The FReeper Canteen - Scuttlebutt - 20 Oct 2011

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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.  

 

 

The peace is shattered in an airplane by a five-year-old boy who picks the moment after the plane has taken off to throw a wild temper tantrum. No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother does to try to calm him down, the boy continues to scream furiously and kick the seats around him.

Suddenly, from the rear of the plane, a man in a Marine uniform is seen slowly walking forward up the aisle. Stopping the flustered mother with an upraised hand, the courtly, soft-spoken Marine leans down and, motioning toward his chest, whispers something into the boy's ear.

Instantly, the boy calms down, gently takes his mother's hand, and quietly fastens his seat belt. All the other passengers burst into spontaneous applause.

As the Marine slowly makes his way back to his seat, one of the cabin attendants touches his sleeve. "Excuse me, sir," she asks quietly, "but could I ask you what magic words you used on that little boy?"

The Marine smiles serenely and gently confides, "I showed him my pilot's wings, service stars, and battle ribbons, and explained that they entitle me to throw one passenger out the plane door on any flight I choose."

******** **Kaleidoskop**

 

A new Video by our FRiends 'Due South'!

~The Good Guys~

Please give a watch to this new video by the musical Group "Due South".

"The Good Guys is not just a song....but a movement to honor & restore support to those who protect us"!

*Official Website*
Support the artists!

 

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 pinch cardamom (optional)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups pumpkin
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
8 ounces cream cheese
chopped pumpkin seeds (optional) or walnuts (optional) or pecans (optional)

Directions:

1 Preheat oven to 350.
2 Put the entire brick of cream cheese on a piece of wax paper or parchment paper and shape it into a long log.
3 Put it in the freezer while you mix and fill the pans, up to an hour.
4 Unwrap and cut with a sharp knife so each cream cheese disk equals 1-2 teaspoons. If the cream cheese disks are too big around, cut thick slices and then cut them in half. This lets you push it down into the batter easier.
5 Mix all ingredients together (except cream cheese and nuts).
6 Fill muffin tins (greased or paper cups) half full.
7 Put cream cheese disc in the middle, pressing down.
8 Sprinkle with 1 tsp chopped nuts.
9 Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean from the muffin part (do not touch the cream cheese!).
10 Let cool in pans for 5 minutes, then remove to racks to cool completely. Do not touch the cream cheese until it cools.
Makes 24 muffins

 

 

 

[Arrowhead1952]

Try to beat beachy

[luvie]

Sometimes it is best to NOT listen to the doctors. When I started taking high blood pressure meds, they had me on too much and my BP was 90/50.

They wouldn’t listen, so I halved the pill and took the diuretic that went with it every other day. Perfect. When they questioned me, I just told them that’s the way it was going to be!

You might say I can be a bit stubborn at times! LOL!

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beachy and (((HUGS))) to you.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Beachy!

*HUGS*

How are you doing this morning?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[left that other site]

Probably a Classic case of “White Coat Syndrome”! LOL. SO GLAD YOU got it under control.

Yes, and I do mean “YOU”.

[luvie]

Mornin’ Conor! (((hugs)))

Good to see ya! Hope you have a really good weekend coming up!

Take care of that knee! :)

[beachn4fun]

I don't believe it.

[ConorMacNessa]

Taking it easy - the knee is better today than it was yesterday.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[beachn4fun]

W H

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dear ((HUGS))

I saw what you did

8~[

that’s what I get for talking to someone when I should have been paying attention.

LOL

Hope you have a good Thursday.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

All is well. One day closer to weekend. The sun is shining this morning, although we have some wind gust to deal with.

Howz it out your way?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, CMN ((HUGS))

I’m ok. I heard this morning that the barometer was going up today and that us normally achy folks are going to hurt a little more. ~sigh~

How are you?

[ConorMacNessa]

Doing okay, thanks! Was in some discomfort last evening but went to bed early and had a restful night.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[E.G.C.]

It's going OK. Bo's nose appears to have improved to the point that I'm able to resume taking him out to the lake. The vet took a look at it.

Next month when we go back to the vet, she's going to give Bo another allergy shot.

We both slept real good last night. It got down into the mid 30's.

Tonight is the game between Frederick and Comanche. It's this week's Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Vipe game of the week. Here is the link to tonight's webcast of the game.Not much else is going on.

[E.G.C.]

It's going OK. Bo's nose appears to have improved to the point that I'm able to resume taking him out to the lake. The vet took a look at it.

Next month when we go back to the vet, she's going to give Bo another allergy shot.

We both slept real good last night. It got down into the mid 30's.

Tonight is the game between Frederick and Comanche. It's this week's Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Vipe game of the week. Here is the link to tonight's webcast of the game. Not much else is going on.

[beachn4fun]

Getting to have a restful night with a cast/brace on is hard to do. Glad you managed.

[ConorMacNessa]

Don't tell my Dr. - I took the brace off last night.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[ConorMacNessa]

Don't tell my Dr. - I took the brace off last night.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!