A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-16 thru 05-18-08....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

May 16, 2008 | billie

[DollyCali]

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 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, GodBlessUSA ~




"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


5-12/13-08 ~ Military Tribute
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

5-14-08 ~ Warm, Fuzzy, Wednesday
By Billie
Presented by DollyCali

/ 5-15-08 ~ Dreams of my Arugula!" ^
By JohnHuang2
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

[Diver Dave]

Nice ride, Rus. Always liked the 65’s (and 64 1/2).

I’ve got an ‘89, 5.0L convertible with a Beach Boys tape in the player, but it’s just not the same as a ‘65.

[jaycee]

Since I use LOL so much....

[The Mayor]

Sweet looking ride too Dave.

I also had a 70 Fastback which was rather nice too.

Something like this but Blue.

I have owned over 90 cars in my years most of which were Chevys.

[The Mayor]

LOL!

[editor-surveyor]

"That was almost 20 years ago too."

37 years ago for me. I was lucky that I had taken the mustang that day. Had I been driving the '64 Dodge with the '69 'sixpack' motor, who knows how fast I might have been going. Probably would have done some time in the LV slammer.

[The Mayor]

OMG... Top end on that Dodge would have you and I sharing cells.

I am an old motor head, love all the 60’s and 70’s muscle cars. That’s when I grew up.

[lonestar]

I got a similar email Friday and I had never known that...I immediately pushed the ends in on my foil and Saran srap. Mine has stayed on the counter more than in the box! I was so excited to learn this!

[editor-surveyor]

"OMG... Top end on that Dodge would have you and I sharing cells."

1/4 mile: 10.65, 137 MPH. (6100 RPM, 3rd gear, ready for 4th)

[Dubya]

L TO R= RAY, JAY, DUB, JOE.
I am the short one second from right.

[Dubya]

WOMEN’S REVENGE

‘Cash, check or charge?’ I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.
As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
‘So, do you always carry your TV remote?’ I asked.
‘No,’ she replied, ‘but my husband refused to come shopping with me,
and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally.’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Silent Treatment

A man and his wife were having some problems at home
and were giving each other the silent treatment.
Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him
at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight.
Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper,
‘Please wake me at 5:00 AM.’ He left it where he knew she would find it.
The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn’t awakened him,
when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed.
The paper said, ‘It is 5:00 AM. Wake up.’
Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WORDS
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day...
30,000 to a man’s 15,000.
The wife replied, ‘The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men...
The husband then turned to his wife and asked, ‘What?’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~this one is priceless

MARRIAGE SEMINAR
While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing with communication,
Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor,
‘It is essential that husbands and wives know each other’s likes and dislikes.’
He addressed the man,
‘Can you name your wife’s favorite flower?’
Tom leaned over, touched his wife’s arm gently and whispered, ‘It’s Pillsbury, isn’t it?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
(A MAN’S PERSPECTIVE)
I know I’m not going to understand women.
I’ll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax,
pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root,
and still be afraid of a spider.

[jaycee]

Love ‘em all, Dubya!

[jaycee]

I am heading for 'dreamland'....

[Angelwood]

Please keep me on your ping list. I changed jobs and do not have the time or ability I once had to be on FR, but I knew I could catch up from pings to this thread.

Thanks to all who made this thread so wonderful. God Bless and FReep On!

[The Mayor]

WOW... Very fast.

[The Mayor]

Will do, it’s good to see you again.

Like we said, we will not be saying goodbye, just see ya later. Special threads coming up but daily pings to the Daily Bread will be everyday at Amy’s Place.

[Dubya]

A man was driving along a highway and saw a rabbit jump out across the
middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the
rabbit jumped right in front of the car.

The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over and
got out to see what had become of the rabbit.

Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead.

The driver felt so awful that he began to cry.

A beautiful woman driving down the highway saw a man crying on the side of
the road and pulled over.

She stepped out of the car and asked the man “What’s wrong?”

“I feel terrible,” he explained, “I accidentally hit this rabbit and
killed it.”

The woman said, “Don’t worry.”

She ran to her car and pulled out a spray can.

She walked over to the limp, dead rabbit, bent down, and sprayed the
contents onto the rabbit.

The rabbit jumped up, waved its paw at the two of them and hopped off down
the road.

Ten feet away the rabbit stopped, turned around and waved again. He hopped
down the road another 10 feet, turned and waved, hopped another ten feet,
turned and waved, and repeated this again and again and again, until he
hopped out of sight.

The man was astonished.

He ran over to the woman and demanded, “What is in that can? What did you
spray on that rabbit?”

The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label.

It said..
“Hair Spray -
Restores life to dead hair,
and adds permanent wave.”

[Kitty Mittens]

That is an Awesome Car, Dubya!!

[dutchess]

Good night...Our Finest Friends will always be in our prayers. Thanks for your friendship and love. God bless always!!!!

[Kitty Mittens]

Amen to your Beautiful Post, Dear dutchess!

Thank you, Dear 'Dita and Dear Billie,for your Compliments on my Lord's Day Graphic, and Thank you also, Billie, for your Kind Freepmail, and for All you have Done to Make the Finest a Beautiful Place to be. Goodnight to All Finest FRiends, God Bless you!

[DollyCali]

Hi .. I still cannot get into the Dominia account

Wanted to post one of my “good night” graphics (imagine it is there)

Billie I also want to thank you for the beauty of this thread & the opportunities you gave for everyone (the great HTML & graphic threads).. you helped many to learn t o make clever/creative tables & posts with flair. - and NOT just the hostesses!

For a bit my big projects simply cant be done. There is really an overwhelming life here & with a potential move, it is even worse.(pack rats have a VERY hard time moving)

Cavaliers eliminated in a close, clean & spirited game

Night Everyone! Sweet dreams!