FReeper Canteen - SCUTTLEBUTT FRIDAY

February 17, 2012 | Canteen Crew

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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.  

 

 

FUN FACTS
The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896.
Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public,
he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!

Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.

The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.

The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.

The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%..

The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.



******** **Dog Hates Valentine Gifts**

******** **Pandas**

 

Today in History

American Revolution French and British battle in the Indian Ocean, 1782

Automotive Beetle overtakes Model T as world's best-selling car, 1972

Civil War Union troops sack Columbia, South Carolina, 1865

Cold War Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia, 1947

Crime The first "Trial of the Century", 1906

Disaster Ferry sinks near Haiti, 1993

General Interest Deadlock over presidential election ends, 1801

Music Brian Wilson rolls tape on "Good Vibrations," take one, 1966

Old West Senate passes Missouri Compromise, 1820

Presidential Thomas Jefferson is elected, 1801

 

 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...((HUGS))...Valentine’s Day buying and returning and exchanging winding down?

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl! ((HUGS))

Three test drives proves the repair. Stopping was just fine prior to the break in the line.....now it's back to normal, depending on my mood when a pedestrian darts out into traffic.

Don't know what the weather's going to do other than look over the horizon and guess. It's the days that the sky is covered with clouds from horizon to the volcano that are easiest to predict.

Beware the black ice in the morning...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...is this your night home early? Linda happy to see you? Does she stay alone all day?

[luvie]

Well, that about covers it, I reckon! Except that you didn’t mention how the important person was...Mr. Nate! :)

[BIGLOOK]

Geez Connie, you always make me work at chatting....I didn't know what an Arnold Palmer was so I looked it up.

You'll be the first Lemonade Stand in Arizona the needs a liquor license. Hope you make a fortune before being busted.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Such a grueling commute today!

Any alternate routes you can use on occasion to be less grueling?

Gas is $3.76 at several stations I passed today.

Hope drugs are helping sonboy heal, as well as bouncing off the walls. Back injuries are no fun at all. Hope he's making progress, and helping constructively. LOL!

[luvie]

Hi, Kathy! (((hugs)))

Yep...the sales are done, but there are still charms to be
put on bracelets, so that’s keeping us busy.

It was a good sales week! :)

[ConorMacNessa]

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

Tattoo

Must retire – the 0500 Reveille approaches relentlessly – the bugler already mounts the parapet. Will chat with you all on the morrow.

Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[The Mayor]

Thankyew!

[Kathy in Alaska]

New projects can be very interesting. OT is good at times. Sounds like you are neck deep into it.

PT seems to be going well....good for you for working so hard.

I keep threatening to learn how my Dad’s treadmill works...maybe this weekend.

We are taking one day at a time. Got his earwax taken care of last Friday, but his finger stick showed him over his “number”. So an adjustment to his meds and another finger stick on Saturday, as well as the hearing test lady.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hmmm...a “bony island”. Does need defining.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))

Love it....we’re from the government and we’re here to help you. Yea, right!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present. Thank you for your service to our country.

[unkus]

Goog one! Thanks SandRat

[Kathy in Alaska]

Typing on a screen so fuzzy I can’t see it...welcome to the Canteen, Boogieman, and thank you for sharing this performance by a wonderful young man. Didn’t need the government’s help at all. He knew what he wanted and worked to get it.

[Boogieman]

You’re welcome, I’m glad to share it, his story really moved me and humbled me too.

Unfortunately, it’s not true that he didn’t get any help from the government. When he reached high school-age, some people did help him get housing and some food allowance from the government, though it sounds like he was going to school, working as a laborer, and studying music in his spare time too. Considering his situation, though, I’m not going to be the first to throw stones at him for that.

[Boogieman]

Oh, and if you enjoyed that performance, you should look for his final performance on that show. If you thought the first on was good, see how much better he performed a few weeks later, when he was feeling more confident.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Gut Shabbes, Mooch. How goes the editing?

[Kathy in Alaska]

They should have taken care of him when he was 5. Glad to hear he finally got some help just living day-to-day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Senior Moment

Several days ago as I left a meeting at our church, I desperately gave
myself a personal TSA pat down. I was looking for my keys. They were
not in my pockets. A quick search in the meeting room revealed
nothing. Suddenly I realized, I must have left them in the car.

Frantically I headed for the parking lot. My wife, Diane, has scolded
me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the
ignition is the best place not to lose them. Her theory is that the
car will be stolen. As I burst through the doors of the church, I
came to a terrifying conclusion. Her theory was right. The parking
lot was empty. I immediately called the police. I gave them my
location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it
had been stolen.

Then I made the most difficult call of all, “Honey,” I stammered. I
always call her “honey” in times like these. “I left my keys in the
car, and it has been stolen.”

There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped,
but then I heard Diane’s voice, “Ken,” she barked, “I dropped you
off!”

Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, “Well, come and get me.”

Diane retorted, “I will, as soon as I convince this policeman I have
not stolen your car!”