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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-17,18,19-06....T.G.I.F. at the Finest
Billie

Posted on 02/17/2006 7:42:49 AM PST by Billie



A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.
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.
On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY
If you have a suggestion, or an idea, or if there's a FReeper you would like to see featured, please drop one of us a note in FR mail.
We're having fun and hope you are!

~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, Mama_Bear, GodBlessUSA ~







Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )
~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, Mama_Bear ~




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"Getting to Know You"


THIS WEEK'S THREADS



0213-06 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor


02-14-06 ~ Valentine's Day at the Finest
ByGodBlessUSA

02-15-06 ~ Pets and Friends
By Dutchess

02-16-06 ~ VP Guns Down Moderate Republican (Satire)
By writer33
Presented by DollyCali




Have a wonderful weekend!







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"Wear Red" Friday
You will soon see a lot of people wearing Red on Fridays. Here's why..... The Americans, who support our troops, are the silent majority. We are not "organized" to reflect who we are, or to reflect what our opinions are. Many Americans, like yourself, and all their friends, simply want to recognize that Americans support our troops. Our idea of showing our solidarity and support for our troops is starting Friday and continuing on each and every Friday, until this is over, that every red-blooded American who supports our young men and women, WEAR SOMETHING RED.

Word of mouth, press, TV -- let's see if we can make the United States, on any given Friday, a sea of red much like a home football game at a University. If every one of our memberships share this with other acquaintances, fellow workers, friends, and neighbors, I guarantee that it will not be long before the USA will be covered in RED - and make our troops know there are many people thinking of their well-being. You will feel better all day Friday when you wear Red! So let's get the word out and lead by example; wear RED on Fridays.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! GOD BLESS AMERICA.
received this in my email June 10th, the author is unknown.
I am wearing red today and every Friday ~ Billie





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To: Zacs Mom

Oh that song is nice! Thanks. I clicked the welcome word too...


141 posted on 02/18/2006 4:59:35 PM PST by Majie Purple
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To: Zacs Mom; Darksheare; Purple Mountain Majesty; freema; Dubya; The Mayor; LUV W; MEG33; ...
Oh, how warm and wonderful is the fireplace, and the "welcome"..:))
I miss having a fireplace..:(

Zacs Mom, freema is a Marine Family Person, too, and in mail told me she just now located her father's Boot Camp Platoon photograph, dated March of 1952 - I was at Parris Island from 25 June 1952 on!!
Small world...

Fact is, the night before she announced that, I had been looking, coincidentally, for MY Platoon photograph, and some of those to whom I taught classroom subjects in their basic training...have looked for 4 1/2 years, and found them two nights ago in the bottom of a box I was searching for something else!!

Oh, the wonderful Memories of being on PI during
THE biggest buildup of Marines in their entire history...
PI was really hopping...

142 posted on 02/18/2006 5:17:42 PM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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To: LadyX

Cool!


143 posted on 02/18/2006 5:19:11 PM PST by Darksheare (Leave no clove un hoofed.)
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To: Purple Mountains Maj; All
Here are da crums, shown again on another page..:)


144 posted on 02/18/2006 5:20:07 PM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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To: Darksheare
Time to show us a photograph of "Once Upon A Time"
when you were in the service, Darks!

(and not the one when you were in the army with Ivan the Terrible..:)

145 posted on 02/18/2006 5:23:15 PM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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To: LadyX

Thanks for solving that mystery for me! Still waiting for Apolo to skate. I have the TV on in the background so I won't miss it. They announced he was coming up but then the local news came on...Maybe they meant coming up in Prime Time coverage.


146 posted on 02/18/2006 5:25:51 PM PST by Majie Purple
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To: LadyX; DollyCali

LOL, There's the night pic of a blank shoot, and I am in it somewhere.
But there is a daylight shot, and DollyCali was the one who had it last I knew.
I'd forgotten an earplug, and ended up with my finger in my ear when we fired the blank rounds.


147 posted on 02/18/2006 5:28:12 PM PST by Darksheare (Leave no clove un hoofed.)
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To: LadyX

(Mmmmm...cake.)

Hi, Lady. Here I am.



I have to catch up on all the Finest news from the passed 2-3 months. I've missed you guys!



148 posted on 02/18/2006 5:28:25 PM PST by Lakeside
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To: LadyX; DollyCali

And yeah, my pics are still down.
*sigh*


149 posted on 02/18/2006 5:32:15 PM PST by Darksheare (Leave no clove un hoofed.)
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To: Purple Mountains Maj

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Jim Reeves was my dad's favorite singer and I can remember taking long car rides with him and listening to Jim Reeves singing on the radio.

To this day the sound of his voice takes me back to a warm and wonderful time in my life and for a few moments I'm with dad again ... he's been gone a long time now and I sure do miss him.


150 posted on 02/18/2006 5:56:39 PM PST by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: LadyX; freema
"and found them two nights ago in the bottom of a box I was searching for something else!!" ... lolol ... isn't that always the way it goes??!! I've been pulling together a bunch of old photos as well...I've got a project in mind and excited to see how it comes together.

Has freema posted the pics she found yet?

151 posted on 02/18/2006 6:02:51 PM PST by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: Lakeside
Boy, oh boy, have we ever missed *YOU*!!! Lakey!!
I was on the verge of calling out the National Guard
or sumpin' to look for yew..:))

Have your parents adjusted to the events and the move?

[i am REALLY,REALLY glad to see you!]

152 posted on 02/18/2006 6:06:08 PM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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To: Zacs Mom
She's "TDY" until Monday with lotsa company - -
including lotsa Marines in her family!!

Lotta hugging and feeding goin' on..:))

153 posted on 02/18/2006 6:08:45 PM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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To: LadyX
"She's "TDY" until Monday with lotsa company - -
including lotsa Marines in her family!!
Lotta hugging and feeding goin' on..:)"


Ah, well, I must say I'm a bit jealous ...
we were supposed to be with the grandkids this weekend
but the weather fouled our plans ....
(sigh)
and there isn't anything really good on TV tonight...






Click here for a little number to go with the clip showing on the TV screen above

;^)


154 posted on 02/18/2006 6:27:12 PM PST by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: Zacs Mom; All; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; The Mayor; JohnHuang2; ST.LOUIE1; ...
Speaking of feeding the masses, here's about food
during the UnCivil War - - -

-- Hardtack & Coffee

Imagine this!!

"The daily allowance of food issued to soldiers was called rations. Everything was given out uncooked so the soldiers were left up to their own ingenuity to prepare their meals. Small groups would often gather together to cook and share their rations and they called the group a "mess", referring to each other as "messmates". Others prided themselves in their individual taste and prepared their meals alone. If a march was imminent, the men would cook everything at once and store it in their haversack, a canvas bag made with a sling to hang over the shoulder. Haversacks had a inner cloth bag that could be removed and washed, though it did not prevent the bag from becoming a greasy, foul-smelling container after several weeks of use. The soldier's diet was very simple- meat, coffee, sugar, and a dried biscuit called hardtack. Of all the items soldiers received, it was this hard bread that they remembered and joked about the most."

"'Tis the song that is uttered in camp by night and day,
'Tis the wail that is mingled with each snore;
'Tis the sighing of the soul for spring chickens far away,
'Oh hard crackers, come again no more!'

'Tis the song of the soldier, weary, hungry and faint,
Hard crackers, hard crackers, come again no more;
Many days have I chewed you and uttered no complaint,
Hard crackers, hard crackers, come again no more!"

-from a soldiers' parable called "Hard Times"

Would you like to try some hardtack? It's very easy to make and here's the recipe:

2 cups of flour
1/2 to 3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon of Crisco or vegetable fat
6 pinches of salt

Mix the ingredients together into a stiff batter, knead several times, and spread the dough out flat to a thickness of 1/2 inch on a non-greased cookie sheet. Bake for one-half an hour at 400 degrees. Remove from oven, cut dough into 3-inch squares, and punch four rows of holes, four holes per row into the dough. Turn dough over, return to the oven and bake another one-half hour. Turn oven off and leave the door closed. Leave the hardtack in the oven until cool. Remove and enjoy!

Does your taste lean more to the southern side? Then try a "johnnie cake" that the Confederate soldiers enjoyed with their meals. The recipe is also very simple:

two cups of cornmeal
2/3 cup of milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Mix ingredients into a stiff batter and form eight biscuit-sized "dodgers". Bake on a lightly greased sheet at 350 degrees for twenty to twenty five minutes or until brown. Or spoon the batter into hot cooking oil in a frying pan over a low flame. Remove the corn dodgers and let cool on a paper towel, spread with a little butter or molasses, and you have a real southern treat!

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Some of the other items that soldiers received were salt pork, fresh or salted beef, coffee, sugar, salt, vinegar, dried fruit and dried vegetables. If the meat was poorly preserved, the soldiers would refer to it as "salt horse". Sometimes they would receive fresh vegetables such as carrots, onions, turnips and potatoes. Confederate soldiers did not have as much variety in their rations as Union soldiers did. They usually received bacon and corn meal, tea, sugar or molasses, and fresh vegetables when they were available. While Union soldiers had their "skillygallee", Confederates had their own version of a quick dish on the march. Bacon was cooked in a frying pan with some water and corn meal added to make a thick, brown gravy similar in consistency to oatmeal. The soldiers called it "coosh" and though it does not sound too appetizing, it was a filling meal and easy to fix.


155 posted on 02/18/2006 6:34:20 PM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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To: Purple Mountains Maj; LadyX

Good evening, ladies! Thank you for your wonderful pics and comments! Have a blessed weekend!


156 posted on 02/18/2006 6:36:29 PM PST by .30Carbine
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To: LadyX

Hard tack, useful as a blunt trauma instrument at close quarters.


157 posted on 02/18/2006 6:39:27 PM PST by Darksheare (Leave no clove un hoofed.)
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To: .30Carbine

"Have a blessed weekend!"
Hi! And same to you! Take care!


158 posted on 02/18/2006 6:42:29 PM PST by Majie Purple
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To: LadyX

Mom and Dad are doing just great. They are just tickled with their new house and have been enjoying getting it 'set up' and buying a few new things for it. They are like two newly weds, tho they'll be married 58 years this year. They are amazing. And I'm sooo glad they're here.


(I did not fare as well through all this. I tried to keep that from showing in front of them but that only works just so long. My doctor finally put his foot down and had me on bed rest for a while. I really HATE that! I'm doin' better now, tho.)

I'll e-mail you soon---tomorrow, maybe.

It's great to be back!


159 posted on 02/18/2006 6:46:57 PM PST by Lakeside
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To: Zacs Mom; .30Carbine; Lakeside; Purple Mountains Maj; Dubya; The Mayor; Diver Dave; All
After "digesting* that information about the military food during The War Between the States, it makes MRE's positively yummy by comparison!!

In Fairbanks during our 3 1/2 years there (Jan '63 to Jun '66), during the Not-So-Cold War, we had old C-Rations left over from WWII that we could get free to use off base, before we moved into quarters 20 months later.

With the *EXTREME* cost of living there, 35 miles from Eielson AFB, they were great, supplemented with donated-from-friends moose and caribou meat...and a lot of mac and cheese..:))

[my favorite C-rations were the canned chicken,
and the gasp! fruitcake, that I normally did not like!

160 posted on 02/18/2006 6:47:43 PM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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