A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-30,31 and 09-01-03...Week in Review ~ Labor Day Weekend

Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

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

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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay or a profile of another FReeper.

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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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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


08-25-03 Showdown in Montgomery... AQUAMARINE/BILLIE

08-26-03 A Charming Disaster.............. FREETHEHOSTAGES

08-27-03 FRPets~The Saga of Ink....................... DUTCHESS

08-28-03 John's Two Cents...... JOHNHUANG2/AQUAMARINE

08-29-03 The Last Days of Summer........................... BILLIE

Have a wonderful weekend!

First celebrated in New York in 1882, Labor Day began as a parade to honor the working class. From the beginning, the celebration proved a favorite. Over the next decade, similar Labor Day celebrations began cropping up across the United States. In fact, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts even passed laws declaring Labor Day a state holiday. In 1894, the U.S. Congress followed suit. Just 12 years after New York held the first Labor Day parade, Congress declared the first Monday of each September a national holiday in honor of the working class. Canada also celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday of September.

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[Mama_Bear]

[Mama_Bear]

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[Mama_Bear]

If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Dansangel; Dutchess; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; FreeTheHostages, and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, military personnel, and their families and friends.

[kimmie7]

Mama_Bear, I'd like to have my brother added. He's a Captain, US Army

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Mama.

[Mama_Bear]

Mama_Bear, I'd like to have my brother added. He's a Captain, US Army

Hi, kimmie7. I have added him to the graphic above and am pinging the others to your request so they will add your military loved one to their prayer graphics.

Please thank your brother for us. His service is appreciated.

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, Aeronaut.......and good night. It is bedtime here. :-)

[Aeronaut]

Good night, sleep tight.

[kimmie7]

I will. And thank you.

[GailA]

Good Morning FRiends..great graphics Mama_Bear.

Coffee's on

[Temple Owl]

Good morning all. Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.

[Aquamarine]

Have added Kimmie's brother to my prayer list. May God bless him.

That's a beautiful prayer post Mama Bear, is it new?

[The Mayor]

[The Mayor]

[The Mayor]

What a great pic.

[Calpernia]

Morning to the Finest! Happy Labor Day Weekend! Nice graphics on this post today!.

[MEG33]

Good morning!Yes, really nice graphics.The coffee is pulling me back to the kitchen!

[Dubya]

Thanks and I wish you all the same.

[Dubya]

Good morning. Happy weekend to everyone.

[Dubya]

Holiday Inn

I just heard on CNN that the average cost for a Nursing Home per day in the USA is $188!!

Now, I figure it this way, I can get a real nice room at the Holiday Inn for around $65... that leaves $123 for food (room service), laundry, Elvis collectibles, gratuities and clothes. They have a swimming pool, some even have a workout room (therapy), a lounge, cable (recreation), washer dryer (if I am too impaired, a child or grandchild can pick up my clothes once a week, or they could rotate, that way everyone would only have to do it twice a year). Most have free toothpaste and razors, but all have free shampoo and soap.

There may be a bit of a wait to get that first floor room, but that's all right, it takes months to get into some Nursing Homes. There is the Senior bus, the Handicap bus, a Church bus or van, cabs, alert cabs, and in some cities The Duck! You have security and if someone sees you drop over, I am sure they would call an ambulance (if you break your hip, hopefully the family would be smart enough to sue). What more could you ask for?!

With AARP and other Senior discounts, I could be livin' pretty dern
nicely.

So, when I reach that Golden age, help me keep my grin,
just check my ole rickety self into the nearest Holiday Inn!