FReeper Canteen - Scuttlebutt - 26 Aug 10

Thank you Troops, Vet's & military families! | 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.  

 

 

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.

Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks.

A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.

Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR".

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it...so I said "Implants?"

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America ?

Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to he** in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.

Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.

Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.

Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.

There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.

I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.

I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.

When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.

You're never too old to learn something stupid.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever.

A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.

If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

 

Gulf Oil Spill Workers Find Mom's Message

Pvt. James Prosser was killed in Afghanistan in September. His mother, Sarah Adams, put a message to her dead son in a bottle and set it adrift in the sea in January. Seven months later, cleanup crews in the Gulf of Mexico found the bottle.

LONDON (Aug. 10) -- When Sarah Adams dropped a glass bottle containing a heartfelt tribute to her dead son into the sea in January, she had no idea whether it would be swallowed by the ocean or washed up on some faraway shore. Now, seven months later, the British mother's touching letter to the son she lost in Afghanistan has been found by workers cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill -- uniting two countries in remembrance of this young soldier's life.
The rest of the story....

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~Tripp Marxx - When You Come Home~

 

*Mandarin Magic Cake* 1 (18 oz.) yellow cake mix 4 eggs 1/2 cup oil 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges and juice 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple 1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix 9 oz. Cool Whip Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together cake mix, eggs, oil, and mandarin oranges and juice; pour into a 9 by 13 inch greased and floured pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until done. Mix the whole can of pineapple along with the juices with pudding powder and Cool Whip. Spread over the cooled cake. Keep this cake refrigerated.

 

 

 

[AZamericonnie]

LOL..........I suppose most of us feel that way sometimes.

[oldteen]

You know that old saying...

A Son is a Son, Till he takes a wife.

A Daughter is a Daughter, All of her life!

[Howie66]

Any time, Ma’am!

(BTW: nice tag line. :-) )

[AZamericonnie]

Good night Conor & sweet dreams til sunbeams find you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...are you liking school? Whatcha studying?

[BIGLOOK]

Have Sonboy a specialist asap!

[luvie]

The computer seems to be “healed” but our cable connection is
still acting hinky. Hubby needs to call them to check the
outside connection and he is procrastinating, because he hates
confrontation. LOL!

I don’t think he wants ME to call them. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, HJ...((HUGS))...how goes the salt mines?

[AZamericonnie]

......if not for you.

This is one of the best vids I've ever seen Brushcop & thank you! *hugs*

Good to see you!

[luvie]

Yeah! That one! LOL! I was trying to think of the exact saying, but could only come up with a lame substitute. :D

U OK? I M!

[AZamericonnie]

(BTW: nice tag line. :-) )

It's not original but I feel it!:)

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

I'm taking computer classes.....the stuff you probably took years ago; Word and Excel. I've got some experience at the OTJ level, self taught, but need the certificate for bona fides.

School's fun.....something to do.... but the scenery at the campus isn't much different from that at the beach.

[AZamericonnie]

LOL! I gave him a couple of tums & his stomach is ok for now.

I have seen him eat an entire raw scotch bonnet & not bat an eye so these must have been crazy hot!

I looked up the ghost pepper & it has a scoville rating of 300,000.

[AZamericonnie]

I do NOT excel at excel.

Good for you on the classes Bigs. An asset for certain.

[Howie66]

It’s all good. :-)

I didn’t originate it, either. And I was born in November! lol

[oldteen]

Teachers Pet!

I was just teasin' ya! :)

I suppose I'd have settled for a young babe for an instructor

I'm sure most guys would...lol. But, as long as he's doing fine, that's what he's there for!

[oldteen]

I M GR8! A lame substitute works sometimes...lol.

[Tanniker Smith]

Ready for the new school year?

Nope. I don't even know who the principal is going to be or the A.P. for my dept. (The latter resigned, the former was replaced.) It will be an interesting year.

First, I have to get through tomorrow.
My little angel, you know, the sweet little four-year-old that I put on the purple giraffe with the top hat and put a quarter in the machine so it would go up and down and play "Old Macdonald Had a Farm", that one -- yeah, she's going to college tomorrow.

[Tanniker Smith]

Loved the cartoon this morning!:)

Glad you liked it. NOT based on true events, mind you.

[Tanniker Smith]

Summer was pretty uneventful. No camping this year. Little Tann was selected to attend a computer camp at Google in NYC for the month of July. It did wonders for him, and not just the learning about computers. By the time it was over, he was a bit more independent and self-confident. (Going from junior high to high school can do that.)