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USO Canteen Freeper Style 11-16-01
11-16-01 | Snow Bunny (graphics by Billie)

Posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:48 PM PST by Billie

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1 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:48 PM PST by Billie
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To: *USO Canteen; bosniajmc; AFVetGal; archy; A Navy Vet; 4TheFlag; Aeronaut; 68 grunt; xinga...


Good Morning, All! Happy Friday!

2 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:49 PM PST by Billie
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To: Billie
Hiya! Thanks for the ping-a-roonie!
3 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:49 PM PST by Cyber Liberty
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To: Cyber Liberty
Thanks for coming, CL - now sit down and let me get you a cup of coffee and some of Iowa Granny's great breakfast!
4 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:52 PM PST by Billie
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To: Billie
"What is a PATRIOT?"

PATRIOTS are not "Revolutionaries" trying to overthrow the government of the United States.

PATRIOTS are "Counter-Revolutionaries" trying to prevent the government of the United States from overthrowing the Constitution of the United States. - Unknown Author


5 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:53 PM PST by B4Ranch
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To: Billie
Good Morning, All! Happy Friday!

Ouch, hangover.

Giood lord, is it friday?


6 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:53 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: Billie
Coffee? Sure! Anything for my wife's twin sister....
7 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:55 PM PST by Cyber Liberty
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To: B4Ranch
Thanks for that definition of Patriot!

Oh, I wanted to share a "Dear Abby" story I read this morning......

DEAR ABBY: Your "Pennies from Heaven" stories have been delightful. I have one that does not involve money, but the result was just as heartwarming.
     The year was 1945. I was a member of General Patton's army, fighting our way across Europe. Infantry combat is pure hell, so when there was a rare lull in the fighting, an orchestra from our division band was brought in to cheer us up. In a wooded glade somewhere in France, they played all the favorites of the day, and we were reminded again of what we were fighting for.
     A soldier with a clear, sweet voice began singing "Pennies From Heaven." However, it wasn't the familiar version. These satirical lyrics told the story of a GI coming home to his wife after serving overseas, and being met by his beloved, holding a brand-new baby girl named "Penny."
     The refrain of that song I'll never forget. "Every time he asked, she'd say, "Penny's from Heaven." There were many verses, and the soldier sang each one with a straight face. At another time under different circumstances, we probably would have found the song mildly amusing. That day it was the funniest song my buddies and I had ever heard. No money changed hands that day, but the laughter was a gift from God at a time when we had very little to laugh about.--WALLACE HARMON, DALLAS

8 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:55 PM PST by Billie
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To: lowbridge
I love seeing all your tourist guy stuff here. You're doing great!
9 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:55 PM PST by Billie
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To: Billie
When Bob Hope came over to Nam in '66, his team did the same for us. We talked about his show for months.
10 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:56 PM PST by B4Ranch
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To: B4Ranch
Why didn't you ever send me a picture and information to include in the Veteran's Special? You still can, you know. I have a few more, and I'm going to make another group.
11 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:57 PM PST by Billie
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To: Billie; Snow Bunny
Good morning everyone.

Thank God is Friday!


12 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:58 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Billie
Iowa Granny's breakfasts are the best. I hope she made grits. I brought a rich, moist sour cream coffee cake, loaded with cinnamon and walnuts - kind of a "dessert" after the main course of bacon and eggs. More coffee!!!
13 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:00 PM PST by mountaineer
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To: mountaineer
GOOD MORNING CANTEEN!!!!!! I hope everyone is well this morning. :)
14 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:12 PM PST by SassyMom
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To: Billie
Hello back at you. Thanks for the ping.
15 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:13 PM PST by Aeronaut
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To: Billie; ST.LOUIE1; Snow Bunny
Mornin' Billie. Where's Narcissus - oops, I mean Louie - this morning.

Hey Narcissus, if you can tear yourself away from the mirror for a while, join us in the Canteen.

16 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:13 PM PST by Diver Dave
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To: Billie; Snow Bunny
Good morning. How are ya?
17 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:13 PM PST by Teacup
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To: Billie
Good Morning!
18 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:15 PM PST by RaceBannon
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From an Anonymous Gnomie

At the Pentagon, the majority of our networks are back online. This Herculean effort has gone on since 9/11 even as the building was still burning out of control. Civilians, Military, Contractors and Volunteers have stood together in a relentless effort with dogged determination that this monolithic structure and symbol of America's mightiest tool of defense would not fall victim to barbaric acts of cowardice and terrorism. Hundreds of servers, network devices, and PC's were brought out of extremely hazardous areas at great personal risk. Unlike the situation with the WTC, we don't get to rebuild from the ground up. Somehow we have to find new physical pathways around structural impediments while maintaining a logical structure that points the end user's terminal back to its original home servers and network groups. Our network engineers have performed miracles.

Mind that this infrastructure is not new and shiny; it's a hodgepodge of every imaginable type of networking you can think of all meshed together for the last fifty some odd years. A FDDI ring becomes a FastE VLAN. 100MBit pipes magically transform into GigE pipes. One cannot even conceive of the complexity of these problems and issues. Our cable technicians have been yanked around the building, stringing CAT V cable, fiber etc. Called first to go one way and as we discover a better routing point hauled off in a different direction. I personally owe these men and women a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. They have had to endure the seemingly fickle nature of our engineers as they have tried their best to put wire to the wallplate.

I wanted to get it on record someplace before we slip away into history as a footnote that not all the heroic efforts are shown on the news. Many of the heroes are behind the scenes.

This letter was dated 9.18.2001

19 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:17 PM PST by lodwick
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To: Billie
Yawn....scratch, scratch, mumble....Good Morning, Dear!-)
20 posted on 11/16/2001 1:24:19 PM PST by beowolf
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