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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION ~ January 18, 2009
Serving the Best Troops and Vets in the WORLD! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 01/17/2009 5:00:02 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska


 
 

 

 


 

THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION





During my second month of night school, our professor gave a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

Obviously this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper leaving the last question blank.

Before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count on our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your lives, in your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care."

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her first name was Dorothy.

 

 


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To: Kathy in Alaska

I was gonna say - did your post key get stuck?

How many Woo-Hoos is that for you...lets’ see, 150, 200, 250...

Hey MA, you got a hat trick in less than five minutes!


261 posted on 01/18/2009 4:24:17 PM PST by HiJinx (~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
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To: yorkie; AZamericonnie

ROTFLMBO! Thanks, yorkie....I guess that’s one way to get a woohoo. d:o) I hit POST and went back to my laptop as I’m working on it, too. I look to the desktop and there is nothing but my post as far as the eye can see, and beyond. Whew!!


262 posted on 01/18/2009 4:26:25 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: HiJinx; Kathy in Alaska

Wow...went back and checked...they were all posted at 5:13 and a few seconds.

Hmmm...are you posting tonight’s thread? Won’t that be something!


263 posted on 01/18/2009 4:26:35 PM PST by HiJinx (~ Support our Troops ~ www.americasupportsyou.mil ~)
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To: yorkie; Kathy in Alaska

LOL....you beat me to it yorkie!

You should see my ping page.:)

I’ts a crazy day. The Cards win, Ma makes a marathon post & my new hard drive finally came.

Be right back.....I need a lotto ticket. lol


264 posted on 01/18/2009 4:28:10 PM PST by AZamericonnie
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To: HiJinx
And I wasn't even at my keyboard to see it!


265 posted on 01/18/2009 4:43:38 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: HiJinx

Yes, and BITE YOUR TONGUE!!!! LOL! Poor Connie got all those pings! Thank goodness I wasn’t posting to a ping list. Jeez, would that have been awful!


266 posted on 01/18/2009 4:45:49 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: AZamericonnie

LOL! Things happen in 3s. A new hard drive? External? I took a big one on vacation, but 2 airport security guys took it out to make sure it wasn’t a bomb or explosives (yes, I asked). I just got this cute little Maxtor 250 that is the size of a 3x5 index card. It will make my next trip.

I think a Lotto ticket is surely in order.


267 posted on 01/18/2009 4:51:33 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

The size of an index card????

I’ve gotta see one of those!

It’s an internal for Sonboy’s laptop. I mistakingly bought a SATA the first time & this confuser takes the pin type.

Live & learn. What do I know? lol


268 posted on 01/18/2009 4:58:37 PM PST by AZamericonnie
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To: AZamericonnie

Approx 3 x 5 x 1/2" 250 GB

269 posted on 01/18/2009 5:28:06 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN; All
Click the pic for ….

Hall of Heroes: Ed "Too Tall" Freeman



NOTE: CANTEEN MUSIC
Posted daily and on the Music Thread
for the enjoyment of our troops and visitors.

270 posted on 01/18/2009 5:33:51 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Happy Birthday

Kathy!

271 posted on 01/18/2009 7:31:17 PM PST by tomkow6 (....)
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To: tomkow6

Thanks.


272 posted on 01/18/2009 8:39:55 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: zorro8987

Welcome to the Canteen, zorro8987....glad you enjoyed today’s Sunday Chapel.


273 posted on 01/18/2009 8:50:21 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Thank you, Mac, for the prayer for our military men and women.


274 posted on 01/18/2009 9:25:37 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: ConorMacNessa; redrock

Thank you for your service as corpsmen.


275 posted on 01/18/2009 10:41:17 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; SandRat; All

KURTIS THE STOCK BOY
AND
BRENDA THE CHECKOUT GIRL

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice
came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was
almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the
call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the
new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he was
only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find
out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card
and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only
to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left
the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she
accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again,
outside of work. She simply said it wasn’t possible.

He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn’t afford a
baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted
his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived
at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The
baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, “Well,
let’s take the kids with us.”

She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not
taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet
her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis
thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a
paraplegic with Down Syndrome.

Kurtis asked Brenda, “I still don’t understand why the kids can’t
come with us?” Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman
with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband
and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a
different mindset.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the
movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he
needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and
brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening
, Brenda
knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life
with.

A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children.
Since then they have added two more kids.

So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well,
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona , where he is currently employed
as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his
Cardinals in the Super Bowl. Is this a
surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. He has also been the NLF’s Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player.


276 posted on 01/19/2009 5:36:12 PM PST by yorkie (The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)
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To: HiJinx; AZamericonnie; SandRat; Kathy in Alaska; All

FOOTBALL AND THE BLONDE...

Out of all the blonde jokes, this one has to be the best!

Football FINALLY makes sense..........

A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had
great seats right behind their team’s bench. After the game, he
asked her
how she liked the experience.

“Oh, I really liked it,” she replied, “especially all the big muscles,
but I just couldn’t understand why they were killing each other
over 25 cents.”

Dumbfounded, her date asked, “What do you mean?”

“Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it and then for the rest of the
game, all they kept screaming was: “Get the quarterback! Get the
quarterback!” I’m like...Helloooooo? It’s only 25 cents!


277 posted on 01/19/2009 5:41:54 PM PST by yorkie (The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)
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To: yorkie; HiJinx; SandRat; Kathy in Alaska
Helloooooo? It’s only 25 cents!

*twirling hair*

So like yeah....I just don't get it???? *grin*

278 posted on 01/19/2009 6:44:32 PM PST by AZamericonnie
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To: AZamericonnie

Mrs.SR is still chortling over that one.


279 posted on 01/19/2009 6:51:34 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: yorkie

I love the story of Kurtis the Stock Boy and Brenda the Checkout Girl. Thanks, yorkie.


280 posted on 01/20/2009 2:53:17 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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