A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day - Week in Review 1-25,26-03

Billie and Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

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.

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


01-20-02 "The Exclusive Interview" ........................PUDDLEGLUM
01-21-02 "The American Idea" ................................................JWFIV
01-22-02 "What is it with These People?" ...FREETHEHOSTAGES
01-23-02 "John's Two Cents" ...................................JOHNHUANG2
"Hell No, We Won't Go!"
01-24-03 "Life in the Rockies" .........................................FIVETOES






Strangers are just friends waiting to happen

Thank you, LadyX, for this beautiful prayer,
and, DaisyScarlett, for bringing us
the praying hands graphic.



Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' 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

[dansangel]

Whoo-hoo! That was a great breakfast you provided me with, Gail. Got me through the day without a hitch.

Gave the bacon and sausage to .45MAN and kept the eggs and toast for myself. He was a happy camper, too! LOL!!

{{{{{{{{{{GailA}}}}}}}}}}}

[dansangel]

{{{{{{{{{{{{kayak}}}}}}}}}}}

So sorry I missed you earlier. Hope you had a wonderful day and it's always such a treat to see you!

[dansangel]

Howdy knighthawk! I'm sorry I missed you, too. Hope you are well....haven't seen you in quite some time.

Take care nad enjoy the rest of your weekend!

{{{{{{{{{{knighthawk}}}}}}}}}}

[dansangel]

Thank-you for sharing your beautiful pictures, LadyX. .45MAN loves to describe what he saw during his 2 and a half years in Alaska. I hope to be able to travel there someday soon so I can see for myself.

{{{{{{{{LadyX}}}}}}}}}}}}}

[dansangel]

{{{{{{{{{{{{{Meekie}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Loved that thread you posted on the "expired" perpetrator! That newspaper had a lot of courage to print that picture.

[dansangel]

Hello jwfiv!

Sorry to hear you were going to be busy today. That's not fair on a Saturday! :-(

We were pretty busy, too, so now I'm catching up on my FReeping. Lots of interesting stuff going on here at FR on the weekends....I love it!

Have a great evening!

{{{{{{{{{{{jwfiv}}}}}}}}}}

[dansangel]

Hi sleepy head! LOL!!

You did what I *wanted* to do, but couldn't since I had an 8 a.m. appointment at Saturn. What a waste of time, as it turns out. I bought the car last June, and have had it in three times for a vibration between 40-60 mph. They insist nothing is wrong. I have sung Saturn's praises for the past three years (I bought a 2000 Saturn after my beloved 1984 Monte Carlo SS was trashed by some scumlickers, then traded it for a nicer 2002 last June at 0% interest. My daughter and s-i-l each have Saturns). Oh well, guess the honeymoon is over.

Hope you enjoyed your day. Thank-you for bringing us the weekend thread!

{{{{{{{{{Mama_Bear}}}}}}}}}}

[dansangel]

Hey dutchess,

Great news that you are going to take some shooting lessons! .45MAN and I will probably go to the range tomorrow since we didn't make it last week and try to go every other week.

I think you mean a .22 caliber. That's a good gun to start out with. Very little recoil and very easy to handle. "Headphones" (LOL!) are not an option...they are mandatory if you want to retain your hearing! They'll probably keep your ears warm, too, since it's an outdoor range. :-)

{{{{{{{{{{MP}}}}}}}}}}} and {{{{{{dutchess}}}}}}}}}}}}

[Mama_Bear]

No talkin', no argumentin', no food, and especially no HUGS! Like a graveyard. : (

Hey fuzzy, now's our chance..... ...wanna fool around? : )

LOL!!!

Ummmm......are we still alone???

[dansangel]

So glad you stopped by, Louie! :-)

Thought I'd have to go another day without seeing you.

So, where's my hug??? :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Hope you enjoyed your day. Thank-you for bringing us the weekend thread!

Hiya, dansy! Yes, I've had a busy but enjoyable day. Then I come home to find poor lonesome hugless Louie moping around the thread looking for some attention. We have spoiled him terribly, you know. LOL.

So happy to see you finally showed up with a hug for him. :-)

[LadyX]

Was just checking the Live Cam to see how things look in Fairbanks now.

The first picture is a summer daytime view from the camera, looking at the Chena River.

The second is the current view at the 16:23:44 AKST.
The sun set at 16:04 AKST.

[dansangel]

Looks kinda ***cold*** - LOL!

[dansangel]

He got my hug *early* by proxy! :-)

I'm still waiting for mine!! LOL!

[ST.LOUIE1]

No talkin', no argumentin', no food, and especially no HUGS! Like a graveyard. : (
Hey fuzzy, now's our chance..... ...wanna fool around? : )

LOL!!!
Ummmm......are we still alone???

I don't think so. Shhhh...maybe they'll go away. : )

Wait!!!! Dansy's here!

Another time, another place, perhaps? : )

[FreeTheHostages]

"When it is well below zero and the normally dry air contains tiny moisture particles, the combination can create the phenomenon known as ice fog."

I had no idea!! Well, live and learn.

GREAT STORY! Thanks for sharing it.

[ST.LOUIE1]

So glad you stopped by, Louie! :-)

((((((((((((dansy!)))))))))))

Uh-oh....I sounded just like Pip! LOL

Thought I'd have to go another day without seeing you.
So, where's my hug??? :-)

Well, you got one up there, but since you're *special....

((((((((((((((dansy))))))))))))))))))))

How's that? : )

[FreeTheHostages]

"Is Anard the guy who lost to the computer a few years ago"

Nope, 'twas Kasparov who lost to Deep Blue. And me and my boyfriend are responsible for a little chess history associated with the second game!!

Kasparov resigned that game when he could have, instead, forced a perpetual check (hence draw) from Deep Blue. But he didn't even look for it or try, because Deep Blue is programmed, he knew, to offer a draw when it sees the draw.

Well, Deep Blue didn't see the draw because it was too many moves back. Only a human could. And on the internet chess club, some of our best humans, including a player named Tim, that were following the game live, said wait! Stop! Kasparov resigned -- he was "out-pscyhed" by the computer. (Actually himself.)

Others pooh-poohed the idea. But me and my boyfriend came to his rescue, got a separate board set up on a parallel ICC server, invited the grandmasters to come and examine the theory, and achieved pretty much high-level chess world acceptance that indeed, Kasparov had given up too soon.

Well, the news hit the chess world while Kasparov was still in the Deep Blue match. His "second" (his entourage) learned of the theory and worried whether to tell Kasparov. They decided to. And, after his third game, as he was crossing the street in NYC, one raised the issue. They say Kasparov stopped in the middle of a busy street, thought, and saw it right away. They also say that Kasparov was so annoyed at his psychological failure in being "out-pschyed" in game 2 that he never really recovered in the rest of the match.

In fact, although the human lost to Deep Blue, Kasparov was not at his best. At that time, at least, Kasparov was capable of winning that match. He didn't play his best throughout. He lost, but the score is even deceptive -- many of the lost cames were actually very close.

Oops, sorry, too much information. I love chess! Well, anyway, me and my boyfriend were big on getting the chess world to look at and certify as accurate the "perpetual draw" theory for Game 2. It was fun!

[Mama_Bear]

He got my hug *early* by proxy! :-)

Yes, I see that now. Our Louie is not to be denied. I see he went back to the beginning of the thread to get his hug. LOL!

[LadyX]

By the way, one of the biggest things in Alaska is a betting pool on the precise time the ice on the Chena (Chee-na) River breaks, usually in mid to latter May.

It is very precise. The buoy with the timer that is tripped when it breaks is guarded by two security men at all times in the home stretch so no one can prematurely set it off.

There also is another one on the Tanana (TAN-a naw) River.

I came across a photograph today taken of my house in town, with 3" of snowfall on the 13th of May. The ground finally is visible by the end of May.

Yes - one gets very anxious for Spring there - - -