USO Canteen FReeper Style Liberty R&R to Arkansas .... October 26,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style 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.

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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 

CASUAL SATURDAY AT THE CANTEEN

Liberty commences at the beginning of today's
FReeper USO Canteen thread
and, depending on your division assignment,
expires when the new thread for Sunday is posted.

***** A special invitation to our troops and Veterans
to join us in today's cyber trip. *****

Arkansas

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

The State that brought us a President

Application to Live in Arkansas

Mt. Magazine

Falling Water Falls, Ozarks

Pumpkin Hollow, Piggot

Sam's Throne, Ozark National Forest

Toad Suck Daze

Long ago, steamboats traveled the
Arkansas River when the water was
at the right depth. When it wasn't, the
captains and their crew tied up to wait
where the Toad Suck Lock and Dam now
spans the river.

While they waited, they refreshed themselves
at the local tavern there, to the dismay of the
folks living nearby, who said: "They suck on
the bottle 'til they swell up like toads." Hence,
the name Toad Suck. The tavern is long gone,
but the legend and fun live on at Toad Suck Daze.

Conway Twitty brought fame to Arkansas

Wagon Wheel, Ozarks

State Flower Apple Blossom

Sugar Loaf Mountain as seen from the Little Red River

DeGray Lake Resort State Park

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Starman, good to see you.
(((( hug )))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Check it out Girlz, more bumper boats. And more time to play with them. Duchess has her hair dryer for Beamer, so if he gets wet it won't take forever to get him dry. Everybody have fun!

[MoJo2001]

Good evening, Diva!! How are you?? Glad you are one!! Woohoo!! Wonder where Ma is tonight?? Hmmmm.....

[MoJo2001]

Woohoo!! How fun does that look?? Woohoo!! Hello, Ma!! How are you doing tonight? I hope all is well!!

[Snow Bunny]

FallGuy and I just LOVE reading what you wrote about it Linda. Thank you so much for the glimpse into what it must be like for me. Thank you. FallGuy said he is VERY proud of you and loved what you wrote.

[MoJo2001]

Most people that ain't Hoosiers are either liberals or statist pieces of crap, I have no use for either.

Most people that are liberals or statist elites wouldn't be posting in the Free Republic nor would they be posting to our troops.

Most people that are liberals or statist elites would think that using the term "ain't" is a form of ignorance and very redneck.

Most people that are liberals or statist elites would find it very hard to understand any conservative from any state.

Most people, like myself, are blessed to hail from Ohio where the governor and the two Senators are BOTH REPUBLICAN. I almost have little use for states that have a SENATOR that is a DEMOCRAT, but I overcome that. It isn't everyone's fault.

Most people in the Midwest, I would still assume that Indiana is still there, tend to be very friendly, God fearing, conservative, and proud of their families.

[Dakmar]

Wow, You about summed up what I was was trying to say. Bless You.

[MoJo2001]

God Bless you!! I feel bad that Evan Bayh is your Senator. It must be horrible. Oh! I try to keep my children out of Indiana for that mere reason. I don't want them to think that our conservative family thinks Hoosiers are losers for having a Democrat Senator. He's such a liberal statist elite.

[Snow Bunny]

I love our transportation today. What fun!
Thank you Tonkin.

[redhead]

Wow, SAM! Those PBY-Catalinas bring back a lot of memories. In Southeastern Alaska, along the Panhandle, there are lots of villages scattered around the numerous little islands. Since there is no way to drive into Juneau, the only way for these villages to have access to any of the larger towns was by boat or by air. Alaska Coastal Airlines was a small island-hopper airline in those days, and flew mostly Catalinas and Grumman Goose(s?)(Geese?) back and forth between the islands and the Mainland. Sometimes, on very calm days, they would taxi out into the middle of the Gastineau Channel, and drive around in a circle for a while to stir up enough motion in the water to provide a little lift. In some of the old pictures of the Alaska Coastal Airlines aerodrome on the wharf in Juneau, the big "Alaska Airlines" sign is visible. My daddy painted that sign in the forties. ...sigh...memories...

[Kathy in Alaska]

I'm doing great, except for droopy eyes already, but I'm here for the evening now. Who keeps the supply of toothpicks?

[MoJo2001]

Here you are, Ma!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Eastbound, always nice to see you drop in.

[Radix]

You are unbelievable. LoL!


I see that you combed your hair.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Could anyone ask for a more considerate child?

[MoJo2001]

When you find that considerate child, please let us all know? We are just anxious to meet a well mannered one!! LOL!

[Snow Bunny]

Hi my friend, thank you so much for sharing about when you went to Arkansas.And your younger brother going to school there.
Yes, it is a fun State with lots to do. I wish the klintoons had not claimed any State. No one with their right mind would want them. grrrr
I spent about three weeks in Little Rock when FallGuy was doing a movie and we had a lot of fun there. The people were very friendly.

[redhead]

Wow, Linda! Congratulations! Good on yer!