FReeper Canteen - Scuttlebutt - 17 Feb 2011

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Thre Cruise Diary

DEAR DIARY - DAY 1

All packed for the cruise ship -- all my nicest dresses, swimsuits, short sets. Really, really exciting. Our local Red Hat chapter - The Late Bloomers decided on this "all-girls" trip. It will be my first one, - and I can't wait!

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DEAR DIARY - DAY 2

Entire day at sea, beautiful. Saw whales and dolphins. Met the Captain today -- seems like a very nice man.

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DEAR DIARY - DAY 3

At the pool today. Did some shuffleboard, hit golf balls off the deck.. Captain invited me to join him at his table for dinner. Felt honored and had a wonderful time. He is very attractive and attentive.

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DEAR DIARY - DAY 4

Won $800.00 in the ship's casino. Captain asked me to have dinner with him in his own cabin. Had a scrumptious meal complete with caviar and champagne. He asked me to stay the night, but I declined. Told him I could not be unfaithful to my husband. --------------------------------------------------------------

DEAR DIARY - DAY 5

Pool again today. Got sunburned, and I went inside to drink at piano-bar, stayed there for rest of day. Captain saw me, bought me several large drinks. Really is quite charming. Again asked me to visit his cabin for the night. Again I declined. He told me, if I did not let him have his way with me, he would sink the ship.... I was shocked.

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DEAR DIARY - DAY 6

Today I saved 2600 lives. Twice.

 

HBO Documentary - The Battle for Marjah Thursday Feb 17th

In February 2010, US Marines launched Afghanistan: Operation Moshtarak, the biggest operation since the start of the Afghanistan war, whose main target was the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, a town in Helmand province. Journalist Ben Anderson, who spent two months with the American forces, offers an extraordinarily intimate look at the brutal realities of modern-day warfare in the harrowing documentary The Battle for Marjah, debuting Thursday, Feb. 17 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, marking the first anniversary of this historic battle.

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*Trailer*

 

On This Day....

454 At a grand feast, Philip the Good of Burgundy takes the "vow of the pheasant," by which he swears to fight the Turks.

1598 Boris Godunov, the boyar of Tarar origin, is elected czar in succession to his brother-in-law Fydor.

1720 Spain signs the Treaty of the Hague with the Quadruple Alliance ending a war that was begun in 1718.

1801 The House of Representatives breaks an electoral college tie and chooses Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr.

1864 The Confederate submarine Hunley sinks the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

1865 The South Carolina capital city, Columbia, is destroyed by fire as Major General William Tecumseh Sherman marches through.

1909 Apache chief Geronimo dies of pneumonia at age 80, while still in captivity at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

1919 Germany signs an armistice giving up territory in Poland.

1925 The first issue of Harold Ross' magazine, The New Yorker, hits the stands, selling for 15 cents a copy.

1933 The League of Nations censures Japan in a worldwide broadcast.

1935 Thirty-one prisoners escape an Oklahoma prison after murdering a guard. .

1938 The first color television is demonstrated at the Dominion Theatre in London.

1944 U.S forces land on Eniwetok atoll in the South Pacific.

1945 Gen. MacArthur's troops land on Corregidor in the Philippines.

1951 Packard introduces its "250" Chassis Convertible.

1955 Britain announces its ability to make hydrogen bombs.

1959 The United States launches its first weather station in space, Vanguard II.

1960 Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in the Alabama bus boycott.

1963 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visits the Berlin Wall.

1969 Russia and Peru sign their first trade accord.

1973 President Richard Nixon names Patrick Gray director of the FBI.

1975 Art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and van Gough, valued at $5 million, is stolen from the Municipal Museum in Milan.

1979 China begins a "pedagogical" war against Vietnam. It will last until March.

1985 Murray Haydon becomes the third person to receive an artificial heart.

 

 

 

[luvie]

God rest the souls of the fallen heroes! God be with and comfort their grieving families.

[ConorMacNessa]

FREEDOM ISN’T FREE!

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It is purchased with the blood of Patriots!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Connie!

It's one of those post and run days? Just when I wanted to add to Scuttlebutt......

Biology Class - final exam

Students in an advanced Biology class were taking their mid-term exam. The last question was, 'Name seven advantages of Mother's Milk ,' worth 70 points or none at all. One student, in particular, was hard put to think of seven advantages. He wrote:

1.) It is perfect formula for the child.
2.) It provides immunity against several diseases.
3.) It is always the right temperature.
4.) It is inexpensive.
5.) It bonds the child to mother, and vice versa.
6.) It is always available as needed.

And then, the student was stuck. Finally, in desperation, just before the bell indicating the end of the test rang, he wrote...

7.) It comes in 2 attractive containers.

He got an A.

[luvie]

....and they are all in awe of Connie for her
hard work as they wait to leave their mark. :)
Happy Wednesday night, Night Owls!
The moon is gorgeous...have you seen it yet?

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

A beautiful moon indeed! February's full moon is referred to as the Snow Moon.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[ConorMacNessa]

THE SOLDIER’S CODE

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Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses troops of the 101st Airborne Division 5JUN1944 prior to D-Day Normandy

The Soldier’s Code

1) I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

2) I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist.

3) If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

4) If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me, and will back them up in every way.

5) When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies, or harmful to their cause.

6) I will never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, August, 1955.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[luvie]

That’s a very descriptive name and I’ll bet it would be
beautiful against the snow.

It’s not quite full yet...my moon thingy says it’s 97% full.

I don’t know how it could get much brighter, though! :)

[SandRat]

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[BIGLOOK]

Ahhh.....I think you got it, Sandy.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Connie, Hugs.

[Bean Counter]

I know, and I’m sorry to throw a wet blanket on things, but that just hit the inbox and this is the fastest way I know to get the word out...

[SandRat]

Must have had it on full Auto. LOL

[PROCON]

Hi LUV!

LOL, those pigeons and the 0bama statue....MOON?....what moon, I just see clouds..:=(