http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026 A Great Idea!!! When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Recovering American Soldier &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C/o Walter Reed Army Medical &nbsp; Center &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Washington , D.C. 20307-5001 If you approve of the idea, please pass it on to your e-mail list. &nbsp; A Great Idea!!! When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Recovering American Soldier &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C/o Walter Reed Army Medical &nbsp; Center &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Washington , D.C. 20307-5001 If you approve of the idea, please pass it on to your e-mail list. &nbsp; en-us <p><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Colitas, I like your idea of sending something to the well-deserving vets, however, my face is <font color="#ff0000">red</font> with embarassment because I have no clue what the acronym &quot;nbsp&quot; means ~ &nbsp;please do tell.&nbsp; </font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000ff" size="5"><em>M.</em></font></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160587 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160587 <p><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Colitas, I like your idea of sending something to the well-deserving vets, however, my face is <font color="#ff0000">red</font> with embarassment because I have no clue what the acronym &quot;nbsp&quot; means ~ &nbsp;please do tell.&nbsp; </font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000ff" size="5"><em>M.</em></font></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Every few months I like to send a package of treats to someone overseas. I usually pick a random soldier, and sites like this one make it easy:</p> <p><a href="http://www.treatsfortroops.com/about/">http://www.treatsfortroops.com/about/</a></p> <p>(My sincere apologies if anyone is turned-off by me posting <em>another link!</em>)</p> <p>:p</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160619 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160619 <p>Every few months I like to send a package of treats to someone overseas. I usually pick a random soldier, and sites like this one make it easy:</p> <p><a href="http://www.treatsfortroops.com/about/">http://www.treatsfortroops.com/about/</a></p> <p>(My sincere apologies if anyone is turned-off by me posting <em>another link!</em>)</p> <p>:p</p> Don, I don't know what the means either. That happens sometimes when I paste stuff.&nbsp; I think it is just a &quot;filler&quot;.&nbsp; Like if there is to many blank spaces.&nbsp; Nothing was printed there, it was space.&nbsp; So, ignore the nbsp, the rest is accurate. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160620 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160620 Don, I don't know what the means either. That happens sometimes when I paste stuff.&nbsp; I think it is just a &quot;filler&quot;.&nbsp; Like if there is to many blank spaces.&nbsp; Nothing was printed there, it was space.&nbsp; So, ignore the nbsp, the rest is accurate. <p><font color="#0000ff" size="5">Thank you, both, for the fast and&nbsp;informative reply&nbsp;concerning this very worthwhile cause.</font></p> <p><em><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#0000ff" size="5">M</font>.</font></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160662 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160662 <p><font color="#0000ff" size="5">Thank you, both, for the fast and&nbsp;informative reply&nbsp;concerning this very worthwhile cause.</font></p> <p><em><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#0000ff" size="5">M</font>.</font></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; (Non-Breaking SPace) </p> <p>In computing, a non-breaking space (NBSP) is a special space character that prevents an automatic line break (line wrap) at its position. It is also known as a hard space or fixed space. It can also be used to get multiple spaces in a row in systems like HTML that reduce sequences of normal spaces to a single space.<br /> <br /> </p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160689 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_160689 <p>&nbsp; (Non-Breaking SPace) </p> <p>In computing, a non-breaking space (NBSP) is a special space character that prevents an automatic line break (line wrap) at its position. It is also known as a hard space or fixed space. It can also be used to get multiple spaces in a row in systems like HTML that reduce sequences of normal spaces to a single space.<br /> <br /> </p> Anything addressed to &quot;A Recovering American Soldier&quot;&nbsp; sent to the hospital will be automatically discarded for security reasons. <a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp">http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp</a> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_162137 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_162137 Anything addressed to &quot;A Recovering American Soldier&quot;&nbsp; sent to the hospital will be automatically discarded for security reasons. <a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp">http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp</a> <font size="3">Sad but true. You can send stuff via the Red Cross, or snopes has links to other organizations that will give you info on how to send stuff to a soldier.</font> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_162192 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/Colitas/17026/#c_162192 <font size="3">Sad but true. You can send stuff via the Red Cross, or snopes has links to other organizations that will give you info on how to send stuff to a soldier.</font>