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[loveDmouse]

That's the important part.

You got that right!

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Lot's of bad stuff happening. We all need a camping trip.

So here's some good things that happened to me:

My splint is finally off and I'm doing my own at home rehab for the broken arm

My son is home from his summer ROTC training at Ft. Lewis. He is going for the ARNG option and is now part of the 42nd ID in NY state and will hopefully be commissioned as a Signal officer next year.

Thunderstorms lightened up enough in Eastern PA for me to pretty much finish building my shed in the back yard.

I made reservations for camping in the Poconos the first week of August.

I don't mean to diminish the serious situations some of our friends are finding themselves in. I deal with death and illness regularly and sure do appreciate the pain and suffering the individuals and families involved go through. My condolences to those families and my wishes for a speedy recovery to the ill and infirmed. It's times like this I tell FWGirl - time to drop back and punt, and hopefully everything will take a turn for the better for everyone.

Kungaloosh!

 

[ntsammy5]

He is going for the ARNG option and is now part of the 42nd ID in NY state and will hopefully be commissioned as a Signal officer next year.

May the Lord have mercy on his poor pitiful soul. Spent quite a few years there myself. What unit?

Signal huh? Probably Div HQ in Latham.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

May the Lord have mercy on his poor pitiful soul. Spent quite a few years there myself. What unit?

Signal huh? Probably Div HQ in Latham.

That is my guess. He will be going into his senior year at RPI so it would be right down the road.

I figured you would be familiar with the Rainbow division. Heck, you probably were in when Dougie MacArthur was in it.

 

[ntsammy5]

I figured you would be familiar with the Rainbow division. Heck, you probably were in when Dougie MacArthur was in it.

Not quite but close! That old fart was quite the soldier. Loved publicity but one hell of a warrior!

I retired 5 years ago and it has changed a lot since I left - almost no one left that I know well. They got rid of my old brigade and I'm not even sure if the Div is still heavy - a lot of old AR units transitioned to RSTA - not much use for M1A1s anymore. We won't be facing much heavy threat for a while. At least that's the conventional wisdom. Wish him luck for me.

How did he like Lewis? I love that place. Did he have a chance to get to Rainer? I'm sure he was at Yakima though!

 

[ftwildernessguy]

He only saw Rainier from a distance - never got off post.

He enjoyed it. He dreaded going, but now he misses it. The weather was surprisingly good the whole time he was there.

 

[Gatordad]

Hey! take it to email

 

[VACAMPER]

Ami says to tell everyone hello and she will be on as so as she can.

 

[TheFlame]

Flame, hope everything works out.

Thank you John!

Ami, I am sorry for your loss and will keep your family in my prayers!

All of this real life stuff sure puts the worries of bills, gas prices and the economy in it's place doesn't it?!!?

We should all be sooo thankful and feel blessed everyday we are given....wish me luck tomorrow!

 

[clkelley]

I went out for the first time yesterday!! We have a fairly new "DTD-like" shopping center in our town called Bridge Street Station. It has some mid-high end shops and some nice restaurants and a VERY nice movie theater with lounge and some adult-only balcony seating with amazing big leather reclining chairs.

We went to the movies and dinner. We saw Wall-E which was OK. I'm really surprised Wall-E is getting the acclaim it got. It thought it was only so, so.

Then we went to Dolce for dinner. While the food was fantastic, the service was sloooooooooow. The place was packed. So what we figured to be a nice afternoon out turned into a loooooooong eh.

 

[Just Beachy]

Carol,
Good to hear that you're feeling better! The first time out of the house after surgery is so nice. Hope you didn't get too tired out.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

We saw Wall-E which was OK. I'm really surprised Wall-E is getting the acclaim it got. It thought it was only so, so.

I agree about Wall-E. I was rather disappointed considering I've loved all the other Pixar movies. I even coerced my daughter into seeing this. She really wanted to see Space Chimps. My 5 yo granddaughter even fell asleep in the middle of the movie. Not even pumping her full of candy kept her awake!

 

[AuburnJen92]

I know this is kinda geeky (ok, who do i live with here...?) but did anyone see the concept trailer for the new tron2 movie at comic-con this weekend?

here is the link...

http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives.2008/07/tr2n_tron_2_trailer_online.html

you will want to look at the second video because the first was pulled for some reason...

 

[Colson39]

yea Jen, we were watching that at work this morning. I have to say, at first, I was like this is going to be crap, but after seeing that trailer, holy crap I can't wait!

 

[Shannone1]

Hi everyone I'm back from our group vacation and I've missed you all. I took my laptop and was hoping to be able to stay connected while down there, but my Verizon air-card malfunctioned and we were in this tiny little town with no hope of getting a new one !! But we are home and I'm online and I am going to try to catch up a little.

Jen- I did see you had surgery and I hope you are feeling better.

Ami- I'm very sorry about your FIL.

If I missed anything else important, please let me know...

 

[3gr8kids]

Ami ~ our thoughts and prayers with you and your family during this difficult time.
Carol ~ glad to hear you're up and about and were able to enjoy a nice dinner and movie
Jen - glad to hear you're feeling better and able to eat something other than crackers!

 

[auntie]

Oh my GOD...I forget to tell you guys...I finally got around to trying


Kungaloosh!

Yep...Bob and I had this last week, while I was feeling a bit under the weather..and then I didn't care about the weather..or anything else for that matter. I told my hubby it's the offical drink of FW...and now he said he has a new respect for the Fort! I think we're gonna like our Sept. trip just fine!


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[Shannone1]

Oh my GOD...I forget to tell you guys...I finally got around to trying


Kungaloosh!

Yep...Bob and I had this last week, while I was feeling a bit under the weather..and then I didn't care about the weather..or anything else for that matter. I told my hubby it's the offical drink of FW...and now he said he has a new respect for the Fort! I think we're gonna like our Sept. trip just fine!


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I thought it was very good too. I made some for my friends over Memorial Day weekend.

 

[Gatordad]

I'm there for a year, and look at the positive outcome I had already.... although I don't know where they got the studying the least part... The MBA program must not have been consulted. Maybe they asked one kid about it, and he was real smart or something....

GAINESVILLE - The University of Florida has been named the No. 1 party school in the nation. The rankings come out each year from the Princeton Review and this is the first time the state's flagship university has been named in the top spot. The Gators came close in 1999 when the school was No. 2 and 1998, when it was third. It was fourth last year. Florida also came in first this year in the categories of students who study the least and students who pack the stadiums. The only other Florida school making the list was Florida State, which ranked 10th. The rankings come from the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review's annual college guide, "The Best 368 Colleges," which goes on sale Tuesday.

 

[Colson39]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida can raise a glass to another national title — best party school in the country.

The Gators, known for wild celebrations following national championships in football and basketball, wrested the party title away from West Virginia University and beat out the University of Mississippi and Penn State University, in the Princeton Review survey of 120,000 students released Monday.

The university has made the top 20 party school list for the past 15 years, but has never been No. 1.

My question is, when the heck did West Virginia become a place to party??? lol