A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-09,10-03....Week in Review

Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

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

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To Our FReeper FRiends: We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. We thought we'd kick back on the weekends and simply review the features of the week. If you missed seeing them and want to say hello there now, feel free to click on the link to that particular thread. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today and tomorrow, please feel free to do that also. One of us will always be around to see the welcome mat is still out, and maybe even put fresh flowers on the table. ~ Billie

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THIS WEEK'S THREADS


08-04-03 Military Monday................................................ BILLIE

08-05-03 Texas, My Texas.............................................. BILLIE

08-06-03 The Lighthouse ~ Old Presque Isle, MI... DANSANGEL

08-07-03 John's Two Cents...................... JOHNHUANG2/BILLIE

08-08-03 Pippin's Thoughts....................... PIPPIN/MAMA_BEAR

Have a wonderful weekend!

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[LadyX]

Claim you are cleanin' eh?? There will be a white glove inspection at 1538 hrs,
your location, dansy.

These fellows are on their way to perform that,
and cannot be bribed with M&M's !!

[FreeTheHostages]

Good morning to you!

[LadyX]

To: Taxman; Jimmy Valentine's brother; LadyX; kristinn; leadpenny; Diver Dave

OMIGOSH, Freezie... "Good morning, genttlemen!"

Should I be alarmed and hurry to a physician to see if I am a changeling?!

LOL

(The Thin Man - do you think she is baiting me?!!!!!

[dansangel]

Cute Bear photo (((((((((jwfiv)))))))

I was up early, too, for some strange reason. I'm showered, dressed, the apartment is cleaned and scrubbed and I'm just waiting to leave for our 12:00 noon haircut appointments!

Have a wonderful weekend!

[dansangel]

Send in the troops, ((((((LadyX))))))))

I await the "white glove" inspection with pleasure.

As I just reported to jwfiv, the apartment is scrubbed, cleaned, dusted and vacuumed. Leaving in a little bit for .45MAN and I to get our long-overdue haircuts and have a nice lunch out somewhere.

Tell the barefooted one to at least put some socks on before coming in to do the inspection. LOL!!

Hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

[lonestar]

I've had my chicken and rice and been out for a stroll twice. Now I'm having a little nap to get ready for the squirrels. I've had a very un-routine, busy week.

God's in His Heaven; All's right with the world.

Have a good weekend, my Finest "aunts and uncles".

Weinie

[LadyX]

I'd better get my own cleaning finished in case they circle back here..:))

{{{{{ dansy and .45MAN }}}}}

See everyone later.

[Dubya]

I hope you have a good week end too.

[Dubya]

Nice Bear pix.

[dansangel]

Cleaning is done, hair is cut, errands are finished for the day.....now I'm too pooped to FReep!

Just got word that shrillary is having a book-signing in Atlanta on Monday from 11:00-12:30. There is no way that .45MAN and I can be there due to work obligations. Yet, masses of her entitlement-dependent dimwits will be there to adore her. Arrrggghhhh!!!

We'll be working hard to pay for her little love-fest. It *stinks*, I tell ya!

((((((((Weinie)))))))), (((((((lonstar))))))) and (((((((LadyX)))))))

I need to go off to the corner and work off this bad mood that's just settled over me......

[The Thin Man]

The Thin Man - do you think she is baiting me?!!!!!

She's either baiting you or is just plain daffy. Either way it's sad. :-)

I'm afraid FeedTheOstriches is a lost cause!

[Dubya]

Email I just received from my friend Larry at AAA.

This article is long, but it is good. Makes you think about how selfish we all can be at times and how insignificant some of our gripes are! One of my flight attendant friends sent this to me.

Carolyn Sue

PATRIOTISM

I sat in my seat of the Boeing 767 waiting for everyone to hurry and stow their carry ons and grab a seat so we could start what I was sure to be a long and uneventful flight home. With the huge capacity and slow-moving people taking their time to stuff luggage far too big for the overhead and never paying much attention to holding up the growing line behind them, I simply shook my head knowing that this flight was not starting out very well and although I had a great bunch of meetings while conducting business on this trip, it was quickly becoming tarnished with these delays in my getting home to my loved one whom I had not seen in several days.

The meetings, although fruitful were long and I had not slept well, not to mention those blasted new dress shoes that rubbed a blister on my heel. I was pretty focused on "my" issues and just felt like standing up and yelling for some of these clowns to get their act together and focus on taking their seats. Knowing I couldn't say anything that would really help, I just thumbed through the sky mall widget magazine from the seat pocket in front of me. You know it's really getting rough when you resort to the over priced and mostly useless sky mall crap to break the monotony and nconvenience of the trouble I was going through.

With everyone finally on board and seated, we just sat there with the cabin door open and seemingly no one in any hurry to get us going even though we were well past our scheduled take off time. The paperwork had not yet come in to the flight deck, the attendants just stood around talking.

No wonder the airline industry is in trouble I told myself. Don't they realize we have some place we are supposed to be? We should be treated with more importance, after all we are the customers, right? Just then, the attendant came on the intercom to inform us all that we were being delayed... as she paused, the entire plane let out a collective groan.

She resumed her announcement, "We are holding the aircraft for some very special people who are on their way to the plane and that the delay should not be more than five more minutes. Their connecting flight has traveled a long way and we will get under way just as soon as possible

Now, I have had this happen to me before and more often than not, I had to catch the next flight or even go to another carrier to get to my destination. Still, I was grateful for the times when they waited for me, so I thought that I would go back to my sky mall pages and try to forget just how much I was being inconvenienced. An attendant scrambling down the connecting tunnel to the main cabin door brought word. I thought that maybe she had some information that would let us know why we had been sitting there for over 30 minutes!! Had someone finally given word that after waiting six times as long as we were first promised that I was finally going to be on my way? Why the hoopla over these folks? Just get their butts in a seat and let's hit the gas, I thought. After a few minutes we were all "locked on" when the attendant came back on the speaker. We were expecting some celebrity or sport figure to be announced as the reason the aircraft was delayed so long. I thought. "Who cares? Let's go.

She announced in a loud and excited voice that we were being joined by several United States Marines returning home from Iraq!!!! Just as they walked onboard, the entire plane erupted into applause. The men were a bit taken by the surprise of the 340+ people cheering for them as they searched for their seats. It didn't stop - they were having their hands shook and touched by almost everyone who was within an arm's distance of them as they tried to push through the aisles.

Whistles, cheering, an occasional "oorrahh", one elderly woman kissed the hand of one of the Marines as he passed by her, and the applause didn't stop for a long time as they continued toward the back of the aircraft.

When we finally got air born, I am sure I was not the only civilian checking his conscience, thinking of the delays in getting home from my "hard business meetings", finding my easy chair and remote, a cold beverage, and tending to my blister. In fact I felt pretty stupid as I am sure many did. After what these men had done for all of us, and I had been complaining silently about "me" and "my issues"? It sure made me realize that as much as I told myself that I didn't take for granted some of the everyday freedoms I enjoy, and the conveniences of the American way of life and that it sometimes seems like a personal attack on one of us when things don't go exactly right... and I was doing exactly that. I was taking it for granted. I took it for granted when others who had really paid the price for my ability to moan and complain (even if it was just to myself) - let alone a few minutes delay - so that those HEROES could go home to their loved ones.

I attempted to get my selfish outlook back in order, and minutes before we landed I suggested to the attendant that she announced over the speaker a request for everyone to remain in their seats until our heroes were allowed to gather their things and be first off the plane. The cheers and applause continued until the last Marine stepped off. We all rose. I felt proud of them. I felt it an honor and a privilege to be among the first to welcome them home and say thank you for a job well done. I vowed that I will never forget that flight nor the lesson learned.

I have said it before but I can't say it enough, THANK YOU to those VETERANS and ACTIVE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN who may read this, and a prayer everyday for those who cannot because they are no longer with us.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

[GailA]

We had bacon, eggs, biscuits and grits for dinner....we didn't eat until about 3 today. We have been busy. Hubby has been building me a Quilt Rack to hang my quilts on. It will hold 6 -7 quilts if you use the top bar.(These are NOT my quilts or rack, just the pattern he is using to build my rack.

[FreeTheHostages]

hee hee. I just wanted you to see that I was being nice to The Thin Man, I think, and then I forgot to ping him to.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[FreeTheHostages]

wow, I love the material on that quilt though!

[FreeTheHostages]

just plain daffy

Finally! He's beginning to understand me, Maggie.

[FreeTheHostages]

FINALLY -- A G-RATED MOVIE FOR ADULTS! I went to see Spellbound and it's just a terrific movie.

[LadyX]

Don't you just love it when you are a grownup and can eat anything you want - when you want it?!
Sometimes a simple meal is more enjoyable than a banquet.

Looking at the quilts, and remembering some of the lovely ones you have made, I am in awe of the number of stitches and hours it takes to create one.
Unfortunately, I have a neuropathy problem with my hands, plus tenosynovitis, that makes even typing on the computer keyboard difficult. Limited to slowly making word rather than fabric pictures.

Now - if we were to have Spell Check on our Posting Comment Boxes - - it would take less time to spot the errors!

On the other hand, we would not want to discourage The Thin Man and make him feel he is no longer useful.
Indeed - he keeps us on our toes, just so we can have that wonderful sense of accomplishment - so selfless he is....sigh...

[FreeTheHostages]

I love the border on the one in the front in GailA's pick -- it's both very modern but still paying homage to the quilt border rule.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks for posting this moving story Dubya. It's good to hear that people are behaving like real American's should this time around.