USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Help Wanted ~ November 19 2002

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

USO Canteen FReeper Style looking for people to help post graphics, links, prayers, jokes etc each day.
Full or Part time help needed.
Pay = Knowing that you helped someone in the military know that they are not forgotten.

HiJinx Posted this on yesterdays thread.

"Each day we take some time to pass on a message of support to our veterans, active duty personnel, and their families.
Some of us spend hours on end in the Canteen, and others just post once.
Whichever you do doesn't matter, it's getting the message out to those we support that matters!"

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You Military Lurkers
for your service to our country.


Military Lurkers:
Feel free to e-mail me at seaside611@hotmail.com your ideas about what you would like to see in the Canteen.

FReepers please post your ideas on what you would like to see in the Canteen.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Please take a moment and Thank a Service Man or Woman.
Just Click on the graphic to SEND an e-mail.

[tomkow6]

Just a reminder:

Military Lurkers:

As several others have said,

This CANTEEN is FOR our Veterans; moreover, THIS CANTEEN IS FOR OUR TROOPS!

Quoting Tonk:

Feel free to e-mail me at  seaside611@hotmail.com your ideas about what you would like to see in the Canteen.

A reminder to Canteen Crew NOT to post any responses they get UNLESS the person asked them to.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody !!

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:
(For all us Bears fans, this ain't no joke!)


It's the first day of school and the teacher thought she'd
get to know the kids by asking them their name and what their
father does for a living.

The first little girl says:
"My name is Mary and my daddy is a postman."

The next little boy says:
"I'm Andy and my Dad is a mechanic."

Then one little boy says:
"My name is Johnny and my father is a striptease dancer
in a cabaret for gay men."

The teacher gasps and quickly changes the subject, but later
in the school yard the teacher approaches Johnny privately and
asks if it was really true that his Dad dances nude in a gay bar.

He blushed and said,
"I'm sorry but my dad plays football for the Chicago Bears
and I was just too embarrassed to say so."

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the military and in the Canteen.

[Valin]

This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on November 19:
1600 Charles I king of England (1625-49); executed by Parliament
1752 George Rogers Clark frontier military leader in Revolutionary War
1770 Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor (Dying Lion)
1805 Ferdinand de Lesseps France, diplomat (built Suez Canal)
1831 James A Garfield 20th President (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)
1859 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)
1888 Jose Raul Capablanca Cuba, world chess champion (1921-27)
1899 Allen Tate US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)
1899 Howard Thurman famous African
19-- Matt Sorum rock drummer (Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child of Mine)
1904 Nancy Carroll NYC, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)
1905 Tommy Dorsey Mahanoy Plane PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)
1917 Indira Gandhi Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84)
1919 Alan Young England, actor (Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed)
1919 George Fenneman Peking China, TV announcer (You Bet Your Life)
1921 Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55)
1926 Jeane J Kirkpatrick US ambassador to UN (R)
1933 Larry King radio talk show host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show)
1935 John F Welch Jr Salem MA, CEO (GE)
1936 Dick Cavett Kearney NB, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
1938 Ted Turner broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
1939 Garrick Utley Chicago IL, newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend)
1941 Dan Haggerty Hollywood CA, actor (Grizzly Adams)
1942 Calvin Klein fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans)
1947 Bob Boone San Diego, catcher (Phillies, Angels)
1949 Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore) NFL receiver (Minnesota Vikings)/sportscaster
1949 Mickey Lee Davis Jr Tennessee, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1954 Kathleen Quinlan Mill Valley Cal, actress (Rose Garden, Twilight Zone)
1956 Glynis O'Connor NYC, actress (California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe)
1956 Scott Jacoby Chicago IL, actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High)
1957 Kathy Sanborn WBL guard (NY Stars)
1957 Otis J Anderson NFL running back (NY Giants, 1990 Superbowl MVP)
1957 Sharon Farrah WBL guard (NY Stars)
1960 "Lovely" Elizabeth Frankfurt KY, WWF's 1st lady of wrestling
1961 Meg Ryan Bethel CT, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)
1962 Jodie Foster Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused)
1963 Justine Greiner Boston MA, playmate (February, 1984)
1963 Terry Farrell Cedar Rapids Iowa, actress (Laurie-Paper Dolls)
1969 Sarka Lukesov 1st playmate in Czechoslovkian Playboy (May, 1991)

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Deaths which occurred on November 19:
1828 Franz Schubert Austrian composer, died
1887 Emma Lazarus US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38
1915 Joe Hill Labor leader, executed for murder
1971 Bill Stern sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64
1983 Peter Coffield Illinois, actor (Kevin-W.E.B.), dies at 37
1985 Stepin Fetchit 1st black star, dies of pneumonia at 83
1988 Christine Onassis heiress, dies of heart failure at 37

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On this day...
461 St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
498 Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage
1644 1st Protestant ministry society in New England
1794 Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain
1863 Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score & 7 years..."
1874 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding the city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment
1879 National Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)
1896 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire" (BG)
1903 Carrie Nation attempts to address the Senate
1906 London selected to host 1908 Olympics
1919 US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
1932 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game
1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship
1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front
1947 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar
1949 Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco
1951 Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday
1959 Ford cancels the Edsel
1961 Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)
1963 Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal
1968 Army coup seizes power in Mali
1969 Apollo 12's Conrad & Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal state historical landmark
1971 Fort Wilderness opens
1976 George Harrison releases "This Song"
1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
1979 Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion
1980 CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jeans ad featuring Brooke Shields
1985 President Reagan & Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time
1988 LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays
1989 US beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifying for the 1990 world soccer cup finals. It was US' 1st qualification since 1950
1990 Greyhound files reorganization plan so they can be traded publicly
1990 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages
1994 First National Lottery draw in England

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Mali : Liberation Day
Monaco : Monegasque National Day
Puerto Rico : Discovery Day (1493)
United Arab Emirates : Pilgrimage
US : Equal Opportunity Day
US : National Children's Book Week Begins - - - - - ( Monday )

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Religious Observances
Moslem-United Arab Emirates : Pilgrimage
Old RC, Ang : Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary/widow

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Religious History
1742 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'Plead His promises, be much in secret prayer, and never give God rest, till your soul is filled with all His fulness.'
1862 Birth of William (Billy) Sunday, American revivalist. Orphaned during the Civil War, Sunday became a major league baseball player 1883_91, then turned to evangelism in 1893, speaking to an estimated total audience of 100 million before his death in 1935.
1885 Birth of Haldor Lillenas, American hymnwriter. He penned nearly 4,000 Gospel texts and hymn tunes during his lifetime, including "It Is Glory Just to Walk With Him," Wonderful Grace of Jesus" and "Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace."
1910 Swedish Pentecostal missionaries Daniel Berg, 26, and Adolf Vingren, 31, arrived in Brazil. In 1918 they established the first Pentecostal church, from which grew Brazil's largest Protestant body, the Assemblies of God.
1961 The Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches convened at New Delhi, India, during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.

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Thought for the day :
" Better to be religious with your eloquence, than eloquent with your religion. "

[tomkow6]

Hey, can I apply for this?

Everybody knows I need help !

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning, Tonk.

Grateful Prayers going up for our Troops, who protect us, and their families who await their return. I pray that God's hand will rest on the shoulders of these young people who stand watch, so that little old ladies like me can sit in a comfy chair, sipping coffee as I freep.

It would not be pretty if the likes of me had to take up arms!

Wishing everyone an extremely fine day.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Cagey]

Morning, Tonk.

This "Blood Chit" belonged to my Dad and is one of my most cherished possessions.

The Blood Chits were worn on the back of flight jackets of American flyers and brought many servicemen back "home" after bailing out over China.

[Valin]

For all us Bears fans, this ain't no joke

As a Viqueen fan I feel your pain.
When ever you start to feel down on your team just think two words
Cincinnati Bengals! I find that it really does help.

[Cagey]

That pic may have stopped linking. I'll have to store it somewhere else and repost it later or on tomorrow's thread.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Today's transportation for you and the Girlz.

[harpseal]

Noumenon's daughter created a vetrans day tribute that includes all veterans even the new recruits. I have taken the liberty of linking the original thread here.

A Veteran's Day Tribute

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Valin]

A C-141 was preparing for departure from Thule Greenland, and they were waiting for the truck to arrive to pump out the aircraft's sewage holding tank. The Aircraft Commander was in a hurry, but the truck was late in arriving, and the Airman performing the job was extremely slow in getting the tank pumped out.

When the Aircraft Commander berated the Airman for his lack of speed and threatened him with punishment, the Airman responded: "Sir, I have no stripes, it is 20 below zero, I am stationed in Thule, Greenland, and I am pumping sh*t out of airplanes. Just what are you planning to do to punish me?"

[Cagey]

See Post #11

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning, Troops, Tonkin and Canteen Gents!

Thanks for the lovely flowers.

[Soaring Feather]

[tomkow6]

At sea aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) Nov. 17, 2002 -- Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Michael Cooper of McKenzie, Tenn., directs a C-2A "Greyhound" from the “Rawhides” of Carrier Logistics Support Squadron Four Zero (VRC-40) onto one of four steam catapults on the ship’s flight deck. The Norfolk, Va.-based carrier is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Summer Anderson.

At sea Aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20)(Nov. 18, 2002) -- Marines practice live fire exercises on the fantail of the Mount Whitney. The marines and crew of Mount Whitney are headed to the Horn of Africa region to conduct combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the continuing war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Robert Benson.