USO Canteen FReeper Style....Themeless Thursday....May 9,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, who. (It is still morning for us, but just barely.) Those were good! Thanks for the smiles. Being a country girl for so many years, I can indentify with all of it. LOL!

Because of misunderstandings that frequently develop when Easterners and Californians cross the 12 Midwestern States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin)

So many of those fit the CA Central Valley too, I think we fit in better with the 12 Midwestern State than the rest of "California". We are a place unto ourselves here in the valley, I think. :-)

[MistyCA]

I feel deprived since I don't know Louie! :(

[Victoria Delsoul]

You see Sam? It's you guys who create these manias!!! LOL...all we like to do is shop! :)

I know what you mean, LOL.

[Mama_Bear]

How cute!

Hey, is that one of those endangered Sucker fish you've got there? Bad duck! LOL!

[whoever]

..We are a place unto ourselves here in the valley, I think. :-) ..

Wow, do I agree with that. We certainly are not representative of LA, SF, San Diego, or the beach cities. That is a whole other world, way of life.

I love it here in the Valley.

[SassyMom]

LOL.... that is really great! #14 reminds me of the town my folks live in. It is a FARM community and there is a HUGE beef packing plant there. So of course there are a lot of feedlots and dairy farms. Wellll, there seem to be a lot of "city" folks moving to this rural town to get away from the city. They moved in next door to the cows, sheep, and pigs and now they (city folks) don't like the smell. Well the locals call that smell the smell of money. :) Now the "city" folks have a federal grant to figure out WHERE that smell is coming from and WHAT to do about it. SHESH!!!! I agree it isn't the most plesant smell, but it is what keeps beef on our tables and it keeps the farmers in business. And after all the cows, sheep, and pigs were there first. lol

[Victoria Delsoul]

The "little girl" in you doesn't go away, does it.

Oh no, the "little girl" in me is alive and well. :-)

[MistyCA]

You can't take the midwest out of a person! :) I was born and raised in Minnesota and came to California as a 13 yr old. I hated it then and it hasn't really gotten much better. Sure...the weather is great, but my mom made an observation that seems to be very true. She said, "There is a lot to be said about having to deal with the 4 seasons..people have more respect for each other and are nicer because they have to get along. If you are not nice, someone will just let you freeze your butt off in a snow bank!"

I still remember the annual ritual of changing the storm windows, and having a basement and an attic is such a wonderful dream! :)

[JustAmy]

You betcha! Wouldn't have any other kind. LOL

[MistyCA]

Hiya, Victoria! How are you doing today?

[MistyCA]

The cow is sooo cute~! :)

[Victoria Delsoul]

I'm doing great, Misty. Thanks for asking. :-)

[MistyCA]

Cute outfit! :)

[whoever]

..Wellll, there seem to be a lot of "city" folks moving to this rural town to get away from the city. They moved in next door to the cows, sheep, and pigs and now they (city folks) don't like the smell..

This is just the situation here. Folks find the cost of living too high in SF, so they pour over the mountains and come here. Cement over "prime ag land", build houses and then they want it to smell like the ocean. Well, it won't, but in the meantime, they are putting a lot of farmers out and the land can never return to agriculture.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

You're welcome - and, I, too walked the Freedom trail in Boston! How far that part of the country has fallen away from its original "Revolutionary" Zeal! SAM - I used to teach 4th grade. Those letters from 4th grades are so good! The love for freedom is wonderfully expressed.....and how we must work and pray and even fight to see that these young ones have the opportunity to inherit "freedom" not slavery!!!! in this country.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

You're welcome - and, I, too walked the Freedom trail in Boston! How far that part of the country has fallen away from its original "Revolutionary" Zeal! SAM - I used to teach 4th grade. Those letters from 4th grades are so good! The love for freedom is wonderfully expressed.....and how we must work and pray and even fight to see that these young ones have the opportunity to inherit "freedom" not slavery!!!! in this country.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thank you.

[SassyMom]

It makes you wonder where we will get our food from if they keep building on the farm land. I couldn't believe all of the building going on in my mom and dad's community. The farm land is quickly becoming subdivisions. It really made me sad. I have a great respect for farmers and ranchers.

[Mama_Bear]

You betcha! Wouldn't have any other kind. LOL

Me too! LOL!

BTW, for some reason I thought our sailor was from the valley here, don't know why. He probably won't be attending our rally and picnic in August since it would be a long way to come. But it is nice that you invited him. I sure do hope some FReepers back in Georgia can get together to welcome him home. Wish I could be there.

[SAMWolf]

Hi who. We missed you the last couple of days.