USO Canteen FReeper Style ....High Flight .... October 30,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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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.

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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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

John McCrae 

High Flight

High Flight was composed by
Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr.,
an American serving with the
Royal Canadian Air Force.

He was born in Shanghai, China
in 1922, the son of missionary
parents, Reverend and Mrs. John
Gillespie Magee; his father was an
American and his mother was
originally a British citizen.

He came to the U.S. in 1939
and earned a scholarship to Yale,
but in September 1940 he enlisted
in the RCAF and was graduated as
a pilot. He was sent to England for
combat duty in July 1941.

In August or September 1941,
Pilot Officer Magee composed
High Flight

He then sent a copy to his parents.
Several months later, on
December 11, 1941 his Spitfire
collided with another plane over
England and Magee, only 19 years
of age, crashed to his death.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc

His remains are buried in the
churchyard cemetery at Scopwick, Lincolnshire.

The poem, High Flight, has over
the years become a mantra to pilots.
It is a tribute to, and in memory of
pilots of all generations.

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high unsurpassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee
No 412 squadron, RCAF
Killed 11 December 1941

[Kathy in Alaska]

Light Speed, those airplane pictures leave me speechless. Thank you so much.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Halle Berry Click

Stand by for an experiment!

[tomkow6]

COOLBEANOS!

Um, I produce enough gas by myself, without BEANS!

...ride in the tank with Tomkow! How fast do tanks go anyway?

How fast do you want to go? hehehehehehehehehe

[Kathy in Alaska]

I talked to him last night. He just likes to look. Your mic reminds him of a relative. He's harmless.

[southerngrit]

um - can I borrow your tank? I promise I'll take REAL good care of it (hehehe). I only need it for a little while.

[tomkow6]

Hey, looks like YOU understand ME?

[tomkow6]

um - can I borrow your tank? I promise I'll take REAL good care of it (hehehe). I only need it for a little while.

Do I look like Avis-Rent-A-TANK? hehehehe!

Well, SURE! Just be careful! There MIGHT be one of my "kitty-katz" inside, sleeping!

[Radix]

I do not mind standing near Haile Berry

[bluesagewoman]

Sneak FReep report.

Typical Missouri weather didn't dampen tonight's Sneak FReep. However, the time change did make it get dark very early! A slight drizzle made the poster a little limp, but the message was extremely strong. "These Colors Don't Run!" Several people rolled their windows down to stick out their arms with the thumbs up.

The peacenik's corner had road construction going on, so they were dodging several large pieces of equipment and traffic was snarling terribly. The jam backed up for several blocks, stopping lots of vehicles near the sign supporting America. Though visibility was low, the reactions were high. America won again tonight, and the peaceniks probably will sue the road construction folks for oppression and civil rights violations! We'll see.

FR is not behaving here; hopefully this will post. If I get booted again, well you know where I went.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

ROTFLMHO!

[MoJo2001]

THANKS FOR POSTING THE MUSIC MA!! HERE'S A GREAT SONG FOR THESE TWO!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks Ligeia, for posting this article and link for the USS Harry Truman. Nice to see you.

[MoJo2001]

ALL YOU!!

[Soaring Feather]

Stand by for an experiment!

Halle Berry?

She got a tank too?

[MoJo2001]

Thanks Ma for helping me!! I wish someone would figure what's wrong with the internet connection to FR. In another few minutes, it will slowdown really bad again. UGH!

[MoJo2001]

Good evening, Duchess!! If I can, I wanted to post something I think you'll like. So? Hold on! If not, I'll see if Ma will post it for me!! *HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

"That picture was chemically altered! That NEVER took place! It's a pigment of someone's imagination!"

Nope, seeing is believing. A picture is worth a thousand words. That is our tomkow taking a BATH!!

[Nitro]

Hello Snow,

It's starting to get chilly in NYC and I am looking forward to seeing some snow from the bunny!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

ROTFLMAOPIMP!!! I love it Mr_M!! Off to email.

[MoJo2001]

VAN HALEN CLICK!!