A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-09-03...Military Monday

Billie

[Billie]

[Billie]

Good Monday Morning to FR's Finest. Hope this day is the beginning of a wonderful week for all of you.

Have to post and run - will be back in a couple of hours.

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Billie.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday !

70 degrees as I post this, headin' for around 88-90 today.

[MeekOneGOP]

And here is Meek n Ying !!

Thanks for the help with fixin' that pic up, ST.LOUIE1 !!

[maxwell]

Hey bro, she's a knock-out! Congrats!

Okay now my eyes are doin' alot better. They underwent some traumatic scarring this morning seeing Shelob on the Today show, but one look at y'all has fixed 'em up straight. Great pic! Look at you, all Republican in a tie 'n whatnot... ;)

[LadyX]

Happy Monday - Happy Week!

Summer in Fairbanks, Alaska:

[GailA]

Good MORNING ALL

Coffee's on

[LadyX]

We are delighted to see your lovely Ying, Meekie.
Thank you so much for the photograph!

Bet she had no idea just how large your "Finest Family" is..:))
We all wish you much joy.

[Temple Owl]

A cheerful day back to you Billie and all.

[Pippin]

Now there's a beautiful couple!

Gonna make a Texan out of your new bride?

Better yet! You gonna make a freeper out of her? :O)

[Pippin]

Hi, Billie!

[Pippin]

HOWDY EVERY BODY!

I might have forgotten to put you on my list but this post is directed to you all too!

I was lurking on the rest of Friday's Friendship thread.

I left before I could say something to you all, so, I'm saying it now.

I have no fancy graphic or great picture so I'll just use words.

To the regulars on the Finest thread, though I only said FRiend to only a few of you, That don't mean they are my only friends on FR.

I want you all to know how much I appreciate each and everyone of you on this thread and on other threads!

I see you all as sisters and brothers and I'm proud of being a part of FR!

[Dubya]

Linda meets up with her friend Jill as she is picking her
car up from the mechanic.

"Everything ok with your car now?" Linda asked.

"Yes, thank goodness," Jill replied. "I was worried that my
mechanic might try to rip me off, so I was relieved when he
told me all I needed was blinker fluid."

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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his
flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we
shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore
opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto
them who are of the household of faith. -Galatians 6:7

[FreeTheHostages]

[Dubya]

Thank you. Its good to have you for a friend.

[Pippin]

Thanks, Same here.:o)

[Pippin]

Thank You, FTH!

[Aquamarine]

A good and patriotic morning to all!

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

(click on graphic)

[ladtx]

Since it's a Military Monday I thought I would include a portion of an email I recently received from my son, who is a Civil Affairs NCO in Mosul, northern Iraq. You'll have to excuse some of the language but I can understand, (been there, done that). It gives a pretty good idea of what our guys are still going through over there. I left the formatting as he sent it, Jeff is pretty much a "stream-of-conciousness" kind of guy.

I really miss all you guys....as of right now we are being told that we'll be home some time between september and the end of november....but, as I tell everyone, just keep your mind on november and if we get home sooner then great...damn, I just killed another freakin' bloodsucker on my forehead...these mosquitos are kicking my ass over here...we are living right off of the Tigris so the mosquitos are everywhere....we are living in a "used to be" five star hotel that was owned by Saddam back in the day....but, after the war it was looted like a mofo...so now it's like a one star, but we are making some major improvements...we finally got the plumbing working so we can regularly take showers like normal human beings again....yeah, when we first got into country I went > 23 days without showering and I was stinking somethin' fierce, we all were....but, finally as I said we can be like normal people again....man, some of these people live like animals....they piss in the street....sewage runs along the street, along with trash,like a normal way of life for these people....they can't really shower that often, so naturally they wreak of nastiness(some of them)....my team and I have an interpreter that we hired and he's really cool....he is a doctor who just finished his schooling...his name is Dr. *****, real nice guy....our CA (Civil Affairs) Bn was in charge of hiring about 100 local interpreters for the Division, just a small, small part of what we've done here....Dr. ***** tells me that most people are happy that Saddam is gone, but that there are a few die hard Ba'athist that want us to leave now, basically so they can try to run the country again....forget that, it ain't gonna happen....we help put their police back in order here in Mosul...but from what > the people say, most of them are prewar cops...don't ask, I know it doesn't make sense to me either...a few of the cops are pretty cool, one of them that works here at the CMOC had a brother that was killed by Saddam, so he is happy that that mofo is gone, and hopefully dead....it's still a little "hot" here but I think that most of the remaining hostilities lie in B'dad....we have heard that there is almost one soldier shot or killed by rpg about every other day or so down there....