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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 15 October 2003
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix
Posted on 10/14/2003 10:00:39 PM PDT by Radix
Edited on 10/30/2003 5:58:49 PM PST by Jim Robinson.
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For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. |
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Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! |
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Pancakes on Wednesdays |
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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays. Wednesday October 15, 2003 |
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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data. Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks. We have links, lots of them.
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SISYPHEAN |
Of or relating to an endless and ineffective task. This one comes straight out of Greek myth. Sisyphus was a king of Corinth, a son of Aeolus (the ruler of the winds, hence our word aeolian for something produced by or borne on the wind). In later legend he was the father of Odysseus or Ulysses. His name actually meant crafty in Greek: he was noted for his deception and hes the equivalent in Greek folklore of the master trickster who turns up in many folk beliefs, such as Coyote in American Indian mythology. He even managed to cheat Death the first time around, surviving the experience to live to a ripe old age. In Greek legend Sisyphus was punished in Hades for his misdeeds in life by being condemned eternally to roll a heavy stone up a hill. As he neared the top, the stone rolled down again, so that his labour was everlasting and futile. The word first appeared in English in the middle of the seventeenth century. It isnt used much these days because so few people understand the reference to classical literature. |
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Happy Birthday Virgil 70 B.C. Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate, And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate, Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore. Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore,
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Happy Birthday Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 Thus Spake Zarathustra. 2001 a Space Odyssey. more.
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Happy Birthday Mario Puzo 1920
Godfather. |
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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the on-line pumpkin carving site |
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Happy Birthday Lee Iacocca 1924. I am an excellent driver.
Lee Iacocca's next venture into electric vehicles, the Lido NEV, offers both style and function in a proven platform.
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Proglottids |
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Happy Birthday Jim Palmer 1945 We are counting cards. 3-time Cy Young Award winner (1973,75-76); won 20 or more games 8 times with Baltimore; 1991 comeback attempt at age 45 scrubbed in spring training. Ball Four.
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Would you like a Halloween Screensaver with your pancakes? |
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On this day: 1968 - Led Zeppelin made its performance debut in England.
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1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.
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1917 - Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad. Hari was a Dutch dancer that had spied for the Germans. The very name of Mata Hari has become synonymous with spying, espionage, intrigue, and sensuality. Excuse me, but her top reminds me of pancakes! |
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Sin, cosin, every where a sin. |
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1998 - James Woods received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One of Hollywood's most intense supporting and leading actors, James Woods has built a distinguished career on stage, screen, and television. Early in his career, Woods, with his lean body, close-set eyes, and narrow, acne-scarred face, specialized in playing sociopaths, psychopaths, and other crazed villains.
I honestly admire you James Woods. "It's just a bunch of old shit - all these guys pretending to be a radish." Just in case you missed it, the James Woods quote site is here below linked. http://www.hillebrander.de/woods/quotes.htm |
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Pancakes Wednesdays |
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Paraphrased for today: It's the whiskers, stupid! ???? Laughing like crazy here. That it so good. Thanks, Life.
Glad you got a laugh... *smile*
To: Long Cut
Thanks for the update(s)!
I'm glad to hear that Mrs Cut and Mini Cut are doing well.
I know they must miss you as much as you miss them.
If I remember right you should be about 1/2 way thru your 6 month deployment.
Please do me a favor and let your shipmates know
we appreciate their sacrifices
and are proud of the job they are doing.
SALUTE
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska
Click on the picture if you want to read the
official "Freedom Flapjacks" recipe:
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:22:22 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(It's official!!! FOURFOLD FAIR FUNKLE FAWNN!!! Yep! Four times this quarter! And counting....)
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; All
Good morning Canteen
Hey Tomkow what happen to that dude that did BOO BOO on baseball by catch it
Any dead bodies around Wrigley Field right now I had leave the room get the phone
BOY that could turn into Law and Order episode very soon
HELLO
Breaking news off fox news alert report that US envoy of scholorship team were blow up by car bomb in Gaza earlier today in Israel
3 of Americans are kill
Now Colin Powell telling PLO PM get on the ball busted the dude connect to his bombing
Here kicker guys
NO Miltant group has claim responsibity YET this is internet and real time so probably soon
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:24:15 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in it for truth, justice, and the American way=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska
I wasn't kidding about the OFFICIAL part!!!
Do a search on google for "freedom flapjack" or "freedom flapjacks" and you only get 2 HITS!!! (Both by me on FR! Eventually they should pick up the other link, too. ... I've coined a phrase!!! LOL)
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:25:28 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(It's official!!! FOURFOLD FAIR FUNKLE FAWNN!!! Yep! Four times this quarter! And counting....)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
RETURNED, SMARTLY!!!!
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:28:01 AM PDT
by
Long Cut
( "Diplomacy is wasted on Tyrants.")
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks a bunch, Kathy.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:29:44 AM PDT
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Long Cut
( "Diplomacy is wasted on Tyrants.")
To: Fawnn
We ALL appreciate the prayers, Fawnn. Thank you.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:30:36 AM PDT
by
Long Cut
( "Diplomacy is wasted on Tyrants.")
To: Long Cut
150?
To: Fawnn
150?
To: Kathy in Alaska
150?
To: HiJinx
We'll work 'till the work is done, Jinxy. It's what we do. Thanx once again for the support.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:31:34 AM PDT
by
Long Cut
( "Diplomacy is wasted on Tyrants.")
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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Bless your heart!) :)
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub #150!!!
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:34:36 AM PDT
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Fawnn
(It's official!!! FOURFOLD FAIR FUNKLE FAWNN!!! Yep! Four times this quarter! And counting....)
To: Fawnn
I LOVE IT!!!!!!
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:36:02 AM PDT
by
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
(I am NOT a push over! I My cats are fibbing! And so is the dog and goat.)
To: Long Cut
Any Coasties stationed up in Iceland?
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:37:56 AM PDT
by
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
(tomkow6 actually left Iceland intact when he was stationed there.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; All
I show these threads to the boys whenever I get the chance, Tonk. They're always surprised and pleased when they see them. Believe it or not, a LOT of the young guys feel like most people in the States forget about them.
Thank the press for that.
I showed some of them the post in that thread about the war by Burkeyboy from a few weeks back. You know, the one about us all being "welfare recipients"? Some of the guys figured that that was the majority opinion, that is, until I showed them the Canteen, Foxhole, and FR's Finest threads. As well as the responses to that jerk.
Morale is a tough thing to maintain, my Brother. As a leader now, I consider it my responsibility to help keep the boys motivated, and a big part is showing them that their sacrifices and labors are appreciated, and that the naysayers and haters ARE NOT the majority.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:38:40 AM PDT
by
Long Cut
( "Diplomacy is wasted on Tyrants.")
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks! (I thought about making the grass a LOT taller around the goat and adding in some dog food, but ... so many ideas, so little time.) ;)
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:39:06 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(It's official!!! FOURFOLD FAIR FUNKLE FAWNN!!! Yep! Four times this quarter! And counting....)
To: StarCMC
God is dead. - Nietzsche...... Nietzsche is dead. - God
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:39:35 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Did you know that when you donate to Free Republic you support your Troops?)
To: LifeIzGood
Hey LifeIzGood......
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:41:01 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Did you know that when you donate to Free Republic you support your Troops?)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Not that I know of. We've got Air Force, Marines, Army, and Navy here, along with NATO allies. However, this base is a LOT quieter than it was during the Cold War. There's even talk about shutting it down, or at least the Navy side of things.
There's a good chance that this will be the last P-3 deployment here.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:41:10 AM PDT
by
Long Cut
( "Diplomacy is wasted on Tyrants.")
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