[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Military Lurkers:
Feel free to e-mail me at seaside611@hotmail.com your ideas about what you would like to see in the Canteen.

FReepers please post your ideas on what you would like to see in the Canteen.

[tomkow6]

Just a reminder:

Military Lurkers:

As several others have said,

This CANTEEN is FOR our Veterans; moreover, THIS CANTEEN IS FOR OUR TROOPS!

Quoting Tonk:

Feel free to e-mail me at  seaside611@hotmail.com your ideas about what you would like to see in the Canteen.

A reminder to Canteen Crew NOT to post any responses they get UNLESS the person asked them to.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody !!

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Please stop in and say hi to our military lurkers.
Post your graphics, jokes, prayers, stories, music, links etc.
Will you take some time to put a smile on a military lurkers face today?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and in the Canteen.

[kari]

Hello. I'd like to help. But I was wondering if anyone knew of a site for free, where I could upload graphic to link to here. I know there are many, but they seem to have a limit as to how many "hits" per day they allow each account. Can someone point me to somewhere?

[deadhead]

God Bless our Troops and Veterans

Good Morning all. Have a great day!

~~~deadhead~~~

[Johnny Gage]

AIR POWER
Lockheed C-141

The Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin) C-141 was the first jet aircraft designed to meet military standards as a troop and cargo carrier. It was also the first military aircraft to be developed with a requirement for FAA type certification in the contract. The Starlifter is the workhorse of the Air Mobility Command. It fulfills a vast spectrum of airlift requirements through its ability to airlift combat forces over long distances, place those forces and their equipment either by conventional landings or airdrops, resupply employed forces, and extract the sick and wounded from a hostile area.

President John F. Kennedy's first official act after his inauguration was to order the development of an all-jet transport to extend the reach of the nation's military forces. Lockheed's C-141 StarLifter was the result. The C-141 Starlifter was the workhorse of the Air Mobility Command during the Cold War. The Starlifter fulfilled the vast spectrum of airlift requirements through its ability to airlift combat forces over long distances, inject those forces and their equipment either by airland or airdrop, re-supply employed forces, and extract the sick and wounded from the hostile area to advanced medical facilities.

The current C-141B is a stretched version of the original C-141A with in-flight refueling capability. The C-141B is about 23 ft longer than the C-141A, with cargo capacity increased by about one-third. The C-141 force, nearing seven million flying hours, has a proven reliability and long-range capability.

To slow aircraft aging of the active duty fleet, 56 PAI aircraft were transferred to the UE Guard and Reserve as of FY95. Additionally, the process of retiring high flight hour equivalent aircraft will culminate with the retirement of the entire AMC active duty fleet by FY03. The Air Force plans to retire Unit Equipped (UE) ARC C-141C aircraft by FY06. There were a total of 99 C-141's in service worldwide as of the end of 2001. The Air Force did not use the C-141 in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, relying instead on the newer and larger C-17.


Primary Function: Long-range troop and cargo airlift.
Length: 168 feet, 4 inches (51 meters).
Height: 39 feet, 3 inches (11.9 meters).
Wingspan: 160 feet (48.5 meters).
Operating Weight: 144,492 lb
Max Takeoff Weight: 343,000 lb
Max Takeoff Weight: 323,100 lb (145,395 kilograms)
Max Payload: 94,508 lb
Total Fuel Capacity: 23,592 US gal
Power Plant: Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engines.
Thrust: 20,250 pounds (9,112.5 kilograms), each engine.
Speed: 500 mph (Mach 0.66).
Cruise: Speed 489 kt
Ceiling: 41,000 feet (12,424 meters).
Max Payload Range: 2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles).
Ferry Range: 5,550 NM
Takeoff Distance: (MGW) 6,800 ft
Landing Distance: (DLW) 3,750 ft
Unit Cost: $8.1 million (1992 dollars).
Crew: Six (pilot, co-pilot, two loadmasters, and two flight engineers).

[Valin]

13-point deer shot by hunter turns out to be doe
Associated Press
Published Nov. 20, 2002

WILLMAR, MINN. -- A Willmar man thought he had a trophy buck when he shot a deer northwest of Willmar on Nov. 9.
But when Tom Schneider flipped it over, he noticed something was amiss.
In fact, it was a doe.

Schneider and his hunting companions saw that the 200-pound animal with the 13-point non-typical rack of antlers was a doe.
He says they took pictures to document their unusual find.
Chris DePerno is deer project leader for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's Farmland Zone of Minnesota.
He says does with antlers are rare.

DePerno says the deer must have suffered some hormone imbalance to cause the antler development.
He doesn't know if Schneider's kill is a record for an antlered-doe because there doesn't appear to be any current records on the books.


He says he'd have to see the deer's teeth to determine its age.
Schneider says he's having the head mounted.



© Copyright 2002 Star Tribune. All rights reserved

[Valin]

This day in history

Birthdates which occurred on November 20:
1602 Otto von Guericke inventor (air pump)
1620 Peregrine White son of William & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
1726 Oliver Wolcott (Ct-Gov), signed Declaration of Independence
1752 Thomas Chatterton English poet (Christabel)
1761 Pius VIII 253rd Roman Catholic pope (1829-30)
1841 Sir Wilfrid Laurier (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)
1858 Selma Lagerlof Sweden, novelist (Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909)
1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis judge/1st commissioner of baseball
1869 Clark Griffith Missouri, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
1873 Daniel Gregory Mason Brookline MA, composer (Chanticker)
1884 Norman Thomas Marion Ohio, socialist (presidential candidate 1928-48)
1886 Karl von Frisch zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
1889 Edwin Hubble astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1891 Leon Cadore pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)
19-- Conny Bloom rocker (Electric Boys-Funk-o-metal Carpet Ride)
19-- Dan Frazer NYC, actor (Frank-Kojak)
19-- Mark Miller Houston TX, actor (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
19-- Tony Soper Yakima Wash, actor (Kay O'Brien)
1900 Chester Gould cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job)
1907 Fran Allison LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
1908 Alistair Cooke Manchester England, actor (Masterpiece Theatre)
1909 Alan Bible (Sen-D-NV, 1954-74)
1910 Pauli Murray famous African
1911 Jean Shiley US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932)
1914 Emilio Pucci Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954)
1915 Kon Ichikawa Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks)
1916 Judy Canova Jacksonville FL, comedienne/actress (Cannonball)
1916 Robert A Bruce MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
1917 Robert Byrd (D-Sen-WV) majority leader
1918 Dora Ratjen Germany, man posing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)
1919 Evelyn Keyes actress (Adventure of Martin Eden)
1920 Douglas Dick Charlestown WV, actor (Carl-Waterfront)
1920 Gene Tierney Brooklyn, actress (Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1921 Phyllis Thaxter Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Fort Worth)
1923 Beryl Sprinkel Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
1923 Nadine Gordimer South Africa, actress/writer (Lying Days)
1924 Benoit Mandelbrot Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf's law)
1925 Maya Plisetkaya prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet)
1925 Robert Francis Kennedy Brookline MA (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated
1926 Kaye Ballard Cleveland Ohio, actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law)
1927 Estelle Parsons Lynn MA, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde)
1928 Franklin Cover Cleveland, actor (Tom-The Jeffersons)
1928 Rex Reason Berlin Germany, actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s)
1929 Dick Clark Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand)
1929 Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn Schenectady NY, conductor (American Ballet)
1932 Richard Dawson Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud)
1934 Valentine J Peter Omaha NB, priest (Boy's Town 1985- )
1937 Eero Muntyranta Finland, nordic ski relay (Olympic-gold-1960)
1937 Jack Linkletter San Francisco CA, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny)
1937 Ruth Laredo (nee Meckler) Detroit MI, concert pianist
1939 Dick Smothers NYC, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show)
1940 Bob Einstein Los Angeles CA, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
1941 Gary Karr Los Angeles CA, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic)
1942 Joseph R Biden Jr (D-Sen-Del)
1942 Norman Greenbaum Massachusetts, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky)
1943 Veronica Hamel Philadelphia PA, actress (Joyce-Hill St Blues, 79 Park Ave)
1944 Anthea Stewart Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)
1946 Duane Allman rocker (Allman Brothers-Jessica, Ramblin' Man)
1946 Judy Woodruff newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)
1947 Joe Walsh Wichita KS, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy)
1948 Richard Masur NYC, actor (David-One Day at a Time)
1948 Samuel E Wright Camden SC, actor (Enos, Ball Four)
1949 Juha Mieto Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
1949 Ray Vitte NYC, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest)
1952 Robert Lipton NYC, actor (Tom-The Survivors, As the World Turns)
1954 Steve Dahl California, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
1956 Bo Derek Long Beach Cal, actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man)
1956 Mark Gastineau NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85)
1959 Sean Young Louisville KY, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love)
1962 Steve Alexander rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1964 Ned Vaughn actor (The Rescuer)
1965 Mike D [Diamond], rocker (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight)
1967 Jeff Cotler Long Beach CA, actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning)
1974 Marisa Ryan actress (Major Dad)

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Deaths which occurred on November 20:
1910 Leo Tolstoy Russia, author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
1962 Jasper McLevy socialist mayor of Bridgeport CT, dies
1968 Cathy Lewis actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies at 50
1973 Allan Sherman songwriter ("Camp Granada"), dies
1975 Gen Francisco Franco Spain's dictator, dies in Madrid at 82
1983 Marcel Dalio actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
1983 Richard Loo actor, dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1985 Bill Scott cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
1995 Sergei Grinkov Soviet ice skater (Olympic Gold 1988.1994) dies (heart attack ?) at 28

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On this day...
1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England
1637 Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1780 Britain declares war on Holland
1789 New Jersey becomes 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1805 The opera "Fidelio" is produced (Vienna)
1829 Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev & Sevastopol
1862 Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
1866 1st national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization)
1866 Howard University founded (Wash, DC)
1866 Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1888 William Bundy patents the timecard clock
1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions
1894 US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1901 The opera "Gris‚lidis" is produced (Paris)
1909 Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1917 Ukrainian Republic declared
1919 1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az
1928 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
1931 Commercial teletype service begins
1938 1st documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1942 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1943 US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island
1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey)
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
1947 UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
1959 UN adopts the declaration of children's rights
1962 US lifts blockade of Cuba
1966 Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1969 Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
1976 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live
1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
1980 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's)
1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting
1981 Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
1981 Ringo releases "Stop & Smell the Roses" album
1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "The Day After," about nuclear war
1983 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
1983 NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
1985 Yankee Don Mattingly named AL MVP
1986 UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1990 Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership
1990 US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Mexico : Revolution Day (1910)
World : Rights of the Child Day
US : National Children's Book Week Begins - - - - - ( Monday )

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Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of Edmund
RC : Commemoration of St Felix of Valois, confessor

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Religious History
1541 In Switzerland, French reformer John Calvin, 32, established a theocratic government at Geneva, thereby creating a home base for emergent Protestantism throughout Europe.
1572 The first Presbyterian meeting house in England was established at Wandsworth, Surrey.
1850 Blind Fanny Crosby underwent a dramatic spiritual conversion at age 30. Fifteen years later, she began writing her first of over 8,000 hymns texts. Many of these remain popular today, including "Rescue the Perishing," "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross," "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" and "Tell Me the Story of Jesus."
1872 The hymn penned by Annie Sherwood Hawks, 36 __ "I Need Thee Every Hour" __ was first sung at a National Baptist Sunday School Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1961 The Russian Orthodox Church joined the World Council of Churches.

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Thought for the day :
" Freedom has a thousand charms to show, that slaves, however content, will never know. "

[2Jedismom]

You know, I'm curious about how care packages are handled. I'll be sending one soon to the 24th MEU and also I'll be sending all those Christmas cards in a box labeled "Any Marine" and I was just wondering how they go about distributing things like that?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Morning Troops, families, veterans, and Canadian and Israeli allies (and everybody else). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 9:20am
Sunset 4:09pm

Hi 36F
Lo 30F

Windy

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 32F
Lo 25F

State Hi 52F Annette
State Lo -18F Anaktuvuk Pass

[amom]

received via email...FWIW


A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert Quotes" contest.
They were looking for people to submit quotes from their real life

Dilbert-type managers. Here are the finalists:

1. "As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using
individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and
employees will receive their cards in two weeks."

2. "What I need is a list of specific unknown problems
we will encounter."

3. "E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or
data. It should be used only for company business."


4. "This project is so important, we can't let things
that are more important interfere with it."

5. "Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the
schedule."

6. "No one will believe you solved this problem in one
day! We've been working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks
and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them."

7. "My Boss spent the entire weekend retyping a
25-page proposal that only needed corrections. She claims the disk I gave
her was damaged and she couldn't edit it. The disk I gave her was
write-protected."

8. Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people
doing what I say."
9. My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled
for Monday. When I told my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would
have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could
change her burial to Friday.
He said, "That would be better for me."

10. "We know that communication is a problem, but the
company is not going to discuss it with the employees."

11. We recently received a memo from senior management
saying: "This is to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding
the memo mentioned above."

12. One day my Boss asked me to submit a status report
to him concerning a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would
be soon enough. He said, "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until
tomorrow to ask for it!"

13. As director of communications, I was asked to
prepare a memo reviewing our company's training programs and materials. In
the body of the memo in one of the sentences I mentioned the "pedagogical
approach" used by one of the training manuals. The day after I routed the
memo to the executive committee, I was called into the HR director's office,
and told that the executive vice president wanted me out of the building by
lunch. When I asked why, I was told that she wouldn't stand for perverts
(pedophiles?) working in her company. Finally, he showed me her copy of the
memo, with her demand that I be fired-and the word "pedagogical" circled in
red. The HR manager was fairly reasonable, and once he
looked the word up in his dictionary and made a copy of the definition to
send back to her, he told me not to worry. He would take care of it. Two
days later, a memo to the entire staff came out directing us that no words,
which could not be found in Sunday newspaper could be used in company memos.
A month later, I resigned. In accordance with company policy, I created my
resignation memo by pasting words together from the Sunday paper.

[Dutchgirl]

I had a story from a Navy wife in Jax. Jacksonville prides itself on being Navy Blue. (I am an Air Force brat, but I am happy to live anywhere that loves the military.) I thought Jacksonville did a good job of supporting our service men and women, but a friend of mine is envious of the treatment received by another Navy wife in the small town of Lady Lake, Florida.

When her husband was deployed, shortly after 9/11, they were one of the few military families in town. The neighbors arranged for their lawn to be mowed and other "rent-a husband" activities. The church provided Mom with a regular night out with free babysitting, and finally, on the night that her husband was to leave, the congregation gathered to serenade them with patriotic songs.

Now I know that some of our active duty military did not get a send off like this, at the town bandstand- but they DESERVED one. So, I am including the band stand, and hoping that some other savvy canteeners can include a little John Philips Sousa for the occasion!

[Radix]

HU'S ON FIRST

By James Sherman



(We take you now to the Oval Office.)





George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?





Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.





George: Great. Lay it on me.





Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.





George: That's what I want to know.





Condi: That's what I'm telling you.





George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?





Condi: Yes.





George: I mean the fellow's name.





Condi: Hu.





George: The guy in China.





Condi: Hu.





George: The new leader of China.





Condi: Hu.





George: The Chinaman!





Condi: Hu is leading China.





George: Now whaddya' asking me for?





Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.





George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?





Condi: That's the man's name.





George: That's who's name?





Condi: Yes.





George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of
China?





Condi: Yes, sir.





George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle
East.





Condi: That's correct.





George: Then who is in China?





Condi: Yes, sir.





George: Yassir is in China?





Condi: No, sir.





George: Then who is?





Condi: Yes, sir.





George: Yassir?





Condi: No, sir.





George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China.



Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.





Condi: Kofi?





George: No, thanks.





Condi: You want Kofi?





George: No.





Condi: You don't want Kofi.





George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And





then get me the U.N.





Condi: Yes, sir.





George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.





Condi: Kofi?





George: Milk! Will you please make the call?





Condi: And call who?





George: Who is the guy at the U.N?





Condi: Hu is the guy in China.





George: Will you stay out of China?!





Condi: Yes, sir.





George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.





Condi: Kofi.





George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.





(Condi picks up the phone.)





Condi: Rice, here.





George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should
send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese
food in the Middle East?

[Dutchgirl]

Ahhh. The new Federalist has hit my mailbox

UPRIGHT "None of us wish to go to war, and yet in these terrible times none of us wish to leave such a terrible man [as Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein] in control of such terrible weapons." --Victor Davis Hanson ++
"Reasonable people can disagree about the prudential options for addressing the threat of an outlaw state such as Iraq which has weapons of mass destruction, harbors terrorists and seeks a nuclear weapons capability." --George Weigel ++
"After weeks of negotiation, hesitation and general vacillation, our 'friends' on the UN Security Council -- France and Russia -- have agreed to pretend to crack down on Saddam Hussein. In return, he can pretend to obey." --Paul Greenberg {}
"Until this war, like the cold war, is won, all elections will be 9-11 elections -- elections that those who ignore this unhappy truth will continue to lose." --Charles Krauthammer ++
"Democrats were defeated because the election was dominated by a conservative president espousing conservative principles. Issues like homeland security, the Iraqi threat and lower taxes -- issues many Democrats openly opposed -- were popular with voters." --Oliver North ++
"The voices of compromise are always seductive -- and too often over the years the Republicans have heeded those voices." --Thomas Sowell ++
"...Democrats have been without new ideas for so long that bankruptcy for their party would be a step up." --Cal Thomas {}
"...[N]ever, ever, ever underestimate George W. Bush. It took me two years of being wrong about Bush before I finally got sick of it. The rest of the pundit class had better catch on. He is a leader of the first order." --David Brooks

Late night

Jay Leno.... Inspectors say they haven't found any offensive or defensive weapons yet. That's not Iraq, but the Lakers. They lost again last night! .... Saddam Hussein is now going to allowing weapons inspectors back into Iraq. He changed his mind after a call from Doctor Phil. .... Al-Qa'ida has issued another threat towards New York and Washington saying there will be more attacks if we do not convert to Islam. Convert to Islam? And you thought Jehovah Witnesses were pushy! .... Once thought dead, but now it is believed Osama bin Laden is still alive. Know what this means -- there's still hope for the Democrats! .... The Democrats have decided that Boston, Massachusetts, will be the site of their 2004 convention. However they are saying, "Shhhhhhh don't tell Al Gore!" .... Tomorrow at midnight the government takes over airport security. So if you want to get anywhere you better leave tonight! .... Yesterday Congress voted to give itself a raise! And why not? Sure, the country is on a terror alert, we're on the brink of war, and the economy is in the dumper. Good job, fellas! .... Instead of a raise Congress should work off a commission. .... Ellis Island closed its doors this week in 1954. This is the place where we used to process immigrants coming into the country. Of course, that was back in the days where we used to process immigrants coming into the country.

David Letterman.... "Top Signs Saddam Hussein is Getting Nervous": "Recently he seems less 'bloodthirsty' and more 'murderous'"; "Every time the doorbell rings he yells, 'incoming!'"; "At dinner, can only finish half a gazelle"; "Ebert-sized sweat marks on his fatigues"; "Has had his mustache bulletproofed"; "Panicked after he realized he might not be around to see who wins on 'The Bachelor'"; "Too fidgety to sit still for his monthly gigantic portrait"; "Cancelled his 'Victory Over the Great Satan' party"; "Has started making bad decisions, like betting on the Knicks"; "He's taking Zoloft along with his Cipro."

Argus Hamilton.... The FBI accused the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of incompetence. The ATF's law enforcement mission is ambiguous at best. After all, the Founding Fathers considered alcohol, tobacco and firearms three of the four basic food groups. .... Congress voted 299-121 Wednesday to pass the Homeland Security bill. It will combine the Coast Guard, the INS and Customs, and it will allow airline pilots to carry guns inside the cockpit. Until now they were only allowed to carry tequila shooters. .... Hillary Clinton was selected the national issues spokesperson by the Democratic Party. She immediately refused comment on the Ten Commandments display just ordered out of the Alabama Supreme Court lobby. Hillary Clinton isn't opposed to the Ten Commandments, but she's not exactly married to the idea, either.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Rare, medium or well done? (^:

                                            

Cowboy

[MoJo2001]

A MUSICAL DEDICATION TO
ALL OF OUR TROOPS THAT LABOR
AND FIGHT ON OUR BEHALF!
MAY WE NEVER FORGET YOUR SACRIFICE
MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER TO BE
THANKFUL! THANK YOU TO OUR
WONDERFUL ALLIES IN THIS FIGHT AS
WELL. GOD BLESS CANADA, ISRAEL,
GREAT BRITIAN, AUSTRALIA, TAIWAN,
AND MANY OTHERS!

 

 

While you have a moment,
let us entertain you!
God Bless All of you that
lurk during your free time!

 

 

[LBGA]

Hi y'all. I haven't had time to stop by for a while because I have been out of town, and when I have been home I had company. Tonight I finally got some personal time on the computer and wanted to update my profile with a new flag image.

My daughter and I went to see my son graduate from Airborne school last week and watched him make two jumps. While waiting for the plane to fly by dropping their precious cargo, I took lots of Quicktime movies of the flag. It was a beautiful day with a strong breeze.

Do we ever have a great military! I think the flag knew a few more good men and women were joining their ranks.

Thank you to all who have done the Airborne thingie. Although for the life of me I can't understand why someone would jump out of a perfectly good plane, lots did, and lots before them have done so. (That is not an original LBGAism.. .but I liked it when I heard it.)

Anyway... here is the waving flag that I spent many hours watching last week.

[radu]

HELLOOOO everyone! I had every intention of spending a little time at the Canteen tonight. But I got an order for more glass Christmas ornaments and need to get those out, along with a couple of other projects I'm working on. So I'll get a good head start tonight and bust butt and by the weekend I should be able to spend some quality time with y'all and with the troops. I'll get a post or two in each day in the meantime. I did read the thread today and it felt so gooooood to do so. I've missed it so much.

It looks like it's been a wonderful day....fantastic graphics, funny jokes, and all the things that make the Canteen a great place for our troops and vets to visit.

You know I'm not leaving without saying Thank You! to our troops, veterans, and allies around the globe for protecting our Freedoms. God bless you and watch over you.

Have a great evening all.
If you girlz knock the fence down, watch out for others and for little critters. Don't run over any of them! LOL!!

((HUGS)) all 'round!

[MissAmericanPie]

A sailor about to ship out, asked his best friend to take care of his cat. A month later he gets a letter from his friend saying, "I'm sorry but your cat fell off the roof and died".

The sailor was upset and wrote his friend a letter chastening him for not breaking it to him easier. He wrote, "You didn't have to break the news to me all at once like that, you could have written and said, "Your cat is on the roof", then a few days later, you could have written another letter saying, "Your cat fell off the roof", then in a few days you could have sent me another letter saying "the cat died".

A week later the sailor gets a letter from his friend, "Your mom is on the roof".