A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day.....08-17,18,19-07....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

[GodBlessUSA]

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

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, Just Amy, The Mayor, GodBlessUSA ~




"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


08-13,14-07 ~ Military Tribute
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

08-15-07 ~ Warm Fuzzy Wednesday
By Billie
Presented by DollyCali

08-16-07 ~ My 2 cents, John Huang2
By John Huang2
Presented by Dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

03-27-07 ~ Hall of Fame #19 ~ Final

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.

I received this in my email June 10th, 2006 - the author is unknown.
I am wearing red today and every Friday ~ Billie

[Billie]

Good morning, jaycee, thank you.

I'm not liking a lot of things about Windows Vista/IE7, but am forced to accept much of it. Part of it is that IE7 will NOT open all the graphics, even when I right-click one that doesn't open and click "Show Picture". It's most aggravating. :(

[jaycee]

Billie, we don’t like old computers and we don’t like new ones. None of them do what we want them to do~~You are more computer savvy than I, but if I had to change to a new one (which I will one day) don’t know if I could accept a new way!
Good Luck on the adventure! :)

[Kitty Mittens]

O Lord, You're Beautiful

~Butterfly on my Shepherd's Ranch~

Blessing, and Glory, and Honor, and Power,
Be Unto Him that Sitteth Upon the Throne,
And Unto the Lamb Forever and Ever! (Rev.5:13)

A Blessed Lord's Day to All!

[GodBlessUSA]

Have a Beautiful Sunday!

[GodBlessUSA]

Awesome photos EMB
Thank you so much! :)

[jaycee]

Thank you, Gee Bee.....nice!

[jaycee]

Miss Kitty, your butterfly is pretty but the music is so beautiful and touching. Thank you so much.....

[MEG33]

So beautiful Billie..Thank you.

[MEG33]

Amen, Kitty ..I do so love your King’s ranch photography and your lovely frame . Thank you for your songs of praise.

[MEG33]

Happy Lord’s Day, jaycee..Thank you.!

[MEG33]

~Blessings To You, GeeBee~

Thank You For Our Weekend Thread.

[Billie]

Thanks, Meg - did that a couple of months ago. I don’t have ANY photo editing program on this pc right now - am waiting to get the Vista-compatible version of PhotoImpact Pro, version 11, in the mail. (I HOPE it’s here tomorrow) I was using Version 10 on my XP computer, but NONE of my photo editing programs I used on XP will work on this one. NONE! :( I think you said you didn’t have one on your laptop now either, didn’t you?

[Majie Purple]

Y W ((((Caring Kitty!))))
T’was my pleasure.
Glad it brightened Your night.
It did so for my night too!

[Majie Purple]

Love that, “Love this!” reply of Yours, Dear Meg!
:)

[Majie Purple]

Such a sweet response...I am touched by your reply from start to finish...Thank You!
& I’m happy that the find brought a smile to You & brought those exact words to mind!

[Majie Purple]

Thank You Sweet Billie, for the Sunday Blessings extended from Your lovely heart post!

Sunday Blessings in return to You & yours!!

[Majie Purple]

Awww GeeBee! T Y soooo much!
Your Friendship is a gift from God/ blessing, to me as well!
As is the beautiful gif ping.
Love Ya!

[tajgirvan]

Thank you for the beautiful Butterfly picture from your ranch. Thank you for Keith Green’s O’ Lord You ‘re Beautiful! Keith lived such a short life but his music is timeless! God Bless you today !

[MEG33]

I am angry at my salesman because I stressed how important that was to me..My hand is too shaky to do the real creating ..but I did want more..

I have Paint and Gimp takes so long to load one picture. It is too much trouble to try to learn it..I at last know to click preview in Windows gallery to display a picture full size but all my files go into Gimp and I can’t seem to find a way to make folders to organize my Windows picture gallery..Sigh.

I have a few pictures that won’t show from my other computer when I use my thumb drive to see old pictures..
I’ve been reading more this afternoon about Vista..Change is a PAIN! I don’t know how to get rid of my Gimp problems.I cannot resize bytes in there.
I want Windows to display my Picture Folders..I don’t want to have to look at all at once and typing in search is a pain(That is what they consider a great new feature.)

I am making a note of your program..
I am going to check it out.

I DO enjoy having a laptop.

[Billie]

Meg, just make sure that whatEVER photo software you get is Vista-compatible. Never dreamed that the one I was using on XP wouldn't install on Vista, because it was a pretty new version, and I'd bought it just for XP because my old pc wasn't big enough to even install it, let alone run it. I'd installed much older programs on XP, using the Compatability option. The compatability feature on Vista is a joke, only it's not funny.

My harddrive is TWICE as large as my XP computer, and my RAM is also TWICE as large as the XP. I don't have nearly all "my" programs installed on this one, and yet I only have 90% free space even now; I had 95% free space on the XP. Go figure. What the heck is all the junk that Vista has loaded? I've been uninstalling as many (to me) unnecessary programs as I can.

I've never heard of "Gimp", Meg, and I've tried lots of different photo software. It doesn't sound like what you were asking your salesman for though. :(

PhotoImpact Pro isn't a piece-of-cake, easy-to-learn program; I just find it way more user-friendly than PhotoShop, and way less expensive, but it's got more bells and whistles than even I need or care to learn and use! If you decide to buy it, I'll be happy to help you any way if I can though. :)