A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day 07-26-02

Billie and DaisyScarlett

[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.

TOP: Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog

MIDDLE:  Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son

BOTTOM:  JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

                     

ONE OF FR'S FINEST

Teacup "Caption this Photo"

If you see this, either as a comment or a new thread post, chances are good that Teacup is the author. And chances are also good that you are viewing a photo of one of the Clintons. Like most FReepers, Teacup does not have a high regard for the former First Family. Her outrage at Pardongate helped lead to the founding of The Ladies Investigative Guild of FR. (now known as The Guild). A charter member of the Guild, she continues to post there frequently. She also posts at and visits various other threads.

Teacup has been a FReeper since 11-04-98. Among her FReeps are Sore Loserman rallies and FReeping the Creep at the White House. While she is almost always cheerful and fun, don't let this or her screen name fool you. She is not as delicate and fragile as, well, a teacup.

She is a proud American of Hispanic descent, raised in the barrios of Southern California. Despite the fact that both her father and uncle (WWII veterans) were Eisenhower Republicans, she began her college years as a self-described "hippie and Liberal". At age 19, she became a single Mom. In her own words: "It's amazing how quickly you grow up and become conservative when you are all alone and have a baby to raise." In 1980 she became a born again Christian and credits the Lord with changing her life.

She is proud that she raised her daughter with no help, Government or otherwise (other than Medical Aid and that was only for a short while). She worked during the day, went to school in the evenings and eventually obtained both an AA Degree and a BS Degree.

She was employed as a Licensed Social Worker for many years. Her accomplishments in the field of mental health and substance abuse counseling are vast and include writing substance abuse programs for many California schools (she was trained at Betty Ford Center) and helping start one of the first Rape Counseling Centers in Southern California.

She has lived in California, Texas, NJ and Virginia and has a wealth of lifetime experiences.

Don't even think about making a racial slur or stereotypical remark when she is around and if you are foolish enough to engage in a flame war with her, well God love ya.

Remember the television sit-com called "Major Dad' with Gerald McRanney? The premise of the show was that a single Marine Corps Officer married a lady with three children so he became an immediate Dad and used Marine Corps methods to keep the household in line.

Well, Mr. Teacup is a real-life Major Dad. Except he is a retired Marine Corps Lt.Colonel. He and Teacup have been married for 13 years and, while he did not share in the raising of Teacup's daughter (Freeper mini-teacup), he thinks of her as his daughter and her four children as his grandchildren. Three of these four grandchildren have been making their home with the Teacups for the last several weeks due to an acute family crisis. So their household is a "Colonel GrandDad" type home these days.

For an example, last weekend Teacup related how he got them all up early on a Saturday morning and the whole family went on a three mile hike. Does that sound like a script right outta Major Dad or what? Especially when the kids came home and took a long nap after devouring a mess of chocolate-chip pancakes prepared by Grandma.

Teacup not only opens her heart to fellow FRiends, she also opens her home to them. Pictured above at an April cookout in Teacup's bucolic home in the Virginia countryside: Teacup in center with Mr. and Mrs. G'nad on left and Mrs. and Mr. Mudpuppy on right.

TEACUP, TEACUP, TEACUP
WE LUV YA, LUV YA, LUV YA and
YOU ARE ONE OF FR'S FINEST

THIS WEEK'S THREADS

7-22-02 Phil V.
7-23-02 MtnGrl
7-24-02 ru4Liberty
7-25-02 Lowbridge

[COB1]

"We wanna see a recent picture....."

You got it!!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Somehow, I never figured you for a redhead...........

[lodwick]

;-)

[whoever]

..Your breakfast Who! Enjoy. ..

How thoughtful!

It looks wonderful, and just about the right size for me.

You may want to hold off on lunch for half an hour.....

[lodwick]

;-)

Cute Rat, also. Watching his weight
as I have to do. Can't go sumo here.

[whoever]

..I once had a blind date that looked.... ....never mind. To horrible to recall. ..

You said you would never discuss our date!!!!!

[daisyscarlett]

Post #119, that is the graphic I was referring to in my freepmail to you....

Thanks for letting me know that Mama_Bear is having computer problems. I miss her but know she will be here as soon as possible...

[whoever]

..Cute Rat, also...

That was a gift from Skinny.

Can you believe he told me it was a mouse?????

[lodwick]

LOL - the monster tail's the give away.

Skinny should have gone Farmer's Wife
on a couple or three inches. ;-)

[daisyscarlett]

That Skinny is way too much. On Monday, when you were gone, he presented Billie with a bouquet of "flowers" which were in reality poison ivy...Did you have to give Asta back to get that gift?..lol....

[COB1]

"BTW...do all your ex's live in Texas?"

The first one is a candidate for the Texas looney bin, the second one is still running around nekkid in the hills of California looking for the guru and the third one is presently engaged in making several other poor Texans' lives miserable.

[whoever]

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey.

When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old man. He was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his Root Beer when he noticed that the old man looked hungry, so he offered him a Twinkie. He gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a Root Beer.

Again, he smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word. As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old man, and gave him a hug. He gave him his biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?

He replied, "I had lunch with God."

But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? He's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"

Meanwhile, the old man, also radiant with joy, returned to his home. His son was stunned by the look of peace on his face and he asked, "Dad,what did you do today that made you so happy?"

He replied, "I ate Twinkies in the park with God."

However, before his son responded, he added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."

[whoever]

..Did you have to give Asta back to get that gift?....

Not only did I give back Asta, I removed what he considered my somewhat uncomplimentary comments to him on my webpage.

He said he was so grateful that he was giving me my own mouse.

I tell you, he is not a man to be trusted.

[MudPuppy]

Congrats Teacup.
She's a fine lady and a terrific FReeper.

Hope things are shaping up with her family :)

Semper Fi!

[whoever]

TOTALLY TWISTED PROVERBS

A 4th grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in the class the first half of the proverb, and asked them to come up with the rest. Here is what they came up with:

Better to be safe than punch a 5th grader
Strike while the bug is close.
It's always darkest before daylight savings time

Never underestimate the power of termites.
You can lead a horse to water but how?
Don't bite the hand that looks dirty.
No news is impossible.
A miss is as good as a Mr.

You can't teach an old dog math.
If you lie down with dogs, you will stink in the morning.
Love all, trust me.
The pen is mightier than the pigs
An idle mind is the best way to relax.

Where there is smoke, there's pollution.
Happy is the bride who gets all the presents.
A penny saved is not much.
Two is company, three's The Musketeers.
None are so blind as Helen Keller.

Children should be seen and not spanked or grounded.
If at first you don't succeed get new batteries.
You get out of something what you see pictured on the box.
When the blind lead the blind get out of the way.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you have to blow your nose.

[lodwick]

No matter how many times I read Lunch with God -
it still gets me. Thanks for posting it. JL bbl

[ST.LOUIE1]

..I once had a blind date that looked.... ....never mind.
To horrible to recall. ..

You said you would never discuss our date!!!!!

But, but....I haven't!

You were much better lookin' anyway. LOL!

Sorry, Billie, 'who' made me. : )

[The Thin Man]

I tell you, he is not a man to be trusted.

who, I don't understand. Is something amiss? I give you a gift straight from my heart and get attacked not once, but twice.

Here's another gift. Now maybe you'll behave.

[whoever]

Creation Duel

In the beginning God created the heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

And the Devil said, "It doesn't get any better than this."

And God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. And God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit," and God saw that it was good.

And the Devil said, "There goes the neighborhood."

And God said, "Let us make Man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle, and over all the Earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the Earth." And so God created Man in his own image; male and female did He create.

And God looked upon Man and Woman and saw that they were lean and fit.

And the Devil said, "I know how I can get back in this game."

And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.

And the Devil created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth the 79-cent double cheeseburger. And the Devil said to Man: "You want fries with that?"

And Man said: "Supersize them." And Man gained 5 pounds.

And God created the healthful yogurt, that woman might keep her figure that man found so fair.

And the Devil brought forth chocolate. And Woman gained 5 pounds.

And God said, "Try my crispy fresh salad."

And the Devil brought forth Ben and Jerry's. And Woman gained 10 pounds.

And God said, "I have sent thee heart-healthy vegetables and olive oil with which to cook them."

And the Devil brought forth chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained 10 pounds and his bad cholesterol went through the roof.

And God brought forth running shoes and Man resolved to lose those extra pounds.

And the Devil brought forth cable TV with remote control so Man would not have to toil to change channels between ESPN and ESPN2. And Man gained another 20 pounds.

And God said, "You're running up the score, Devil."

And God brought forth the potato, a vegetable naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition.

And the Devil peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fat fried them. And the Devil created sour cream dip.

And Man clutched his remote control and ate the potato chips swaddled in cholesterol. And the Devil saw and said, "It is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest.

And God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.

And the Devil canceled Man's health insurance.

Then God showed Woman how to peel the skin off chicken and cook the nourishing whole grain brown rice.

And the Devil created light beer so Man could poison his body with alcohol while feeling righteous because he had to drink twice as much of the now-insipid brew to get the same buzz. And Man gained another ten pounds.

And God created the life-giving tofu.

And Woman ventured forth into the land of Godiva Chocolate and upon returning asked Man: "Do I look fat?"

And the Devil said, "Always tell the truth." And Man did.

And Woman went out from the presence of man and dwelt in the land of the divorce lawyer, east of the marriage counselor.

[whoever]

..Here's another gift. Now maybe you'll behave...

Only in your wildest dreams.....

Thanks, will it explode if I save it and crash my computer???