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The FReeper Foxhole - Memorial Day - Freedom Is Not Free - May 29th, 2006

Posted on 05/29/2006 5:16:06 AM PDT by snippy_about_it

A Day of Remembrance for Those Who Have Died In Service To Our Country



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Never Forget



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FReeper Foxhole Armed Services Links




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KEYWORDS: freeperfoxhole; history; memorialday; samsdayoff; veterans
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To: alfa6

heh heh heh


761 posted on 08/20/2006 9:39:43 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (The reason humans didn't practice war any longer, was they were very, very good at it.)
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To: Samwise; snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Professional Engineer; The Mayor; bentfeather; All
Monday morning Bump for the Freeper Foxhole and I is off for some sleep.

USS Preble DDG88 and it's 5" gun :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

762 posted on 08/21/2006 4:38:17 AM PDT by alfa6 (Taxes are seldom levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
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August 21, 2006

Tensile Strength

READ: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. —2 Corinthians 12:9

When a new highway loop was being completed in West Michigan, a real danger was discovered. The bridges had been designed to bear their own weight—but not the traffic they were intended to carry. Before the highway could be opened, several bridges had to be re-engineered and rebuilt.

Engineers have to be especially concerned with the tensile strength of the material in their construction plans for structures that are required to bear large amounts of stress due to weight. Tensile strength is the maximum amount of stretching a material can withstand before it tears. If the engineer miscalculates, the structure may collapse under the pressure.

When we are under the weight of stress and hardship, we may wonder whether our Lord, who engineered us, has miscalculated our personal “tensile strength.” We are certain that we are going to collapse under the weight of the trials, but our Designer knows exactly what we can handle by His grace. He knows our limits and will never permit more than we can bear. As Bible teacher Ron Hutchcraft said, “God may send a load, but He never sends an overload!”

Reinforced by the steel of God’s provision, our tensile strength won’t fail. Bill Crowder

Wait on the Lord from day to day,
Strength He provides in His own way;
There’s no need for worry, no need to fear,
He is our God who is always near.  —Fortna

Your problems can never exhaust God’s provisions.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 107-109; 1 Corinthians 4


763 posted on 08/21/2006 4:43:25 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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Hello, hello, anyone in the FOXHOLE??

764 posted on 08/21/2006 5:12:46 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

Hi Feather..


765 posted on 08/21/2006 5:31:45 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: The Mayor

Just the two of us rattling around the Foxhole then. Did you make coffee??


766 posted on 08/21/2006 5:51:32 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

Oh yes coffee is above your kitty.. : )

Gettin ready to head out and start a roof, yuck.


767 posted on 08/21/2006 6:08:37 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.


768 posted on 08/21/2006 10:11:05 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (The reason humans didn't practice war any longer, was they were very, very good at it.)
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To: bentfeather
I'm here little kitten.

Hi feather, we got the house!! Yeah. We should be all moved down here by the 31st. We feel much better!

769 posted on 08/21/2006 4:01:20 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it

Oh thank God! I am so happy for you, Sam and the dogs!!!

Oh boy, moved in by the 31st grand, just grand!

Thanks so much for the good news.


770 posted on 08/21/2006 4:40:46 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: snippy_about_it

I just realized that is Sarge!! How sweet!


771 posted on 08/21/2006 4:59:58 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

No, Sarge is cute but that's not him. LOL. He doesn't have that much fur. He's a lab so he's got short blonde hair.


772 posted on 08/21/2006 5:29:59 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it

Oh shoot, LOL!


773 posted on 08/21/2006 5:31:57 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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Tuesday Morninng Bump for the Freeper Foxhole.

Of course as one of the guys at work said "if you tried that nowaddays you would have a SWAT team on your butt so fast" sigh

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

774 posted on 08/22/2006 5:24:04 AM PDT by alfa6 (Taxes are seldom levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
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August 22, 2006

Laundry Love

READ: 1 John 3:10-24

Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. —1 John 3:18

When James Cates was a university student, he worked the night shift as a houseparent in a residential treatment center. One of his responsibilities was the sometimes overwhelming task of doing the laundry for 23 teenage boys.

The laundering process was hard on the clothes, so when a troubled young resident named Jake was given a new shirt from his mother, James offered to wash it separately. Soon other boys began asking him to include a favorite article of clothing in his “special” load. It was a small act of kindness, but it meant a lot to the boys.

Twenty years later, after establishing a successful practice as a therapist, teaching at a university, and being published in scholarly journals, Cates wrote: “With time to look back and reflect, no client I have ever known and no service I have ever performed means more to me than Jake and his shirt, and those special loads of clothes.”

A simple act of caring is a powerful expression of God’s compassion in our troubled world. The apostle John wrote, “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18). Is there some “washing” you can do today? David C. McCasland

When your heart’s with compassion filled,
And you God’s Word would heed,
Why not in love give help to one
Who has a special need?  —Hess

A little kindness can make a big difference.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 110-112; 1 Corinthians 5


775 posted on 08/22/2006 5:34:22 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: alfa6

Excellent sign!


776 posted on 08/22/2006 5:34:58 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: The Mayor

Yah, I saw it some where on FR and thought that the Foxhole gang would get a grin out of it.

Still roofin?

Have a great day regardless, I am off for some sleep after 13 hours of fun and frivolity last night

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


777 posted on 08/22/2006 5:41:53 AM PDT by alfa6 (Taxes are seldom levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
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Good morning everyone.

778 posted on 08/22/2006 5:54:11 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: alfa6

Yes, I'm doing another roof this week. Yuck, not one of my favorite things to do but it pays the bills.

Enjoy your rest.


779 posted on 08/22/2006 6:12:56 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: bentfeather

Hi Feather..


780 posted on 08/22/2006 6:13:46 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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