FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 7 Feb 2015

Our Troops Rock!!!! | Canteen DJ's

[AZamericonnie]

Good eveing Marine & soooo good to see you! Ok...correct me if I'm wrong. (And I often am):), don't you & your wife do tax returns for others at this time of year?

3 Ringy Dingy

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Sweetpea! How’s the leg coming along?

[The Mayor]

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Birthday Celebration

February 7, 2015

Read: Psalm 71:5-18 | Bible in a Year: Leviticus 1-3; Matthew 24:1-28

I used to love birthdays. I can still remember standing excitedly on our front porch waiting for my friends to show up for my 5th birthday party. I wasn’t just excited about the balloons, the gifts, and the cake. I was happy that I was no longer only 4! I was growing up.

As I’ve gotten older, however, birthdays have sometimes been more discouraging than exciting. Last year when I celebrated a birthday that marked me by decades more than by years, my wife, Martie, cheered me up with the reminder that I should be grateful to be growing older. She pointed me to Psalm 71, where the psalmist talks about God’s presence throughout his life. He remembers that God “took me out of my mother’s womb” (71:6), and he proclaims with thankfulness, “O God, You have taught me from my youth; and to this day I declare Your wondrous works” (v.17). And now, when the psalmist is older, he has the honor to proclaim: “[God’s] strength to this generation, [His] power to everyone who is to come” (v.18). God had blessed the psalmist with His presence through every year of his life.

Birthdays now remind me of God’s faithfulness. And they bring me closer to being in the presence of the One who has been with me all these years!

Lord, remind me often that growing older means
I am growing nearer to You! Keep my heart
filled with gratitude for Your many blessings,
and keep my mind fixed on the joy of heaven.

Count your many blessings—birthday by birthday!

INSIGHT: God’s faithfulness is cause for praise. The psalmist says, “By You I have been upheld from birth” (Ps. 71:6). It is His faithfulness that inspires our confidence in Him: “I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more” (v.14).

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
(Click)

Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

[Liberty Valance]

Greetings & Salutations!

Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



"The Green Leaves Of Summer"
From "The Alamo"
(Click)

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Connie: Diabloson - Descarga, ( Jam Session ).

Welcome to the Salsa Addiction Emergency Room!

We are all in critical condition here!

The music page will open in a new window. There is the option of clicking on individual songs or clicking the Jukebox link. If you choose the Jukebox link then the page can be minimized while you continue surfing:

Friday Night Salsa for 02-06-2015 for the TROOPS and their supporters everywhere!

Here is a list of the songs in the Jukebox:

Artist/s - Song Names:

Alazan - Ave Nocturna

Antonio Cartagena - Apaga La Luz

Arrancando - Mi Vecina

Arrancando - Suena Sabroso

Cache - Descarga Cache

Celia Cruz Y Oscar D'Leon - El Son De Celia

Cheo Feliciano - Experto En Ti

Cheo Feliciano - Recordando A Louie

Cheo Feliciano Y Pete El Conde Rodriguez - Soneros De Bailadores

Chino Espinoza Y Los Duenos Del Son - Secreto Escondido

Cumbia Mix - Colombian

Cumbia Mix

Diabloson - Cuidate

Diabloson - Descarga

Diabloson - Gracias A La Vida

Eddie Palmieri - Pa' Huele

Hector Lavoe - Mi Gente

Ismael Rivera - No Soy Para Ti

La India Y Marc Anthony - Vivir Lo Nuestro

Luis Enrique - La Manana

Orquesta De La Luz - Somos Diferentes

Orquesta Guayacan - Alabio, Alabao

Pancho Cataneo - Amore Con Salsa

Ray Barreto - Acid

Rubén Blades - Pedro Navaja

Salsa Con Clase, Johnny Y Ray - No Vale La Pena

Siempre Salsa All - Stars - Salsa Para Siempre

The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - Alejate Viento De Agua

The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - Cantando Vivire

The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - El Cielo, El Mar Y El Sol

[Publius]

ROCKUMENTARY: FEBRUARY 7, 1982

#9 – The Cars: “Shake It Up”

Rick Ocasek was one of the greats, and in the early MTV era, he hit the jackpot with his group.

The Cars: “Shake It Up”

[Drumbo]

Come Dancing
~ Jeff Beck ~

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[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



"3:10 To Yuma"
Frankie Laine
(Click)

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[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Ms Feather. *Hugs*

Think of my name as Arizona (AZ), America (Ameri), Connie. Does that help?

I remember my Mother playing that Tom T Hall song all the time around the early 70's. Love it!

How big "IS" Robin Hood's barn?;-}

[2111USMC]

The wife has been able to shed most of her tax customers. However, she still has her small business bookkeeping service that require year-end reports for her clients and book prep for the CPAs.

[Publius]

Glenn Ford usually played straight arrows. It was fun seeing him play a psychopath and Van Heflin play a morally upright but confused man.

[Drumbo]

Some Skunk Funk
~ Billy Cobham ~

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[SkyDancer]

Hai AZ!

[Soaring Feather]

Robin Hoods barn is any place I have to travel with my walker. These days I cannot get off the front porch due to huge piles of shoveled snow and snow drifts. UGH

I will try your suggestion AZ- there got that far. LOL

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Maestro!

An interesting counter-type casting for both of them.

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
Gene Pitney
(Click)

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[Publius]

ROCKUMENTARY: FEBRUARY 7, 1982

#8 – Juice Newton: “The Sweetest Thing”

Judy Kay Newton kept her real name close to the vest for some years. She was a pillar of Hot Country in the early days.

Juice Newton: “The Sweetest Thing”

[mylife]

Babe Ruth~Black Dog