Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, airline, airman, airplane, America, army, attendant, attitude, blessings, captain, country, courage, family, feelings, flight, food, friends, gift, God, gratitude, honor, inspiration, kindness, life, Lord, love, marine, meal, military, moment, money, nation, ocean, passengers, pilot, plane, prayer, protection, reading, respect, rivers, sailor, sea, service, smiles, soldiers, strength, troops, veterans, voice, water, whisper, world
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— The Sack Lunches
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I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,’ I thought.
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Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation.
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‘Where are you headed?’ I asked the soldier seated nearest to me.
‘Petawawa. We’ll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we’re being deployed to Afghanistan
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After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we reached the east, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time…
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As I reached for my wallet, I overheard a soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. ’No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch. Probably wouldn’t be worth five bucks. I’ll wait till we get to base.’
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His friend agreed.
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I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill. ’Take a lunch to all those soldiers.’ She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. ‘My son was a soldier in Iraq ; it’s almost like you are doing it for him.’
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Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, ‘Which do you like best - beef or chicken?’
‘Chicken,’ I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went
Posted: under Funny and Hilarious Jokes.
Tags: advice, army, attorney, bank, bouquet, car, challenge, check, college, company, court, daffodil, earth, fax, flowers, funds, funny, global, globe, granny, hands, hilarious, hotel, humor, jokes, journey, judge, laughter, lawyer, logistic, Mathematics, Memorial Day, military, money, morning, motel, mother, mother-in-law, party, path, phone, president, road, rose, roses, smiles, soldier, time, tips, traffic, travel, trust, universe, vehicle, veteran, war, wealth, wedding, woman, world
Phone won’t stop ringing? Here’s what you do…
Leola Starling of Ribrock, Tenn., had a serious telephone problem. But unlike most people she did something about it.
The brand-new $10 million Ribrock Plaza Motel opened nearby and had acquired almost the same telephone number as Leola.
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From the moment the motel opened, Leola was besieged by calls not for her. Since she had the same phone number for years, she felt that she had a case to persuade the motel management to change its number.
Naturally, the management refused claiming that it could not change its stationery.
The phone company was not helpful, either. A number was a number, and just because a customer was getting someone else’s calls 24 hours a day didn’t make it responsible. After her pleas fell on deaf ears, Leola decided to take matters into her own hands.
At 9 o’clock the phone rang. Someone from Memphis was calling the motel and asked for
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Aug 01 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: aircraft, America, army, celebration, ceremony, community, concert, country, dreams, earth, family, fireworks, freedom, heart, history, honor, Independence Day, liberty, military, museum, music, nation, New York, occasion, orchestra, patriotism, service, show, world
Fireworks explode over the Hudson River and the skyline of Manhattan during Independence Day ceremonies in New York, July 4, 2009.
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NEW YORK – Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air on an Independence Day that began with the Statue of Liberty’s crown opening to the public for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001.
It was the nation’s biggest fireworks display, with more than 22 tons of pyrotechnics exploding Saturday over a mile-and-a-half of the Hudson River, a new vantage point for New York’s festivities. Millions of spectators watched from both sides of the river.
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Jul 05 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", Inspirationals.
Tags: America, appreciation, army, cemetery, family, friends, gratitude, happiness, hero, life, love, man, Memorial Day, military, nation, president, responsibility, service, soldiers, troops, veterans, wife, woman
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY DEAR FRIENDS!
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“People can honor veterans by sending a letter or care package to troops overseas, volunteering at health clinics or taking supplies to a homeless veterans center. It could also mean something as simple as saying “thank you” to a veteran walking by on the street.”
–Barack Obama
“We have a responsibility to serve all of them as well as they serve all of us.”
–Barack Obama
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May 25 2009
Posted: under "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: army, artist, awards, beacon, Bob Marley, candle, Caribbean, celebrity, culture, dreadlocks, education, fire, flame, genius, heritage, history, home, icon, Idol, inspiration, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, Julian Marley, Kingston, land, legend, life, light, lighthouse, link, love, military, movie, music, musician, pioneer, pride, rasta, rastafarian, reggae, show, singer, soldier, son, songwriter, soul, star, torch, training, trophy, Up Park Camp, video, world
This is about 15 minutes long, but it is totally worth watching…..
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BOB MARLEY
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(Robert Nesta Marley)
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1945 - 1981
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JAMAICAN LEGEND
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BOB MARLEY
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JULIAN MARLEY
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(son of Bob Marley)
Alpha Boys Home-Jamaica (As seen on PBS)
Mar 28 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: achievements, African-American, America, army, attention, black man, black woman, campaign, celebrity, convention, country, democracy, designer, events, experience, family, fashion, first lady, friends, God, government, happiness, heart, history, hope, inauguration, joy, link, love, military, music, nomination, performance, photos, pleasure, politics, portrait, power, president, service, smiles, soldier, speech, star, style, supporters, talent, veterans, victory, video, volunteers, voters, White House, wife, world
First lady Michelle Obama, center, greets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Mar 28 2009