USO Canteen FReeper Style....FReeper FRiday.... July 12,2002

Larry Johnson , AntiJen , Cotelanche and Snow Bunny

[The Mayor]

Have a Great Day all!!

[Ligeia]

Shipyard prepares for submarine's keel laying

The Virginia class submarine boasts the most
sophisticated technology in U.S. submarine history,
designed with the flexibility to carry out multiple
missions. Artist rendering

NEWPORT NEWS -- They call it a ``keel laying.'' But the stealthy, sleek Texas -- the second in the Virginia class of submarines -- has no keel to lay. Its bottom is smooth, lacking the keel that runs the length of a traditional ship's underbelly to guide and steady it.

Today the Texas appears in pieces, huge steel tubular sections and their elaborate innards, in the outfitting areas of Northrop Grumman Newport News and its partner shipyard, Electric Boat Corp., in Groton, Conn. One of those pieces, the 34-foot-wide steel stern, stands as a near-finished milestone in the seven-year construction of a sub that will be 377 feet long when it's delivered to the Navy in 2005. Continue

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Snow! Miss you TOO!

Do you have an escort for Satyrday night?

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

And THANK YOU!

[tomkow6]

Good morning, EVERYBODY!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

[tomkow6]

Today's feeble attempt at humor:

It was visitor's day at the lunatic asylum. All the inmates were standing in the courtyard and singing "Ave Maria." They were singing it beautifully. Oddly, each of them was holding a red apple in one hand and tapping it rhythmically with a pencil. A visitor listened in wonder to the performance and then approached the choir.

"I am a retired choir director," he said. "This is one of the best choirs I have ever heard."

"Yes, I'm very proud of them," said the conductor.

"You should take them on tour," said the visitor, "what are they called?"

"Surely that's obvious," replied the conductor... "They're the Moron Tapanapple Choir."

[Lee'sGhost]

Wow! Mind if I ride in your car? You don't mind, do you Coti?

[freedom9]

Morning, Snow Bunny.
You, and your posts are cool.

[McLynnan]

Good morning all! Wanted to say thank you for your dedication to this wonderful daily thread.

Larry, thank you for your service and thanks to your family for their sacrifices.

[JohnHuang2]

Good morning, Sir.

Thank you for serving our country. I salute you.

[JohnHuang2]

Morning, friend

[JohnHuang2]

Good morning to you, too =^)

[Pippin]

Good Morning, Snow!

[Pippin]

Good Morning, Tonkin!

[Pippin]

Good Morning,John!

[Pippin]

Good Morning, Meek!

[kneezles]

Thank you for your service Larry. I was quite interested in the writeup that you did a lot of meteorology stuff. My son is currently in the Air Force ROTC at the University of Oklahoma majoring in meteorology. Right now he's at Lackland AFB doing his four weeks of field training. Out of about 30 cadets starting out majoring in meteorology in his class, there are only two left.

[JohnHuang2]

Good morning to you, friend =^)