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USO Canteen Freeper Style...Saturday 04-06-02
Written by Snow Bunny....Graphics and Layout by Billie
Posted on 04/06/2002 6:20:25 AM PST by Billie
USO Canteen Freeper Style
War has come to our shores. It was committed on American soil. We have been able to live in Freedom only because of those who have fought in the past wars giving life, limb and all the sacrifices for us to live in Freedom and go about our day without fear.
On September 11, 2001, that comfort, that feeling of living in a land that would not be attacked ended.
William T. Sherman said it succinctly, "War is hell."
The day has come for this Nation and its people to understand that there is a risk in losing its freedom, and in reality there always has been. We have ONLY stayed free because of the sacrifices of our military, our warriors.
This is about saving the future of America. Aristotle said, "We make war that we may live in peace."
We are seeing the American Flag flying at homes now more than ever in my lifetime. We are seeing the American Flag flying on vehicles and people wearing Flag pins and small Flags on their clothes. America is united in the cause for Freedom and for our country to WIN against the evil that came upon our land to kill and hurt us. To change our way of life and to destroy America which is US, you and me. To take away our precious Freedom.
This is the Freeper version of the USO Canteen. Where soldiers could come and feel a small part of being at home. It is a place where you that have family in the military can post a thought to a loved one that might be able to read it far away from home. A place where we that support our military can help support them, post to them, fun graphics showing the price in America and our troops. Poems, quotes, cartoons, or articles of how America is behind our troops.
Those in our military are our Nation's warriors. Let us join hands, fly our Flag and let the world know how important our warriors are to us....And that our MILITARY, our Warriors, are America's TRUE HEROS!
"No Marine was ever honored for what they received. Honor was the reward for what they gave." (Anonymous) CHIEF gave his all in many ways. He touched our lives and his friendship meant so much to all of us. He will live in our hearts forever, and his friendship will always be a bright and shining memory in our hearts and souls.
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To: LadyX
Yes, but I also mentioned never having had calf fries on the table! I didn't know if you weren't telling me "they" were ground up hominy! :)
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posted on
04/06/2002 11:47:33 AM PST
by
Billie
To: LadyX
"Whatchathinktheyare?!!! Just ground up hominy corn!" HUH??
I thought they came off a certain place on a calf.......oh, you're talking about grits!!
Whew!
I was thinking the ones I saw were the biggest darn corn kernels I'd ever seen!!
162
posted on
04/06/2002 11:48:04 AM PST
by
COB1
To: COB1
LOL! But not for sprinkler systems, you're right!
163
posted on
04/06/2002 11:53:34 AM PST
by
Billie
To: HiJinx
HiJinx, I had to see that full blown!!
That is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
Our God is an awesome God!!
164
posted on
04/06/2002 11:53:43 AM PST
by
COB1
To: COB1;Billie
Hate to tell you, but Florida is a big cattle state, too - all around where I grew up.
I have been present when the cow fries were 'created' - had my own quarterhorse, too!
Been around all the brandin' and other stuff..:)))
165
posted on
04/06/2002 11:53:55 AM PST
by
LadyX
To: COB1;Billie
We had 1,000 acres of land ourselves, and allowed use of nearly all of it to our good friends who were cattle ranchers.
They had literally thousands of acres (yes, Florida) and sold large tracts of it to create Port Malabar and environs.
166
posted on
04/06/2002 11:56:17 AM PST
by
LadyX
To: Diver Dave; SAMWolf
Hi, Dave - hope you're enjoying your family reunion picnic. Don't bring the ants back with you, ok?
(gosh, I wish I could find that Billie ant that Sam posted not long ago) :)
167
posted on
04/06/2002 11:56:31 AM PST
by
Billie
To: HiJinx
How absolutely beautiful, HiJinx!
Thank you for sharing that - - what a wonderful country America is!!
168
posted on
04/06/2002 11:58:58 AM PST
by
LadyX
To: ArneFufkin
Hi and Bye Arne, I am glad you got to stop by the Canteen.
I hope yur day gets better. I am so sorry about what you told us about, that is very cruel of them.
(( hug ))
To: Snow Bunny
Bunny, it's only getting better. I'm heading off to watch my college alumni hockey team ... the Minnesota Gophers play the NCAA Hockey Championship Final tonight in St. Paul. For the first title in 22 years. Woo hoo!
To: hole_n_one
I'm off your *ping* list?
sniff sniffI called and called and you never came. That kind of rejection is hard to take. :)
I'll give you one more chance. :)
But only because I like your cap :)
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posted on
04/06/2002 12:02:55 PM PST
by
Billie
To: LadyX;Billie
"Hate to tell you, but Florida is a big cattle state, too " Yeah, I heard tell of a few cattle that drifted off our ranches here in Texas and made it across Louisiana and Mississippi without the alligators eating them.
Since there were only fifty thousand or so of them, the cowboys didn't think they were worth the time to round up.
172
posted on
04/06/2002 12:11:16 PM PST
by
COB1
To: COB1
So now yer playin' Roy Rogers - 'quick on the Trigger' - LOL
Well, cowboy, hunker down and set a spell, 'cause my horse, Grasshopper,
was a 'champeen' in his day.
I honestly used to ride him 3 miles to get the mail in the summer, before there were enough persons living out our way to justify the mail car to come by the house!
173
posted on
04/06/2002 12:16:54 PM PST
by
LadyX
To: Billie
174
posted on
04/06/2002 12:20:25 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
To: LadyX
Well, rather than cut a horse out of that thousand head remuda, I'd always walk those five miles to school.
In the wintertime I'd tie barb wire around my bare feet to keep from slipping on the ice.
175
posted on
04/06/2002 12:25:52 PM PST
by
COB1
To: Snow Bunny; Billie; kneezles; SpookBrat; whoever; 4TheFlag; SAMWolf; COB1...
"God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it."
--Daniel Webster
This quote was on the Presidential Prayer Team email today. I thought it was worth posting.
To: SassyMom
Oh to have men like Webster, Adams, Washington and Jefferson again!
177
posted on
04/06/2002 12:29:01 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
To: Billie
Ok, I'm gonna ask a DUMB question and I'm sure I will be embarassed. But, are calf fries the same as what we called rocky mountain oysters?????? If they are, I have one thing to say....... YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: COB1
"In the wintertime I'd tie barb wire around my bare feet to keep from slipping on the ice." I do have to admit that was more comfortable than the sandspurs in my feet trekking the 12 miles to school...:)))
(But the riding the horse 3 miles for the mail was a TRUE story...)
179
posted on
04/06/2002 12:30:37 PM PST
by
LadyX
To: LadyX
Seriously, when I was at the Boy's Ranch at Tankersly, I had a chestnut gelding named Grasshopper!
That sucker was about fourteen hands tall!
'Course I was only ten so my hands weren't all that big!
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posted on
04/06/2002 12:31:15 PM PST
by
COB1
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