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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....01-11,12-03...Week in Review

Posted on 01/11/2003 8:04:33 AM PST by Billie




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

FR is a Treasure Trove of talented, compassionate, patriotic, wonderful people who gather every day to discuss the latest news and issues; salute and support our military and our leaders;  tell a few jokes;  learn a new word;  write poetry;  pray for those in need;  and congratulate those who are deserving. Thank you, Jim Robinson, for giving us the vehicle in which we can express ourselves.

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   I can remember lurking when there were only a few regulars who posted, and now there are over 60,000 who have registered for posting privileges. The forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.






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.

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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.




                     







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



01-06-03 Arkansas Hog Wild Freeper.......................................BUDGE

01-07-03 Down the Hobbit Hole.......................HAIR OF THE DOG

01-08-03 It's a Baby, Not a Choice ..................................MHGINTN

01-09-03 Bush, tax cuts, and the *No-Vision-Thing* Democrats ...JOHN HUANG2

01-10-03 SISTAHS - Nothin' Could be Finah...DUTCHESS, FREE THE HOSTAGES, DAISYSCARLETT


Strangers are just friends waiting to happen










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The guy's good, folks!
Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
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




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To: LadyX
Beautiful sunrise and scripture, LadyX
181 posted on 01/12/2003 12:01:44 PM PST by ValerieUSA
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To: FreeTheHostages
Thanks for the URL. That's an interesting article.

You're welcomed. My pleasure...

182 posted on 01/12/2003 12:08:38 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Just for grins: http://muffin.eggheads.org/images/funny/dogsmile.jpg)
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To: FreeTheHostages; ladtx; Trish; SK1 Thurman; Fiddlstix; WVNan; Aquamarine; dutchess; All
Thank you, Free, for repeating the passage.

I recently received an invitation to join in daily prayer specifically for our military, and do so with a sense of it being my privilege.
It takes no effort to expand one's daily requests to our Lord to build a specific hedge of protection around them in whatever their situations, as he did so many of His early warriors!

Coupled with the example of ladtx's devotion to his comrades, and his sons being part of "Our Family," and Trish and Sandy on active duty, it is a personal thing.

Knowing well the need, the prayers are made to cover the military's families and loved ones as well.

183 posted on 01/12/2003 12:12:35 PM PST by LadyX
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To: Billie
Yeah that is scary Billie. Who is doing the voting on that one. The other problem with the poll is that they don't limit how many times you can vote so some loonies with nothing better to do are likely sitting there voting against the USA all day long.

Oh well....thanks for FReeping the poll...Some people will just never get it.
184 posted on 01/12/2003 12:15:31 PM PST by Mixer
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To: SAMWolf
Hi SAM it's good to see you today. (((hug)))
185 posted on 01/12/2003 12:16:56 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: FreeTheHostages
Our life spent here on earth is so short, it's like a straw in the wind as compared to eternity.
186 posted on 01/12/2003 12:18:42 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine
Same here. I see you're keeping up the good job with your graphics and music.
187 posted on 01/12/2003 12:19:55 PM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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To: LadyX
Great prayer and post. Eve and I went to Camp Lejeune NC a few weeks ago. It has a special place in our hearts and so do the Marines.

I hope people will stop and something nice to a military family some where. It will help.
188 posted on 01/12/2003 12:20:48 PM PST by Dubya
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To: Fiddlstix
How's it been going?

I'm fine but it's as cold as the dickens here in the mountains. Hope you're doing well. :)

189 posted on 01/12/2003 12:21:53 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: SAMWolf
Thank you. I see you're doing a good job with the graphics too. They show up in my Full Comments column. There was a beautiful Iwo Jima sunset that was breath taking.
190 posted on 01/12/2003 12:25:03 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine
Thanks. I liked that graphic too.
191 posted on 01/12/2003 12:28:35 PM PST by SAMWolf (To look into the eyes of the wolf is to see your soul)
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To: Mixer
so some loonies with nothing better to do are likely sitting there voting against the USA all day long

That's what I was thinking.
192 posted on 01/12/2003 12:33:14 PM PST by FreeTheHostages (Join the Patriots Rally for America III Saturday January 18, 2003 in Washington DC)
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To: LadyX
Absolutely beautiful LadyX!
193 posted on 01/12/2003 12:38:38 PM PST by deadhead
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To: All
Good grief. I go over to the Democratic Underground site to see if they say anything about the really in DC this weekend.

And I find nada of importance.

BUT I do find an article that says divorce is bad for the environment! LOL -- no seriously, it goes on and on about how divorce causes fewer people per househould, which causes pressure for more housing, which in turn hurts the environment.

These people are seriously strange.
194 posted on 01/12/2003 12:45:03 PM PST by FreeTheHostages (Join the Patriots Rally for America III Saturday January 18, 2003 in Washington DC)
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To: deadhead
It's always so appreciated when you have time to be among us!

Of course, we realize you are probably really 'snowed under' this time of year..:))
Glad I no longer have to shovel my way to anything.

195 posted on 01/12/2003 12:48:10 PM PST by LadyX
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To: LadyX
Hi LadyX, so nice to see you! Not too much snow here right now, it all melted. Sneaking in some puter time at my sister Moe's house. Have to get home soon and take down my tree...LOL, I leave it up as long as I can!! Have a great day.
196 posted on 01/12/2003 12:53:45 PM PST by deadhead
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To: Aquamarine
I'm fine but it's as cold as the dickens here in the mountains. Hope you're doing well. :)

It's a little bit cold here too
I'm doing fine, thanks J

197 posted on 01/12/2003 12:58:25 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Wanted: Used "Tag Lines" in good condition. Top prices paid for Quality. Inquire Within.)
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To: All
From the Live Cam website in Fairbanks at the Bureau of Land Management, here are the facts:

Length of Day - - 4 hrs 53 min
Sunrise - 10:33 AM AKST
Sunset -- 3:26 PM AKST

And the view at 11:49:47 ~ ~ ~

(Below Zero temperatures, of course)

198 posted on 01/12/2003 12:59:19 PM PST by LadyX
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To: JustAmy
Good afternoon, Amy!

Sorry I missed you (as usual!!) this morning. I had just left for the range. Hadn't been since before Christmas and it felt GOOD! LOL!

Hope you're having a great day! {{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}
199 posted on 01/12/2003 12:59:38 PM PST by dansangel
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To: All
Hot off my e-mail...

You made it !

If You Lived as a Child in the 20's, 30's,40's, 50's, 60's or 70's.

Looking back, it's hard to believe that we've lived as long as we have...

As children, we'd ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!)

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors.

We'd spend hours building our g! go-cart out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem.

We'd leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day.

No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame, but us.

Remember accidents?

We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.

We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight ... we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this.

We didn't have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, persona! l cell phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms ... we had friends. We went outside and found them.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it?

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it'd happen, we didn't put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't, had to learn to deal with disappointment...

Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade...

Horrors. Tests weren't adjusted for any reason.

Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

And you're one of them. Congratulations!

Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.

HAPPY NEW YEAR - MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS -


Sounds pretty familiar except I never ate a worm! lol !
200 posted on 01/12/2003 1:00:02 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Just for grins: http://muffin.eggheads.org/images/funny/dogsmile.jpg)
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