USO Canteen FReeper Style..FReeper FRiday....May 10,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

Please meet Joe Brower

“I had fun hanging out of a Huey at 2,000 feet!”

Pictures were taken when Joe was assigned to the Infantry Training School and 5th MAB on Camp Pendleton, Ca. 1981.

Joe was a USN Corpsman who volunteered for duty with the FMF. He went to Great Lakes for both basic and Hospital Corps school.

"....You guys are the Marine's doctors; There's no better in the business than a Navy Corpsman...."
Chesty
USMC

[whoever]

Good night, Jinx, may God be with you.

[MistyCA]

Wow....I completely missed your post earlier. Sorry! :( The new outfit is really cute!!! LOL...love the idea of just playing dressup! :)

[MistyCA]

"and for some reason, the shoes always ended up laying on their sides when I walked. :)"

That's how I always ice skated! LOL

[SAMWolf]

Find Sad Eyes on Aimster?

[MistyCA]

Sassy....somehow I missed this whole couple of pages about dressing up, etc, earlier. I am now sitting here laughing my butt off about the "kneezles" post! It had me going for a minute there!!!! LMAO!!! Wish I had seen all of this earlier! :)

[MistyCA]

Nope.....I am very satisfied with yours! :)

[MistyCA]

I have just realized that I missed a lot of my pings today..not to speak of a couple of pages of the thread! Geez...

[SAMWolf]

I missed quite a few too. I was gone for a few hours.

[MistyCA]

I was here but I was trying to upload those songs and post them and my computer locked up a few times because I had too many thing open I guess :( Oh well..... :)

[MistyCA]

Heck....I even missed your post! :) Sorry about that! Goodnight and I hope your rest is peaceful!

[MistyCA]

Are you still here Who? Congrats on your award today! :)

[whoever]

Thanks, but that was silly, I think. Mama Bear and Snow Bunny really deserved theirs. I checked the others and......

[MistyCA]

You have a very cleaver personality. :)

I was just reading on another thread about the families of 11 illegals who are sueing the US for not putting water out for those who cross illegally. I think I changed my name tooooo soon!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

God Bless and Protect our military.
God Bless All who enter the USO Canteen.

[MistyCA]

Goodnight, tonk! You have such wonderful pictures from Bandon. It must be beautiful there! :)

[SAMWolf]

Goodnight Tonk.

[Snow Bunny]

NEW THREAD

[4TheFlag]

Good morning to everybody, I hope everyone had a restful night!

Hey AFVG, hope you slept well, and that poison ivy didn't keep you awake:(

One more day at the beast, then it's PLAY time, YAAAYYY!!

Hey Aeronaut, where you been hiding???

[Aeronaut]

Hey Aeronaut, where you been hiding???

See #6. Details after noon. (Well, after noon, and after I thaw out.) ;-}

[Joe Brower]

Ouch!

Sorry to hear you're stricken with the dreaded Poison Ivy there, AFVetGal. That stuff is indeed bad news. The main thing to do right now is DON'T SCRATCH IT! Easier said than done, I'm afraid -- you may find yourself clawing at the affected areas without even thinking about it.

I did a quick google search on "poison ivy treatment" and came up with a nice site HERE, with a specific link for REMEDIES. We always used calamine lotion when I was in the USN (which gave mixed results, IMHO), but since that was a while ago, chances are good there is something better out there now. There is a med called Zanfel which appears to be very good.

Keep the affected areas clean, but be sure to cleanse them with COOL, not even warm, water. Heat releases histamines, and histamines are what cause itching. At night before going to bed, I would advise covering the affected areas in cotton gauze if they're not too extensive, and for good measure put on a pair of cotton gloves (like the "Jersey" gardening gloves you can get at Home Depot for $1.25 a pair). This will serve to prevent damage to the areas if you're scratching in your sleep, which is a very common problem with this sort of thing.

Hope this helps… Hang in there! It will all be over in a matter of days if you stay on the problem.