A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-06,07-08...Warm Fuzzy Wednesday ~ Finest Zoo (Revisit)

February 6, 2008 | Billie

[Billie]

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

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 200,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

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.

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

                 

Ever stop to think about all the animals that frequent the Finest? There are bears and birds, dogs and kitties, foxes, owls, wolves...! And Elephants everywhere! (No donkeys need apply though!) :)

                    

Now the Finest isn't like just any zoo - our animals are very FRiendly - no fences or cages for them - in fact, this one may greet you at the door and insist upon a hug before you enter. (females only, of course.)

You may even find a bear in the kitchen cooking up some of her special brownies.

The Finest isn't all about animals and birds, of course - we have among us, to name just a few:

And we mustn't forget these Finest Animals and/or FRiends of Animals (and a Critter gift for each) - in no particular order:

od less SA

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iver ave

eg33

itty ittens

aycee

ady ag

a nchiladita

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emple wl

onor ac essa

onestar

A few little critters didn't get used, so if you have these letters in your name, please feel free to take them. I used "Comic Sans Ms" font in a size "6" to spell the rest of the names. Wish I knew someone whose name started with "Z" - love that zebra!

                             

                       




Have a Wonderful Warm and Fuzzy
Wednesday and Thursday! illie lue

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

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 02-04,05-08 ~ Military Tribute

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

[Mama_Bear]

LOL. I bet not!

[ConorMacNessa]

Great pic, Meg!

[MEG33]

Thanks, (((conor)))..

[Lady Jag]

Looks like they are trying to decide who is going to lead. LOL!

[Billie]

LOL - now THAT'S a raintentcoat!

[MEG33]

Indeed! ;o)

[Billie]

I sent you FR mail. :)

[Billie]

From the San Diego Zoo from last summer (The crowd LOVED the Polar Bears - they put on a show for us, but unfortunately I couldn't get close enough to take a picture when they were playing, because everybody else wanted to snap them then!)

[MEG33]

I asked the other picture be deleted because it had big bytes....I forgot to check.
*Snow Dancing*

[Billie]

Neat find, Meg! I have to say, I’ve never thought of tigers and snow at the same time for some reason. :)

[Kitty Mittens]

Billie, I Love that Frame with the Zebras; it's Neat! GeeBee, Thank you for the Compliment on the Cardinal Pic I Posted. Meg, your #242 and #262 are Beautiful. I Wish I could Figure Out the Problem you are having with the PhotoFiltre; I'm still not Very Good with Computers. :(

I Want to Thank you for Something, Meg; I've been Frequently Using a Gift Resizing Site you Told me of, gifworks.com, to Shrink Animated/Glittery Gifs; I Hardly Ever Post a Gif without Downsizing it for our FRiends on Dial-Up; that Web Site has been a Blessing to me. Thank you So Much for Letting me Know about it!

[MEG33]

You are most welcome..For awhile it could not reduce animations but now it can..It is so easy to use..I love it! Of course some animations fade to one color so it won’t look good if it has to delete too many layers of colors.

I use it almost everyday..but forgot to even look at the tigers’ properties.
http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/

http://www.321webmaster.com/optijpg.php

[MEG33]

Thanks, Billie...Siberia is cold!

Love the zebras..great frame!

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you So Much for the Links to the New Sites, Meg! I'll Try them Out in a Few Hours when I Log Back On, and am Looking Forward to it!

I Found this Pic in One of my Laptops, Downsized it and Cropped it with the ACDSee Program you Told me about in the Past, (Thank you!) and then Framed it and Compressed it with PhotoFiltre. (I Also Added just a Tiny Dab of Color Enhancement and Sharpness with the ACDSee, which is Invaluable if a Pic is Dull or Washed Out Looking. I Always Do Very Little, though, so it won't Look Fake and Unappealing. Actually, it could have Used a Smidge More Sharpening.)

~Have a Very Beautiful Day, Finest FRiends~

[MEG33]

I forgot that I had told you about ACDSee..I had that on my now dead newer desktop. Beautiful, Kitty!

[Billie]

Hi, Kitty - thank you for your post, and thank you, too, for downsizing gifs and jpegs if they are large in bytes and would otherwise slow our threads down. I realize that most likely there are way fewer of us anymore who have to use dialup than those of you with DSL, cable, broadband or whatever fast connections there are, but you are all appreciated. :)

[Mama_Bear]

Don’t worry..I will finally “get it”..

Oh, I'm sure you will, but I hate to see you going through this if I can help. :-)

and I hate for you to load up a program you don’t need!

Well, it is easy to uninstall. I not promising anything, but I will see if I can come up with some screen shots that might help you. I'll be in touch via freepmail. :-)

[jaycee]

This monkey escaped and had to run errands and just do stuff!
I will check to see what I’ve missed!

Your graphic is a cutie!

[jaycee]

That is so beautiful, Kitty!