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USO Canteen FReeper Style Monday Mail Call .......
October 21,2002
FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ The Troops and Snow Bunny ~
Posted on 10/20/2002 11:45:27 PM PDT by 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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Our troops need our support and encouragement. They are away from home, some for the first time, and usually lonely or discouraged. It is important for us to reach out and help them in the same way we would want someone to reach out to our loved ones if and when they are in the same position. |
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They answered their call and we are answering theirs, offering them the USO Canteen FReeper Style each day and thanking them for serving. |
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This is IN Coming Mail from some of those serving now. |
We at the USO Canteen FReeper Style, a running thread at Free Republic, are proud to support our Military.
The mail comes in from contacting some of our Military Bases, Marine Corps Leagues, friends and family of those serving now and the wonderful P.O.Box that 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub has made so easily available to each of us here at Free Republic. |
They are writing to those that frequent the FReeper USO Canteen to thank you for your support.
ALL the mail posted on Monday Mail Call is Recent Mail from the prior week. |
Please know... Each one of you that posts back to these letters from our troops, your message will be sent to them in a reply email at the end of today. I do this just in case they may not have a chance to read the entire thread to get their replies. If there are graphics the # of the post is sent so they can enjoy your entire answer. Thank you so much. You are all terrific !
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Dear Snow Bunny I have brothers that are serving just like me. Our Dad passed away on Sept. 12, 2001. We were all already serving so we had a lot happening with 9-11 and our Dad almost the same day. I wish the last full day of my Dad's life would not have been a day filled with such anger and tears. My Dad was a Vietnam Vet, he had two Purple Hearts. Hey Dad isn't this a great place,this Canteen. Thank you Canteeners for giving us the Canteen cottage to come to when we can. I may not be there everyday, but when I can it is the highlight of my day and it stays with me too. Johnny USAF
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Hi Snow Bunny and all Canteeners It has been several months since I have written back. Lots of things going on but I do visit the Canteen often. Your Rodeo was awesome and I was ready in case of any mishaps with all the bronco's. I got a stomach ache after eating all the junk food but it was well worth it. All that visual food felt so good you had to know what it means to so many of us. And the way it was presented was one advertisers might think about. ROTFLMAO Thank you Linda and Bunny for a great feast and the rest of you Canteeners that join in with such enthusiasm everyday. YOU ARE ALL THE BEST ! Thanks for always thinking of us and the best support I have ever seen. James K.L. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class
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Hi Bunny and the Canteeners I feel like the Canteen is my home so I would like to welcome Daughter of An IwoJima Vet, she is the one known as Cap'n Duchess. And a big thank you for the junk food and that crazy day of feeding my face. I needed that but I guess that is why you did it huh Linda and Bunny and you Canteeners. Thanks Larry Johnson I could have used a good workout after my all day eating frenzy. LOL Thank you so much everyone. Charney USArmy
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Chicken Dance ? ROTFLMAO CAN-Tastic ! I am rushed but had to let you know you all ROCK ! Thank you, this is great how you are there for us! Joel USNavy
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Dear Snow Bunny Beautiful babes in tanks. (tank Babes) Now what guy does not dream of that! Bentfeather, a tank never looked so good. I would call you elegance tank style. Thank you for the poems you write and for your beauty too. Hey Sam, Magoo, Jinxie (as Bunny calls you), MM7, Larry, Johnny, Burka Man, Yatch Man, Zip, Aomagrat, AFCATMret and the Radix. Thanks for being at the Canteen for us. Your jokes, writings (lump in the throat time), joking with each other and your support sure makes me happy. Bluesagewoman (your support of us deserves an award I think, the Mojo keep that pen in hand and never stop letting those juices flow Mojo, Kathy with the sparkle in her eye I can tell stuff like that from your posts, Jen (I love you), Radu are you a cutie or what with all those cats. If you ever get another one for your family I offer this name for he/she Ophelia. I have always liked that name, but the girls I meet are mostly NO. No I don't have time to meet a soldier, no I don't want a long distance hunny, no I don't want to sit at home on Saturday night. LOL So guess what I sit at the Canteen and am surrounded by the most beautiful girls in all of America and the best Patriots too. Thank you for the cottage with the big chairs they are very comfortable. The Z-Tar guys told me about the Canteen and it made a big difference. I laugh more now and don't get so down or worried about 'things'. Thank you ! Michael USARMY
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Dear Snow Bunny and Jen and Canteeners I WON I WON I got all the answers for Jen's Trivia questions. Can I have a kiss Jen. Don't worry about the NHH stuff I am all male head to toe. LOL Thanks for the fun and being there. Mark USMC
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Ahoy "USS Canteen" We have a gift for the Canteen Snow Bunny. It was Marty that, well you know Marty and his crush on Souris. He was looking one day for a Mouse house to tell her he would love to have lunch with her one day. LOL He came across this poem and we all liked it a lot so here it is. Not sure who wrote it, Marty said it said a name but had a question mark after it. Now I ask ya, what kind of person has a question mark after their name. What do you think Sam and the Bad Boys ? What do we do with men that have a question mark about what they are. ROTFL I guess they weren't sure who wrote it but who cares its great. Kind of like who cares really what all of our names are as long as we are fighting to keep you safe. Pirates like that word fighting ya know. And a lass in every port, our sea dog Yatch Man knows about that. LOL Anyway its the outcome of the poem like the outcome of this war. Winners all aye that we are as long as we have the "USS Canteen" and the cottage to stop in for grog and wet our whistle for these sturdy pirates. But first a special kiss on the cheek from Marty to Souis and one from each of us for all of the lovelies of the "USS Canteen". Dare we mention the Chicken Dance. ROTFLMAO You all are ALL so out there and we can never thank you enough for how you make us feel. BUT THANK YOU! Tell Cote, Bentfeather, James Wilson, Poet and the Poetry Branch Joe bragged about being a member to some old girlfriend in an email and she is very impressed. He tried to get away with the roses are red bit but that might have been too much for her. That Joe he just has to rush into things. LOL I'll sign off here so you can read our gift. Thanks again Al,Marty, Joe and Scully the scrounger USNAVY Please include the poem below in our email Bunny thanks In Placentia Bay there sat on the shore A young girl who mourned for her love who's no more The pride of his manhood is the prize of the sea And the seagulls still follow on freedom She reached out her hand to an old man passed by And she lifted her head with a tear in her eye Said, "Sit and I'll tell you a tale of some woe While the seagulls still follow on freedom" I come from Toronto, upon the mainland And there's many's a thing here that I don't understand Like why are these young men still slaves to the sea When the seagulls still follow on freedom He said to this young maid, as held her small hand "The sea and its fury are part of this land And them who can't take it had better not stay With the seagulls who follow on freedom" "Those men who quote figures and count the cause lost They see on the high seas and the lives it has cost They don't see the life as we know it to be Like the seagulls who follow on freedom" "So they cheat us and they rob us and continue to say That our only salvation is leaving the bay But I'll soon be ninety and there's one thing I know That the seagulls still follow on freedom"
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MAIL CALL There's a scramble in the barracks When our mail call time arrives, And we hit the stair at double-time, And our interest has revived. We assemble in a circle While some sergeant reads the list Of addresses on the envelopes Lest our letters should be missed. There are many disappointments When our letters do not come, And we hit our bunks again Feeling blue and looking glum. But the man who gets a letter Wears a smile so bright and gay, Like the glimmer of the summer sun When the clouds have passed away. So you true and loyal civilians, If you want to do your part, Why not write a card or letter To delight some soldier's heart! Sir Lancelot |
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs; monacofreetedmaher; usocanteen
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Looks like a fun ride to me! I'm in! (How fast will that thing go, anyway? Anybody know?)
Comment #122 Removed by Moderator
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; Snow Bunny; SAMWolf; MistyCA; Victoria Delsoul; radu; AntiJen; ...
At a convention of biological scientists, one prominent
researcher remarked to another, "Did you know that in
our lab we have switched from mice to lawyers for our
experiments?"
"Really?" the other researcher replied. "Why did you switch?"
"Well, for three reasons. First, we found that lawyers are
far more plentiful. Second, the lab assistants don't get so
attached to them. And third, there are some things even a
rat won't do."
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posted on
10/21/2002 3:35:27 PM PDT
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tomkow6
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; GooberDoll
Who am I calling wierd? Let's see, how many of us are Canteen regulars? If you really think about it, FlagMan was right when he told us, "Youse guys just ain't right!" LOL!!
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posted on
10/21/2002 3:38:34 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
How fast will that thing go, anyway? If WE get to drive, a HUNDRED GAZILLION MILLION MILES PER SECOND!
.............hehehehehehehehehe................snicker........
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posted on
10/21/2002 3:38:49 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
To: HiJinx
We think we're SLIGHTLY irregular...........
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posted on
10/21/2002 3:39:58 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
To: coteblanche; Snow Bunny; SassyMom; MistyCA; SAMWolf; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Kathy in Alaska; ...
To: JohnHuang2
Oh ! Got that new 'Puter now ??
To: HiJinx; Snow Bunny; SAMWolf; MistyCA; Victoria Delsoul; radu; AntiJen; Kathy in Alaska; WVNan; ...
A couple just started their Lamaze class and they were
given an activity requiring the husband to wear a bag of
sand -- to give him an idea of what it feels like to be
pregnant. The husband stood up and shrugged saying,
"This doesn't feel so bad."
The Lamaze instructor then dropped a pen and asked the
husband to pick it up.
"You want me to pick up the pen as if I were pregnant,
the way my wife would do it?" the husband asked.
"Exactly," replied the instructor.
To the delight of the other husbands, he turned to his wife
and said, "Honey, pick up that pen for me."
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posted on
10/21/2002 3:51:39 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
To: coteblanche
I agree wholeheartedly, cote! I love the way that little guy is dressed, and how he's running to his daddy's arms. It's the most beautiful photograph I've seen in a long, long time. Fantastic!
To: Snow Bunny; SAMWolf; MistyCA; Victoria Delsoul; radu; AntiJen; Kathy in Alaska; WVNan; SassyMom; ...
The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment:
Get their parents to tell them a story with
a moral at the end of it.
The next day the kids came back and one by
one began to tell their stories
Ashley said, "My father's a farmer and we have a
lot of egg-laying hens.
One time we were taking our eggs to market
in a basket on the front seat of the pickup when
we hit a big bump in the road and all
the eggs went flying and broke and made a mess."
"And what's the moral of the story?" asked the
teacher.
"Don't put all your eggs in one basket!"
"Very good," said the teacher.
Next little Sarah raised her hand and said,
"Our family are farmers too.
But we raise chickens for the meat market.
We had a dozen eggs one time, but when
they hatched we only got ten live chicks, and the
moral to this story is, "don't count your chickens
before they're hatched."
"That was a fine story Sarah."
"Michael, do you have a story to share?"
"Yes, ma'am, my daddy told me this story about my
Aunt Karen.
Aunt Karen was a flight engineer in Desert Storm
and her plane got hit.
She had to bail out over enemy territory and all
she had was a bottle of whiskey,a machine gun
and a machete.
She drank the whiskey on the way down so it
wouldn't break and then she landed right in the
middle of 100 enemy troops.
She killed seventy of them with the machine gun
until she ran out of bullets.
Then she killed twenty more with the machete till
the blade broke.
And then she killed the last ten with her bare
hands.
"Good heavens," said the horrified teacher, "what
kind of moral did your daddy tell you from that
horrible story?"
"Stay the Hell away from Aunt Karen when she's been
drinking."
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posted on
10/21/2002 3:56:31 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; tomkow6
I don't know how fast it goes, but the only driver we've come up with yet it one of tom's voices. They are begging to drive. Somehow, this does not inspire my full confidence. LOL! Know anybody that can drive? Maybe we will have to get the driver's manual and one can read and the other handle the controls. I'll bet we can do it together. Whadda ya think? Tom can come too, and maybe one of his voices will have some hidden talent. And he wants to bring his kitty katz.
To: HiJinx; tomkow6
Whew...just glad to know you weren't singling me out! LOL (Although I DO admit to being somewhat, uh..."different".)
So we're ALL weird. Cool. ; )
To: Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6
I don't know how fast it goes, but the only driver we've come up with yet it one of tom's voices. They are begging to drive.Oh. That's what he meant by "we". Why am I suddenly nervous? LOL
To: coteblanche
I love this picture so much. I just had to post it again.
I'm so glad you did, I love this photo, also.
To: Severa; Hostel
Hi Severa, glad that you are finally feeling better. Thanks to Hostel for his service to our country and to you for being a Navy wife.
Hi JJ......
Hi Robbie
To: Snow Bunny; souris; All
James K.L, US NAVY; Joel, US NAVY; Michael, US ARMY, Mark, USMC, Al, Marty, Joe & Scully the Scrounger, US NAVY:
Hey you guys!
This is the first mail call where I've been lucid enough to figure out the groove around here (I'm a bit of a newbie), but I just wanted to take a minute and send you guys my best wishes, support, and thanks for everything you are doing for us. It's so great to know you enjoy the Canteen, and it's awesome to know you can feel how much we all love and appreciate you guys.
Stay safe and hurry home! Hope to hear from all of you soon. Marty, I'll put in a good word with the little mouse for you. ; )
Hugs,
Duchess
To: tomkow6
Tom, all these "love definitions" by kids are so precious. Thank you so much for posting them.
To: Snow Bunny
Dear Michael USArmy,
Missouri FReepers, Zip, DogRobber, Bretmilk, Prov3456 all of us, are so pleased to know our messages are being seen. Although all the things we think and feel won't fit on a poster board, please know that even the ones with only a couple of words on them have all of our hearts in the letters.
Thank you for taking the time to keep us all charged up at the Canteen. Like for you all, mail call is the best day for us, too!
To: Kathy in Alaska; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Sooooooooooooooooo?
Can we drive/fly the Helochopper? PLEASE?
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posted on
10/21/2002 4:29:41 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
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