FReeper Canteen~Scuttlebutt~3 Sept 09

At the FReeper Canteen!

C'mon and take a break ! Walk on over to the water cooler and lets chat. Post your thoughts, opinions, news of the day, rantings, ravings, pontificates, hypothesis, hyperboles, your soap box cause, your mantra, your baggage, your garbage, your blogging, your secrets, whatever you feel would make talk around the water cooler real interesting!

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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

A little humor....

MOUSE CALIBRATION FOR SUMMER 2009

You should actually do this every year. Even more often if you spend a lot of time on the computer. This is recommended by Kim Komando (the computer guru) in one of her recent emails.

I was shocked to see how well this works, and how far off mine was!

To re-calibrate your mouse, click and hold on the capital G below, then drag it toward the small g.

If it doesn't work immediately, you might want to clean your mouse, as the calibration is off.

Good heavens!! You'll believe anything

I'M SURE YOU WILL ALSO RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS ONCE YOU SEE HOW MUCH SMOOTHER AND BETTER THE MOUSE WORKS AFTER BEING CALIBRATED! AMAZING!

First ATM opens for business

On this day in 1969, America's first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. ATMs went on to revolutionize the banking industry, eliminating the need to visit a bank to conduct basic financial transactions. By the 1980s, these money machines had become widely popular and handled many of the functions previously performed by human tellers, such as check deposits and money transfers between accounts. Today, ATMs are as indispensable to most people as cell phones and e-mail.

Freedom and Jeff

Freedom and I have been together 10 years this summer. She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery, it was broken in 4 places. She's my baby.

When Freedom came in she could not stand and both wings were broken. She was emaciated and covered in lice. We made the decision to give her a chance at life, so I took her to the vets office. From then on, I was always around her. We had her in a huge dog carrier with the top off, and it was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to lay in. I used to sit and talk to her, urging her to live, to fight; and she would lay there looking at me with those big brown eyes. We also had to tube feed her for weeks.

This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still couldn't stand. It got to the point where the decision was made to euthanize her if she couldn't stand in a week. You know you don't want to cross that line between torture and rehab, and it looked like death was winning. She was going to be put down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in on that Thursday afternoon. I didn't want to go to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't bear the thought of her being euthanized; but I went anyway, and when I walked in everyone was grinning from ear to ear. I went immediately back to her cage; and there she was, standing on her own, a big beautiful eagle. She was ready to live. I was just about in tears by then. That was a very good day.

We knew she could never fly, so the director asked me to glove train her. I got her used to the glove, and then to jesses, and we started doing education programs for schools in western Washington . We wound up in the newspapers, radio (believe it or not) and some TV. Miracle Pets even did a show about us.

In the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. I had stage 3, which is not good (one major organ plus everywhere), so I wound up doing 8 months of chemo. Lost the hair - the whole bit. I missed a lot of work. When I felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey and take Freedom out for walks.. Freedom would also come to me in my dreams and help me fight the cancer. This happened time and time again.

Fast forward to November 2000, the day after Thanksgiving. I went in for my last checkup. I was told that if the cancer was not all gone after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last option was a stem cell transplant. Anyway, they did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for the results. I went in Monday, and I was told that all the cancer was gone.

So the first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and take the big girl out for a walk. It was misty and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her up, and we went out front to the top of the hill. I hadn't said a word to Freedom, but somehow she knew. She looked at me and wrapped both her wings around me to where I could feel them pressing in on my back (I was engulfed in eagle wings), and she touched my nose with her beak and stared into my eyes, and we just stood there like that for I don't know how long. That was a magic moment. We have been soul mates ever since she came in. This is a very special bird.

On a side note: I have had people who were sick come up to us when we are out, and Freedom has some kind of hold on them. I once had a guy who was terminal come up to us and I let him hold her. His knees just about buckled and he swore he could feel her power coarse through his body. I have so many stories like that.

I never forget the honor I have of being so close to such a magnificent spirit as Freedom.

To: Randy Larsen

You have some brave lil critters Randy!

Skunk has since gone to skunk heaven with his 72 vinegars

Rest ye well lil stinker.

161 posted on 09/02/2009 8:20:10 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

What a cutie Sandy! :)

162 posted on 09/02/2009 8:20:41 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

To: TASMANIANRED

See Taz, there’s the problem. If I open the bottle...

What kind of beer would you suggest?

163 posted on 09/02/2009 8:22:24 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)

164 posted on 09/02/2009 8:22:44 PM PDT by luvie (Obama is forcing change that produces NO hope!)

I wouldn’t josh ya about a thang like that!

I’ll bet you even sold (or burned!) your snow shovel, didn’t ya? :D

165 posted on 09/02/2009 8:23:36 PM PDT by luvie (Obama is forcing change that produces NO hope!)

To: TASMANIANRED

Lord help you if she DID have cats! Whoof!

166 posted on 09/02/2009 8:24:17 PM PDT by luvie (Obama is forcing change that produces NO hope!)

To: Randy Larsen

167 posted on 09/02/2009 8:26:46 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)

To: AZamericonnie

Brave? LOL!

Noisy, no doubt!

Loving, absolutely,

They are committed to protecting their food bowl!

168 posted on 09/02/2009 8:27:55 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)

To: TASMANIANRED

I better buy more than one.

169 posted on 09/02/2009 8:28:56 PM PDT by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)

If she had cats she’d have something to entertain herself besides calling me.

170 posted on 09/02/2009 8:29:52 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)

To: TASMANIANRED

....yeah, unless she decided to put them in her mouth!...or
their fur. Ya never know with that lady!

171 posted on 09/02/2009 8:35:48 PM PDT by luvie (Obama is forcing change that produces NO hope!)

To: AZamericonnie

Is that the series behind the movie?

Yes. Which is why I'm reading it. Just wondered about all the hype.

172 posted on 09/02/2009 8:39:01 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)

To: AZamericonnie

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

September 3, 2009

Journeys

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READ: Philippians 1:8-18

I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel. —Philippians 1:12

On a map in the back of my Bible, each of Paul’s missionary journeys is shown by a colored line with arrows indicating his direction of travel. On the first three, the arrows lead away from his place of departure and back to a point of return. On the fourth journey, however, Paul was traveling as a prisoner, bound for trial before Caesar, and the arrows point only one direction, ending in Rome.

We might be tempted to call this an unfortunate time in Paul’s life, if it were not for his view that God was leading and using him just as much on this journey as He did on the previous three.

He wrote: “I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the Word without fear” (Phil. 1:12-14).

Even when our journey in life is marked by confinement and limitations, we can be sure that the Lord will encourage others through us as we speak His Word and trust in Him.

The journeys that we take in life,
Though unexpected they may be,
If we commit to follow Christ,
His work through us the world will see. —Sper

For the Christian, what looks like a detour may actually be a new road to blessing.
Bible in One Year: Psalms 140-142; 1 Corinthians 14:1-20

173 posted on 09/02/2009 9:00:18 PM PDT by The Mayor (A friend is the first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out)

Good evening, Rus! You’re up mighty late! Hope you and the
family are doing well!

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God’s Word!

174 posted on 09/02/2009 9:03:23 PM PDT by luvie (Obama is forcing change that produces NO hope!)

I haven’t seen the movie nor read the series.

Let me know if it’s good ok?

175 posted on 09/02/2009 9:09:21 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

That guy only does a so-so job. He needs to finish with a squeegee. LOL!

176 posted on 09/02/2009 9:10:27 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)

To: TASMANIANRED

Hey, Taz!
Evening is right - had to watch the talent contest.
We’re disappointed in the selection.

177 posted on 09/02/2009 9:11:00 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Support Our Troops ~ www.proudpatriots.org~)

To: AZamericonnie; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; mylife; NYTexan; All

~~Tunes For The Troops~~

Stevie Ray Vaughan~Scuttle Buttin'

178 posted on 09/02/2009 9:13:52 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)

I used to have that bottom print hanging on my office wall.
I’m looking to get another one...

179 posted on 09/02/2009 9:15:45 PM PDT by HiJinx (~ Support Our Troops ~ www.proudpatriots.org~)

To: Kathy in Alaska

something tells me that he’ll be at work on the computers at your work place tomorrow. LOL

180 posted on 09/02/2009 9:16:27 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)

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