FReeper Canteen~Scuttlebutt~3 Sept 09

Canteen Crew

[AZamericonnie]

 

 

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!

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
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.

 

 

 

[AZamericonnie]

Wonderful news SD! *hugs*

Prayers continue for Madison, her parents & you all.

[TASMANIANRED]

Doing OK for working short again.

Lint lady calling today.

[AZamericonnie]

Dang...that’s cold!

So sorry to hear of the health issues.

My prayers with you Acad!

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Luvvy, Hugs.

Lotta “Thank God’s” being proclaimed in the office today.

[TASMANIANRED]

Safe trip.. Looking forward to eagle pics myself.

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Luvie...it’s a great story isn’t it?!

Did you have a good day? *hugs*

[luvie]

Economy............

The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined
credit card in the mail.

It's so bad, I ordered a burger at McDonalds and the
kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries
with that?"

The economy is so bad that CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

The economy is so bad if the bank returns your check marked
"Insufficient Funds," you call them and ask if they meant
you or them.

The economy is so bad Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are
trading higher than GM.

The economy is so bad Obama met with three small businesses
to discuss the Stimulus Package: GE, Pfizer, and Citigroup.

The economy is so bad parents in Beverly Hills fired their
nannies and learned their children's names.

The economy is so bad a truckload of Americans was caught
sneaking into Mexico.

The economy is so bad Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.

The economy is so bad people in Africa are donating money to Americans.

The economy is so bad Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore.

The economy is so bad the Mafia is laying off judges.

The economy is so bad Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.

And finally...
Congress finally investigated the Bernard Madoff scandal:
Oh Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear was investigated by
the people who made $1.5 Trillion disappear!!!

[AZamericonnie]

Drive safe & pick me up some milk ok?:)

[Kirkwood]

I've been listening to American history audiobooks on the drive to and from work. This week it is 1776 by David McCullough. With George Washington on my mind I thought I would post some portraits for your enjoyment.

[Kirkwood]

Garden is shot except for peppers. I was going to plant a fall garden crop, but it is getting kind of late and it is already cool weather - more like early October. Not that I’m complaining!

[AZamericonnie]

Ha!!!!

Very clever Taz!:)

And your right.....

[luvie]

Sounds like you started a revival around there! LOL!

[Kirkwood]

I’m doing pretty good. I usually “take off” Wed night so I can make it through the rest of the week. LOL!

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, Connie! Good evening, all!

[AZamericonnie]

Howling here luv!!!!!

These are hysterically funny!

I’ve got to get this off in e-mail.....

[luvie]

I had a good day...and tomorrow is even better because I am off! LOL!

Wattsburger here I come! LOL!

[luvie]

Where do you think I got it! LOL!

[Tanniker Smith]

So I have a couple of pictures of Monday's little adventure.
Here's part 1:

This is not in my basement

And this is definitely not my basement:

And I don't think this would fit in my basement:

And that isn't a miniature figure, it only looks that way:



... Have I mentioned that I liked trains?

[Kirkwood]

100?

[Kirkwood]

100