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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day......Nov 19 & 20th -07....Military Tribute
Billie, The Mayor

Posted on 11/18/2007 7:21:40 PM PST by The Mayor







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 have been including them here as I receive enough to make another collage.
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.
We have featured 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!
Every Monday we 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, Neets, rdb3, jwTexian
BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, 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.



LEFT: Little Pig; TOP: hattend, Old Sarge, Aquamarine's dad.
MIDDLE: HuntsvilleTxVeteran.
BOTTOM: Its_me_K.E.T.'s son, Veloxherc, SeeRushToldU_So.



TOP: DollyCali, Wheelbarrow, DollyCali's dad, DollyCali's brother, Jen's Mom's daughter Jen.
MIDDLE: Warthogtjm dad & Warthogtjm, SoldiersPrayingMom's son jmpmstr4u2,
Indy Pendance's daughter, Agthorn's dad.
BOTTOM: Tupac, GulfWar1Vet, SandRat, JRios1968.



TOP: Jaxter, mystery-ak's son, mystery-ak's husband.
MIDDLE: skimask's son, silent_jonny's dad, dwhole2th's son, jackv's son.
BOTTOM: Jen's Mom's father, txradioguy.









FR FINEST
HALL OF FAME #19




THE WEEKEND THREAD

11-16,17,18-07....
T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping'
Every Thursday at the Finest
The guy's good, folks!




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1 posted on 11/18/2007 7:21:43 PM PST by The Mayor
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To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mrs Mayor; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; ...




Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Dutchess; dollycali;The Mayor; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy, and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.


gator girl........................husband
severa.......................... brother
Maigrey.........................cousin
mystery-ak...........son, husband
Inspectorette.......................son
Blessed American..........nephew
Slip18..........................nephew
Diver Dave........niece, nephew
ConspiracyGuy........2 nephews
Pippin............niece's husband
sneakers..........................son
weldgophardline.................son
weldgophardline.....brotherinlaw
jamaly.................brotherinlaw
Future Snake Eater.......cousin
WaterDragon............grandson
WaterDragon...........son-in-law
kimmie7......................brother
LadyX (RIP)..............grandson
fawn796......................nephew
ValerieUSA..................2 sons
Lakeside......................2 sons
LakeLady....................nephew
Spruce......................daughter
Leofl.................................son
chena...............................son
Hope and Glory..................son
TheMayor...............friends'son
Doug from Upland.......soninlaw
homeschoolmama........nephew
ariamne...................2 cousins
mhking.........................cousin
Consort.................2 daughters
Consort...................son-in-law
gonzo...................friend's son
visualops.................Son, cousin
auboy..........................cousin
painter........................nephew
jrushing.............................son
LoneRedRanger...brother-in-law
Ladysmith.nephew, friend's son
tina07......soninlaw & his friend
MontanaCowgirlCop......brother
nelibeli........................nephew
Misty4jc.....................husband
Colorado Slim..............nephew
Tapatio....................2 nephews
ProudAFDad......................son
Alouette.............................son
Katydidnt...........................son
Zechariah_8_13....brother-in-law
Zechariah_8_13.............cousin
PreviouslyA-Lurker........brother
sheeza.......................husband
kemathen7..................husband
Q6-God..................twin brother
Q6-God....................active duty
Warrior Nurse...........active duty
SK1 Thurman...........active duty
David Osborne..........active duty
fc2tomschermuly......active duty
bkwells....................active duty
LongCut...................active duty
cjk...........................active duty
Trish........................active duty
ODC-GIRL................active duty
AF_Blue...................active duty
thumperusn..............active duty
Veloxherc.................active duty
Don Simmons...........active duty
wingnutx...................active duty
CGblue.....................active duty
bigghurtt...................active duty
frankiep....................active duty
veeceeque................active duty
JRios1968................active duty
NoLongerFreeState...active duty
CMS........................active duty
JemiansTerror...........active duty
Hoosiersailor...........active duty
txradioguy..................active duty tongue-tied. .............active duty
vigilante2.....son,& adopted soldier
NavySEAL F-16................son
Jaxter.....................son-in-law
2ndDivisionVet..........brotherinlaw
2ndDivVet.....former stepdaughter
GrandEagle ............... friend-Tim
DebWisconsin....................nephew
JarhedAirmanPatriot.........brother
athelass.......two sons and two nephews
DCBryan1................Active Duty
oneolcop.....................son
ItsForTheChildren........2 nephews
SoldierDad....son, nephew, neice, cousin
OhioWfan................................son
marsh2............nephew
ladtx..................................2 sons
Its_me_K.E.T.........................son
ak_daddoo........................nephew
Dubya............................nephew
LBGA (RIP)..........................son
katykelly..............................son
Armymarinemom................3 sons
american_ranger.....................son
cookcounty.............................son
Himyar....................................son
SpookBrat........................nephew
SpookBrat........................cousin
boxerblues........................2 sons
the piper..............................son
Tiffee4Bob......................boyfriend
TexKat.......................son, step-son
StarCMC.............................brother
Darheel...............................niece
Donaeus...........................nephew
BeAllYouCanBe........................son
Repubmommy........................brother
AgThorn................................2 sons
kneezles.................................son
RoseinRoseBear.....cousin's hubby
Atomic Conspiracy......half-brother
Atomic Conspiracy...........nephew
Atomic Conspiracy..............niece
Sunflowergal....................grandson
mrstank..............................husband
MrsMike31........................husband
spotbust1............................husband
campfollower............................fiance
LUV W........................................son
SilentServiceCPOWife........husband
DirtyHarryY2K......................daughter
DirtyHarryY2K................son-in-law
Skimask.....................................son
Palladin...............................grandson
MississippyMuddy...................sister
MississippyMuddy........2 nephews
Kramster...............................stepson
Socratic.............................nephew
freema.......................nephew, son
Azbushgal..............................son
kimmykay.................................son
NavySEAL F-16........................son
Ike..........................................son
repubmom...............................son
wolfcreek..........................daughter
JesseJane ...........................cousin
Roses0508..............................son
pmmd81..................................son
SoldiersPrayingMom.................son
WakeUpandVote..................brother
Skyraider.................................son
CyberAnt...........................nephew
mrs tiggywinkle...................cousin
Jen's Mom........................daughter
Meg33.............................grandson
911angelady........................2 sons
Nadine...............................nephew
U S Army EOD.................daughter
thehumanlynx...........brother-in-law
JFC..................................nephew
Earthdweller......................nephew
Scubachick.......................husband
ChairmanDec19thSociety ..brotherinlaw
Anthem............................2 cousins
meanie monster .........family friend
PragmaticWarrior..........2 nephews
Sageb1...........................3 cousins
JulieRNR21.........friend's grandson
SuzyQue...mom,2 sons,3 brothers
weeder1...........................nephew
IndyPendance..daughter,soninlaw
fatima.....................granddaughter
Lori from Long Island....soninlaw
monkeyface..........two grandsons
redhead...................grandnephew
varina davis................ ...Grandson
Rivendell.......................daughter
W.W.Smith...........................son
Gonzo........................Son-in-law
USMCWife6869...........Husband
AgThorn & Lily4Jesus......son
jackv...............................Son
Anne of DC.......niece's husband
GulfWar1Vet...........two cousins
TINA KIRBY...................Son
dwhole2th ......................Son
TADSLOS......................Son
Katydidnt...................son
Trooprally .................. son
Edgewood Pilot...son, 2 nephews
Diver Dave............cousin
007girl...................nephew
arbee4bush .............daughter
PERKY2004..........husband





2 posted on 11/18/2007 7:23:06 PM PST by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)
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To: The Mayor; Texas Songwriter; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; ST.LOUIE1; JustAmy; GodBlessUSA; ...


[click on picture]
~~~~~~~~~
"LESS IS MORE"
by Jeff Russell
aka Texas Songwriter
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God bless our troops!



3 posted on 11/18/2007 7:33:48 PM PST by luvie (Friendship is neither a contest nor a race. What matters is the feeling involved. <3)
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God Bless Our Military, past and present
4 posted on 11/18/2007 7:34:54 PM PST by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans)
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To: LUV W; deadhead
Thank you, remember this Luv W?

Loved it so much I uploaded it to my site. Thanks!

5 posted on 11/18/2007 7:38:04 PM PST by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)
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To: The Mayor

Ahhhhh...how could I forget! You are VERY welcome!

I love it that you are using it on your site. It makes me
feel like I contributed a bit to help you!

It is a fascinating picture. I am mesmerized by it.


6 posted on 11/18/2007 7:40:58 PM PST by luvie (Friendship is neither a contest nor a race. What matters is the feeling involved. <3)
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To: LUV W
I am mesmerized by it.

Me too.

7 posted on 11/18/2007 7:47:38 PM PST by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)
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To: The Mayor; LUV W; deadhead

Awesome graphic.


8 posted on 11/18/2007 9:18:48 PM PST by Diver Dave
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To: Diver Dave

Isn’t it? I can’t stop watching it when I see it.


9 posted on 11/18/2007 9:23:56 PM PST by luvie (Friendship is neither a contest nor a race. What matters is the feeling involved. <3)
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To: The Mayor

World War II Stories Come Alive on Drop Zone Oral History Site;

By: Jefferey Barron

8/6/98

Steven Spielberg’s new movie is the story of a U.S. airborne soldier in World War II and the Ranger troops who try to rescue him.

Patrick K. O’Donnell has more than 100 stories about airborne and Ranger troops in World War II. They’re ready to read - free, with pictures included - on the World Wide Web. And they’re all true.

O’Donnell, of Fairfax Station, Va., is the organizer of the Drop Zone (http://www.thedropzone.org), an oral history project and labor of love. At 28, he’s more than a generation removed from the war, but his Web site has become a link to the old soldiers who are fading away.

``We have the real Private Ryans online,’’ O’Donnell says.

We came out shouting, forcing our way through the logjam of dead and dying soldiers and some soldiers refusing to continue the attack. We continued running until we reached the west bank. After we knocked out the German positions on the other side, I split my force, sending half down a dirt road to the south where the 325 (Glider Infantry Regiment) was having trouble. I took the one half of my men and attacked west.

That’s how Robert D. Rae described for O’Donnell - and the Drop Zone - how he rallied an attack across the La Fiere causeway near Ste. Mere-Eglise three days after D-Day. Rae received the Distinguished Service Cross, second in prestige only to the Medal of Honor, for his heroism.

Now 84, living in Mountain Brook, Ala., Rae says he hasn’t talked much about his experience in Normandy. ``I guess there are not a whole lot of people in town who know what I did,’’ he says.

Rae says his daughter didn’t know about his heroism until she and her husband struck up a conversation with another airborne veteran who was a World War II buff and found Rae’s name in a history book.

``You just don’t go around talking about these things,’’ Rae says.

O’Donnell says Rae isn’t the only veteran who feels that way. ``I’m sometimes the first person they’ve ever told the story to,’’ he says. ``They haven’t even told their families. . . . It’s painful, and they didn’t necessarily think that their family would understand.’’

They do talk to O’Donnell, though. To find veterans with stories to tell, he relies mostly on word of mouth. The Drop Zone includes a ``virtual reunion’’ for veterans, an e-mail-based discussion group. O’Donnell, a business consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, also attends real reunions of World War II units.

He seeks out the less-known aspects of the war among Ranger and airborne troops: paratroopers who fought in the Pacific, soldiers who went to war in gliders that crash-landed behind enemy lines, soldiers like Melvin Lester who were denied the chance to go to war because of the color of their skin.

I was on the train going to Cincinnati to visit my wife. . . . I went on into the dining room, and the (host) seated me at the first table on the right side of the train. And then he called the porter and whispered to the porter, and the porter came over and pulled the black curtain across the seat, separating me from the white people in the dining car.

I blew my top! I pushed it back. . . . When [the porter] came over, I said, ``If you came over to pull that curtain [again], I would advise you not to do it, because if you pull that curtain, I’m going to whup your . . .! (expletive)! I’m risking my life jumping out of airplanes for this country, and I would just as soon die here than to die out there or anywhere else.’’ . . . They didn’t pull that curtain.

Lester, now 76 and living in Cleveland, was a member of the all-black 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, known as the Triple Nickels. They fought World War II in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. ``We gave up our rifles for hoes and axes to put out forest fires,’’ many of them started by Japanese bombs attached to balloons, he says.

O’Donnell says Lester’s experience is as important to the Drop Zone as descriptions of more famous battles. ``We’re trying to build a . . . patchwork quilt of oral histories and personal accounts . . . and if you look at it when it’s done, you’ll get a picture of the airborne experience and Ranger experience,’’ he says.

Why airborne and Ranger troops? ``They really believed that they were the best,’’ O’Donnell says, and he maintains that belief helped them in battle and in life after the war.

Also, these soldiers were involved in some of the most dramatic operations in World War II, often fighting under-strength. And they were a novelty - O’Donnell says the military made up strategies for using the troops as the war went along.

Woody and I had to assemble each piece of the torpedo, get up from behind the seawall and push the Bangalore torpedo across the road on top of the bluff and put it under the concertina wire. Once we had the torpedo in place, we took the fuse wire out, pulled the fuse and jumped back over the wall. The result if it worked was a hole in the concertina wire. . . . I made sure the fuse lighter went off since we were told in our training that if it didn’t go off we were to sacrifice our bodies and lie on the concertina wire as the men stepped on us. So I made damn sure that the torpedo detonated.

That’s how Ellis ``Bill’’ Reed, 73, of Sun City, Ariz., describes how he and other Rangers helped clear the way on the bluffs of Normandy to get soldiers off bloody Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Reed says not all the stories worth repeating are tales of heroism. At one point on Normandy, ``I was so flak-happy . . . I shot at a cow. I don’t think I killed him.’’

And Reed warns that not every story may be entirely true. ``When we get older, we tell bigger stories,’’ he says.

O’Donnell is on guard for that. As a ``volunteer historian,’’ he researches the background for his interviews and makes sure dates and other facts are correct.

He interviewed veterans for four years with no clear goal in mind - nothing more than a deep interest in history and a vague idea for a book. Then, one day, he was talking about it with a friend who works on Web sites. The friend suggested O’Donnell think about putting the material on the Web, he recalls.

The site is growing by a few stories a week. O’Donnell says it gets about 30,000 visitors each month. He has done more than 400 interviews himself, and other volunteers across the country have collected hundreds more; the best go online.

He has helpers, too. The Web site’s volunteer designer and technical expert, Peter Bostrom, 41, of Herndon, Va., is a former Army Ranger. Other volunteers are young professionals with an interest in history who squeeze in time for the Drop Zone after work and on weekends. And O’Donnell says his wife, Robyn, is ``pretty understanding’’ about his passion for history: When they went on a European vacation, they spent about half their time tramping around battlefields.

O’Donnell says the Drop Zone strips away the romanticized view some people have of war. ``It’s not war stories’’ like in old Hollywood movies, he says. ``It’s an accurate depiction of what happened. . . . You could almost say that John Wayne is dead on my Web site. A lot of it is tragic.’’

Much of the snow was beginning to melt, and underneath were countless American bodies in all sorts of contorted positions. In some instances only an arm, or a head, or a portion of the lower body could be seen.

Arthur ``Dutch’’ Schultz, 75, of Helendale, Calif., says his story of marching and fighting through Germany’s Hurtgen Forest in early 1945 went onto the Drop Zone after his daughter spotted the Web site and contacted O’Donnell.

Schultz, editor of his World War II company’s newsletter, also talks regularly to students in a friend’s sixth-grade class. ``The reason I have for telling them my story is to make sure we never have to go through a war like that again,’’ he says.


10 posted on 11/18/2007 11:04:29 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mrs Mayor; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; ...

November 19, 2007

Don’t Worry

READ: Matthew 6:25-34

Do not worry . . . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. —Matthew 6:31-32

My nephew’s job was soon to be eliminated, so I was glad to hear from his wife that he had just accepted an offer for a new position.

“We prayed, I worried, and Eric was determined to get another job,” Angie wrote in an e-mail, explaining the journey they’d been on for the last few months.

It’s easy for us to panic when we face serious concerns—the loss of a job, a family member with cancer, a wayward child.

So we pray. And we get busy. We start doing everything we can think of to move forward in a positive way.

And we worry. We know it’s a waste of time. Yet a lot of us find ourselves in this dilemma—we know we should trust God, but we wonder just what He’s going to do.

That’s when we turn to His Word—to remind us that He is walking with us and inviting us to hand over to Him our worries and burdens. Scripture tells us, “[Cast] all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7), and “God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19).

When your mind turns to anxious thoughts about the future, remember that “your heavenly Father knows” (Matt. 6:32) and will give you what you need.
 

I don’t know about tomorrow,
It may bring me poverty;
But the One who feeds the sparrow
Is the One who stands by me.  —Stanphill
© 1950 by Ira Stanphill

Worry is a burden God never intended us to bear.


11 posted on 11/19/2007 3:59:41 AM PST by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)
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To: The Mayor; DollyCali; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; Billie; Allegra; lonestar; ...
Good Military Tribute Morning To The Finest


PERSIAN GULF – The flag overshadows guided-missile cruiser
USS Gettysburg (CG 64) as she steams alongside nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) for a replenishment at sea.

~Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country~

12 posted on 11/19/2007 5:34:35 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: MEG33; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; LUV W; DollyCali; The Mayor; Billie; ConorMacNessa; Jack Deth; ...

Good morning, y'all.
I've got a busy week. So this will be my only visit here until maybe Friday.
Wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving before we all go our separate ways.


13 posted on 11/19/2007 5:53:26 AM PST by beachn4fun (With the holidays fast approaching, remember the deployed troops. A care package shows you care.)
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To: The Mayor

Good morning, Mayor - great thread and Pledge!


14 posted on 11/19/2007 6:04:02 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: beachn4fun

~Have A Wonderful Holiday, Beachy~

15 posted on 11/19/2007 6:11:05 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: beachn4fun

Happy thanksgiving to you & safe travels if that is part of the agenda.

Busy time for a lot of people either getting ready for the “gang at their home” or getting things ready for long or short tirip to share with others.


16 posted on 11/19/2007 6:27:56 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: MEG33; DollyCali

Back atcha!


17 posted on 11/19/2007 6:33:31 AM PST by beachn4fun (With the holidays fast approaching, remember the deployed troops. A care package shows you care.)
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18 posted on 11/19/2007 7:16:35 AM PST by luvie (Friendship is neither a contest nor a race. What matters is the feeling involved. <3)
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To: LUV W

Awwwww......back atcha.

Good morning, Luvy ((((HUGS))))

Are you going to be with kids and grandkids during the holiday?


19 posted on 11/19/2007 7:23:29 AM PST by beachn4fun (With the holidays fast approaching, remember the deployed troops. A care package shows you care.)
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*sniff*

No! WAAAAAAAA.....

My son’s in-laws are visiting them from Arizona.

We will probably be alone. Hubby’s mom will be entertaining
his brother’s family in OK. I have to work the day after (Ugh) so can’t go up there. Bummer! :(


20 posted on 11/19/2007 7:27:31 AM PST by luvie (Friendship is neither a contest nor a race. What matters is the feeling involved. <3)
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