USO Canteen FReeper Style FReeper FRiday Salutes Zbigniew~SAMWolfs Dad ....October 11,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Snow Bunny and SAMWolf ~

[Snow Bunny]

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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This is how I think of the USO Canteen 
Freeper Style. It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night. 

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too. 
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of 
place that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, 
a library, etc. 

Many Veterans have written to me, 
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they 
served. 

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy 
and sometimes troubling world. 
Make yourself at home.

Snow Bunny

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, 
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their  
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank 
them. 

Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper 
Style, are thankful for every service member 
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
in both times of war and peace, thank you.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

John McCrae 

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The USO Canteen Honors FReepers
who have served, or are now serving their country.

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You may have a loved one who has served in the past.
We at the FReeper USO Canteen would like to honor each and every one.

Thank you for serving Zbigniew !

[Dakmar]

The "Soldiers Prayer" I posted above says everything for me.

[tomkow6]

Huh????????? WHAT?????????

[tomkow6]

A man was waiting for the birth of his child, when the doctor came out and
informed the dad that his son was born without torso, arms or legs.The son
was just a head!

The dad loved his son and raised him as well as he could, with love and
compassion.

After 18 years, the son was old enough for his first drink. Dad took him
to the bar, tearfully told the son he was proud of him and ordered the
biggest, strongest drink for his boy.

With all the bar patron looking on curiously and the bartender shaking his
head in disbelief, the boy took his first sip of alcohol. Swoooosh! A
torso popped out! The bar was dead silent; then burst into a whoop of joy.

The father, shocked, begged his son to drink again. The patrons chanted,
"Take another drink"! The bartender still shook his head in dismay.
Swoooosh! Two arms popped out. The bar went wild.

The father, crying and wailing, begged his son to drink again. The patrons
chanted, "Take another drink"! The bartender ignored the whole affair. By
now the boy was getting tipsy, and with his new hands he reached down,
grabbed his drink and guzzled the last of it. Swoooosh! Two legs popped
out.

The bar was in chaos. The father fell to his knees and tearfully thanked
God. The boy stood up on his new legs and stumbled to the left....then to
the right .... right through the front door, into the street, where a
truck ran over him and killed him instantly. The bar fell silent. The father
moaned in grief. The bartender sighed and said..............................









(wait for it)










"The boy should have quit while he was a head!"

[Kathy in Alaska]

OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!! Tom!

[Kathy in Alaska]

RIP Marine Lance Cpl. Antonio J. Sledd

[SAMWolf]

EASY!!!! Maybe, but I'm not cheap.

I also deny having ever said I'd salsa with anyone.

et tu, souris?

[Alberta's Child]

A horse walks into a bar and sits down.

The bartender looks at him sympathetically and says, "Hey, why the long face?"

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL, I think you're right about that!

Victoria

[Victoria Delsoul]

Yes, you told me you would say exactly that. That's OK Sam, I understand.

[SAMWolf]

HA! I think you mistook me for Smitty(USMC). He probably said he'd salsa with you.

[tmprincesa]

Tomkow6 in leather. Somehow that just sounds so..... wrong!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hahahaha good one, Souris!!!

[tmprincesa]

Would you be willing to share that number? I'm sure SAMWolf wouldn't mind.

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL! You're soooo cute! You're learning fast.

[SAMWolf]

Great! Now I have some college student using my card.

OK! But NO school supllies ok?

[tmprincesa]

OK. No school supllies. LOL! I guess supplies are ok then?

[SAMWolf]

Are you majoring in English or History? LOL!