The Sack Lunches

I had this forwarded to me and it is cool so I thought I would share it with the rest of the world.

The Sack Lunches

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.

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. '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

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..

As I reached for my wallet, I overheard 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 '

His friend agreed.

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.'

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 to the
front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first
class. 'This is your thanks.'

After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane,
heading for the rest room. A man stopped me. 'I saw what you did. I want
to be part of it. Here, take this.' He handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down the
aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking
for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the
plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, an
said, 'I want to shake your hand.'

Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain's hand. With a
booming voice he said, 'I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once,
someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot.' I
was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers.

Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A man
who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting
to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm.

When we landed I gathered my belongings and started to deplane.
Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put
something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word..
Another twenty-five dollars!

Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to
the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. 'It
will take you some time to reach the base. It will be about time for a
sandwich. God Bless You.'

Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow
travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their
safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could
only give them a couple of meals.

It seemed so little...

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life,wrote a blank check made
payable to ' America for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'

That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no
longer understand it.'


May God give you the strength and courage to pass this along to
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Has anybody else seen something that just cant be explained?

I know that most of you will not believe me from this posting, in fact probably 60% or more of people say that U.F.O.'s are B.S.
Still a week ago I went outside to have a smoke,the kids do not need to breath in my second hand smoke so I do not make them. Anyway while I was out having a smoke I saw something cruising across the night sky fairly low but not low enough to actually see the craft itself, it had a very bright light on each side that was constant and white. Directly in the middle of these lights was a red light not as bright as the white lights and also constant, between the white light on the right side and the red light was a very faint intermittent blinking blue light. Normally i would've thought this a private plane however I heard no engine noise of any sort, considering that I live in a small town where you can hear a car door slam a block away and identify the crop duster that sprays several fields locally by its rather distinct engine sound this was quite odd. So I am now wondering if anyone else has seen a similar craft if so I would like to hear from you.

Spring is almost here

I just came back from making a nice leisurly drive to Columbus to do the grocery shopping, the view is quite spectacular the melting snow the brown scrub grass starting to turn green the farmers out working their feilds. There really is nothing like the country side during the first stages of spring, be it in Nebraska where I am or pretty much anywhere you may be. Saw the first Robins yesterday and an Eagle cruising for food across a field today. Best of all the spring game is just a few weeks away and the husker baseball team is off and running