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FReeople Thread 274
01/16/02 | So9

Posted on 01/16/2002 8:35:17 AM PST by Servant of the Nine

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To: ValerieUSA
I ain't afraid of no tree.

LOL! FOFLOL! LMAO!!

What about a tree with a lock box (Ms. Algore?)

861 posted on 01/18/2002 1:20:47 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Algore's personality and "gravits" have been taken out of context!
862 posted on 01/18/2002 1:27:16 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup
that would be "gravitas", I think...
863 posted on 01/18/2002 1:28:03 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: null and void
"I'll be back later." OK Nully. Looking forward to it.


864 posted on 01/18/2002 1:29:45 PM PST by sweetliberty
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To: operation clinton cleanup
"gravits" sounds too interesting to associate with AlBore
865 posted on 01/18/2002 1:30:17 PM PST by ValerieUSA
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To: Darlin'
Hey Darlin' .. just turned on the Local News .. we're suppose to get a snow storm tomorrow .. 4-7 inches .. fofl
866 posted on 01/18/2002 1:38:12 PM PST by Mo1
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To: ValerieUSA
I belive Albore introduced legislation to distribute "gravitas" among the 28% of Americans suffering from "anti-gravitas".
867 posted on 01/18/2002 1:39:05 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup
I belive Albore introduced legislation to distribute "gravitas" among the 28% of Americans suffering from "anti-gravitas".


Not another one of those collectivist utopian government gravitas re-distribution scams!?!?!

868 posted on 01/18/2002 1:44:53 PM PST by gratefulwharffratt
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Who Packs your Parachute?

Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison.

He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience. One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb. "I packed your parachute," the man replied.

Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!" Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."

Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor."

Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.

Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory - he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachute. I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your part in packing my parachute !!! And I hope you will send it on to those who have helped pack yours!

Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word? Maybe this could explain:

When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes.

And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke. So next time, if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile. :)

emff

869 posted on 01/18/2002 1:54:15 PM PST by lodwick
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To: gratefulwharffratt
a gravitas tax on martin sheen? john mccain? bill clinton? jesse jackson?
870 posted on 01/18/2002 1:59:23 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: lodwick
I belive the internet is the most efficient means of distributing jokes.... you dont have to remeber the punch line, just cut & paste!
871 posted on 01/18/2002 2:01:24 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Mo1
It's cold here, feels icy, but we're having drizzle rain, not drizzle snow. I just saw on the weather channel that Saudi Arabia had 7 inches of snow. How weird is that?
872 posted on 01/18/2002 2:03:56 PM PST by ValerieUSA
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To: operation clinton cleanup
If I could download pizzas, al's internet would be just about perfect. heheh
873 posted on 01/18/2002 2:06:06 PM PST by lodwick
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To: lodwick
If Al decided, he would get the pizzas, but the rest of us would have to download watercress salad because he knows what's good for us.
874 posted on 01/18/2002 2:08:00 PM PST by ValerieUSA
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To: lodwick
If I could download pizza, I'd weigh 300 lbs. by now. On the other hand, maybe Algore HAS figured out how to download pizza on his internet, and he ain't sharing...
875 posted on 01/18/2002 2:10:06 PM PST by .38sw
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To: .38sw
sarah jane olson sentenced to at least 20 years... moussaoui(?) denied tv trial... things are looking up!
876 posted on 01/18/2002 2:12:56 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: .38sw
THAT's funny - maybe the delusional pud has done it, surely looks like it. Maybe he could now click on the occasional razor. ;-)
877 posted on 01/18/2002 2:13:40 PM PST by lodwick
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To: ValerieUSA
I just saw on the weather channel that Saudi Arabia had 7 inches of snow. How weird is that?

7 inches .. could the Big Guy upstairs be sending a message to them .. lol

878 posted on 01/18/2002 2:14:32 PM PST by Mo1
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To: ValerieUSA
Al would prefer a "down home", "reasonably priced" meal downloaded from Shoney's.
879 posted on 01/18/2002 2:15:08 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Speaking of Al .. did he shave that beard yet .. lol
880 posted on 01/18/2002 2:16:12 PM PST by Mo1
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