USO Canteen FReeper Style Themeless Thursday .... October 17,2002

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

[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 

[MoJo2001]

WOOOHOO!! Um, where's my Marilyn Monroe outfit. We've got sing them the song. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello our faithful flyover protector, Aeronaut, and your faithful sidekick Otto. Thank you fellas.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you for stopping into the USO Canteen. Thank you also for your support of our military.

[tomkow6]

How cool would it be to go on a Liberty to Iceland?

Did you intend to make this pun? Or did it just "happen"? LOL! Don't ya know, there's a girl behind EVERY tree in Iceland!

[Hostel]

So check this out,

A retired Army grunt, a Marine master sergeant, and a Navy chief are all sitting at a bar having a drink one night, when the Army grunt starts telling some war stories.

"Yep so there I was, landing on the beaches of Normandy. Bullets were whizzing just past my head. I was scared to death I would never make it out alive. I looked over to yell at my buddy, but he stepped on a land mine and died. I will never forget how scared I was."

The Marine master sergeant took a swig of beer and nodded.

"Should have seen it in Desert Storm. Me and my platoon were behind enemy lines, cut off, with no radio communication to HQ. We had to hike back through the desert in past enemy checkpoints over 50 miles to get back to base. There were Iraqi's chasing us every step of the way. I was scared to think what those guys would have done to me had they caught me."

The Navy Chief takes a swig of beer and looks over at the two men and laughs to himself as he mutters.

"Heh....figures...all shore duty."

[Kathy in Alaska]

"after I have some chocolate chip cookies and milk."

And you're not sharing with your Ma?

[MoJo2001]

Click On Marilyn! She'll Sing Happy Birthday!!

[MoJo2001]

[MoJo2001]

Hehehe

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yippee! These are worth the wait. Thank you my child. ((HUG)). Enjoy your nap.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, aomagrat, for today's naval history of the USS Kearny.

[Mr_Magoo]

Well, I'm off to work.

As for the Trannie, I never did belive in doing things halfway . . . Monday night, when I blew the trans, I blew it real good! LOL! 2 grand and it will be good to go.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Good morning, cote! He's not a Canteener (he would be if he were living), but today is my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday Dad! I LOVE YOU!

(He's in the middle.)

[tomkow6]

God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm 'older' (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered:

1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran.

3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.

4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

5. All reports are in; life is now officially unfair

. 6. If all is not lost, where is it?

7. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.

8. Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.

9. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few...

10. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.

11. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.

12. It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.

13. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're
in the bathroom.

14. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.

15. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?

16. It's not hard to meet expenses ... they're everywhere.

17. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

18. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter...I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm hereafter.

19. I AM UNABLE TO REMEMBER IF I HAVE MAILED THIS TO YOU OR NOT!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Good morning, everybody! (It's still morning, isn't it?)Thank you for the pretty flowers, Tonk. What are we driving today? Heheheh...

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I know how proud you are of your Dad.

Oh, cote, thank you - I am. Looking at that picture here makes me tear up...