A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-08-02

Billie

[Billie]

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:  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.

TOP: dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7,
AlasBabylon.
BOTTOM:  Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad,
Aomagrat

                     

He Wears Two Hats

Like many Texans who wear a hardhat on the job, in the evening when the hardhat and the steel-toed boots come off, the Stetson and the cowboy boots go on! It's boot-scootin' time...a little "Cotton-Eyed Joe"!

The Eyes of Texas

COB1
Freeper since 08-09-00

I first met Cob about two years ago on various threads on FR, but there was one thread he used to visit almost daily: The Guild. There were a number of men who made up the Men's Auxiliary of the Ladies' Investigative Guild, and Cob easily fit in and became one of the regulars, claiming a permanent spot on the sofa in one of the Guild photos. ;)

Like many of us, Cob lurked for several months before joining FR, but once he chose a screenname and logged on for the first time as a full-fledged FReeper, he was through lurking! He said his very first post was a thread! "...and I didn't even know how to post, much less make a thread."

"I was so angry about the late night talk show host showing a picture of George Bush with the suggestion that he be assassinated that I had to join and post! I called Sean Hannity on his talk radio show and actually did talk to him for several minutes. I told him about the threat on the late night show, but I don't think he believed me. He didn't air it. I posted that on the thread and got lamblasted for it! LOL!"

"NO one believed me - neither that the threat had occurred or that I had talked to Sean Hannity! Everyone pointed to my join date and said, 'Yeah, right!!' Later on in the day someone verified both, and I was off and running!"

Cob is passionate in his beliefs. He is passionate about his friends. Mention CHIEF Negotiator, and his eyes still tear. Cob has been leading the fight on FR to find the truth behind the fire that took the CHIEF's life. He won't give up that fight.

LET'S FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR!!

AUTOPSY AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS ON THE DEATH OF CHIEF NEGOTIATOR

The Cowboy went to California.....

This summer, Cob accepted an invitation that was extended to all FReepers to attend the FResno Rally and TailGate Party, but instead of the warm reception he expected.....he got a rather cool one instead. :)

CoolGuy douses COB
while Chadsworth looks on

I am kidding, of course. The Rally couldn't have been a more rewarding experience, and he came away vowing to return again and again.

Cob receiving an autographed portrait of
Jim Robinson for traveling all the way from
Texas to the FResno TailGate Party this summer.

The weekend also gave Cob a desire to meet other FReepers every chance he gets. Already he is active in the Houston Chapter. He was very active in the freeps in downtown Houston before the election and during the run-off.

"The one I remember the most vividly was the first one, before the election. Humidston is probably the only Houston freeper still active who was at that one. We froze our butts off! It was drizzling rain and freezing, and about twenty of us were in competition with a group of Gorons across the street at the courthouse downtown."

"We outlasted that bunch of wusses! As soon as they left we RAN to the nearest cafe to thaw out with some coffee!"

"The next big rally was during the run-off when we gathered about fifty people to a rally at the Galleria. Those were the fun days of FR for me!"

The cowboy is a Marine.....

"I went into boot camp in 1958 at MCRD in San Diego. I graduated as honor man of my platoon. My picture in our Summer Service "A"s shows me sitting with the D.I.s holding the guide."

"I went off active duty after six months and returned to reserve status. In those six months we had Cold Weather Training at Bridgeport, California; Desert Training at Twenty-Nine Palms, California; Sea Survival Training at El Toro, California; and Beach Assault Training at Coronado, California."

"I served seven and a half years on reserve status serving my last active duty at Camp Pendleton, California, in 1962. The picture of me and my buddy from Chicago was taken at Camp Pendleton."

Yesterday was Cob's birthday. On another thread, he responded to a birthday greeting with the following: "Thanks for the birthday greeting, guys! Like old MGySgt Ed Evans, USMC (Retired) said, 'Not as lean, not as mean, but still a Marine!' Even at 63!"

Did I say he wore TWO hats? Make that more...much more than that.....but mostly that he wears the hat of a FRiend...a FReeper FRiend!

Thank You, COB,
For ALL Those Hats You Wear!

THIS WEEK'S THREADs

10-07-02 Remembering Angelique

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

     1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
     2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
     3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
     4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
     5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me an FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

[WVNan]

Booooooo(snicker)...

Preacher stopped in a pet shop to buy a parrot. "But I don't want one that swears," he explained to the shopkeeper.
"I've got just the bird for you!" said the shopkeeper.
He took the preacher into a back room where the parrot was perched, with a string on each foot.
The shopkeeper pulled the string on the right foot and the bird recited the Lord's Prayer.
Then he pulled the string on the left foot and the parrot burst into "Nearer My God to Thee."
"This is wonderful," said the preacher. "What would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?"
"You @#*%!" squawked the parrot, "I'd fall on my keister."

[WVNan]

Hello and good night angel. Hardly knew ye my love. Tomorrow perhaps?

[LadyX]

Think you're pretty sharp with the tack yer takin' doncha?

(hisssss boom bah!!)

[JustAmy]

Silly Shelly ... We've missed you!


Hope you can spend more time with us!

[COB1]

"COB1 can bloody well shoot!"

HA!!
You didn't notice that I personally picked the target to take down there and staple up!
And you didn't notice that those holes in the bull were just a liiiiiitle bit bigger than a .223 or .30.
They were just about the size of a number two pencil.

On another and more truthful note, if I were as proficient as you with my Sig, I'd start entering shooting matches!

[humblegunner]

Come on down!!!

[COB1]

Goodnight, Angel.
Thanks for being here.

[COB1]

LOLOL!
Ya gotta watch those little guys!

[humblegunner]

if I were as proficient as you with my Sig, I'd start entering shooting matches!

Pshaw. It's a new weapon to me, give me a year or so.

[LadyX]

"Ya gotta watch those little guys!"

Kinda illustrates the saying, "size doesn't matter!"
LOL

[WVNan]

Hehehe. Hi my Lady. I'll be here for a bit tonight. It was a long day however and I may fall asleep on my keyboard.

Although we are apart I'm never really apart from you... even though distance separates us and time finds us on our individuals paths. Every day I sense that we are together, in daylight or in dream, for kindred souls like ours can never truly separate. Andrew Tawney

[LadyX]

"Pshaw. It's a new weapon to me, give me a year or so."

Slow learner, huh?

[mtngrl@vrwc]

Save me a spot on that street corner about the end of November! You're going to have to suffer through another visit from me!

Suffer? You have GOT to be kidding! We will all be looking forward to it! :-D

Consider your spot saved!

[LadyX]

How beautiful, Nan, as is the picture to illustrate it.
We were cut in the same mold in many ways..:))
I am blessed.....

[JustAmy]

A blonde decides to try horseback riding, even though she has had no lessons or prior experience. She mounts the horse unassisted and the horse immediately springs into motion. It gallops along at a steady and rhythmic pace, but the blonde begins to slip from the saddle.
In terror, she grabs for the horse's mane, but cannot seem to get a firm grip. She tries to throw her arms around the horse's neck, but she slides down the side of the horse anyway. The horse gallops along, seemingly impervious to its slipping rider. Finally, giving up her frail grip, she leaps away from the horse to try and throw herself to safety.
Unfortunately, her foot has become entangled in the stirrup, she is now at the mercy of the horse's pounding hooves as her head is struck against the ground over and over. As her head is battered against the ground, she is mere moments away from unconsciousness when to her great fortune .............


The Walmart manager sees her and shuts the horse off.

~~~~~~~~~~

Ta Da

[COB1]

To Houston Freepers:

The VFW of Katy is having a Blue Grass Festival on November 14.
The tickets are seven dollars.
All the proceeds go to helping disabled vets.

Did y'all know that our vets lying in the veteran's hospitals don't even have body soap to bathe unless someone donates it?
Did you know that some of those outside the hospital who have doctor's appointments don't even have money for bus fare to get there?
Did you know that unless someone donates some eyeglasses to them, a lot of them can't even read the newspaper?

Does it sound like I'm on another crusade?

YEP! MORE LATER..............

[Flyer]

Slow learner, huh?

Stop that! You know it hurts when I have to bite my tongue.

[LadyX]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............

(thisisatesttoseeifyouare functioning effectivelystill)

[WVNan]

Hi Amy.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. began a speech with one of the all-time best opening lines. "I feel like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I look around and I know it's wonderful to be here, but I don't know where to begin."

[Flyer]

Good music for a good cause. Can't go wrong there.