A few of FR's Finest....Every Day 06-27-02

[daisyscarlett]

A Few of FR's Finest.....
......Every Day

FR is a Treasure Trove of talented, compassionate, patriotic, wonderful people who gather every day to discuss the latest news and issues;  salute
and support our military and our leaders;  tell a few jokes;  learn a new
word;  write poetry;  pray for those in need;  and congratulate those who
are deserving. Thank you, Jim Robinson, for giving us the vehicle in which
we can express ourselves.

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.  I
can remember lurking when there were only a few regulars who posted, and now there are over 60,000 who have registered for posting privileges. The forum is read daily by tens of thousands
of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

A Few of FR's Finest November 11, 2001

So many people have written me since my original Veteran's Day Tribute, asking how they, or a loved one, could be included in that tribute. Since I can no longer add the photos to the body of the thread, I've been including them in additional posts as I received enough to make another collage.

Still that doesn't seem to be enough. I think there's never been a better nor more appropriate time to keep the faces of our own Veterans and Active Military in front of FReepers--every day! That's why I wanted to do yet another Daily Thread .....ABOUT FReepers .....and FOR FReepers. But not only about our Military FReepers; for all FReepers! Wouldn't it be nice to get to know a few of the other FReepers as well? That's why, in addition to seeing FR's Finest Military Personnel every day, I thought it might be fun to feature a different FReeper (or FReepers) each day. If you would like to be pictured, or know someone who would, please FReepmail me and we'll turn the spotlight - on YOU - for the day!

And do let me know if you'd like your picture added to the groups of Veterans/Active Military below. I will keep this page updated, and continue to add them to the comment section of the original Veteran's Day thread as well.

TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete
MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet

MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga

BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette

MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid

BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP

MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian

BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68

MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797
BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack

TOP:  g'nad, AgThorn's son Justin, SLB, AgThorn's son Brett

MIDDLE:  fish70, razorback-bert, CheneyChick,Leroy S Mort, Mark17

BOTTOM:  Terry's Take, Taxman, DinkyDau

TOP:  ValerieUSA's son Grant, SK1Thurman, kd5cts, RangerVetNam,

dansangel and .45man's son-in-law Tony

BOTTOM:  rangerX, Old China Hand, Trish, Howlin's dad, Mustang

TOP: ohioWfan's son, MamaBear's father-in-law, MamaBear's dad, ladtx

MIDDLE:  The Mayor's niece, M.Kehoe, Beach_Babe's son-in-law

BOTTOM:  deadhead's dad, HiJinx, Severa's hubby, viligantcitizen's granddad.

                     

ONE OF FREE REPUBLIC'S FINEST

RINTENSE

(aka Republican Warrior Princess)

Rintense has been posting a Daily Thread - "A Day in the Life of President Bush" - since shortly after the Inauguration last year. This thread enjoyed almost instantaneous success and has affectionately been dubbed "The Dose".

The Dose begins with a summary of the President's Day, followed by a quote of the day and then photos taken of the President that day. Rintense downloads these photos (mostly from Yahoo and the WH Website) and posts them for all of us to see. She also provides comments along the way and replies to posters. The thread is informative, educational, humorous and poignant. It is posted in the early evening and many of us cannot retire for the night till we have had our Daily Dose of W.

If you have not already done so, do check out the Dose link here. If you like what you see, send Rintense a freep mail and she will put you on her ping list.

Take a bow, Rintense. You have created and maintained a valuable and popular thread and you are ONE OF FREE REPUBLIC'S FINEST.

Link to Rintense's Profile Page

[whoever]

Awwwww, true love, what love!!!!

Thanks for that picture, ohio.

[mtngrl@vrwc]

These aren't the first Habitat pictures? These were taken June 5th of last year.

[mtngrl@vrwc]

This one then?

As you can see I have made a photo album out of the pictures from that Dose. Hehehe!

[Billie]

golly! Use either one! I don't think it matters if we skip around, use the same ones over and over or what! I saw it being discussed earlier, said I'd put the words to that vignette of daisy's, and then I'd been away from the thread for a couple of hours, and put it together and uploaded it and wrote you and a couple of other mails before I posted it here! It's not exclusive or a secret as far as I'm concerned! Flip a coin! LOL. My feelings will not be hurt! I saw lodwick's after I posted the one I did, and like it a lot! I saved IT, too!! LOL!

[Mama_Bear]

I hope you will break this habit and come visit with us.

Yes, please do. I got a kick out of your story about the VI kids living in your bushes. LOL!

[Billie]

Good afternoon, Dave, and thank you! Actually, I'm not sure it's even possible to find a 'bad' flag graphic!

[Billie]

Thanks. :) I liked the one you 'liberated', too. :)

[lawgirl]

BWAHAHAHAAHAH I know precisely the photo you are talking about and I will be online tonight---IM me if you want to I will be on AOL and I'll zap it right to you.

Someone needs to point me to some of the photos that I missed these past few months since I have been away- some of the good ones!

[Mama_Bear]

Okay, I think it would be nice to skip around and use different ones. I just try to be careful about using other people's creations without asking - or "liberating" them, as lodwick says. LOL

[whoever]

SEVERAL MORE QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS

Why does the sun lighten our hair but darken our skin?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Why don't you ever see the headline, "Psychic wins lottery!"?

Why is it necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?

Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

Why is it that rain drops, but snow falls?

Why is it to Stop Windows 98, you have to click on START?

Why is it that lemon juice is made with articial flavors, but dishwashing liquid is made from real lemons?

Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

Why don't they make mouse-flavored cat food? (For that matter, why not cat-flavored dog food!?)

Why do you need a driver's license to buy liqour when you aren't allowed to drink and drive?

[JustAmy]

A mother-in-law stopped unexpectedly by the recently married couple's house. She rang the doorbell and stepped into the house.
She saw her daughter-in-law standing naked by the door.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm waiting for my husband to come home from work," the daughter-in-law answered.
"But you're naked!" the mother-in-law exclaimed.
"This is my love dress," the daughter-in-law explained.
"Love dress? But you're naked!"
"My husband loves me to wear this dress! It makes him happy and it makes me happy. I would appreciate it if you would leave because he will be home from work any minute."
The mother-in-law was tired of all this romantic talk and left.
On the way home she thought about the love dress. When she got home she got undressed, showered, put on her best perfume and waited by the front door.
Finally her husband came home. He walked in and saw her standing naked by the door.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"This is my love dress," she replied.
Husband: "Needs ironing!"
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I will probably never have to buy a joke book. My friends have me supplied with jokes but too many that Jim would ban me for using. LOL

[SevenofNine]

OHH Freedom you mean Israel story?

OKAY I got it NOWWWW




http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/engli sh/world/middle_east/newsid_20 69000/2069313.stm

[whoever]

New Math

Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi

2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won ton

Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement: 1 bananosecond

Weight an evangelist carries with God: 1 billigram

Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon

1000 aches: 1 kilohurtz

Basic unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower

1 million microphones: 1 megaphone

2000 mockingbirds: two kilomockingbirds (work on it....)

52 cards: 1 decacards

3 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital: 1 I.V. League

[lodwick]

True Love Ways

[whoever]

..Husband: "Needs ironing!" ..

hmmmm, hitting too close to home, there, Amy.

[ohioWfan]

Love it!!! You can't fake that look, and that smile! That's the real thing, for sure!!

These two just make me happy just to look at them!

[Billie]

Well, thanks for explaining what the VI stands for! I'm REALLLLLLY glad this is a VI-Free Zone then!

And thanks for the nice words - I'm very pleased with the reception we've gotten in just 4 days. Would love to see you get out of lurker mode and into hello mode though! We'll try to keep the VIs away! :)

[ohioWfan]

OK, mountaingirl, lawgirl knows the one I'm talking about! It's a kneeling/hammering shot, but more straight on......not from the side.

Lawgirl, you got it......I'll be on tonight!

[lodwick]

Isn't that the truth - sorry it took me so long to find it, but I KNEW that I'd put it on several threads a few days ago to give people's spirits a lift for a moment or two.

[Billie]

I THINK that the way JohnRob described it is that the option is there if we're cutting and pasting a lot of text from somewhere else, and with the word wrap OFF, it doesn't make line breaks in funny places. (or something like that) I can't be sure about the reasoning for having the OPTION, because it's GOING TO WRAP WHEN WE PREVIEW AND POST ANYWAY! FWIW, I play like it's not there!