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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 14 March 2014
Our Troops Deserve A Pot O' Gold!
| The Canteen Leprechauns
Posted on 03/13/2015 5:44:16 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troops; vets
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To: Publius
That sounds exciting!
May I also suggest a little Opera? Perhaps a narrative of the plot with musical linked to each post? Just a thought.
Of course, Beethoven will take a few weeks I am sure!
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:03:50 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Liberty Valance
Howdy, LV! (((hugs)))
Let’s rock this joint! :)
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:03:59 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: LUV W
LOL...that graphic rings a bell!
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:04:50 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Publius
Howdy, Mr. P! Not too good right now. Lots of stacked rigs, etc.
But it’s happened before and it’ll happen again! Just gotta roll with it in oil country! :)
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:04:59 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
JUST A BUNCHA STUFF I LIKE.....
Alex Clare~Too Close
To purchase the artists' music
see the links at the top of the thread!
Ping or FReepmail any DJ
for your requests!
Thanks!
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:05:14 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: left that other site
"Fidelio" is best viewed in the DVD of the Met production set in Central America. It's one of my desert island DVD's.
We'll start with the first of his Opus 1 trios next week. The finale has more gags than a Jay Leno monologue, and they're funnier gags than Leno's.
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:06:23 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:06:36 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
ROCKUMENTARY: MARCH 14, 1987
#9 The Jets: You Got it AllA family band from Minneapolis followed the current path of Soul, which was going soft rock and smooth jazz, while rap was taking over black music.
The Jets: You Got it All
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:07:13 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: LUV W; AZamericonnie; mylife; Drumbo
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:09:33 PM PDT
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Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: left that other site
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:09:47 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
In third....MrZ!!
To: ConorMacNessa
....till they all come home.....
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:13:03 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:13:35 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: Drumbo
In fourth....Drumbo!!
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
ROCKUMENTARY: MARCH 14, 1987
#88 Paul Simon: The Boy in the BubbleSimon had gone to South Africa to team up with Ladysmith Black Mozambo and create Graceland, one of the great disks of the Eighties. It brought his moribund career back with a bang. This is one of the most imaginative videos of the period.
Paul Simon: The Boy in the Bubble
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:15:35 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:16:08 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:16:12 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: LUV W; Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; ...
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:16:20 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Liberty Valance
Love that one! [Love “Roselli & Isles”, too!]
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:16:53 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: left that other site
Heehee! I was going to put the disclaimer on it in the beginning, then got in a hurry...so it’s there now! It’s perfect for Friday Night Tunes! :)
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posted on
03/13/2015 7:18:26 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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