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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-06-06....Put Down the Mouse & Step Away From Your Computer
Billie
Posted on 06/05/2006 10:24:09 PM PDT by Billie
A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
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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."
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To: Billie
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!
Good Morning, Billie!
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posted on
06/06/2006 3:55:56 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: GodBlessUSA
The good thing now though with some many people texting on their mobile phones things like LOL are understood :0)
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:27:55 AM PDT
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: snugs; GodBlessUSA
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:28:23 AM PDT
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: MEG33
Good morning Meg.....tooo funny!!;)
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:39:36 AM PDT
by
stopem
(God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
To: snugs
Hi Snugs :)
How are you? I think there are a few people I email that would give me a hard time about me spending too much time on computer ;) A few wouldn't understand LOL :)
I also recognize that I have a :) in most, if not all my posts and do this on email as well. ;)
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:40:20 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: GodBlessUSA; All
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:01:18 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; deadhead; ...
June 6, 2006
Family Stories
LISTEN TO ODB RADIO: Real | MP3 | WMA
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Luke 15:11-32God . . . has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18
Everybody loves a family story, and todays Bible reading contains one of the most well-known stories in all of Scripturethe Parable of the Lost Son.
Author Henri Nouwen, in his book The Return Of The Prodigal Son, suggests that all Christians, at some point in their walk of faith, are represented by each of the three main characters. At times we are the wayward child in need of repentance and forgiveness. At other times we are the big brother who wants to hold on to resentment and withhold forgiveness. But as we mature, we become like the father, whose highest desire is to have all his children reconciled.
Nouwen ends the book with these words: As I look at my own aging hands, I know that they have been given to me to stretch out to all who suffer, to rest upon the shoulders of all who come, and to offer the blessing that emerges from the immensity of Gods love.
What role are you playing in your family story? Do you need the courage to repent and seek forgiveness? Or do you need the compassion to extend forgiveness?
God has given His children the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18-19). Now would be a good time to start. Julie Ackerman Link
Lord, grant me the courage to confess my faults to those Ive 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.
A right attitude with your family begins with a right attitude toward God.
Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 25-27; John 16
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:07:06 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: MEG33
That's a cute gif, Meg. :)
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:08:10 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: The Mayor
Thank you for our Daily Bread..
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:09:24 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Billie; GodBlessUSA; All
LOL..I love Maxine!
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:11:13 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: MEG33
Your welcome Meg, I just saw your reply in the canteen too.
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:18:20 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: stopem
My son pushed me into the computer age..brought his old one down and got me connected, emailed me links to Free Republic articles all the time..BIG mistake! LOL I have moved on to cable and a new computer. I remember being afraid I'd crash the computer..I have no idea what makes a computer crash but I no longer worry about it.
I look up everything on the net,too.
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:22:17 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: MEG33
LOL!!! That's another good one. :)
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:32:50 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: GodBlessUSA
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:36:03 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: MEG33
Awww! :)
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:46:04 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: Billie
I was just thinking. There is absolutely nothing wrong with computer addiction. The trouble is with the blackberry phone addiction. I just heard hubby's cell phone again. LOL ;)
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:49:10 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: GodBlessUSA; All
;)
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:50:55 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: MEG33
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:08:53 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
To: Billie
GREAT thread Miss Billie & I do again love the lettering with the border/bar matching!
funny but true on so many of those. Be gone again a lot today, but here are a few contributions for all & to snatch if they don't have them. I had started a computer thread also & here are a few I had archived for it
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:39:29 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
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posted on
06/06/2006 6:41:50 AM PDT
by
GodBlessUSA
(US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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