A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....09-13,14-03....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


09-08-03 Military Monday.............................................BILLIE

09-09-03 Guns Definitely Are OK............FREETHEHOSTAGES

09-10-03 Original Intent - the 1st Amendment...AQUAMARINE

09-11-03 Where Were You? Never Forget!..........DANSANGEL

09-12-03 Sugar 'n Spice................................................BILLIE

Have a wonderful weekend!

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[Calpernia]

I'm in the projected path :P

[WVNan]

We are blessed in our community with lots of Amish families. That gives us access to all those farm-fresh homemade goodies we love so well.

[Calpernia]

Yes, old hurricane pro here in the house too!

We will get flooding. FLOYD was the WORSE for flooding!

I stocked up on batteries, water, things that can be cooked stove top rather than oven and masking tape today.

The only worries I have is two large maple trees that will be coming down eventually. Every storm, I don't sleep too much. I watch for those trees. One is right in the path to hit my sons' room. So, we will be sleeping in my daughter's room.

So, I only anticipate a mess. But messes can be cleaned.

[Calpernia]

Now that sounds like a wonderful childhood! I really think that is how all children should be raised.

I am shocked everytime I go to the zoo with my kids and I hear children AND adults calling donkeys, horses; geese, ducks; pheasants, some sort of chicken; etc.

Kids miss alot not being around animals. There is an entire perception that never developes.

[Libertina]

And after an inspiring day, there's no place like FR's Finest :)

[Calpernia]

Fun project. Take a glass jar. Baby food jars are PERFECT! Stick it in the fridge to get nice and cold.

Fill it halfway with whipping cream. SHAKE! Shake for around 30 minutes.

When it starts to get thick and creamy, pour off the liquid floating at top (drink it, YUM, buttermilk)

Voula! Fresh butter!

[Calpernia]

Yes, I have many friends in NC still. They usually evacuate after boarding up.

Is Emerald Isle close to Alligator Ally? Frank did a bit of work out that way.

[Calpernia]

Missed you Saturday! Hope to see you at another event!

[Calpernia]

I still can tomatoes for homemade gravy (yes, Tomato Sauce is called gravy by italians. Sauce means a white, pesto or garlic sauce. Tomato Gravy is made with meats. Hence Gravy)

[Calpernia]

That does sound like a nice service Nan.

Glad you had an inspiring weekend too.

[Calpernia]

I'm so sorry to here about your brother in law. I hope your sister in law doesn't suffer too much.

We have a bamboo cane that we started all our kids out on fishing. They are now all up to rod and reel. Including my youngest, Frankie, he is 3.

Might be women only night. We are on the back end of the Sugar and Spice thread!

[WVNan]

Got to get some rest. See ya Cal. You have a blessed evening and rest.

[Calpernia]

I hope I don't lose power to stay on FR through the hurricane!

Hey Colleen, any idea if our power was FIXED or PATCHED since the blackout? I was wondering about that. I know we are on two different companies; but we both got hit.

Last I heard unofficially, the power was only patched. You hear anything? That can make a difference when the storm hits.

[Calpernia]

Night Maggie!

[Libertina]

I hope you have power too - in Taiwan after typhoons we would have no electricity for up to 5 days. Especially hard looking across the valley at housea with sparkling light and power and TV and music, while we couldn't flush our toilet. LOL

[Calpernia]

Now THAT sounds yummy! Nothing beats homemade.

It gets harder and hard to make things homemade here. The stores stock more and more instint foods and less raw foods to make things from scratch. It is frustrating when I want to make stuff and can't find ingredients.

[Calpernia]

You too WVNan!

[Calpernia]

That is a benefit for having sewers versus septic

You can always force flush.

I'm about off to bed here too. It is midnight.

Keep your monitor bolted from earthquakes :)

Can't lose FR!

Night Tina!

[Libertina]

Night Calpernia! Sweet dreams, Libby

[Mama_Bear]

I am so sorry I have not had a spare minute to answer any of my pings. What a weekend this has been!

For those who might not know, the Fresno/Central Valley Chapter had their annual rally and picnic this weekend and, believe it or not, we had the police and press sicked on us by Debbie Reyes, a member of the Fresno "Human Relations Commission", a group funded by the City of Fresno, to monitor "human relations" (at a taxpayer cost of over $190,000). The fax received by the press and police called us a "hate group". The purpose of the fax was to warn of our rally and our "Free Republic Hate Rally Picnic".

Needless to say, the lid has blown wide open on this. This issue has been the lead story on several news stations, and was the cover story in the Fresno Bee this morning. The Mayor of Fresno is outraged and is attempting to temporarily suspend the HRC. We are stunned and outraged also.

There are several threads running about this issue. For those interested in more information on this, click on these threads:

Fresno, California's Annual Tailgate Picnic 9/13/03, aka: the "Free Republic Hate Rally Picnic" (the thread includes pictures of this scary group).

VIDEO OF NEWS STORY ON FRESNO "HATE" RALLY AND PICNIC HERE!!!

To make a long story short, it has been impossible to keep up with things and pings this weekend, but wanted you all to know that I haven't been intentionally ignoring you or my weekend thread.

Thank you all for being here. I hope you've had a nice weekend. Mine has been interesting, to say the least. LOL.