FReeper Canteen ~ Fabulous FRiday ~ 31 August 2012

August 30, 2012 | Canteen Crew

[beachn4fun]

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale
of our military and our allied military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

MUSIC NIGHT
To get you all in the mood
for the Saturday music thread
Fabulous FRiday presents

3 DOORS DOWN

3 Doors Down
an American rock band
from Escatawpa, Mississippi

Formed in 1996
Drummer/vocalist Brad Arnold,
guitarist Matt Roberts,
and bassist Todd Harrell.

Arnold eventually ended up acting as the group's singer
because, as he puts it, "nobody else would do it,
but I did and enjoyed it a lot."
Arnold is also their lyricist,
and wrote some of their early hits
when he was 15, often working on songs
during math class.

The band got its name during a trip to Foley, Alabama.
While walking around town they saw a sign
where some letters had fallen off that said,
"Doors Down."
Since there were three members they added 3
to create 3 Doors Down.

A couple of years after performing together,
Todd Harrell asked guitarist Chris Henderson
to join the band.

Although, they have had several drummers,
their current drummer and percussionist
is Greg Upchurch who has been with the band since 2005.

(click graphic)
Kryptonite

Success

After Chris joined the band,
they gave a demo CD to local radio station.
The station started playing the EP version of "Kryptonite",
and it became the No. 1 requested song
on the station for over 15 weeks.

3 Doors Down's first studio album,
The Better Life was released on February 8, 2000,
and went on to become the 11th best-selling album the year,
selling over 3 million copies.
It has since been certified 6x platinum,
thanks in large part to the international hit singles,
"Kryptonite", "Loser", and "Duck and Run".

3 Doors Down released their
self-titled fourth album on May 20, 2008.
It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200,
selling 154,000 copies in its first week.
It is the band's second consecutive No. 1 album
on the chart after Seventeen Days,
as well their fourth album to reach the Top Ten.
The album contains the hit singles "It's Not My Time",
"Train", "Let Me Be Myself"
and "Citizen/Soldier",
a song written as a tribute to the National Guard.

TRIVIA:

3 Doors Down started The Better Life Foundation (TBLF) in 2003,
with a goal in mind to give as many children as possible a better life.
Since its inception TBLF has supported numerous charities nationwide,
as well as providing aid and assistance
to the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi
during Hurricane Katrina.

(click graphic to learn more)

Big supporters of our military.

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It's Not My Time

(All info found at Wikipedia)

Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place.
We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.
Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission.
Prayers for your safe return home.

[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD



GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

Turnaround
August 31, 2012

Bill was a friend of mine in semi- nary who had come to Christ out of a blatantly sinful lifestyle. He described it this way: “I was driving down the street drinking a bottle of brandy with another man’s wife at my side. When I saw some Christians on the sidewalk witnessing to passersby about Christ, I drove by and shouted, ‘Fools!’ But only a few weeks later I found myself kneeling in a church and asking Christ to become my Savior and Lord.” Bill’s conversion resulted in his giving up his old ways and experiencing a new life in Christ. It was a life-changing turnaround.

True repentance, which is initiated by the Holy Spirit, includes a real turnaround. Often we see that the greater the opposition to the gospel prior to conversion, the more stunning the change of direction afterward. When Saul of Tarsus encountered Christ on the road to Damascus, he was changed from a persecutor to a preacher of the gospel. Of this many observed: “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy” (Gal. 1:23).

Authentic conversion includes repentance, which is a change of mind and direction. For the follower of Christ, repentance means to keep turning away from sin and turning toward Christ in obedience.

Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee. —Sleeper

Repentance is being so sorry for sin that you are willing to give it up.

Read: Galatians 1:11-24

He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy. —Galatians 1:23

Bible in a Year:
Jeremiah 43-46

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

Prayers going up

[beachn4fun]

PING~A~LING, y’all

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, beachy, for today's Fabulous FRiday!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Beachy!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Beachy!

[beachn4fun]

woo hoo look at you. Good evening CMN ((HUGS))

[beachn4fun]

Why Mayor you got second.

[beachn4fun]

Good evening Hope ((HUGS))

[beachn4fun]

awww, how cute!

Evening, Ma ((HUGS))

[beachn4fun]

Aloha BigLook ((HUGS))

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Beachy!

*HUGS*

And thanks very much for tonight's Fabulous FRiday thread!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[beachn4fun]

How was your appointment?

[ConorMacNessa]

It went well, thanks! He set the fracture manually and put me in a hard cast. Apparently, surgery will not be necessary.



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[beachn4fun]

well, some good news anyway.

[BIGLOOK]

((HUGS)) backatcha and thanks for tonight's thread. Just hanging out listening to the RNC and staying out of the rain for a change.

Apologies for the double post....it's been a long day even out here on HST,

[beachn4fun]

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting
Schumann - Traumerei
(Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[beachn4fun]

I’ve had to watch the videos on last night’s speeches. May have to do it tomorrow too. 10 pm is a little late for me to get into it.

and glad to help with the threads

[ConorMacNessa]

BAND OF BROTHERS

WORLD WAR II

Members of the 101st Airborne, June 7, 1944 at Ste.Marie du Mont, France

"This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say, "To-morrow is Saint Crispian."
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."

KOREA

Members of the "Chosin Few", 1st Marine Division, December 1950


"Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words,
Harry the King, Bedford, and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered."

VIETNAM

FMF Corpsman D. R. Howe treats the wounds of Pfc. D. A. Crum, "H" Company, 2nd Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, during Operation Hue City.


"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."

AFGHANISTAN

Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division in action, Afghanistan, 2011


"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let it pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as does a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean."

(Henry V, Act IV, Scene iii)


THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TYRANNY GOES ON,
AS IT HAS FROM TIMES IMMEMORIAL.
THE BAND OF BROTHERS STILL STANDS FAST IN THE BREACH!

They have our six!

Honor them for their Service and Sacrifice!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[beachn4fun]

Man, something is conflicting between my computer and your graphics tonight. Blurry, tangle of mess on my screen. Hopefully it’ll look better tomorrow.

[BIGLOOK]

What....?

[ConorMacNessa]

So sorry, Beachy! Have no idea what it could be.



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[beachn4fun]

Gotta go. Will try to get back in the morning.
However, I have a few things to do and
the guy is coming to get my laptop
and finally get it repaired.
So, it may be a quick in and out.
If I miss any of you in the morning, forgive me, and
have a wonderful, fruitful FRiday.

[beachn4fun]

LOL

We saw ad that he’s got a new movie coming out.

[LUV W]

Great thread, Beachy! Woohoo for Friday...AND a blue moon on the 31st. Woohoo!

Have a great weekend!

[beachn4fun]

Good evening Luvy ((HUGS))

Have a great weekend, too.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


TATTOO
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Must retire – an early call tomorrow and I'm absolutely bushed!

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer, already mounts the parapet.

Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!

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All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[LUV W]

Thanks! LOL! I figured you were in bed already! :)

[LUV W]

Nite, Conor! (((hugs)))

Sweet dreams....and take care of you! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry to be so late...a boss came to me with a payroll issue needing answers right now. *sigh*

All fixed now.

Doing something special on your 4 day weekend?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sleep tight, beachy. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present. Thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first....Mac grabs the gold!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And right close behind....The Mayor snags the silver!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Nana Hope bags the bronze!!

[SandRat]

FAB Friday it is, b4fun...(((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

I always wonder where some of these groups get their names....funny how 3 Doors Down got theirs.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Mayor, and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, beachy...((HUGS))...it FINALLY got here.
I am so ready for a 3 day weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[Kathy in Alaska]

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How's it going?