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USO Canteen FReeper Style....Monday Mail Call ....
October 28,2002
FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and the Troops
Posted on 10/27/2002 11:18:05 PM PST by Snow Bunny
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Kathy in Alaska; AntiJen; Snow Bunny; LindaSOG; MoJo2001; radu; ...
OMG - what is
that? LOL
Are you sure there's a manual in our language? I watch The X Files, but I think I might be in over my head here, Kathy! Bwahahahahaha - this looks like a fun ride! Jen, what do you think? Can you handle her?
To: tomkow6
Swat me again, PLEASE, but HARDER?
Can I help?
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posted on
10/28/2002 1:19:15 PM PST
by
Jen
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To: AntiJen
Ahem! Perhaps, I can be of assistence?
![](http://members.tripod.com/~doxie_44/gifs1/sship.gif)
I have some experiences with these crafts..........
TOMKOW6 calling the mother ship..........do you read?..........
124
posted on
10/28/2002 1:26:34 PM PST
by
tomkow6
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To: Snow Bunny
Keith, USNavy HI Keith, and Uncle Bert too, it is our pleasure to support you at your Canteen.
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After all, you are out there protecting the very freedoms we enjoy today. Our very own tomkow6 (Burka Man) and AntiJen came up with the idea for the USO Canteen business cards and designing and printing them. It is terrific that the cards are already doing what we all hoped they would do.....and that is to spread the word that the USO Canteen Freeper Style is here every single day to honor our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies. We hope that you will always feel comfortable coming into the Canteen Cottage and grab a snack, play some pool, watch a little TV, maybe have a dance or two, or just hang out. This is your home away from home. God bless you good for your service to this great country of ours.
To: SAMWolf
Thank you SAM for this information.
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Kathy does this thing have a Joy Stick?
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; Kathy in Alaska; radu; LindaSOG; Snow Bunny; All
Do we need crash helmets girls?
To: tomkow6
A woman is a bundle of contradiction, Ok... I have a true story to tell...
Years ago my hubby and I were having a 'marital discussion' and I 'lovingly whispered': "Don't tell me what to do! I'm an independent woman of the 90s!"
A short time later, I'm in the laundry room and let out a hair-raising scream. Hubby comes running. "What's wrong???"
Me: "A spider! Kill it!!!"
Hubby (laughing): "You're an independent woman of the 90s - YOU kill it!" (More laughter)
Me (hiding behind him): "Honnnnnnnnney, pleeeeeeeeeeease kill it!"
Hubby kills the big, ugly, hairy, scary spider and laughs some more at my 'independence'! hahahahahahahaha
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posted on
10/28/2002 1:47:45 PM PST
by
Jen
To: Aeronaut
Hi Aeronaut and Otto. I'm sure glad you guys aren't always late like I am. Thank you so much for your daily flyover of protection for the USO Canteen.
To: LindaSOG; Snow Bunny; All; AntiJen
I tuned in late and now I have gone all day without flying my Statue Of Liberty flag which I got in 1986.
Think of all the Troops who returned from Europe after the World Wars to NY seeing this Lady Liberty. My USAF is now disappointing in this one ritual. Also,I was telling my daughter yesterday as a thought came to me(a senior moment) that when our ancestors came over on a boat there were no illegal immigrants.Not so perfect a system,I'm sure at the Mexican border but you get my drift.
To: SLB
Always good to see you, SLB. Thanks for dropping in this Mail Call Monday.
To: Snow Bunny; All
Alex - USN
Thanks for letting me know that your friend was in a picture we posted and that his Mom saw it. That kind of news warms the hearts of the Canteeners.
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posted on
10/28/2002 2:15:02 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
To: Snow Bunny
Hi Snow Bunny!
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I thought you may like this Bunny, Bunny!! LOL :O)
To: Snow Bunny
![](http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h97000/h97033.jpg)
Today's classic warship, USS Endicott (DD-495)
Gleaves class destroyer
Dosplacement. 1 630
Lenght. 348'4"
Beam. 36'1"
Draft. 13'6"
Speed. 35 k.
Complement. 208
Armament. 4 5", 5 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.
USS Endicott (DD-495) was launched by the Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash., on 5 April 1942, sponsored by Miss Bettie L. Rankin, and commissioned 25 February 1943, with Lieutenant Commander W. S. Heald, in command.
The destroyer underwent shakedown off San Diego was ordered to the Atlantic Fleet and in her first year escorted two convoys to Africa and one to Ireland, Panama, and Trinidad.
In preparation for the European invasion Endicott served as escort for merchantmen and transports until 24 May 1944 when she collided with the freighter SS Exhibitor and was forced to undergo repairs at Cardiff, South Wales.
Endicott rejoined the fleet on 12 July and escorted LSTs and LCIs into the Mediterranean for the buildup preparatory to the attack on southern France. The destroyer, together with British gunboats Scarab, Aphis, and 17 motor torpedo boats, was scheduled to make a diversionary attack against the coast at La Ciotat. The feint successfully deceived the enemy and Endicott sank a German merchantman during the bombardment. She then hastened to rescue the British gunboats in their uneven match against two German corvettes, Nimet Allah and Capriola, and though battle weary she destroyed both. She continued to support coastal operations off southern France by escorting a convoy to Corsica, and HMS Eastway to Salerno.
Endicott underwent overhaul and refresher training from October through the end of 1944. In January 1945 she sailed via Bermuda on the scouting line, then proceeded to rendezvous with TG 21.6 to escort Quincy (CA-71) on whom President Roosevelt was embarked, to Yalta and back to New York.
She escorted a convoy to Oran in mid-April and then entered the Charleston Navy Yard for conversion to a high-speed minesweeper. She was reclassified DMS-35 on 30 May 1945. Dispatched to the Pacific, she arrived in San Diego 3 days after the Japanese surrender.
Endicott reported to Task Force 52 at Okinawa on 23 September 1945 to begin the huge task of ridding the Yellow Sea of mines. Designated flagship of the sweeping group, she conducted similar operations in the Inland Sea and Kure area as well.
After a period of overhaul in May 1946, she operated out of San Diego in peacetime patrols and local exercises until the outbreak of the Korean war.
In June 1950 she weighed anchor for the coast of Korea where she screened carriers Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) and Sicily (CVE-118). Steaming to Chinhae Wan in August, she lent direct fire support to the U.N. troops and on 15 September escorted a Korean LST in a feint attack against Chang Sa Dong. When the LST broached, Endicott stood guard until help arrived.
She continued her harassment of the enemy following the Inchon landings, cruising along the east coast of Korea and, supporting the minesweeping force. For the remainder of the year she afforded sweeping assistance at Wonsan and then at Hungnam prior to the evacuation of troops forced by the penetration of the Chinese Communists.
In January 1951 she rescued the crew of the grounded Siamese frigate Prase and stood guard until the latter had to be destroyed. Early in February she led a minesweeping force in bombarding the port of Wonsan and sweeping to the northward.
An overhaul in San Diego was succeeded by Endicott's second tour in Korean waters. She reported to Commander Naval Forces in October and returned to shore bombardment and patrol. During the first half of 1952 she cruised on the Songjin Patrol and devoted the last 4 months of the year to overhaul at Long Beach. Early in 1953 she again sailed for the Far East to patrol and provide gun support for minesweepers operating in the Korean area. Endicott received repairs at Long Beach in August and thereafter conducted individual and fleet exercises in local waters. On 17 August 1954 she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at San Diego. In July of the next year, while laid up in "mothballs", her hull number was changed back to DD-495. She was sold for scrapping some fifteen years later, in October 1970.
To: AntiJen
LOL! So you just proved this observation!
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posted on
10/28/2002 2:44:17 PM PST
by
tomkow6
To: Snow Bunny; SAMWolf; FallGuy; Victoria Delsoul; radu; AntiJen; Kathy in Alaska; WVNan; SassyMom; ...
A "test" from my "voices":
IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ THIS FIRST:
If you answer "yes" to two or more
of the following items, there is a great chance that you may be
suffering from stress or some form of mental illness. If this is
the case, please, print out this page and take it to your doctor
(Note: Important)!
Remember, it is you and you alone who really knows
yourself well enough and can answer these questions in a totally
honest and open manner. Cheating will only hurt yourself and those
who are "sane" and need to live with you! It is your health and
wellness,
an important issue, so please take your time. Here are the items...
You can achieve a "Runner's High" by sitting up.
The sun is too loud.
Trees begin to chase you.
You can see individual air molecules vibrating.
You begin to explore the possibility of setting up an I.V.drip
solution of espresso.
You wonder if brewing is really a necessary step for the consumption
of coffee.
You can hear mimes.
You tell a very large group of people that they should put their
clocks ahead in October during Daylight Saving Time.
You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that you
have said it before.
You believe that if you think hard enough, you can fly.
Things become "Very Clear."
You ask the drive-through attendant if you can get your order to go.
You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that
you have said it before.
You begin speaking in a language that only you and Chandeliers can
understand.
The less sense matter and matter is more than sense.
You keep yelling "STOP TOUCHING ME!!!!" even though you are the only
one in the room.
You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that you
have said it before.
Your heart beats in 7/8 time.
You and Reality file for divorce.
You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that
you have said it before.
You can skip without a rope.
It appears that people are speaking to you in binary code.
You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that
you have said it before.
You can travel without moving.
Antacid tablets become your sole source of nutrition.
You discover the aesthetic beauty of office supplies.
You have an irresistible urge to bite the noses of the people you
are talking to.
You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that
you have said it before.
Losing your mind was okay, but when the voices in your head quieted,
it was like losing your best friend.
Oh yeah, the last one really hits home...I don't want people to think I really think I'm
crazy...and I really filled this form out and sent to my doctor...
Hello!!!Of course I don't think I'm crazy...I'm totally sane...
this morning they said they were concerned about me...they said
I'm crazy...but what do Cheerios know?
(Just a bunch of floating carbohydrates!)
139
posted on
10/28/2002 2:51:49 PM PST
by
tomkow6
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Kathy!
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