A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day - Weekend...11-09,10-02

Billie and Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest.....
......Every Day

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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: ladtx #2 son; DiverDave's twin Don; petuniasevan and husband
poorman; Mustard; ladtx #1 son;
BOTTOM: AlamoGirl's brother Floyd; AG's dad; AG's brother Jim (inset);
WVNan's husband; ladtx Aunt Eva.

We now have eleven groups of veterans/active military; we will post each group of three or four twice a week, with thumbnail/links of the remaining seven or eight groups on each thread. Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the group full-size.

         

GROUP 1A: TOP: Logos, SwedeGirl's hubby, Neil E Wright, FallGuy, 1John, Sneakypete MIDDLE:  T'wit, COB1, LadyX, Dick Bachert, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub BOTTOM:  YankeeinSC, Delta21, JoeSixPack1

GROUP 2A: TOP:  Bosniajmc, AFVetGal, Archy, A Navy Vet MIDDLE:  4TheFlag, Aeronaut, 68Grunt, Xinga BOTTOM:  Codger, AAABest, Clinton's A Liar, Duke809, dcwusmc

GROUP 3A: TOP:  mc5cents, Norb2569, LBGA's son, VanJenerette MIDDLE:  Jim Robinson, KJenerette, davidosborne, KG9Kid BOTTOM:  gwmoore, Equality7-2521, SAMWolf

GROUP 4A: TOP:  porgygirl, Phil V., MudPuppy, NorCoGOP MIDDLE:  RaceBannon, OneidaM, rdb3, jwTexian BOTTOM:  USMC Vet, TheMayor, Vineyard, rhododogma

         

GROUP 5A: TOP:  spectr17, RightOnline, SERE_Doc, Tet68. MIDDLE:  FutureSnakeEater, RightOnline's wife, CIApilot, Clamper1797. BOTTOM:  usmcobra, onedoug, DiverDave, Joe6-pack.

GROUP 6A: 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.

GROUP 7A: 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.

GROUP 8A: 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.

                     

To Our FReeper FRiends: We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our spotlight on various FReepers. We thought we'd kick back on the weekends and simply review those who've been featured during the week. If you missed seeing them and want to say hello to them now, feel free to click on the link to that particular thread. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today and tomorrow, please feel free to do that also. One of us will always be around to see the welcome mat is still out, and maybe even put fresh flowers on the table. :)

"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


11-04-02 "Surprise" .......................................HELLO-O-O-O?
11-05-02 "Finest Profiles" ......................PROFILE PAGES #6
HairOfTheDog, rdb3, Fiddlestix, BellStar, glock rocks, Terry's Take
11-06-02 "How Sweet It Is" ...............................JULIERNR21
11-07-02 "John's Two Cents" .........................JOHNHUANG2
"What a Night!"
11-08-02 "Bahama Mama" ................................MINUTEGAL










Strangers are just friends waiting to happen

Sunday, November 10, 2002 marks
the 227th anniversary of the founding of the
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

The few. The proud.

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

Thanks, Mixer!

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     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

[lodwick]

Man - you are hard-core if you're asking for collard greens. ;-)

All my collard greens are belong to you.

[LadyX]

Kinda ties in with my wheat and chaff thing, eh?!

I know the children loved doing that with you, Nan, and the seeds you planted will grow and prosper..:)))

Why do so many Christians think they have to act all prim and proper and often 'stuffy' anyway?
The Bible stresses for us to come to Him with a joyful noise - that He inhabits our praises and singing.
Children understand that!

[WVNan]

You don't get more Southern than Ala. Yummy, those greens do look good and I hope that red stuff in there is red-hot ceyenne peppers.

[WVNan]

Yes, I let the children praise with a joyful noise every chance I get. Today, the smallest girl who is about 3 yrs old, hugged me (twice). She has been very reluctant to warm up to me, so it thrilled me to pieces when she hugged me and gave me a kiss.

[Billie]

This has been quite a busy weekend, and Coby, I didn't get a chance last night to thank you for these wonderful posts you've made over the weekend with the stories, and the photographs. You put your heart into it, and it shows, and I wanted to make sure to thank you.

Happy Birthday, Marines!

[WVNan]

Hi Billie. I have to leave for church but I wanted to leave you a ((((HUG)))).

[Billie]

Thank you for the hug. We can always use those. I'll give you one back. :)

(((((((((((((((Nan)))))))))))))))))

[Diver Dave]

Why do so many Christians think they have to act all prim and proper and often 'stuffy' anyway?
The Bible stresses for us to come to Him with a joyful noise - that He inhabits our praises and singing.
Children understand that!

Good point LadyX.

God has proven that He has a sense of humor - He loves even me.
Hey, don't laugh. He loves you too. :^))

Ain't God Good?!?

[blackie]

Hi LadyX !!

GWB Is The Man !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Let's Roll !!

Molon Labe !!

[LadyX]

YES - HE LOVES ME, TOO, Dave!!
(Even blackie...:)))

Joking aside, we can face each day because He does; and if we YIELD to Him in prayer and thought, and LISTEN, we can go forth with confidence.

For those of us taught responsibility for self, who try to 'handle' everything ourselves, it is terribly hard to let go of the reins and let Him do things HIS way..:))

I'm working on it.
Fortunately, He has infinite patience!

[habs4ever]

God has seen you dance,DD, and knows all about humour ;-)

Billie knows who the real Fred Astaire is !

[habs4ever]

I often think if you are a late night TV pitchman with that enthusiam, ready burst through my monitor! Blackie, please enlighten me, but I wondered for far too long what Molon Labe means.I figure I won't find it at a Benihana restaurant, correct? ;-)

[blackie]

I know He loves or He wouldn't have let me live so long... :o)

I wonder if He loves Snow Bunny, too ?? :o)

GWB Is The Man !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Let's Roll !!

Molon Labe !!

[blackie]

Sorry, somehow that other post got sent to you instead of LadyX...sigh... here is what Molon Labe means.

[blackie]

Post # 213 was meant fo you...sigh...

Mañana... :o)

[rintense]

Ba-da-BING! Youza!!!!! Thanks for posting a Mel brak!

[GailA]

A friend sent this one to me today

He's a Vet

Anonymous author What is a Vet............. He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL.

He is the Parris Island drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.

He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is the bar room loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.

She (or he) is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.

Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU."

It's the soldier, not the reporter, Who gave us our freedom of the press.

It's the soldier, not the poet, Who gave us our freedom of speech.

It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who gave us our freedom to demonstrate.

It's the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves others with respect for the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Prayer for our Servicemen

Lord, hold our troops in Your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks Gail, I don't think anyone has ever explained what a Vet is better than that.

You Fresno freepers should make a sign like this for when you're countering the anti-war protester's.

It's the soldier, not the reporter, Who gave us our freedom of the press.
It's the soldier, not the poet, Who gave us our freedom of speech.
It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who gave us our freedom to demonstrate.

[lodwick]

Sunset at the Prairie Chapel school house

[Billie]

Thank a Veteran November 11th thread