A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day - Weekend....12-14,15-02

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: Q6-God, Scan59, Mama Bear and JKPhoto's son, ofMagog.
MIDDLE: Big'ol_freeper, JustAmy's great uncle, Prodigal Son.
BOTTOM: JustAmy's husband, JustAmy's brother-in-law, JustAmy's brother.

TOP: dakine's wife, MeeknMing's dad, Auntbee's nephew, MilitiaMan7, AlasBabylon.
BOTTOM: Joe Brower, Temple Owl, Temple Owl's wife, dutchess' dad, Aomagrat.

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.

Seriously, thanks again to both of you for your fun contest threads.

They were "fun." And as a general rule, all of the many contestants who lost -- and most of them did -- really can't prove that we were bribed or acting erratically. They may have suspicions, but they can't prove it! Mudboy and I had open and fun divergences of opinion on who should win awards -- e.g., I thought Flyer could win an award even though his dog at his house, Mudboy was skeptical.

But the only contestant who perhaps suspects that he can really prove that we didn't know what we were doing is aeronaut. Aquamarine has cleverly detected that in our compilation of the top ten list entries, we fail to even list Aeronaut's very funny entry. It's clearly appears as if we, while immensely enjoying the list when we first read it, simply failed to recollect it and put it on the list for judging.
<BR. Of course, there is perfectly sensible explanation for what appears at first blush to be, in Aquamarine's words, a "complete overlooking." And, not wanting to hog all the bandwidth, I shall now turn the microphone over to Mudboy Slim who will explain to you all what this explanation is and why this does not reflect poorly upon the judges. Mudboy?

Thanks for asking how the gingerbread houses turned out today.

Great!! Every single gingerbread party, someone comes up with new innovations. This party yielded the following interesting gingerbread facts:

If you take a big candy cane and lay it on its side against the base of the house, with the curl loop upward and stuck to the side of the house, and then put a couple of Kraft's caramels atop the candy cane, and then put a chocolate Santa on top of that, and then use thin red licorice to draw 2 lines from the Santa to the curl of the candycane, you have a perfectly respectable Santa's sleigh!! The sleigh is the sideways candy-cane!

The other thing I learned was the the new holiday mini-oreos make excellent berets for snowman.

Oh, and I also learned (for the umpteenth time) that I love Dean & DeLuca's holiday candy. :)

I had to do these gingerbread parties and then I had to babysit my niece. All in all, a very good day: but I do regret that I was thus previously booked and couldn't attend the DC Chapter holiday party. I had planned to buy Mudboy tequila for co-judging and I had planned to bring a gingerbread house for Tgsltakoma, all if I had time, which I just didn't.

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