A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-23-03....Christmas In July

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[dansangel]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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And Welcome To
The Top Ten Reasons
To Have Christmas In July

LadyX mentioned her son celebrating "Christmas in July" at his workplace on one of last week's threads. That is what planted the seed for today's presentation. Sit back, relax and enjoy as I bring you the following countdown of what I believe are the top reasons for lobbying to have Christmas fall *two* times during the year.



10) This reason is the most obvious: More Presents! Now, in addition to Birthdays, Anniversaries, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandparent's Day, Christmas in December, etc., there will be *another* excuse during the year to receive presents.

9) Revives the economy. Tax breaks be darned! What better incentive to shop than having another gift-giving holiday in the middle of the summer?

8) Revives the medical sector's economy. Remember, along with all of the shopping, crowds, surly store clerks and flaring tempers comes hypertension and depression. This would boost office visits and sales of blood pressure medication and antidepressives exponentially.

7) An effective tool to award good behavior. Instead of threatening children with receiving coal for Christmas if bad behavior persists just once a year, the practice could continue year-round. After all, it's much easier for a child to appreciate that "Christmas is just around the corner" when, in fact, it really is!

6) A great solution for thinning out the forests. It is a well-known scientific fact that the reason so many deadly forest fires burn out of control is due to the endless source of fuel for the fires. The need for Christmas trees twice a year would help to defoliate fuel-rich forests.

5) More unwanted animals would be given homes. Puppies and kittens make great Christmas gifts. There would be a surge in pet adoptions twice a year.

4) Christmas carolers would have a much better environment to carol in. They wouldn't have to bundle up against the cold and have an extra "hot toddy" or two to keep them warm while performing for the neighborhood. Heck, they could even just show up at the neighborhood pool and sing and suntan at the same time.

3) There would be a renewed interest in fruitcake. Just imagine - instead of bringing a heavy, cumbersome watermelon to the family barbecue, one could carry a neat little compact package just full of the fruit that people crave when eating outdoors.

2) Exercise. Grown-ups everywhere would get a great work-out twice a year climbing up and down ladders to decorate, then un-decorate the house. Or, if Christmas was held twice a year, the less-motivated home-owners would have an excuse to leave the decorations up all year round. ("But, Honey, Christmas is right around the corner….again!")

And finally, the Number One reason to have Christmas in July:

1) Another opportunity to take the time to give thanks to our Savior for being born, only to willingly give up His life for our eternal salvation.

Instead of waiting for another holiday to be declared in order to praise our Lord Jesus Christ and to reflect on His short life here on Earth, let us declare *every* day Christmas. That way we will appreciate our Savior - and each other - more fully and more often.

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 07-21-03 Military Monday 07-22-03 A Few MORE of FR's Finest

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God Bless Our Military

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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Dansangel; Dutchess; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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OhioWfan........................son mystery-ak..........son, husband Gogrammy................grandson Inspectorette...................son Blessed American..........nephew Slip18..........................nephew anniegetyourgun...........nephew Pippin....niece,nephew,loved one Doug from Upland......son-in-law weldgophardline.....brotherinlaw Future Snake Eater..........cousin WaterDragon..son-in-law,grandson BeforeISleep...................son The Mayor........................niece LadyX.........................grandson fawn796.....................nephew ValerieUSA................2 sons Warrior Nurse...........active duty SK1 Thurman...........active duty David Osborne.........active duty fc2tomschermuly......active duty bkwells..................activve duty LongCut..................active duty Trish.......................active duty

Maigrey................cousin ladtx....................2 sons Mama_Bear...........nephew gator girl............husband severa................husband MozartLover......son, nephew LBGA........................son SpookBrat...........nephew Himyar.....................son boxerblues............2 sons the piper...................son sheeza...............husband kemathen7...........husband Diver Dave................niece deadhead................cousin JimRobinson.....2 nephews Armymarinemom.....3 sons Consort..2 daughters,son-in-law Darheel..................niece dixie sass.............nephew BeAllYouCanBe.........son AgThorn...............2 sons homeschoolmama.......nephew kneezles.................son

[JustAmy]

I double locked the doors to the tool shed since your son and your grandchildren may be visiting the Finest today!

Just Frank will return soon. It only takes him a week or so to escape. LOL

[MeekOneGOP]

Where are you hiding Caveman Carl, Meekie?

Oh, sad story. CarlsbadCaveman got a case of the Carpal Pencil Syndrome.
It's kind of like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Stirring coffee so much, ya know.

C-a-a-a-a-a-a-r-r-r-r-r-l-l-l-l ! One cup for the lady !

Here ya go, ma'am !
One HOT cup of Carl's pencil-stirred coffee!

[GailA]

When we got up this morning about 310,000 were with out power in Memphis, now it is down to about 250,000. Not one neighborhood was spared some kind of storm damage, from branches to whole trees down, power, phone, cell, etc.

[LadyX]

Sigh - - gotta love that Caveman!!!

So sorry to hear about The Carpal Pencil Syndrome, though - MedProf, what do you recommend for him to overcome this?
It is essential he stir the morning coffee with his Eberhard eraser to get just the right flavor for our Finest coffee!

We rely upon it to get us going in the right direction..:))

[FreeTheHostages]

OK, some questions:

If a photo is too big, how to you make it smaller for a thread? Can you use any JPG for a border? Can I make my own hostess gif if I post my own thread (some day)?

[LilFreep]

Very nice thread today! :)

[dansangel]

So close and so scary. Thank goodness you have power. It sounds like the restoration is going rather slowly for all of those customers.

[dansangel]

Thank you ((((((LilFreep)))))

Glad you stopped by and hope you'll visit often!

[dansangel]

My humble and not-so-informed answers:

When you post a pic and want to make it smaller, reduce the dimensions in ratio. For example: < img src="http://www.yadayada.com/photo1.jpg" width=500 height=250> If you reduce the photo 1/5, you would make the dimensions width=400 height=200. A 2/5 reduction would be width=300 height=150, etc.

No, not any jpg can be used for a border - it has to be a tiled background....one that will replicate itself over and over to fill the dimensions you give it.

I will defer the third question to Billie (actually all three questions in case I've made an error in my answers).

[Aquamarine]

Had to come back here to cool off! Our power went off this afternoon (for no good reason) and the A/C has been off for a while!

It's good to see you again MedProf, glad you found some time to be here today. :)

Click on the graphic

[LilFreep]

I'm trying to come around more often- I even worked on my little Freep Info page last night and today. :)

[dansangel]

Glad your power is back on....I think all of the "moisture" we've been having here in the Peach State is wreaking havoc in all kinds of ways.

Cute graphic and great music....I sang that song in my very first public dance recital at the tender age of 6! LOL!!

[dansangel]

I checked out your page...great job! I love the starry background. :-)

[Aquamarine]

It hasn't rained today (yet) and it was cooler than usual. Beautiful day here.

[dansangel]

It rained off and on most of the day. it *is* cooler, though. What a treat!

[LadyX]

Love the cheerful Frosty The Snowman tune, Aqua - thanks!
Even more appealing in hot July rather than when you're freezing to death - - puts a smile on your face, too..:>))

[Aquamarine]

Thanks for the nice review. ;)

[dansangel]

I'm calling it quits for the evening, folks. It has been a long day, with two more to come until the comfort of the weekend - LOL!!

Thanks to everyone that participated today. (((((((((HUGS)))))))) to all of you and have a safe and happy evening!

[Calpernia]

Huh. Why was it removed by Moderator? Was your lacking of decorating skills offensive?

[Calpernia]

No worries. I don't have my Finest ping list perfected yet either. Did you order a new computer? What did you get?