[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You Military Lurkers
for your service to our country.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Please stop in and leave a Thanksgiving message 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?

[tomkow6]

Just a reminder:

Military Lurkers:

Quoting Tonk:

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

 

As several others have said,

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

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

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, EVERBODY!

Good Morning, TROOPS!  

[tomkow6]

Today’s FEEBLE attempt at humor:
(Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.)


GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

EVANGELIST: When you rearrange the letters:
EVIL'S AGENT

PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters:
I 'M A DOT IN PLACE


THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

And for the grand finale:
PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA:
When you rearrange the letters
(With no letters left over and using each letter only
once):

TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and in the Canteen.

[Valin]

Wild turkey runs wild in bank lobby

Associated Press

Published Nov. 27, 2002

JEWETT CITY, CONN. -- A turkey got all the attention on Tuesday -- and it had nothing to do with Thanksgiving dinner.
With angry gobbles and flapping wings, a wild turkey chased and pecked workers and customers at a local bank.

A stand-off of more than three hours followed between the stubborn bird, police, animal control staff and road crew workers.
Everything failed, including attempts to grab the turkey by hand, using a net and noose and luring the bird with popcorn.
Finally, a road crew worker grabbed the turkey, which was dropped off at an area forest.


I have nothing to say.

[Mr. Silverback]

To the troops:

One of the things we will give thanks for tomorrow at Casa Silverback is you guys and gals who defend our freedom.

[Valin]

On this day in history

Birthdates which occurred on November 27:

1701 Anders Celsius Sweden, scientist, inventor (centigrade temp scale)
1746 Robert Livingston delivered oath of office to George Washington
1804 Sir Julius Benedict Stuttgart Germany, opera composer (Protoghesi)
1809 Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble England, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)
1857 Sir Charles Scott Sherrington 1932 Nobel Laureate in Medicine & Physiology; author of the classic "The Integrative Action of the Nervous System"; discoverer of Sherrington's Law; coiner of the terms "neuron" and "synapse".
1865 Jose Asuncion Silva Colombia, poet (Nocturno III)
1867 Charles Koechlin Paris France, composer (Jacob Chez Luban)
1874 Chaim Weizmann Israeli statesman (1st President)
1874 Charles A Beard American historian (American Continentalism)
19-- Stephen Elliot NYC, actor (Falcon Crest, Dallas, Executive Suite)
19-- William Fichtner actor (As the World Turns)
1900 Leon Barzin Brussels Belgium, conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58)
1901 Ted Husing NYC, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)
1903 Johnny Blood aka John McNally, early NFL halfback (Green Bay)
1903 Mona Washbourne actress (Stevie, Billie Liar, Driver's Seat)
1909 James Agee American writer (The African Queen)
1912 David Merrick Broadway producer (Hello Dolly)
1917 "Buffalo" Bob Smith Buffalo NY, TV host (Howdy Doody)
1921 Alexander Dubcek headed Czech Communist Party (1968-69)
1925 Ernie Wise England, comedian (Morecambe & Wise)
1925 Marshall Thompson Peoria IL, actor (Bog, To Hell & Back, Daktari)
1925 Michael Tolan Detroit MI, actor (Nurses, Senator)
1932 Benigno Aquino Jr Philippine opposition leader; assassinated
1937 Gail Sheehy writer (Hustling)
1940 Bruce Lee San Francisco CA, karate star/actor (Green Hornet)
1942 Jimi Hendrix rock guitarist (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
1944 Eddie Rabbitt Brooklyn, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night)
1945 Barbara Anderson Brooklyn, actress (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible)
1951 Jayne Kennedy Wash DC, sportscaster (CBS)/actress (Body & Soul)
1952 James D Wetherbee Flushing NY, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-32, sk:46)
1954 Curtis Armstrong actor (Moonlighting)
1954 Patricia McPherson Oak Harbor Wash, actress (Bonnie-Knight Rider)
1957 Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg JFK's daughter
1959 Charlie Burchill rocker (Simple Minds-Breakfast Club)
1960 Ken O'Brien QB (NY Jets)
1961 Princess rocker (Desirez Heslop, All For Love)
1962 Calvin Hayes rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock)
1962 Charlie Benante Bronx NY, rock drummer (Anthrax-Protest & Survive)
1963 Fisher Stevens Chicago, actor (My Science Project, Short Circuit)
1964 Rebecca Michelle Ferratti Helena Mt, playmate (Jun, 1986)
1964 Robin Simone Givens [Mrs Mike Tyson] NYC, (Darlene-Head of the Class)
1965 Fiachna O'Broanain rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1976 Jaleel White Los Angeles CA, actor (Steve Urkel-Family Matters)
1976 Tyrone Sutton

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Deaths which occurred on November 27:

8 -BC- Horace Latin poet & satirist, dies (birth date unknown)
1934 Baby Face Nelson shot by FBI agents
1953 Eugene O'Neill playwright, dies in Boston at 65
1965 Harry Harvey Sr actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64
1975 Ross McWhirter Guinness Book of Records keeper, is murdered
1978 George Moscone (San Francisco Mayor) & City Sup Harvey Milk shot by Dan White
1981 Lotte Lenya singer/actress, dies in NY at 83
1984 Percy Norris deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
1986 Steve Tracy actor (Percival-Little House on the Praire), dies at 61
1988 John Carradine actor, dies at 82 of kidney failure

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On this day...

399 St Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1095 Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade
1815 Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic
1817 US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
1839 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
1843 The opera "The Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
1870 NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
1885 Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made
1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis Brady)
1890 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation
1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die
1901 Army War College established in Washington DC
1903 The opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich)
1910 NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
1912 Albanian National Flag adopted
1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco established
1924 57,000 watch a High School football game in LA
1926 110,000 watch Army & Navy play a 21-all tie
1926 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins
1937 Pro-labor musical revue "Pins & Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU
1941 USSR begins a counter offensive causing Germany to retreat
1942 French navy at Toulon scuttles ships & subs so Nazis don't take them
1945 Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China
1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1951 1st rocket to intercept an airplane, White Sands, NM
1957 Army withdraws from Little Rock AR, after Central HS integration
1958 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany
1960 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
1960 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
1961 Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
1965 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space
1966 In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41
1967 Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
1970 George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"
1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest
1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
1972 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses
1973 Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP
1975 Fred Lynn became 1st rookie to win the MVP
1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
1982 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0
1983 Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185
1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland
1989 Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107
1989 George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" & "Poor Little Girl"
1989 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space
1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher
1991 Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ

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

Burma : National Day
Cuba : Martyrs' Day
Israel : Weizmann Day
Mass : John F Kennedy Day (1963) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Bern Switzerland : Onion Market Day-autumn festival - - - - - ( Monday )
US : Thanksgiving - - - - - ( Thursday )

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Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of the Miraculous Medal

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Religious History

1095 In France, Pope Urban II solemnly proclaimed the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. Urban's twin_purpose was to relieve the pressure by the Seljuk Turks on the Eastern Roman Empire, and to secure free access to Jerusalem for Christian pilgrims.

1755 Land for the first Jewish settlement in America was purchased by Joseph Salvador, who bought 10,000 acres near Fort Ninety_Six, in the southern part of the Carolina Colony.

1862 Birth of Adelaide Pollard, Presbyterian hymnwriter. Plagued with frail health most of her life, she lived the life of a mystic. Of the several hymns she penned, "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" is still popular today.

1950 American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'What gets me into the Kingdom, from Christ's own statement, is not saying "Lord, Lord," but acting "Lord, Lord."'

1953 English Christian apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'Anxiety is not only a pain which we must ask God to assuage but also a weakness we must ask Him to pardon __ for He's told us to take no care for the morrow.'

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Thought for the day :
" No man can serve two masters, yes-men can serve hundreds. "

[Valin]

This day in military history . . .

November 27 . . .

1382 - The French nobility, led by Olivier de Clisson, crush the Flemish rebels at Flanders.

1812 - One of the two bridges being used by Napoleon Bonaparte's army across the Beresina River in Russia collapses during a Russian artillery barrage.

1863 - John Hunt Morgan escapes from the Ohio Penitentiary: Confederate cavalry raider John Hunt Morgan and several of his men break out of the Ohio state prison and escape safely to the South. Morgan was raised in Kentucky and served in the Mexican War under General Zachary Taylor. He was a successful hemp manufacturer before the war, but he moved to Alabama when Kentucky did not secede with the rest of the South. Morgan became a hero in the South when he made four daring raids on northern-held territory in 1862 and 1863. Though these raids were of limited strategic value, they boosted Southern morale and kept thousands of Federal troops occupied trying to hunt down Morgan. On his last raid, however, his reach exceeded his grasp. He took a large band and headed into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. After riding past Cincinnati, Morgan and his men tried to cross the Ohio River back into Kentucky, but they were surprised and routed by a larger Federal force at Buffington Island, Ohio. With his escape blocked, Morgan turned into northeastern Ohio but was finally surrounded by pursuing Yankee cavalry at Salineville on July 26, 1863. Morgan and several of his top officers were incarcerated in the newly constructed Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus while the rest of his men were sent to various Northern prisoner of war camps. Morgan and his men burrowed out of the prison by cutting a hole in the cell of one of the inmates. Below the cell was a crawl space for ventilation and they tunneled to the outside and journeyed safely to Confederate territory. Morgan returned to his cavalry activities in Tennessee after his escape. At Greeneville, Tennessee, in 1864, Morgan fell victim to the same kind of raid that he so often conducted and Yankee cavalry killed him.

1868 - Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry kills Chief Blackkettle and about 100 Cheyenne (mostly women and children) on the Washita River.

1904 - The German colonial army defeats Hottentots at Warmbad in southwest Africa.

1909 - U.S. troops land in Bluefields, Nicaragua, to protect American interests there.

1942 - The French fleet in Toulon is scuttled to keep it from Germany.

1950 - East of the Chosin River, Chinese forces annihilate an American task force.

1965 - Pentagon calls for troop increase: The Pentagon informs President Johnson that if General Westmoreland is to conduct the major sweep operations necessary to destroy enemy forces during the coming year, U.S. troop strength should be increased from 120,000 to 400,000 men. Also on this day: The Viet Cong release two U.S. special forces soldiers captured two years earlier during a battle of Hiep Hoa, 40 miles southwest of Saigon. At a news conference in Phnom Penh three days later, the two Americans, Sgt. George Smith and Specialist 5th Class Claude McClure, declared that they opposed U.S. actions in Vietnam and would campaign for the withdrawal of American troops. Although Smith later denied making the statement, U.S. authorities announced that the two men would face trial for cooperating with the enemy. Also on this day: In Washington, nearly 35,000 war protestors circle the White House for two hours before moving on to the Washington Monument. Dr. Benjamin Spock, Coretta Scott King, and activist Norman Thomas were among those who gave speeches.

1970 - South Vietnamese forces attacked near Cambodian border: A South Vietnamese task force, operating in southeastern Cambodia, comes under North Vietnamese attack near the town of Krek. The South Vietnamese command reported repelling the assault and killing enemy soldiers. The South Vietnamese command also reported killing 33 Viet Cong in the Rung Sat special zone, 23 miles southeast of Saigon.

[MistyCA]

HAPPY Thanksgiving to all the Troops!

[MoJo2001]

Dear Sir or Madam,

I wanted to take a few moments to say a few things about Thanksgiving and what it means to this Sailor's wife.

First, thank you for the freedom that you provide for all American citizens and freedom loving people of the world. Freedom is not something that can be seen to the average American, but for those that yearn to have it; you represent the brightest light towards it. Don't forget it!

Thank you for weathering vilification, negative media blitzes, anti-war protesters, politicians who give themselves pay raises and not you, Commander In Chief changes, long deployments, endless hours, loss of home life, loss of family quality time, loss of your own freedoms to choose what you would like to do for the day, or not having the opportunity to say "goodnight" to your children.

Thank you for doing a thankless job to those that don't understand what "Thank You" means nor those that have the courage to say it lest it be politically incorrect.

Thank you for providing an answer to every dictator, oppressor, totalitarian, murderer, rapist, and anti-American who fear giving power to their own people.

Thank you for providing hope for many of the oppressed people that live under the above mentioned situations. They may not say it openly or proudly, but they will march the streets waving American flags when they have experienced freedom for the first time.

Thank you for carrying on a tradition that has been passed on from one generation to the next in this country. There are two ways to best serve: serve God or country. If we can't muster enough decent people to serve our country proudly, we only have ourselves to blame. We have taken you for granted for too long. For this, I'm sorry.

Thank you for being able to read through the political smokescreens that politicians spew for the television cameras. Your job is to defend America. Not to defend the actions and words of a few who simply don't get it or refuse to.

Most of all, thank you for my freedom. Thank you for allowing me to freely play on the computer, work, love my family, meet new people, and to cherish lifelong friends. In many countries, I would be dead or jailed for such activity. In America, it was a birthright given to me from my birth. It is not one that I shall take for granted. If I do, please God don't let me forget. Thank you to one and all serving out there. I'm proud to be an American and I'm proud to know that there are brave men and women that fight on our behalf.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

[amom]

Morning Tonk and all. As we're looking towards giving thanks for this wonderful country I'd like to again thank all of you for your help and service in keeping us safe and free. The days ahead may not be easy but I know we will all do our best and the best is all I expect.

My warmest wishes for a safe holiday wherever you are.

A warm *hug* to y'all from amom

[Mo1]

A Thanksgiving Grace


Lord, we humbly ask thy blessing
On the turkey and the dressing,
On the yams and cranberry jelly,
And on the pickles from the deli.

Bless the apple pie and tea,
Bless each and every calorie.
Let us enjoy Thanksgiving dinner,
Tomorrow we can all get thinner!

For all Thy help along the way,
We're thankful this Thanksgiving Day.
We're thankful, too, for all our dear ones,
For all the far away and near ones.

Although we may be far apart,
We're together in my heart.
Keep us in Thy loving care,
This is my Thanksgiving prayer.

P.S. If there is anyone who wishes,
I could use some help with the dishes!

- Author Unknown

http://www.bigfatbaby.com/newfun2/fall/tgivgrace.cfm

[GeekDejure]

Here's Wishing You All A Happy Thanksgiving !!!

To ALL of you Marvelous Military Masterpieces:

Stay Safe -- Kick Muzzle-em Ass -- Come Home Soon !!!

[Pippin]

HOWDY, TONKIN!

[deadhead]

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS

Have a wonderful, Blessed Thanksgiving All!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;


Make it safe by night and day;


Bless these walls so firm and stout,


Keeping want and trouble out:


Bless the roof and chimneys tall,


Let thy peace lie over all;


Bless this door, that it may prove


ever open to joy and love.








Bless these windows shining bright,


Letting in God's heav'nly light;


Bless the hearth a'blazing there,


with smoke ascending like a prayer;


Bless the folk who dwell within,


keep them pure and free from sin;


Bless us all that we may be


Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;


Bless us all that one day we


May dwell O Lord with thee.

.

(Click on praying hands above,
or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bless This House hummed along with this morning, twice because I love this song for our USO Canteen, and Prayer of Protection said for all who enter the USO Canteen Freeper Style, including our troops, our veterans, their families and our allies. Welcome to all who come to honor our troops, for whom this USO Canteen was created.

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you

The love of God enfold you

The power of God protect you

The presence of God watch over you

Wherever you are, God is,

And all is well.

Amen.

Wherever you are, God is, And all is well.

[shezza]

To our wonderful warriors:

Thank you for the sacrifices you make every single day for your country and for our freedom. Our hearts are truly thankful for His bounty, which includes you!

"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you."
Philippians 1:3

God bless America!

[LaDivaLoca]

To the Canteeners, our Troops, Vets, Allies, Volunteers and their families,