  
  
• You're on the phone and say BRB.
  
  
• You purchase a vanity car license plate with your screen name on it.
  
  
• You say "lol" instead of laughing.
  
  
• You talk on the phone with the same person you are sending an instant message to.

Floral Apology

A man stopped at a florist shop after work to pick up roses for his wife. As the clerk was putting the finishing touches on his bouquet, another man burst through the door, breathlessly requesting a dozen red roses. "I'm sorry," the clerk said. "This man just ordered our last bunch."

The desperate customer turned to the other man and begged, "May I please have those roses?"

"What happened?" the first man asked. "Did you forget your wedding anniversary?"

"It's even worse than that," the second man confided. "I crashed my wife's hard drive."

03-28-06 ~ Hall of Fame #15

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 06-05-06 Military Monday

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

[The Mayor]

Now that is funny... : )

If I could get away with it... Thanks Louie!

[Billie]

[The Mayor]

Very nice job on the thread Billie..
I did fit many of the examples up there.

[timestax]

[Knitting A Conundrum]

One more:

You know you're addicted to the internet when you have to get a second computer set up that's not connected to the internet so you can get some real work done once in awhile...

[Billie]

Very nice job on the thread Billie.. I did fit many of the examples up there.

Thanks, Rus - imagine lots of us see ourselves in a few of those examples!

[Billie]

:) That's really bad!

Nite now - again, thank you for sharing with us. :)

[Billie]

Oh, another cutie! There have been some really fun gifs posted today. Thanks for joining us, timestax. Sorry I almost missed you. Said goodnight here earlier but then went to read the latest news on LadyX' prayer thread.

Now, I really am logging off. Nite! :)

[Peace Is Coming]

[jwfiv]

Great lookin' thread, Miss Billie ... quite appropriate, since I've been melded to my Mac for weeks now, involved in a couple of big projects.

Sorry I'm not around so much lately ... I tend to be a hermit when work gets so heavy ... but I stop by once in awhile, for coffee and a rest ... )

[MEG33]

~The Normandy Invasion ~


The Allied invasion of western Europe, World War II, was launched
on June 6, 1944. It is the most celebrated D-Day of the war with
the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five
separate beachheads in Normandy, France.

*****
"As our boat touched sand and the ramp went down, I became
a visitor to hell."
Private Charles Neighbor, 116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division.

*****

WE WILL REMEMBER

[RetiredSWO]

Yes - and I always thought he was kicking the wrong thing.

[.30Carbine]

Lord, grant me the courage to confess my faults to those I’ve offended,
and the grace to accept the confessions of those who have offended me.
May I become a minister of reconciliation to bless my family on Your behalf.
Amen.

Lovely. Thank you for this prayer, especially.

[stopem]

Thanks Meg, beautiful Memorial.

In honor of our Troops past present and future.

[stopem]

Thanks for the laughs Billie.

Looking forward to today's FR Finest. ;)

[GodBlessUSA]

Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday Thread

[Majie Purple]

Hi Victoria! I can't see your gif
but I'm sure it's a goody!
:)

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Very cute! Thank you for the ping, sorry I haven't been here, too much work to do!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Howdy Amy! Sorry I missed you, I've had too much work to do!

How have you been?

[JustAmy]

Good to see you, PAL.

We miss you.

I don't get online as much as I would like. Marissa is keeping me busy. I need to check on getting her swimming lessons this summer.

Don't work too hard.