USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 15 October 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

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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.

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 he’s 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 isn’t 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

Definitely

[Fawnn]

Would some iceberg wOOhOO's help? ;)

[beachn4fun]

I SECOND THAT!

[Long Cut]

Sure! Why not? We flew over a bunch of them a few weeks back. With the onset of winter, they're getting closer and closer.

[Fawnn]

From the USO Canteen FReeper Style:


to Long Cut & the Troops!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"...and that the naysayers and haters ARE NOT the majority."

That's one of the many reasons why the Canteen is here.
I hopwe when they visit the Canteen they see that AND have some great laughs!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Hi!
Thank You for your contributions to the Canteen!

[Fawnn]

...and you know you have a CIC who supports YOU:

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my.....I hope the Cubbies win, or this guy's life as he knows it is toast.

Good to see you, LAN! That is a great picture.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Should be a busy weekend. Hope you have a fireplace.

[tomkow6]

Hey LC! You tell the guys & gals up there in Iceland that that have alot of friends here at the Canteen, & one who was there & knows about the weather & other "pleasantries" of being there!

[Kathy in Alaska]

BRATTONKIN!!

You got #150. Are you working hard? Is the goat back to stay? Maybe he'll start eating grass like he's supposed to, instead of dog food, so he won't have to go on another road trip.

[Long Cut]

It's a little better than the Med. Nobody seems to want to kill us up here, and the food's better at this galley.

[Soaring Feather]

I promised you a story from Monday night, so here goes. When I arrived at the airport in my home State of NY, I had retrieved my luggage, was greeted by the Limo Driver and told we had to wait for other passengers. I opted to wait outside the terminal and smell NY air!
I sat down next to a young Army Pvt. I thanked him for his service to our nation. We started chatting in earnest. I told him about FR and learned this young man is a Conservative Republican, and an avid Rush fan.

He was awiting to be picked up by someone from Fort Drum, Watertown, NY. He was headed of course, to the 10th Mountain Division. Bless he heart. He is 18 years young, orginally from CA, but grew up in Texas. Whoo hoo!! We exchanged email addies, and I asked his permission to talk about him here and to post his name on the Prayer Thread.

Also, I told him about our USO Canteen FReeper Style. He is going to look in very soon.
We chatted for almost one hour in the very cool NY night air.
I felt this was a serendipitous event.
From my own experience I know we can be so very proud of young men as he.

I invitied him to join, or to lurk, whichever he wished.
I ask special thoughts and prayers for all our Military guys and gals. I have been so blessed to meet this young man.

May God continue to bless our great nation.

bentfeather

[tomkow6]

Even when I was up there, we always tried to put out a high quality product for the troops. Good food seemed to help keep morale up.

Have you been thru a whole winter up there, with it's almost totally dark days, when the sun just starts to glow on the horizon at about 11 am & then it's pitch black again at 1pm? Really can mess your mind!

[Long Cut]

Yep! Winter of 98-99. You're right, it IS a head-fake. I noticed people getting very surly and depressed about that time.

[beachn4fun]

Howdy Mr. Tonk. How's business?

[beachn4fun]

Yes, we have an insert! But, unless we really get some chilly weather, we can't burn the wood fast enough!

[beachn4fun]

Hey Long Cut.... can you share this with your guys to help boost their morale?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"How's business?"