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Posted on 02/27/2015 6:00:13 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Publius
Nah, Im just always ahead of my time.Just dang, were you born prior to conception?
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02/27/2015 6:14:02 PM PST
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PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unles you're donating blood.)
To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:14:10 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:14:39 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: PROCON
I started out as a little squirt.
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:15:18 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks very much, Kathy!
***HUGS***
Coming aboard as we speak. Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:15:42 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: EXCH54FE
Howdy FRiend!
How's the post-cataract surgery vision doing?
I go in next week for mine.
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:15:46 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unles you're donating blood.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Evening Ma, let’s spin some tunes!
HUGS
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:16:17 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(This time the poetry does not write itself.)
To: ConorMacNessa
a 3
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:16:23 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Publius
I started out as a little squirt.OK.....I'm going to another thread now :-)
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:17:04 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unles you're donating blood.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list
Catching Up With Us
February 28, 2015
Read:
Psalm 32:1-5 | Bible in a Year:
Numbers 20-22; Mark 7:1-13
A pastor told this story on himself in his local newspaper. He was chatting with an older man to whom he had just been introduced. So, you used to work for a utility company, the pastor said, naming the organization. Sure did, the man responded. The pastor remarked that when he was a kid the cables from that company ran across his parents property. Where did you live? the man asked. When the pastor told him, the man said, I remember that property. I had a tough time keeping the cable warning signs up. Kids were always shooting them down. When the pastors face flushed with embarrassment, the man said, You were one of the shooters, werent you? And indeed he was.
The pastor labeled his confessional story: Be sure your signs will find you out, a clever play on Moses words in Numbers 32:23: Be sure your sin will find you out.
Old wrongs have a way of catching up with us. And old sins that have not been dealt with can lead to serious consequences. As David laments in Psalm 32: When I kept silent, my bones grew old. But confessing our wrong restores our fellowship with the Lord: I acknowledged my sin to You . . . and You forgave the iniquity of my sin (v.5). Through confession, we can enjoy Gods forgiveness.
Dear Lord, its time to come clean with You.
Ive held on to _____________ for too long.
Thank You that this sin is under the blood of
Christ. Restore me to fellowship with You.
Christians can erase from their memory what God has erased from the record.
: Psalm 32 is one of seven penitential psalms (Pss. 6,32,38,51,102, 130,143)psalms that speak of confessing sins and turning to the Lord for His mercy and forgiveness. After repenting from his sins of adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah, David penned Psalms 32 and 51.
In Psalm 32, David speaks of the blessedness of confession and repentance. He celebrates the forgiveness that he has received (vv.1-2), and encourages sinners to seek the Lord and repent lest they too receive discipline from the Lord (vv.3-6). Those who repent will have their guilt replaced by joy and their groaning replaced by rejoicing. The Lord's unfailing love surrounds the repentant sinner (vv.10-11).
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:17:39 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi everybody!
((((HUGS))))
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:20:44 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: All
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:20:52 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: EXCH54FE; Publius
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:21:22 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unles you're donating blood.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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 others 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!!
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:22:39 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: PROCON
All done, and it is way better behind me. However it was just Outstanding without any pain or discomfort at all. My eyesight is GREATLY IMPROVED and I just took all of my old eyeglasses down to Wal-Mart Eye center as a donation to the Lyons club.
Let us know how your operation goes, someone is putting this off due to fear of the unknown. IMHO get it done NOW, do not wait!!
:-)
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:22:40 PM PST
by
EXCH54FE
(Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
To: PROCON
YES, That is the way to do it!!! and it keeps the other “Man” from getting to his gun !! :-)
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:25:21 PM PST
by
EXCH54FE
(Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
To: Publius
Good evening, Publius, and thank you for Rachmaninov’s “The Star Spangled Banner”.
Did you have a nice week? Good weather?
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:27:52 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Warmer than usual and dry. Even a bit of sun at times. Windy and cold tonight. The winds are coming out of the Frasier River Canyon and Alberta.
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:29:09 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: AZamericonnie; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:31:43 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
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posted on
02/27/2015 6:34:06 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
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