FReeper Canteen - Scuttlebutt - 5 Oct 2012

Our Troops Rock! | The Canteen Crew

[AZamericonnie]

 

 

At the FReeper Canteen!

C'mon and take a break ! Walk on over to the water cooler and lets chat. Post your thoughts, opinions, news of the day, rantings, ravings, pontificates, hypothesis, hyperboles, your soap box cause, your mantra, your baggage, your garbage, your blogging, your secrets, whatever you feel would make talk around the water cooler real interesting!

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
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*Yogi Berra Quotes*

"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."

"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." Source: Baseball Digest (June 1987)

"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."

"Bill Dickey is learning me his experience."

"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."

"How can a you hit and think at the same time?"

"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."

"I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five."

"I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads."

"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?"

"I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary."

"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."

"In baseball, you don't know nothing."

"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"

"I never said most of the things I said."

"It ain't the heat, it's the humility."

"It gets late early out there."

"I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house."

"It's like deja vu all over again."

"I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field."

"Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets."

"Ninety percent of this game is half mental."

"Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded."

"So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face."

"Take it with a grin of salt."

"The game's isn't over until it's over."

"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."

"You can observe a lot just by watching."

"You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there."

"We made too many wrong mistakes."

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

 

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~When The Heat is On, New Face Paint Keeps Soldiers Safe ~

Face paint isn’t just for looks anymore. Recently, U.S. researchers have developed a camouflage face paint that can withstand the heat from a bomb blast and protect soldiers from severe burns during combat.

The face paint that soldiers have used makes the radiative heat from bomb blasts worse because it contains oil and wax, according to a Gizmodo article.

Researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi were given funding by the U.S. Department of Defense to create a heat-resistant product that would keep soldiers safe. Robert Lochhead, a professor of polymer science at the university, presented the material to the American Chemical Society about three weeks ago. “The detonation of a roadside bomb or any other powerful explosive produces two dangerous blasts,” Lochhead said in a news release from the American Chemical Society. “First comes a blast wave of high pressure that spreads out at supersonic speeds and can cause devastating internal injuries. A thermal blast follows almost instantaneously. It is a wave of heat that exceeds 1,112 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s as hot as a burning cigarette. The thermal blast lasts only two seconds, but it can literally cook the face, hands and other exposed skin.”

To shield skin from this heat, the team of researchers formulated a camouflage makeup that acts as a protective barrier to the face and hands for 15 seconds before a first-degree burn would appear, according to the release. This time would give soldiers a chance to move away from the heat.

The face paint consists of silicones, which absorb radiation and are not as flammable. It is also waterproof and insect proof, as DEET, surrounded by a hydrogel substance, was added to the formula. The release states that Lochhead and his team have plans to transfer the usefulness of this material to tents, clothes and other military items.

*More info here*

 

 

 

[2111USMC]

Thanks Kathy!

Fall is my favorite time of year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the Tribute to Our Troops.

Hope your day went well. FR is working better. I was in withdrawal last night.

Did you have an easy commute? No critters to hinder your way? *HUGS*

Gas was 3.99 on my way home last night and 4.09 on the way to work this morning. I need to put gas in the suburban, but, geez......

[The Mayor]

Thank you Ladies!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, TSgt, and welcome to the Canteen.

We thank you for your service to our country.

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Speed racer & great to see you! *Hugs*

Mrs Z & Apple & crew doing well? *Hugs*

If you don't know where you're going, chances are you will end up somewhere else.

Sonboy & I had a riot a few days ago at the table reading his quotes. What a character.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon and Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...just now I see the sun trying to poke olut its head. It has been more rain than not today.

Sun and son today? Is there a game tonight?

[SkyDancer]

Hi, Just back from a sojourn in the bush (outback to you Yanks LOL). Yeah, have a few flights. Best one was to Brissie for a weekend of fun. One emergency flight to the bush to pick up a jackaroo that got trampled but he’s doing okay.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Things are going well here in the Tweezers household. A few weeks ago Mrs. Tweeze decided to put a collar on Monkey. Every once in a while Monkey will slip off her collar just because she can; she almost never fights it when you put it back on.

Oh, and by the way I now hold an SCCA competition license! Ran my first races early last month at Thunderhill. I had a great time, and I'm seriously thinking about finding a part-time job during the evening so I can race again next season.

This season was supposed to be over as of last weekend, but Monday I had an email from Infineon Sonoma Raceway. They were looking for people to work a CSRG vintage race, so I signed up. The fact that I get paid for non-SCCA races at Sonoma made this an easy decision. :)

[AZamericonnie]

It was a good day indeed. Sonboy is on vacation so I took a couple of days off.

We had lunch the three of us & had a movie day. Good times.

Good gads it's a sorry state of affairs when you have to pay so much for petrol....especially considering where you live!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl! ((HUGS))

Not much of either today.....tomorrow is another day, though. Besides, last night's dfforts trying to get on any threads proved a fiasco. Thought tonight be more of the same.

[AZamericonnie]

Bigs...did I miss saying good evening to you? *Hugs*

You have my permission to “keelhaul” me! LOL

But take it easy ok?:(

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

It could be worse. You could be here in California.

I filled up my car Tuesday; since then the station where I filled up has raised its prices by almost 30 cents a gallon. And it’s only Thursday...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Internet just flickered...I’m going home. Back in a bit.

[AZamericonnie]

Have a ton of chores to do this evening so have to bail.

*Goodnight America!*

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Connie! ((HUGS))

Don't tempt me, Connie.....I just thought that tonight might be like last night when nothing I posted got through. All that happened had an OOPS! notice popped up.

Thanks for the Yogisms, always a favorite of mine when I can't think of anything to say.

[NormsRevenge]

Scuttlebutt has it gas prices will rise before we get relief here .. but they will still be racing at Talladega this week-end. :-}

NASCAR - The Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega - Sunday 10/7/12 @ 1pm ET on ESPN
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As always Thanks to the FR Canteen Crew for all you do!

BumP!

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


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Must retire – the 0500 Reveille approaches relentlessly.

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)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Last night was not fun trying to get on FR...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, AZ...