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 

[Aeronaut]

And for those who'd like to join the fun, but don't like to fly,

Huh?

[Mo1]

LOL .. I haven't heard this song is such a long time .. Thanks

[Johnny Gage]

LOL.. well I'm sure some folks don't like to have their guts "put through the wringer" during combat OPS.

LOL

You my friend is one who I KNOW doesn't have that problem!

LOL

[Johnny Gage]

How Great Thou Art

I have childhood memories of my mom singing this song while playing her piano.

Funny, even now it's one of my favorite "non Christmas" hymns.

[kneezles]

Hiya cote, nice to see ya this morning!

[HiJinx]

You know, I was thinking the same thing...then I realized she's giving us a chance to add patches of our own!

Here's my contribution, seeing as how I'm a Zonie!

SSN-702, USS Phoenix

[blackie]

Themeless Thursday...Bump !!

Let's Roll !!

The RATS are in disarray...eradicate the rodents !!

Fire Democrats, Hire Republicans !!

GWB Is The Man !!

Snuff Saddam, NOW !!

Death To all Tyrant's !!

The Second Amendment...
America's Original Homeland Security !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

[kneezles]

I have to go back tonight, but I'm out working in the yard for a bit today. It's getting out of hand, and as you know we have to cut the grass around here at least until Thanksgiving!

[kneezles]

Believe me, I'm NOT bragging, I can't stand it! I wish that I could afford to have someone do it for me!

[SAMWolf]

National Animal of Canada

The Russians have a bear, the Brits a lion and the Americans a mighty eagle. In Canada, the national animal is the beaver. Renowned for its hard work, even temper, industrious nature and - oh, who are we kidding. The beaver is a forty-pound water rat whose most heroic trait is that he thinks to slap his tail and warn his buddies before he runs away. And cripes, it's not like Canadians were short on choices. The country is filled with nobler, more awe-inspiring animals. The timebr wolf. The grizzly bear. The mountain lion. The woodland bison. Heck, even a caribou or a muskox would have been better that a buck-toothed, webbed-toed, waddly-happy rodent. But nooooo, when Canada's national animal was finally made official in 1975, it was the beaver that was chosen.

Question: If a lion, an eagle and a beaver were pitted against one another,
wouldn't that be cool?

Canadians love their furry mascot. Love him to pieces. Literally. Provinces like Manitoba spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year blowing up dams, dynamiting beavers and sending bulldozers in a desperate attempt to stop the soggy little pest (or, rather, "proud national symbol"). In fact, Manitoba recently upped its bounty on beavers, with some communities offering another $20 a head on top of the current $15. (Idea for a fast-paced CBC action show: The Bounty Hunter, Manitoba Style." He always gets his Castor canadenis!")

A true story from out bulging files on beaver crimes. In 1992, a beaver dam flooded train tracks northeast of Thunder Bay, derailing a train and killing two crew members. (Idea for a fast-paced CBC docudrama: Killer Water rats: Evil or Just Plain Bad?")

From "How to be a Canadian" Will and Ian Ferguson

[tomkow6]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Good: Your hubby and you agree, no more kids
Bad: You can't find your birth control pills
Ugly: Your daughter borrowed them

Good: Your son studies a lot in his room
Bad: You find several porn movies hidden there
Ugly: You're in them

Good: Your husband understands fashion
Bad: He's a cross dresser
Ugly: He looks better than you

Good: Your son's finally maturing
Bad: He's involved with the woman next door
Ugly: So are you

Good: You give the birds and bees talk to your daughter
Bad: She keeps interrupting
Ugly: With corrections