USO Canteen FReeper Style....Monday Mail Call ....July 8,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen Freeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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Our troops need our support and encouragement. They are away from home, some for the first time, and usually lonely or discouraged. It is important for us to reach out and help them in the same way we would want someone to reach out to our loved ones if and when they are in the same position.

They answered their call and we are answering theirs offering them the USO Canteen FReeper Style each day and thanking them for serving.

This is IN Coming Mail from some of those serving now.

We at the USO Canteen FReeper Style, a running thread at Free Republic, are proud to support our Military. The mail comes in from contacting some of our Military Bases, Marine Corps Leagues , and friends and family of those serving now. Also from responses at the wonderful P.O.Box that 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub has made so easily available to each of us here at Free Republic.

They are writing to those that frequent the FReeper USO Canteen to thank you for your support.

ALL the mail posted on Monday Mail Call is Recent Mail from the prior week.

Snow Bunny
Thank you for the tribute to Chesty Puller.
And one of your Bunny hugs to everyone
there for the best support a Marine could
ask for from back home.
My Dad served in the Marines in Vietnam
he doesn’t talk about it much but this last
time I was home, we sat and talked for hours.
He is also a Freeper and showed me what FR
was and the Freeper USO Canteen.
He said he wished FR had been around when he
was serving. I can see what he means Freepers
are what I think about right after I think about
my Dad when I am over here.
Thank you and everyone at the Canteen .

Ron
USMC

Snow Bunny
Great music and fun day going to New York.

Victoria Delsoul and Aquamarine thanks for
the music it was the best. You read my mind
on most of the songs you played.

Your USO sure knows how to throw a party and
and how important liberty is to all of us.

Kisses to all the girls, and a special one for Victoria.

Your friend,
Tony
USMC

Snow Bunny and the Canteeners,

I get to see the Freeper USO Canteen each day and I have yet to be disappointed am a veteran of two wars and from seeing each of you and the Canteen,I can tell you I would go back again and fight in those same wars over again.

YOU all are what America is about!

I give you permission to add this to your Monday Mail Call day. I want everyone there to know we are out here and you make a difference in lives you touch. You see, each day I get up and after my physical therapy I come back home. The first thing I do is turn on my computer and come to Free Republic. I keep two screens open, one with the Canteen and the other with all the threads at FR that I read . The information at FR is top notch and usually before it is on my news here.

The anger builds sometimes as I read of things eating away at MY America. Then I read the Canteen screen and smile or a hearty laugh. It keeps me sane in a world gone half crazy with liberals.

Thank you for welcoming all of us Veterans home and for your marvelous support of our kids serving now. The Canteen is exactly how I remember the USO except for one BIG thing, Free Republic’s IS EVEN BETTER.

God be with each of you and your families that let you spend the time at the Canteen to make such a big difference in the life of an old worn out veteran.

In your service,
Tyler
USNAVY Veteran and now lurker at FR

Dear Bunny
This is a special request, please use the top part of my letter to display
on your Mail Call Day.
First I would like you to know how much all the support I get at the
Freeper USO Canteen means to me. Thank you everyone there.

Victoria Delsoul can you hear me because this is for you.
I LOVE YOU !

There I’ve said it and I feel much better now. Thank you for
making my days over here feel a little more like I am home.
The Canteen is my home away from home over here and Bunny
your gift to us with the Canteen is more then appreciated.

Admirer of the Freeper USO Canteen and Victoria, Thank you !
Mike
US Army

Snow Bunny please put this on your Monday Mail Call for the Bad Boys

My Mom wrote me an email and told me after reading my letters to her I had better check out Free Republic’s USO Canteen for Freepers. I finally did and now I am addicted to it. I don’t know your real names, but the 4 Bad Boys here are Joe, Marty, Al, and myself Scully the Scrounger.

So far we have only been in trouble once, but that is because we had a little misunderstanding if you get what I mean. A guy has to do what a guy has to do after all. LOL

It is good to see we can carry on the fine tradition of Bad Boys that was set before us in you Veterans. Fine job men!

My mom likes it because she said there is hope for us over here when I tell her a little of what we have done. She says if we turn out to be the kind of Bad Boys she sees at the Freeper USO Canteen there is hope. Ya got to love Mom !

Mainly I , no we all want to thank you for the Freeper USO Canteen. There are some tuff days for us and you make them better.

Thanks much!
Scully and the Pirates
US Navy

Snow Bunny/Atilla the Bun ( honorary Marine)

Thank you and all of you that make such a great place online. My Uncle is with the National Guard and where they are right now, we’re not sure. Before he left he told me about the USO Canteen Freeper Style and also Jim Robinson founding Free Republic.

What a fine man Jim Robinson is and reading about him in the tribute you all did at the Canteen was very motivating to me. I have some favorite days there that I look forward to each week when I can get the time online:Themeless Thursday, Freeper Friday and when you do threads about different topics.

Tell LadyX she is beautiful and I am proud of her. She has raised a fine family besides being a lady Marine. We can always use more lady Marines like LadyX setting such a fine example.

All of your support means a lot over here.
Your friend, Love you Snow Bunny,
Cole
USMC

Snow Bunny.
Thank you! You Freepers are grade A, First Class all the way!

Now SAMWolf we need to have a little talk here. I read your
Freeper Friday and saw you were in the Army. Now IF and I say IF
you had been a Marine you never would have been in that Volcano
in the first place. You would have taken those fine ladies, Misty CA,
and yes GREAT legs on that one, SpookBrat (the most delightful
personality ) and AntiJen ( got a crush on her) and led them away from
that nasty volcano.

But we can’t all be Marines and you did give the ladies a fine time of it.
So I won’t be too hard on you Sam.

You have it all at the Freeper USO Canteen. Humor that is great, not only
the jokes which I send back home to my family. But in heartfelt reaching
out in the truest support of the military I have ever seen.

Ladies go easy on Sam, LOL , Bad Boys need love too.
The Canteen just keeps getting better each time I check in. God bless each
of you!

Steve
USMC

Dear Snow Bunny,
You sure know how to make a guy feel at home. And to find so many
warm and loving people that gel like they do is nothing short of a
miracle.
Thank you Jim Robinson for founding Free Republic and for the
phenomenal USO Canteen Freeper Style.
I would also like to give a special thank you to 68-69Tonkin Gulf
Yatch Club for the mail box. You do an exceptional job with it .

Jim Robinson, a lot of us here can’t post as you understand , but we
want you to know that your life makes a difference in others you have
not met on your forum. Thank you Sir !

Slim
USAF

To Snow Bunny
I think my heart burst with pride the day I came to the FR web site.
read some things there and then stopped by the Canteen.
Thank you Patriots! One day when I can in the future I plan on
giving Victoria some turns, heck many turns on the dance floor.
Victoria, we will just let ole Sam play the records for the night,
you will be way too busy if you say yes. Dancing under the stars
with me. I took some notes from Tonkin at the last dance and from
one sailor to another he knows his stuff. So I trust you will not be
disappointed in my footwork.

Thank you for the thread about Ordies. My cousin is an Aviation
Ordnanceman and I sent him the web site that day in an email.You
all made his day.

Thank you may be just two words but it carry’s with is a lot of
meaning.
Hugh
US NAVY

Hi Snow Bunny
I laugh so hard when I get to visit the Freeper USO Canteen.THANK YOU !

I just love everyone there and especially the way you hit hard with posts and
then turn around and play hard too. Leadpenny, I like your name and thank you for
Serving. DoughtyOne, you are very talented and I really like the things you make
that Bunny shows us each day.
I feel like I have come from a town where all of us girls have been friends. Jen, Misty,
Spookie, Sassy ,Deadhead, Coteblanche ( I love to say your name) ,Iowa Granny
(Grandpa was born in Iowa), Victoria, Linda, Aquamarine, Souris, I will feel awful if I leave
out any one of you.

And you guys are so funny, Tomkow6, HiJinx, Sam, Kneezles, Mr_Magoo, Radio Astronomer, how can I thank
you. Ligeia and MeeknMing, Light Speed, Bahbah, LadyX, BeforeISleep, The Mayor, DoughtyOne , Larry Johnson, Lodwick,so many I wish I could name you all.

I love the Canteen, it makes a bad day good, sadness go away, a loneliness disappear
Each time I am there. In one of your posts you have me crying it is so touching, then you
Turn around and have me laughing so hard. Thank you! God be with you and your families you deserve every happiness and protection. You
deserve not to worry about your safety and to know we are doing our jobs. And we are and
will continue too. God bless our Commander in Chief.

Thank you for your generous support each day. I carry it with me when I am not able to
Visit.
Karyn
US Army

[Aquamarine]

See post # 260.

[Aquamarine]

I don't know if you're a Racing fan or not...but I went to get my new car tag today and Bill Elliot was in line right behind me. I couldn't help but wonder what type of car that he was getting a tag for.

[SpookBrat]

I just saw the awards ceremony on TV.

"Back in Vietnam, Versace tried three more times to escape, and his treatment worsened. The last the other prisoners heard from him, he was singing "God Bless America" at the top of his lungs from his isolation box."

Amen Versace! May God bless America. Thank you for your stubborn, tenacious spirit and for your ultimate sacrifice. You won't be forgotten.

[SAMWolf]

I'm not really a race fan but Roger sure was. He would have loved to hear about Bill renewing his tags.

[JustAmy]

Thanks, it is good to be back; I've missed everyone.
I'll be busy with Tailgate stuff this week but I will stop by a couple of times a day to say hello.

[SpookBrat]

Thanks for that joke. I have that in my daughters baby book for later use. LOL It's so funny and so TRUE!!!!!

[Mr_Magoo]

What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?


A nervous wreck.

[Diver Dave]

Thanks for sharing that e-mail, salvation, from a proud member of God's Army - Witness second class.

Indeed, GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!

[tomkow6]

"Did you hear about the cross-eyed discus thrower?"
"No, did he set lots of records?"
"No, but he sure kept the crowd alert!"

[SpookBrat]

Hate to a pessimist, but I'll believe it when I see it. One could only hope...

[Mr_Magoo]

What's the difference between roast beef and pea
soup?





Anyone can roast beef.

[tomkow6]

Dear Lord,
So far today, God, I've done all right.
I haven't gossiped, haven't my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over-indulgent.
I'm really glad about that.
But in a few minutes, God, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help!

[Mr_Magoo]

At a small airport terminal in the Texas Panhandle, three strangers are awaiting their shuttle flight.

One is a Native American passing through from Oklahoma. Another, a local ranch hand on his way to Ft. Worth for a stock show.

The third passenger is an Arab student, newly arrived at the Texas oil patch from the Middle East.

To pass the time they strike up a conversation on recent events, and the discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon the Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout Muslim. The conversation falls into an uneasy lull.

The cowpoke leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table, tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face. The wind outside blows tumbleweeds and the old windsock flaps, but no plane comes.

Finally, the Native American clears his throat and softly, he speaks: "Once my people were many, now we are few."

The Muslim raises an eyebrow and leans forward, "Once my people were few," he says with a snarl, "and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?"

The Texan shifts the toothpick to one side of his mouth and from the darkness beneath his Stetson says, "That's 'cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet."

[MeekOneGOP]

I don't bwame you. I'ww pwetend I'm fwom Missouwi on that one too!
Don't huwt youw wittwe head, thewe, FWiend!

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[tomkow6]

A man and his young wife were in divorce court, but the custody
of their children posed a problem. The mother leaped to her
feet and protested to the judge that since she brought the
children into this world, she should retain custody of them.
The man also wanted custody of his children, so the judge asked
for his justification. After a long silence, the man slowly rose
from his chair and replied, "Your Honor, when I put a dollar in
a vending machine and a Pepsi comes out, does the Pepsi belong
to me or the machine?"

[Mr_Magoo]

What goes clop, clop, clop, bang, bang, clop clop clop?




An amish drive-by shooting

[tomkow6]

How can you get four suits for a dollar?
Buy a deck of cards.

How do dinosaurs pay their bills?
With Tyrannosaurus checks.

What do you call a dinosaur that smashes everything in its path?
Tyrannosaurus wrecks.

What do you call a dinosaur that wears a cowboy hat and boots?
Tyrannosaurus Tex.

How do we know the Indians were the first people in North America?
They had reservations.

How do you make a hot dog stand?
Steal its chair.

How do you make an egg laugh?
Tell it a yolk.

How do you prevent a Summer cold?
Catch it in the Winter!

How does a pig go to hospital?
In a hambulance.

If a long dress is evening wear, what is a suit of armor?
Silverware.

What bird can lift the most?
A crane.

What bone will a dog never eat?
A trombone.

What can you hold without ever touching it?
A conversation.

What clothes does a house wear?
Address.

What country makes you shiver?
Chile.

[Aquamarine]

Alright...who's Roger?

[Mr_Magoo]

A group of kindergartners were trying to become accustomed to the first grade. The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on no baby talk "You need to use 'big people' words," she'd always remind them.

She asked Chris what he had done over the weekend. "I went to visit my Nana." "No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER. Use big people words!"

She then asked Mitchell what he had done. "I took a ride on a choo-choo." She said No, you took a ride on a TRAIN! Use big people words."

She then asked Ron what he had done. "I read a book," he replied. "That's WONDERFUL!" the teacher said. "What book did you read?" Ron thought about it, then puffed out his little chest with great pride and said, "Winnie the S**t."