USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Canteen Sports Corner ~ 11 SEP 2003

Provided On Thread | The Goddess, txradioguy, Mr. Tonkin, Ma, and MoJo

[MoJo2001]

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CANTEEN SPORTS REVIEW Thursday, September 11th, 2003 CEO: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub Gopher/Peon: MoJo2001 Proofer: Kathy In Alaska (Ma)
	SPORTS REWIND For NHL and NBA fans, please click on the left hand side for more detailed information about what is going on in the off season. We will devote the second half to college and professional football. US OPEN Congratulations Andy Roddick! Roddick , 21, won his first Major at the US Open. He beat Spaniard, Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets. In the women's championship, Belgian Justine Henin Hardenne beat out fellow countrywoman Kim Clijsters to win her second Major of the year. Keep in mind that neither of the Williams sisters were at this event. _____________________________________________ Sports Quotes and Musings: If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead Erma Bombeck Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field Jim Boulton The NFL, like life, is full of idiots Randy Cross Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport. Duffy Daugherty It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown Alex Delvecchio, after 13-0 defeat. I'd catch a punt naked in the snow in Buffalo for a chance to play in the NFL. Steve Hendrickson Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki Nigel Starmer-Smith Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram - the vanguard of our cream Ron Pickering The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind Sebastian Coe The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time David Coleman And Britain defeats the rest of the world to pick up the bronze medal Unknown He's been breaking Olympic records like ninepins Des Lynam That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record David Coleman I'm absolutely thrilled and over the world about it Tessa Sanderson He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62. David Coleman ______________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENTS!! Congratulations to never4get!  He picked 12 of 16 games correctly for last week's picks!! Your "prize" for winning is below. Please feel free to choose whichever one you'd love to have!! Be sure to look to make your current NFL picks by choosing from the games listed below! **IMPORTANT** Due to the schedule for last week, we wanted your NFL picks on Wednesday night. From now on, we will leave the picks opened until Saturday night at Midnight EST. Make sure to Freepmail your picks to MoJo2001 here. Also, we will announce the winner on the following Canteen Sports Thread. Thank you! We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Here are the "prizes" that never4get can choose from. We know it will be difficult, but you will win an ACTUAL PRIZE at the end of the regular season. Until then, choose one. Be the envy of all your friends!! Pick this "prize" and you will learn how to drive into things and walk away clueless as ever. Would you like to learn how to drive other people's cars and total them?? Well, we've found the school for you!! Meet Mr. Goat, otherwise known as "HEY YOU" by Mr.Tonkin, the loveable do nothing pet of Mr.Tonkin. While he doesn't necessarily restrict his dietary needs to grass, he's sure to eat you out of your house. He's as slow and dumb as Eeyore. However, you can't go wrong with a creature that never talks back. Choose Mr. Goat and you'll be happier for it!! NOW FOR THE BIG "PRIZE"!!! We spared no expense with this one. As a matter of fact, you won't have to pay for anything in this next "prize". Are you ready for the truly BIG "PRIZE"? Well, here it is: Tom's Couch with Tom laying on it! Woohoo! You'll have an instant Football and Beer Buddy for NFL games. And that's not all! We'll chip in some deodorizer to help the Couch and Tom smell good while at your house. What more could a person want?? *Disclaimer: The Canteen Sports Crew are not responsible for Tom or Tom's couch. We are not responsible for any grocery, electric, water, or cable bills. We are not responsible for any items that may be broken while Tom lives at your house. We are also not responsible for the reaction that your family may give you when you choose this "prize". We will not be held accountable for any burping or belching that you may encounter when you offer Tom beverages. We are not responsible for his, yours, or anyone else's well being. We're cheapskates. You should know that by now!!! For everyone else that didn't win, aren't you depressed you didn't win the "prize" this week? Well, there's one way to fix that. You can win next week's "prize". Be sure to make your picks and then stay tuned for what you'll win.
	Down To Business!!WHAT DID WE LEARN AFTER THE SECOND GAME? 1. The "cream puffs" do bite back! 2. Auburn's National Championship run is over! 3. USC is for real! 4. San Diego State and Wake Forest are impressive. Just ask Ohio State and NC State. For week two! Doing The Right Thing Award: Ohio State University has suspended sophomore running back Maurice Clarett for a year. Whether he'll return to the team next year is unsure, but MoJo is proud that Ohio State did not put football above the rules. If you break the rules, you deserve to lose your privilege of playing sports! MoJo would be just as bad if this were another school and they let that player back for the season. What he did was wrong and now he'll pay the price. Let this be another example of being young, gifted, and stupid. Should've Stayed Home Award: Virginia was ranked in the Top 25 going into the South Carolina game. No longer! After being pummeled by the Gamecocks, Virginia will have to fight to get back into the Top 25. Purdue was also in the same position. While they didn't drop out of the standings, it would be well advised not to take "cream puffs" for granted the next time around. Auburn should play better now that they are out of National Championship contention. They Play Four Quarters For A Reason Award: Congratulations to the Florida Gators for an impressive scoring fest versus the highly potent Miami Hurricanes. Oh! Bummer about losing in the final minutes of the game. MoJo thought Florida seemed to give up or at least Coach Zook looked like he was playing very conservative with the play calling. It cost Florida in the end. "We Get No Respect" Award: NBC announcers during the Notre Dame game. Notre Dame gets no respect? Please! They get too much respect sometimes. (Most of the time!) Notre Dame is usually ranked in the Top 25 whether they deserve to be there or not. They can lose 2 games in the season and still manage to stay in the Top 10 until other undefeated schools finally get the nod to go ahead. "SOMEONE HAS TO WIN THIS" AWARD: Buffalo still lost. Well, at least the Buffalo Bills kicked some butt this past weekend!! "MR. BIG STUFF AWARD": Congratulations to those schools that ran up the score against really "stiff" competition. How great do you feel this week?? Michigan beating Houston 50 something to 3. Oh! You are sooo good!! Or, how about Virginia Tech whipping up on James Madison 43-0. Powerful stuff there guys!!"YOU'VE SHOULD HAVE COME" AWARD: This is dedicated to the Washington Huskies fans who spent all of the week before venting about how awful their team was. If you had the opportunity to be around any of the Huskies fans, they were ready to fire the coach and start all over. They were remembering the Don James Era with sadness. Amazing what a week makes. This weekend the fans were celebratory and not as depressed. Why? Their Huskies played the Indiana Hoosiers. (Think of them as the Cincinnati Bengals of the NCAA!) "WE ARE OVERRATED" AWARD: Hello Auburn Tigers! Enough said! Hey! You are still ranked. For this week. Good luck the rest of the season! (Yes! This was last week and funny--it's also this week's!) Here are the games! Good luck everyone! WEEK 2 GAMES Sunday, Sep. 14 Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1:00 pm Cleveland at Baltimore, 1:00 pm Detroit at Green Bay, 1:00 pm Houston at New Orleans, 1:00 pm Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1:00 pm Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1:00 pm San Francisco at St. Louis, 1:00 pm Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1:00 pm Washington at Atlanta, 1:00 pm Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4:05 pm Seattle at Arizona, 4:05 pm Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 pm Denver at San Diego, 4:15 pm New England at Philadelphia, 4:15 pm Chicago at Minnesota, 8:30 pm Monday, Sep. 15 Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 9:00 pm WHAT DID WE LEARN AFTER THE FIRST GAME?? 1. Perhaps Kurt Warner is human after all. 2. Never cut a popular and loyal player that will play against you in the first week. HELLO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS! 3. The Cincinnati Bengals still suck! 4. So do the Chicago Bears. 5. Football experts are still annoying. 6. Commercials are better for the NFL. 7. No one chose the Houston Texans to "upset" the Miami Dolphins. Isn't that why they play the game on the field? Go figure! What a concept! 8. Randy Moss, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver, is a much better player when you don't hear anything from him or about him. Congratulations for surviving the Pre-Season! 9. Officiating in the NFL is still useless. 10. The Ravens "dominating" defense couldn't even dominate the water boy last Sunday. 11. The Tuna, Bill Parcells, will have a lot of work to do. MOST IMPORTANTLY: JERRY JONES, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, DID NOT ENTER THE FIELD ON SUNDAY!! Write this down folks. It's a historic day to mark! If the Cowboys lose again this weekend, it will be the last time this happens!!

[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)

[E.G.C.]

Good morning Kathy. How's it going?

Good morning to all of our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your continued service to our country.

Folks, I'm going to be in and out todya due to thunderstorms. Hope everyone has a great Thursday.:-D

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, MoJO2001. How's it goinmg?

We will always remember 9/11!!!!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!

[Radix]

It is always good to "hear" from you txradioguy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E! Thunderstorms, huh? I haven't a clue yet at my house. It's dark and 2:15am. Sunrise at 7:14am. Stay safe out there.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies (and everybody else, and all the ships at sea). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 7:16am
Sunset 8:34pm

Hi 61°F
Lo 46°F

A goog deal of sun

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 61°F
Lo 41°F

State Hi 66°F Cordova, King Salmon, and Talkeetna
State Lo 23°F Anaktuvuk Pass

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Race. Hope your rehab is coming along as planned. Great cartoon. And thanks for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Morning, Radix. Thanks to you and 2LT Radix Jr for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Aeronaut and Otto, and thank you both for your dedication to the flyover of protection for our troops' Canteen, a place where we offer a "touch of home" for our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies. I just fell asleep at my computer, so I guess I should go get a couple hours sleep. Thanks for your service to our great naton.

[larryjohnson]

Artwork supports Pentagon Memorial Fund
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by Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
9/10/2003 - WASHINGTON (AFPN)  -- Lt. Col. Pam Hodge remembers the immediate sense of calm she felt when she heard the roar of the first armed F-16 Fighting Falcon arrive at the Pentagon after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"I felt like a little kid hearing his mother's voice," said Hodge, who is assigned to the secretary of the Air Force's office. "All of us were so confused and so unsure of what was happening. But somehow, when I heard that engine roar overhead, I knew that everything was going to be OK. Just hearing that plane calmed me right down."
Hodge was so moved by that moment she joined hundreds of co-workers at the Pentagon on Sept. 9 to purchase a signed, limited-edition print titled, "First Pass, Defenders Over Washington," by Rick Herter. The event was sponsored by Fort America, a Pentagon concession, with all proceeds to benefit the Pentagon Memorial Fund.
The painting is part of the Air Force art collection. It portrays Maj. Dean Eckmann from the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Fighter Wing, flying his F-16 over the burning Pentagon.
Signed, numbered prints of Herter's "Ground Zero, Eagles on Station" were also on sale. The painting depicts Lt. Col. Tim Duffy from the Massachusetts National Guard's 102nd Fighter Wing, as the first F-15 Eagle pilot to reach the World Trade Center site Sept. 11 to lock down the airspace over Manhattan.
While sales for both prints were steady, buyers at the Pentagon event tended to favor the Pentagon print because they said they felt such a personal connection to it.
Like Hodge, Army Lt. Col. Tom Cleary from said he remembers feeling tremendous relief Sept. 11 when he watched Eckmann's aircraft streak overhead.
"As bad as everything seemed at the moment, seeing that plane showed that we were able to react and that we were doing the right thing," Cleary said.
Cleary said he plans to hang the print at home to serve as a constant reminder of the lessons of Sept. 11, as much for his children as himself.
"Don't ever take anything for granted," he said. "This will be a constant reminder, something for me to pass on to my children."
Capt. Robert Birchum, who had been assigned here for just three months on Sept. 11, said he particularly likes the print because it shows American response at one of the country's most difficult moments.
"It shows our vulnerability, but it also shows our strength," he said. "Those pilots were ready to engage anything they encountered. To me, this painting represents our fortitude -- how we're still here standing strong, even after such a tragic event."
Jim Laychak, president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, Inc., said profits from the sale will go toward the $20 million needed to build and maintain the Pentagon Memorial.
"It's great to be part of something like this," said Laychak, whose brother, David, was among 184 people killed in the Pentagon attack. "It's one more step toward reaching our goal so we can move forward with the memorial.
"I want to preserve something for my family, for the other families (and) for the nation," he said. "I look at this as a gift to the people (who) are left behind."

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Kathy. My message for today:

Never Forget!

[E.G.C.]

We unplugged the computer a few minutes ago after hearing thunder and seeing lightning. It's gone for now though. Flash Flooding in progress in Beckham County Oklahoma.

[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning MoJo! Thanks for another of your sports threads! Good morning to our military and good morning to the entire Canteen crew.

Everybody please take time to remember the victims of the September 11, 2001 attack and their families/loved ones!

“Special” Warm up exercise for today . . . . .

WHY PARENTS HAVE GRAY HAIR!

The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers.

He dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whispered, "Hello?"

Feeling put out at the inconvenience of having to talk to a youngster the boss asked, "Is your Daddy home?"

"Yes", whispered the small voice.

"May I talk with him?" the man asked.

To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, "No."

Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy there?" "Yes", came the answer.

"May I talk with her?"

Again the small voice whispered, "No."

Knowing that it was not likely that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message with the person who should be there watching over the child.

"Is there any one there besides you?" the boss asked the child.

"Yes" whispered the child, "a policeman."

Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"

"No, he's busy," whispered the child.

"Busy doing what?" asked the boss.

"Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman", came the whispered answer.

Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the ear piece on the phone the boss asked, "What is that noise?"

"A hello-copper" answered the whispering voice.

"What is going on there?" asked the boss, now alarmed.

In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed the hello-copper."

Alarmed, concerned, and more than just a little frustrated the boss asked, "What are they searching for?"

Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle: "Me"

[minor49er]

Good Morning everyone! Good Morning troops! Good Morning to the victims families, girefighters families, policemans families, etc! Here is today's humor attempt.

This is for you, Tex!

A Texan, while visiting Toronto, found himself in the back seat of a taxi cab on the way to his hotel. Passing by the Royal York the Texan asked the cab driver "What's that building there?" "That's the Royal York Hotel" replied the cabbie. "The Royal York? How long did it take to build that?" asked the Texan. "About 12 years" replied the cabbie.

"12 years? We build 'em twice as high, twice as wide and four times as long down in Texas, and we do that in six months."

A while later the cab driver makes his was past the Metro-Toronto Convention Centre. "What's that building over there?" asked the Texan. "That's the Metro-Toronto Convention Centre" replied the cabbie. "Convention Centre? How long'd it take to build that?" asked the Texan. "About three years" replied the cabbie. "Three years? We build 'em twice as high, three times as long and four times as wide as that down in Texas, and it only takes us about two weeks."

Shortly thereafter the cabbie drives past the CN Tower. "What's that building there?" asks the Texan, pointing at the tower. "Danged if I know" replied the cabbie, "It wasn't here when I drove by yesterday."

God Bless America, her president, her troops both past and present, and those who were hurt or killed on 9/11, and those whose loved ones were hurt or killed.
Good Bless!

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

 

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, MoJo! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!!

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

The lady lawyer approached the jury box and began an eloquent plea for her client:

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I want to tell you about this man. There's so much to say that is good: he never beat his mother; he was always kind to little children; he never did a dishonest thing in his life; he has always lived by the golden rule; he is a model of everything decent, forthright, and honest. Everyone loves him and..."

Her client leaned over to the attorney's assistant and said, "How do you like that babe? I pay her good dough to defend me, and she's telling the jury about some other guy!"

[tomkow6]

 

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