FReeper Canteen - Scuttlebutt

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!

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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*

To: Kathy in Alaska; txradioguy; beachn4fun; StarCMC; Lady Jag; laurenmarlowe; tomkow6; GodBlessUSA; ...

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. Our last day at 90º and above for us, with the weekend in the 60s.

81 posted on 10/05/2012 5:41:59 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 ("It's better to vote for a Republican you don't know than wind up with a dim you don't like".)

Good morning beachy and (((HUGS))) to you.

82 posted on 10/05/2012 5:45:57 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 ("It's better to vote for a Republican you don't know than wind up with a dim you don't like".)

To: Arrowhead1952

Good morning dear ((HUGS))

How are things out your way?

83 posted on 10/05/2012 5:53:53 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("2008 to 2011, lesson learned; 2012, mistake corrected." Artur Davis)

Having a good day so far, and cooler temps coming for the weekend.

84 posted on 10/05/2012 6:08:14 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 ("It's better to vote for a Republican you don't know than wind up with a dim you don't like".)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Thank you. ((HUGS))

Maddie is fine, she still hasn’t got the rolling thing right,

85 posted on 10/05/2012 6:09:31 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)

To: Arrowhead1952

Gotta run. Have a great Friday and weekend. see ya Monday.

86 posted on 10/05/2012 6:48:41 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("2008 to 2011, lesson learned; 2012, mistake corrected." Artur Davis)

To: tomkow6; beachn4fun; Kathy in Alaska; AZamericonnie; LUV W

Well, my Twitter account was taken down for a few hours this morning but with the help of one of my friends on there it's back up.

It was a matter of clicking on "Suspended Accounts" and then checking off a couple of boxes.

I'm not sure how it happened. Seems like Twitter is doing a lot of suspending these days.

87 posted on 10/05/2012 7:01:18 AM PDT by E.G.C.

To: beachn4fun; Arrowhead1952; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; Colonel_Flagg; All

Goooood mornin’, Early Birds! Hope all of you have a greeeeeeat weekend!

I sure am at th TexasCowboy Memorial Shoot. We’re having a quiet morning but will start the fun soon!

89 posted on 10/05/2012 7:51:35 AM PDT by luvie (Empty chairs everywhere are sad today.)

Good afternoon LUV and tell everyone Hi from me. (((HUGS))).

90 posted on 10/05/2012 12:27:33 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 ("It's better to vote for a Republican you don't know than wind up with a dim you don't like".)

Good afternoon, E...((HUGS))...happy Friday!

91 posted on 10/05/2012 1:55:37 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

Good afternoon, Yehuda....have you had a nice summer? How is fall doing?

92 posted on 10/05/2012 2:08:15 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Arrowhead1952; TheOldLady

Will do...and right now TheOldLady said to send you a smooch so.......mmmmmwah!

93 posted on 10/05/2012 2:10:06 PM PDT by luvie (Empty chairs everywhere are sad today.)

Have a terrific time at the book fair!! ((HUGS))

94 posted on 10/05/2012 2:20:48 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

Good afternoon, tom...have a good weekend.

95 posted on 10/05/2012 2:43:07 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Arrowhead1952; All

CSM Basil Plumley Sergeant-Major of the US Army’s 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang (1965). General Hal Moore praised Plumley as an outstanding NCO and leader in the book We Were Soldiers Once...And Young. The Sergeant Major was known affectionately by his soldiers as “Old Iron Jaw”.

CSM Plumley has been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving hospice care in Columbus, Georgia. Prayers for this great warrior, legendary NCO and fine American.

96 posted on 10/05/2012 3:02:24 PM PDT by txradioguy (Republicans Don't Need A Back Bench...They Need a BACKBONE!)

97 posted on 10/05/2012 3:04:24 PM PDT by txradioguy (Republicans Don't Need A Back Bench...They Need a BACKBONE!)

98 posted on 10/05/2012 3:05:15 PM PDT by txradioguy (Republicans Don't Need A Back Bench...They Need a BACKBONE!)

99 posted on 10/05/2012 3:05:35 PM PDT by txradioguy (Republicans Don't Need A Back Bench...They Need a BACKBONE!)

100 posted on 10/05/2012 3:05:52 PM PDT by txradioguy (Republicans Don't Need A Back Bench...They Need a BACKBONE!)

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