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!

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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]

A scorpio? what day?

I am really looking forward to Nov this year!

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks Connie.....I'm not sure how well I'll fare on spread sheets though. Managing my checkbook register is fairly simple......and correctable if I rely on the bank's statement. Last time I balanced it, I was only off by 47 cents. Now......where did that 47 cents go...I've no clue.

Scotch Bonnets (or Habaneros) aren't palatable. I use them as an insecticide and repellent.

[AZamericonnie]

NOT based on true events, mind you.

Good to know! lol

Your baby off to college?

I hope you won't be too traumatized Tann. That's gotta be a proud but difficult time I'd imagine.

Congrats to her!

[oldteen]

You’ll do fine...spread sheets pretty simple as long as everything gets placed in the right column.

[luvie]

Awwwww.....time DOES have a way of getting away, doesn’t it! I am sure you will both be fine, but coming home will never be the same for her.

Hope in spite of admin problems that you have a great bunch of kids....after all, they are who it is all about in the long run. I’ll bet you are an awesome teacher.

Why.....you might have even gotten ME to like math. LOL!

[Howie66]

You and me both!

I almost feel like voting like the RATs do....early and often! lol

The 15th is my day!

You?

[BIGLOOK]

spread sheets pretty simple as long as everything gets placed in the right column.

Gotcha....thanks for the advice.



But it's been a while....

[oldteen]

See...I knew you could do it! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Seven....that guy talks a lot....probably not such a good idea. Maybe he and obummer are a match. Me Me Me! LOL!

[Cyber Ninja]

ping to the link “” The Nine Billion Names of GOD “”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Word and Excel are sorta self-taught here too. I'm old! The one computer class I took in Junior Collage had these, maybe 12x12 or bigger, boards that you plugged things into....like the switchboards of old. My brain had a very hard time with the concept.

This is a telephone switchboard, but the things we plugged in looked just like it.

U.S. Air Force Sgt. Suzann K. Harry, of Wildwood, N.J., operates a switchboard in the underground command post at Strategic Air Command headquarters, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., in 1967.

Very cool that you are enjoying yourself. Is your home computer behaving?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, OTD...((HUGS))...love the pic of the chain gang.

[oldteen]

Boy, that brings back memories! Looks just like the switchboard I worked at PT&T waaaay back! Also worked Information..and what was called the CAMA board (said ‘Your Number Please’...lol).

[BIGLOOK]

But of course! It's only the wording that confuses.

[oldteen]

Exactly!

[Cyber Ninja]

[BIGLOOK]

Is your home computer behaving?

Only when threatened by another diagnostic test performed by an IT proctologist. Otherwise it's been behaving normally.

I see that young Airman working happily on the new technology that was then. Outside the classroom I see young students busily typing away on I-pads, text phones and all sorts of miniature electronic devices while my classmates and I are carrying notebooks and a workbook.

None of the students have pen in their shirt pockets or clipped to their t-shirts.

Perish the thought of a power outage that could cripple education. But maybe that in itself would be an education.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening/morning, brushcop...((HUGS))...link worked just fine. Most nice video...a lot of love put into the restoration.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Smiling here.....so true: perish the thought of a power outage.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi kalee...((HUGS))...thanks for sharing about Pig Pickin’ Cake. Interesting name. d:o)