USO Canteen FReeper Style ....Themeless Thursday .... August 22,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style SAMWolf and Snow Bunny

[Kathy in Alaska]

See ya tonight. Hope your back is feeling better. Say hi to the hordes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Wonderful pictures, as usual, Sam. That woman in the dentist's chair does NOT look pleased. although I am not all that fond of the dentist either.

[tomkow6]

Pfizer Corp is making the announcement today that VIAGRA will
soon be available in liquid form and will be marketed by Pepsi
Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer.

Pepsi's proposed ad campaign claims: It will now be possible for
a man to literally pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no
longer call this a soft drink.

This additive gives new meaning to the names of cocktails,
highballs and just a good old fashioned stiff drink. Pepsi will
market the new concoction by the name of "Mount And Do".

[tomkow6]

I sent some jokes from work on your regular email.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey, Mo! Good to see you. You are one busy lady.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Mo, you are too cute. Happy dusting.

[Snow Bunny]

I love this Cote, by Ed Evans, MGySgt., USMC (Ret.) . I am putting the post number here # 127.
Thank you so much. This is worth saving!!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Themeless Thurs. hello to you!

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Ran Into An Ossifer today...
08/22/02 | Mstreak

Posted on 08/22/2002 6:09 PM Eastern by fourdeuce82d

Vanity here.

Ran into a major serving with the guard here in Houston. We were in a bookstore- him in BDUs, me in my usual shorts/t-shirt.

We talked a little about service, morale in the army, possibility of war, etc..

I remembered all the hostility I felt towards the officer corps when I was in- "they're just ticket punchers" "They don't really care about us" "They. They. Them. blah blah blah."

He was a very squared away guy-NOT a "perfumed prince" (a la Hackworth.)

Sucked my gut in, snapped off a raggedy-assed salute, said "Airbone, sir"

I dunno. I was glad to see we had STRAC troops like this taking care of business...I was embarassed to be reminded that HE was gutting it out, and I was enjoying a life without PT, deployment, etc.

Airborne "thank you" to the Ossifer types from a Sp4 (ret) grunt.

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Canteener material. (^:

[MistyCA]

Oh wow, Cote! Thank you. That is a beautiful song but the gesture on your part is what means so much! :)))

[Snow Bunny]

ROTFLMAO

LOL

LMAO

[SAMWolf]

OOH OOH! I'm stealing that one!!

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you so much Linda and Diogenesis'!!! I am going there right now. BRB

[MistyCA]

LMAO.....of course, but let me bring you some too! :)) It's spiked.....just a little tiny bit! :)

[SAMWolf]

ROTFLMAO!!

[MistyCA]

Hi Johnny....just got back from looking at a really nice 4 plex. We may very well wind up buying up some property around here. :))) I guess we lucked out on the weather because it has been awesome since we arrived. :)

[MistyCA]

OOps.....have to leave for a while and will be back later! Hold the fort! :)

[Jen]

Canteener material. (^:

Absolutely! What a great thing to do Fourdeuce82d! Wouldn't it be wonderful if all Americans (or at least all FReepers!) would thank our troops personally when they run into one like you did today!

Now, I'll share a story. A few weeks ago I was flying from Atlanta to Indianapolis. At the Atlanta airport I noticed a sharp young Army private in dress uniform about to get onto the tram. I followed her on and picked a spot next to her as we rode to our terminals. Then I said hello and thanked her for serving in the Army. There was a young man in civilian clothes with her who was also in the Army. They were enroute to their new duty stations - her with the 82nd Airborne, but I don't remember where he was headed. I tore a couple scraps of paper off my ticket jacket and scribbled out the web address for FR and wrote USO Canteen and my screenname and invited them to come visit. I hope they do!

Tom - you want to tell about meeting the Marine and your idea for Thank a Vet and the business cards?