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

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style SAMWolf 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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[tomkow6]

You have FRemail!

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you Tonkin ! Wow that is wonderful.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Conducted over 2,000 boardings of high interest vessels "

There was 1 such boarding today while I was on watch.
I can't really post just what happened
but can tell you that this particular boat had called
in on the radio for information about coming into Coos Bay.
The OOD Gave me some specific questions to ask the boat
and based upon the answers a boarding team met the boat at the dock.
The OOD's "6th sense" was right.

[SpookBrat]

Hiya Snow Bunny! Sure you will see me. She's a good mother-in-law and doesn't need constant supervision and babysitting. She takes care of herself. LOL We usually play a lot of games when we are together as a family, but I passed on the games tonight and came in here. I feel like I haven't seen you guys in ages.

[tomkow6]

HECK, NO! I'm as sane as the rest of the crazy people!.........giggle........Is it time for my medicine yet?

[cowgirlcutie]

Oh, those are so cute! How about a curvy brunette (like I USED to be.LOL)!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

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!

Who could resist that warm invite. (^:

Welcome 82nd Airborne and friend!

[Jen]

I didn't create the welcome gate and not sure who did. I got it from Bunny.

Bun hun, who deserves the credit for the beautiful canteen gate?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Beautiful poem and the picture sure goes with it. How ya doing blue? Did Cassie chill out?

[Jen]

OK! Long hair or short? Curly or straight?

[Snow Bunny]

Hi, this is so neat and the picture too. Thank you.

[cowgirlcutie]

Let's see...long, straight hair! :o)

[Pippin]

Thanks, now you have mail!

So, you're as sane as the rest of the crazies! TEE! HEE!

[Snow Bunny]

BIG smile ! Even for a little few minutes is always such fun to see you.Thanks!!!!

[tomkow6]

To all the Canteen Ladies that MIGHT be on a diet:

A Dieter's Psalm

Strict is my diet. I must not want.
It maketh me to lie down at night hungry.
It leadeth me past the confectioners.
It trieth my willpower.
It leadeth me in the paths of alteration for my figure's sake. Yea, though I walk through the aisles of the pastry department,
I will buy no sweet rolls for they are fattening.
The cakes and the pies, they tempt me.
Before me is a table set with green beans and lettuce.
I filleth my stomach with liquids,
My day's quota runneth over.
Surely calorie and weight charts will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the fear of scales forever.

[bluesagewoman]

Chill out? No way! Wonder why they call them Cornish Rex? More like T-Rex, little monster. We just love her! Winifred isn't lonesome anymore. She hasn't even caught her breath since Cassie came to stay. HeeeHeee!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Way to Go Coast Guard!

[Snow Bunny]

[Jen]

"Better living, thru chemistry".

Oh, did you learn that yesterday from RA and Sabertooth?

**********From RA's science post: Radio astronomers use CO emissions at 1.3 and 2.6 mm to identify molecular hydrogen (H2) in these cold molecular clouds. H I regions consist primarily of neutral atomic hydrogen (H) gas with densities of up to 107 atoms per cubic meter at temperatures around 100 K, and are detected from 21-cm emissions generated by the quantum spin flip of individual hydrogen electrons.

Sabertooth to RA: True enough, but things really get interesting as the radio astronomers delve into the mass adenoidal transfusions of C17H21NO4.