A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-28-04....Military Monday

Billie, The Mayor

[The Mayor]

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

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A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I could no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I had been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that didn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why we've created a place for just that. This is a friendly room in JimRob's house where FReeper FRiends can gather every day and just say hello if that's all they want to do.

There's more of course. We sometimes feature different FReepers, with a little background information on who they are and what makes them who they are, along with a few photos you might not have seen on other threads; sometimes others write an essay for us to post as the feature for the day; sometimes our presentation is a human interest story found elsewhere that you might not have read; sometimes special holiday threads; but whatever the topic of the day, it is always with FR's Finest in mind and that is YOU!

If you would like to be featured, or would like to see someone else featured, please send me a private FR mail.

Every Monday we will post the photos of FR's Military Personnel that I have collected and put into groups; these will be available to view through a link the remainder of the week - every day just a click away. :)   If you would like to add a photo of yourself or a loved one in the military, past or present, please let me know; I will hold it until I have enough for a new group.

Thank you, and please have fun with us...every day! ~ Billie

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Thank You For Serving Our Country!

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet
MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga
BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette
MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid
BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP
MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian
BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, The Mayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett.
MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick,Leroy S Mort, Mark17.
BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau.

TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,
dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony
BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx
MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law
BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68.
MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797
BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack

TOP:  Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog.
MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son.
BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

TOP:  dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7, AlasBabylon.
BOTTOM:  Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad, Aomagrat.

TOP:  ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM:  AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx' Aunt Eva.

TOP: Mo1's dad; BuffyT's Uncle (right, w/ her dad & grandmother); Armymarinemom's 3 sons.
MIDDLE: ru4Liberty's dad; SheLion's husband, MaineRebel; wirestripper.
BOTTOM: fivetoes; bigghurtt; hurricane; ladtx' dad; Pippin's brother.

TOP: Repubmommy's brother, Rose in RoseBear's uncle, BoxerBlues' son Chris, BoxerBlues' son Brent.
BOTTOM: Rose in RoseBear's cousin's hubby, Deadhead's stepdad, Dansy's dad, Misty's brother.

                     

THE WEEKEND THREAD 06-25,26,27-04... Week in Review ^

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

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[MeekOneGOP]

Whoops! That should be "Let's not change it TO Slick .....

[DollyCali]

Thanks for morning thread Mayor..

What wonderful news from Iraq.. so great to see the Nato pix of Dub & Blair glee..

Listening to Glenn Beck talk about the hate in Michael Moores movie compared to the love in MEl Gibson's .. Talks about those being 'in bed' with Michael moore... now that is a yukky thought to begin the day, isn't it?

Thanks for all notes on SIlverman / NY situaiton.. hope all goes well for your folks. Ohio, too has it's share of garbage

Just a quick hello. been a super busy few days & will play catch up now..

[The Mayor]

Hi DollyCali good to see you this morning.

Monday is mine all mine : )

Just kidding, I'll have to go soon..

[DollyCali]

I havent been back to Dunkirk since your meeting, I attended. Usually there a couple times in season by now.. been too busy.. Hi to Jul.. I am off too.. work calls.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks Mayor, great pictures of Blair and Bush.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for posting the link to the DoD news release, The Mayor.

 

Pinging the Finest to pray for one of our finest this Military Monday:

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...guess whose son was allowed to come home from Iraq to attend the birth of his first child, AND he showed up at evening worship right in the middle of a prayer for him and our troops? Guess whose wife just went into labor and is now on her way to the hospital?

14 posted on 06/28/2004 10:23:42 AM EDT by xzins (Retired Army and Supporting Bush/Cheney 2004!)

 

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[The Mayor]

I know, that's Great News!!

[The Mayor]

Thanks, it's been a busy morning, and a Historic day!

[The Mayor]

I wanted to post this, It has been a while since Dawn has done an update. I am trying to finish off her house, alot of work has been done and of course working alone doesn't make things move any faster.

Hello!

I am aware of how long it has been since my last update and I am sorry for the lapse. After my grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer she had surgery that went well and all was clear. Then a few weeks into her recovery she had chest pains and was tested all night for heart problems. They did not find heart problems but they did find a huge mass in her lung. a week later we found out that it was cancer and a week later we found out that it had metastasized into her heart. 2 weeks ago we called in hospice care and today as I write to you I am in the process of making funeral arrangements. She was taken to Hospice in care Thursday and it does not look like she will make it through the week.

I mention this because all of this has consumed me and I just do not have enough time. My nana was like a mom to Mark and I or I should say a rock. This is a devastating loss of us and for me in a year full of loss.

Please pray for my strength to make it through this loss and make all the decisions that will come.


While I have been consumed with all of this, God has been doing a work on Russ. Russ is very alert mentally, he still has almost no long term memory but his short term memory is getting better. Physically he is getting stronger and has been wearing leg braces during the day for several hours. While in the leg braces he was walking with a walker but is now walking on crutches. He gets in and out of his wheelchair with ease and we are able to transport him to doctor appointments or any place he needs to go.

The biggest hurdle for Russ now is his bowels..they cause him daily pain and are still not working normally. Russ would really like to see some people he mentioned this yesterday. As a reminder he is staying at the Episcopal Church Home on Rhode Island Ave.

That's all that I can write now. Please hold us in prayer and remember that God's grace is sufficient, I live by that these days!

Under His Wing!
Dawn

[LadyX]

We all are understandably ecstatic over this to-the-liberals-and-the-press "revoltin' development!"

President Bush triumphs - again - with his Texas-style card playing, plunking down his cards on the table right in front of The Players at the NATO Conference, with the whole world watching.

Thinking, no doubt, "Okay, you guys - who is going to refuse assistance to a sovereign nation NOW?" !!!

[Aquamarine]

Saying a prayer for Dawn.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Mayor, Billie.

Looks like we surprised everyone once again and left them standing there holding their...

Now let's see if it all works as we hope.

[Aquamarine]

Thinking, no doubt, "Okay, you guys - who is going to refuse assistance to a sovereign nation NOW?" !!!

BUMP!

Nice summary Lady.

[humblegunner]

President Bush triumphs - again - with his Texas-style card playing, plunking down his cards on the table right in front of The Players at the NATO Conference, with the whole world watching.

It was a thing of beauty to behold!

[Billie]

OH MY GOSH! I LOVE THIS MAN!!!! He's done it to 'em again!!!!

[LadyX]

Found your reply this morning to me on yesterday's thread, commenting on the story I posted about the little girl's faith in the thunder storm.

Your appreciation of storms with lightning and thunder (so long as they are not directly on top of me..:) is one I share!

Illustrating the contrast in perception and attitude, I hark back to when I was living in Chincoteagie, Virginia - home of Misty, the Chincoteague Pony.
It is literally an island, 2 by 7 miles long in size, and was first populated by English settlers. They had been mostly uneducated ones, full of extreme superstitions, passed down through the generations.

Then a Navy wife with a baby and expecting my second son, I lived in a large house built right on Main Street across from the bay, built by a sea captain.
It had been divided in half, through the center of the two stories, and the other half was occupied by a local family with two grade school children.

Their mother was positively aghast (and fussed at me for it) that in my last few months of pregnancy, I actually *hung my laundry to dry outside on a clothesline* - certain that reaching up over my head would ensure the umbilical cord would wrap around my baby's neck.
She also had steeped into her children *Stark Terror* where storms were concerned. At the first sign of one, they fled home and actually cowered under their beds.

In contrast, when two of my very young grandchildren lived with us for a few years in our house in the woods in North Carolina, I early on "defused" the impact of storms.
I gave them a simple explanation their little minds could grasp, telling them, "Oh! God is moving around the furniture in heaven again! Let's go to the sliding doors to the deck and watch the show when the lightning comes!!"

They thus scurried to that vantage point and would applaud each bolt and thunder clap with me with enthusiasm..:))
It was conveyed not to go out, and that it could be harmful, but there was no active *fear.*

As for your saying you loved to view it from afar, we often had that opportunity living just a few hours from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
One of the most magnificent storms I ever watched was from an overlook, with some homes very far below looking like a child's miniature toy village.

Halfway between our heights and them, a heavy, black-clouded storm passed from left stage to right, flinging jagged bolts indiscriminately and emitting thunder that reverberated strongly against the mountains.

Awesome Power!!

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' FR's Finest... Military Monday.

It's gonna be interesting today to listen to the alphabets spin the events from Iraq.

Channel surfin' just now, shows FOX covering the information extensively, and CNN and MSNBC giving the story just passing interest. Why am I not surprised.

Now I'm looking forward to JH2's Thursday essay.

[The Mayor]

Thinking, no doubt, "Okay, you guys - who is going to refuse assistance to a sovereign nation NOW?" !!!

Well said!

[LadyX]

"Now I'm looking forward to JH2's Thursday essay."

Oh, yes!
So much material handed to JH2 on a

!!!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

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