USO Canteen FReeper Style....Childrens Art to our Troops....July 23,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family,
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank them.
Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper Style,
are thankful for every service member
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
in both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Message from Snow Bunny to all those who visit the Canteen.

This is how I think of the USO Canteen Freeper Style.
It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night.

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too.
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of place
that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, a library, etc.

Many Veterans have written to me,
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they served.

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy
and sometimes troubling world.
Make yourself at home.

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Children's Art at the Canteen

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SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AFPN) -- With a pencil, pen and marker, Daniela McCain, third-grade daughter of Tech. Sgt. Christopher and Pamela McCain, from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., drew herself a first-place entry in the Air Force category of the Armed Services YMCA Art Contest 2002

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[WVNan]

SAM! You're found! Do we have to send the ransom? Man oh man do we ever miss YOU. Hurry home.

[WVNan]

Will this be enough?

[COB1]

OKAY, BLUESAGEWOMAN!

HERE'S YOUR FIRST LOVE!

Don Williams Medley

Don Williams was born in Floydada, Texas.
His first payment for singing was in the form of an alarm clock he won in a talent contest in 1953 in Portland, near Corpus.

Folks, I grew up listening to this guy.
He instilled in me my love of country music.

[Bahbah]

It just amazes me how you know this stuff, COB1.

[COB1]

HAHA!!
Just know that I was regular at Luckenbach, Texas, long before Willie and Waylon thought about writing a song about it.
I was country when country wasn't cool anywhere but Texas!

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL!

[MeekOneGOP]

hehehe

[MeekOneGOP]

Loved your Don Williams music link. Thanks !

[bluesagewoman]

OK, I owe you a story about growing tomatoes upside-down.

For a short period of time I lived near Ashland, TN, picking tomatoes all day long on a 4 acre plot. When the job was done I moved back to my home state of Missouri and dropped in to visit my little brother. He was living in a small cabin in the woods.

Upon arriving to his house I was amazed to see he had tomatoes growing from the bottoms of buckets he had hung under the eaves around his cabin. The tomato plants were growing out of 1 inch holes he had drilled out of the bottom of the bucket.

He had threaded the plants through the holes, secured the plant with pieces of moss, and filled the buckets with dirt, then mulched the top. He hung the buckets by the bails up high. The leaves merely turned themselves right-side up to catch the sun.

Fascinated with his idea, the next year I planted my tomato plant upside-down and hung it outside my kitchen window, next to a planter full of lettuce. I literally didn't have to leave my kitchen to pick a fresh salad.

The advantages of upside-down tomatoes are several. Deer, and other animals can't reach them easily. Most insects won't climb up onto the roof to jump into the bucket. Watering and fertilizing was minimal, no need to stake and most importantly, NO WEEDING.

Given the choice between the hot work of picking tomatoes in the field, or picking them off the house, I choose the later. I plant my tomatoes in a bucket, through the hole in the bucket, and will always use a bucket.

[WVNan]

That's fascinating. I might even try it next year. If someone can turn this upside down now.

[Kathy in Alaska]

ROTFLMAO!! Too funny, tom.

[COB1]

Bluesage, that's a brilliant idea!!
I'll remember that!

Now I'm off to South Texas to try to pay for my play time.
Check y'all later.

[HiJinx]

Would you like that with or without tomatoes, ma'am?

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

No skunks that I know of, but lots & lots & lots of porcupines that don't know how to cross the road any better that skunks (of course YOUR kitties have better sense).

[redhead]

I'll be darned! If that isn't the CLEVEREST gardening idea I've seen in a long time. I just might have to try that myself next year!

[JustAmy]

Thanks so much, Tonk. Your appreciation of his service is special since it comes from one who has served and is still serving! God Bless America!

[bluesagewoman]

There are actually websites out there now with instructions on how to do it. However, my little brother was doing it 20 years ago out of necessity.

[kneezles]

I had the opportunity to visit Luckenbach about 5 years ago with the local Boy Scout Troop when we went to Fredricksburg and Enchanted Rock State Park. We spent about 30 munites in Luckenbach, saw everything twice and then left!!!

[redhead]

Well, it's NEAT. I like the idea.

We ordered a "potato bin" from a gardening catalog a couple of years ago that promised "60 POUNDS of potatoes from one plant!" Yep. Uh-huh. We watered and babied, and babied and watered, and tended that bin lovingly all summer. Come harvest time, we opened the sides to collect our 60-pound bounty. We got ONE potato. About 6" long. (Don't ask ME!!!)