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

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Kathy in Alaska]

I hope you got to hear the Patsy Cline that MoJo played for us. Patsy was such a good singer. Congrats to your son on Army jump school. Linda is more brave than me. I prefer staying in perfectly good airplanes. Thanks to both you and your son for your services to our country.

[radu]

"What Is A Brother" is a beautiful poem, Tonkin, and perfect for the Canteen. Thank you for posting it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bungee jumping? YOU DID WHAT?

OMG, now I have to worry about you jumping out of a perfectly good airplane too? Worrying about Linda was hard enough.

[radu]

My sentiments exactly, Kathy. You did WHAT??!!! groan...I feel woozy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Great picture Radix. Hmmmmmm.....Linda, you could create quite the commotion. LOL!

[radu]

Duchess, have you ever jumped out of a perfectly good plane or done any bungee jumping? Or are you like Kathy and me, liking to keep your feet firmly planted on something solid? hehehe!

[Snow Bunny]

NEW THREAD

[radu]

The flower arrangement is perfect for getting the mood set for Halloween, Tonk. It's beautiful.

HUG

[Snow Bunny]

WOW ! Bungee jumping.

[radu]

Poo! We're on such different schedules, zip. I always miss you when you're here....I'm in 'zzzzz-land' then. haha! I hope you're feeling chipper these days. :-))

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Well, I've never DONE it, but I think I probably could bring myself to jump out of a plane. If I had to. : )

Bungee jumping doesn't appeal to me. At all. : ) So I guess that makes three of us, huh? I think I could even pass on living it vicariously through Linda and MoJo - but I DO admire their courage! Very cool!

[Snow Bunny]

Sweet dreams Starman,thank you for today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi redhead, I hope you were able to join us Girlz in bumper boats. We've been missing you. Thanks for the southeast description of travel. What other state has a capital that you can't get there by car?

[radu]

LOL! I admire anyone who has the guts to do anything as as exciting as jump, be it out of a plane or on the end of a BIG rubberband. I'm such a chicken. cluckcluckcluckcluck.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Were you gutsier when you were younger, though? I look back on some of the stuff I did when I was twenty and I SHUDDER. WHAT WAS I THINKING? LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

That's the word that's been trying to get out of my brain: vicariously! I can be perfectly content living vicariously thru Linda (and my kid if I must). LOL!

[radu]

hahaha! I was LOTS gutsier. I lived in treetops...as high as I could go without the tree snapping and dropping me to the ground. My Mom once told me I had a habit of picking the most brittle variety of trees to climb and she just knew I'd never survive to adult-hood. Somehow, I made it.

I shudder when I think of some of the things I did when I was younger. I don't know why I lost my nerve for daring things. No bad experiences to explain it or anything. Just - poof! - and I became a chicken.

[radu]

This is the only way I can fly these days....in my other 'persona'. (giggle!)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LOL radu - I'm sure you're NOT a chicken!

But honestly, I think that's part of the reason I feel so appreciative of those who protect us every day. They do things I wouldn't dream of doing, and it's routine for them. Amazing.

[radu]

You've got that right!! I was married to a Marine in the early '70's and got a pretty good idea of what our troops do and that's when I got a healthy respect for our military.