Ttessa

I'm not looking for a job for myself -

but All yall are in my prayers. God has the answers! :D-->

my pleasure - to pray

back to the top.....include her and the 4 kids in your prayers,please.

Excellent news! I'l keep praying for your household and the 'old' Mom. (that she is restricted or distracted from bothering you)

This is so great! God Bless your household.

Wednesday, Jan 21

This prayer request is for AHAT. She called me today, and asked me to post this request for:

continued good health for herself and her four children

protection over her home and family

employment sufficient to cover all necessary expenses

child care so she can go to work

She also wants her friends to know that she no longer has access to the Net, and no longer has free long-distance telephone service. So, if you're expecting her to call, you need to call her.

Otherwise she and the kids are better than 'fine'. All are healthy and confindent that God is nearby and will provide for all their need. She just needs prayer.

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Any further responses from this point on, I will read to her over the phone in a couple of days. THANKS!

Oh...and the next court date is in two months. I'll keep the Prayerful updated as soon as there is information.

GingerTea - she delivered the tea to her lawyer, and he is now well again. Thanks.

yeah, me too Sadie. I know Binkley, Stinson & Lee quite well. Roberts, from what I understand is smooth-talking s.o.b. Lee and his wife are scummy. They all definitely have Hitler-like tendencies. And when K. Binkley screams, "You are M &A'd!" You figure he would know.

But nooooo......they can't get their act together enough to decide that. Roberts comes along and says, "No, you're not M & A'd." (duhhhhh) The damned fools are all acting like the devil spirits I was taught about. The left hand can't agree with the right hand. And they WILL expose the sewage of TWI if given enough opportunity on the witness stand.

Hey Peelers! You GO! Good for you, hang tight, and if you need any support in the courtroom, let us Tennesseans know!

hmmm....I don't think that the word "trade" is exactly what's going on. I read and believe though, that men use love to get sex, while women use sex to get love.

We (men & women) are built differently, both physically, and mental-emotionally.

If you are an adamant non-smoker, don't bother flaming this piece of fiction or me for posting it. I plan not to address any 'flames'. Otherwise, here's the funny story, enjoy ...

Do You Suffer From Third Hand Smoke?

The Surgeon General?s office today released a controversial 1,346-page report outlining the dangers of third-hand smoke.

?We have decades of well-documented evidence on the dangers of smoking,? announced Health Department spokesman Moe Gadeeshu at a Washington press conference. "The costs in health care, missed work and shorter life spans is horrendously high. Just recently, we discovered the dangers of just being in the same room with a smoker and labeled that as second-hand smoke. Now, it is a historic day in American health care. We have pinpointed yet another smoke-related disease: "THS."

According to the World Health Organization, which co-authored the study, Third-Hand Smoke, or, THS, is a malady that strikes 99 out of 100 people daily.

"Due to several decades of political correctness and an egocentric sensitivity bordering on the pathological," Gadeeshu noted, "just the very mentioning of cigarettes, smoke, smoking or people who smoke can cause increased risk of depression, anxiety, heart attack, cancer, and sexual dysfunction."

In hospitals, psychiatric wards and clinics across America, more and more people exhibiting symptoms of this new disease are being admitted.

"Last weekend, the waiting room's was filled with people across America all with the same, curious expression" said Dr.Pap Schmear, a respiratory specialist. "They were all holding their breaths and looking as if they were imagining smelling something bad. Smoke, I?m guessing. Most were worried that they were just one generation away from contamination. I mean, if second-hand smoke kills, why not third-hand? We?ve had a lot of over-insured needlessly fragile people drop by."

Third Hand Smoke has given rise to several interesting questions. Are we somehow manufacturing more diseases or just becoming more adept in our hypochondria? Has the movement to become more sensitive caused Americans to morph into the vanguard of a new species: homo sapien sissyitis?

That very question was asked at a health symposium in Santa Barbara. Unfortunately, before there was an answer, a militant anti-Third-Hand Smoke group calling themselves the WCE (Words Cause Emphysema) drowned out any answer by angrily blowing whistles.

"There were several arrests made of the whistle blowers", said Lt. Drebens, of the Smoke Police. Perhaps the people who believe in the dangers of Third Hand Smoke have something.

Recently, in a small clinic in Florida, the United States suffered its first case of FHSS, or, Fourth-Hand Smoke Syndrome. Someone was sitting next to someone who was thinking about someone else smoking.

This could be a job for the Thought Police, perhaps.

AHA! I got lucky.

Playin around - I discovered that the Ctrl & Enter key combo, will active the OK button. Now I can see it all again

Yahhhhooooo :D-->

Oh yeah - I already tried to reduce size of the Display Props window. It wont budge.

I feel so dumb. I changed my Display Properties from my favorite setting of 1280 by 1024 pixels to a (temporary, I thought!) setting of 720 by 480 pixs.

Now the Display Properties window is so big, the OK button is off the page. I can see (and adjust) the slider that brings it back to the higher settings - but I can't see the OK button (which executes my choice).

Is there another way to change the Display Props in Win98?

nm

I think the smilies are screwed up

except for these two.

Oaks, that was the Second Annual Weenie Roast. -->

It was that easy, cuz it followed the First AWR (at the same place because it was successful).

Lots of hours of research, phone calls, lists and planning went into the First one. Our Benevolent Dictator deserves much credit for making the final decisions (concerning location and dates) and for making reservations and for being the "Head". :D-->

But anyone could do it, if you want to put the work into planning!

Good idea, Paw!

Just one caveat - you gotta give allus crazee folk yer address - hehehehehe

:D--> :D--> :D-->

Sogwap,

My fervent prayers are added too.

What a wonderful thing you are doing for him (and the whole world).

Hopefull -

Here's a recipe for Irish Cream Liquor that I got from a TC in Nashville in '95. (don't know if it's the one you wanted - but it looks good)

Irish Cream Liquor (makes 5 cups)

1 ¼ to 1 3/4 cups liquor (Irish Whiskey, Brandy, Rum, Scotch or Rye Whiskey)

1 can Eagle brand sweet condensed milk (14 oz)

1 cup whipping cream

4 Grade A uncracked eggs

2 teasp. instant coffee

2 Tblsp chocolate syrup

1 teasp. vanilla extract

½ tsp almond extract

Combine all ingredients in a blender, blend until smooth

-OR-

In a large bowl, beat eggs; beat in remaining ingredients until smooth.

Happy Birthday Mel. I'll toast ya, with some Jim Beam. I hope you have a great party!

Hmmmmm....

No one has mentioned yet -

sudden inexplicable (usually untimely) bouts of extreme horniness.

It's not ALL bad. In fact, I'm in the same camp with Valerie. HRT was never a consideration for me, since I've had blood clots before.

But the flashes, sweats and other ugly effects were manageble for me.

:D--> BUT what IS this occasional notion that all my as-yet-unrealized fantasies can manifest themselves? LOL

I'm praying for the perfect recovery - and ditto to Shellon's comment.

Prayer costs me NOTHING. Thank you for incentive to talk to my heavenly Father even more!

Love to you, Dot.

The Same Star"

You see a single star,

twinkling in a darkened sky,

gazing...remembering...hoping,

holding back the fear,

alone with your rifle, silence...

broken only by sporadic gunfire,

off in the distance,

another life...a world away,

warmth there...love there...

sadness here...sadness you can taste,

and despair!

A star shines there and here,

there, it's lovers talking softly,

here, it's danger from the light,

the same star...twinkling there...

dimming here...the same star,

radiating it's serene message there

and sending slivers of fear,

raining down here,

the same star...

the folly of men...the glory of war,

you close your eyes...

the star has faded,

you guard your post, you cry...

and die a little inside...

Sgt. Larry McEntee

USMC 1963-67

Member...V V A Chapter 53

Mar6367@aol.com

The Things They Carried...

They carried P-38 can openers and heat tabs, watches and dog tags,

insect repellent, gum, cigarettes, Zippo lighters, salt tablets,

compress bandages, ponchos, Kool-Aid, two or three canteens of water,

iodine tablets, sterno, LRRP- rations, and C-rations stuffed in socks.

They carried standard fatigues, jungle fatigues, jungle boots, bush

hats, flak jackets and steel pots.

They carried the M-16 trip flares and Claymore mines, M-60 machine

guns, the M-79 grenade launcher, M-14's, CAR-15's, Stoners, Swedish

K's, 66 mm LAWS, shotguns, .45 caliber pistols, silencers, the sound of

bullets, rockets, and choppers, and sometimes the sound of silence.

They carried C-4 plastic explosives, an assortment of hand grenades,

PRC-25 radios with 25 foot whip antennas and their heavy batteries,

knives and machetes. Some carried napalm, CBU's and large bombs; some

risked their lives to rescue others. Some escaped the fear, but dealt

with the death and damage. Some made very hard decisions, and some

just tried to survive.

They carried malaria, dysentery, ringworms and leaches.

They carried the land itself as it hardened on their boots. They

carried stationery, pencils, and pictures of their loved ones - real

and imagined.

They carried love for people in the real world and love for one

another.

And sometimes they disguised that love: "Don't mean nothin'!" They

carried memories for the most part, they carried themselves with poise

and a kind of dignity. Now and then, there were times when panic set

in, and people squealed or wanted to, but couldn't; when they twitched

and made moaning sounds and covered their heads and said "Dear God"

and hugged the earth and fired their weapons blindly and cringed and

begged for the noise to stop and went wild and made stupid promises to

themselves and God and their parents, hoping not to die.

They carried the traditions of the United States military, and

memories and images of those who served before them. They carried

grief, terror, longing and their reputations.

They carried the soldier's greatest fear: the embarrassment of

dishonor.

They crawled into tunnels, walked point, and advanced under fire, so

as not to die of embarrassment.

They were afraid of dying, but too afraid to show it. They carried

the emotional baggage of men and women who might die at any moment.

They carried the weight of the world.

And they carried each other.

Author Unknown

http://www.vfw.org/amesm/origins.shtml

Origins of Veterans Day

In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, became the focal point of reverence for America's veterans.

Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation's highest place of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe). These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The day became known as "Armistice Day".

Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by similar Congressional action. If the idealistic hope had been realized that World War I was "the War to end all Wars," November 11 might still be called Armistice Day. But only a few years after the holiday was proclaimed, war broke out in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million Americans took part. Four hundred seven thousand of them died in service, more than 292,000 in battle.

Armistice Day Changed To Honor All Veterans

Realizing that peace was equally preserved by veterans of WW II and Korea, Congress was requested to make this day an occasion to honor those who have served America in all wars. In 1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill proclaiming November 11 as Veterans Day.

On Memorial Day 1958, two more unidentified American war dead were brought from overseas and interred in the plaza beside the unknown soldier of World War I. One was killed in World War II, the other in the Korean War. In 1973, a law passed providing interment of an unknown American from the Vietnam War, but none was found for several years. In 1984, an unknown serviceman from that conflict was placed alongside the others. To honor these men, symbolic of all Americans who gave their lives in all wars, an Army honor guard, The 3d U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard), keeps day and night vigil.

A law passed in 1968 changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. It soon became apparent, however, that November 11 was a date of historic significance to many Americans. Therefore, in 1978 Congress returned the observance to its traditional date.

National Ceremonies Held at Arlington

The focal point for official, national ceremonies for Veterans Day continues to be the memorial amphitheater built around the Tomb of the Unknowns. At 11 a.m. on November 11, a combined color guard representing all military services executes "Present Arms" at the tomb. The nation's tribute to its war dead is symbolized by the laying of a presidential wreath. The bugler plays "taps." The rest of the ceremony takes place in the amphitheater.

Every year the President of the United States urges All Americans to honor the commitment of our Veterans through appropriate public ceremonies.

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Bringing this back to the top, cuz there is a big 'mediation' thing coming up this week. Please continue to pray for Ahat & the kidlets.

Roy,

I'm sorry to hear about your loved ones illness. I am praying too. Do you live near enough to them to visit them?

Bow -

I've been praying. Since you had the bite assessed immediately, your chances of full recovery are excellent. I was bit by a (?)spider last year (never saw it) and the recovery was slow but complete. No evidence, now of anything wrong. It was ugly at the time, and got worse before it got better, but medical attention cured it. I'm praying for the same for you.