USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 22 October 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Radix]

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday October 22, 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.

WELKIN

The sky; heaven; the firmament

We don’t use this much nowadays—dictionaries usually tag it as archaic or literary—except in the set phrase make the welkin ring, meaning to make a very loud sound. What supposedly rings in this situation is the vault of heaven, the bowl of the sky. In older cosmology this was thought to be one of a set of real crystal spheres that enclosed the Earth, to which the planets and stars were attached, so it would have been capable of ringing like a bell if you made enough noise. The word comes from the Old English wolcen, a cloud, related to the Dutch wolk and German Wolke. Very early on, for example in the epic poem Beowulf of about the eighth century AD, the phrase under wolcen meant under the sky or under heaven (the bard used the plural, wolcnum, but it’s the same word). Ever since, it has had a strong literary or poetic connection. It appears often in Shakespeare and also in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “This day in mirth and revel to dispend, / Till on the welkin shone the starres bright”. In 1739, a book with the title Hymns and Sacred Poems introduced one for Christmas written by Charles Wesley that began: “Hark! how all the welkin rings, / Glory to the King of kings”. If that seems a little familiar, it is because 15 years later it reappeared as “Hark! the herald-angels sing / Glory to the new born king”.

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Happy Birthday

Sarah Bernhardt 1844

We are counting cards!

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Happy Birthday

Jimmie Foxx 1907

We are counting cards.

We are counting the players from the city of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia!

Jimmy, oh Jimmy Foxx when are you coming back?

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Astounding fact # 564,891...
Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

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Happy Birthday

Timothy Leary 1920

He is dead, Tim.

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Happy Birthday

Christopher Lloyd 1938

I am an excellent driver.

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Khanom Buang

Crispy Pancakes with Fillings. Thai crispy pancakes which look very much like Mexican tacos. Coconut cream is topped on the small pancakes before fillings are placed on it. The two different fillings from which one can choose are the sweet filling: containing shredded coconut and golden threads (egg yolk strips) and the salty filling: shredded coconut and chopped spring onions.

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Happy Birthday

Annette Funicello 1942

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"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast."
                         -John Gunther

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Would you like some subatomic particles with your pancakes?

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Happy Birthday

Leslie West (Mountain) 1945

Mississippi Queen, you know what I mean.

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I am feeling so tens today.

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Happy Birthday

Jeff Goldblum 1952

We are Fighting Fire.

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the America's Stonehenge

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On this day:

1961 - Chubby Checker appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and performed "The Twist."

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1966 - The Beach Boys released the single "Good Vibrations."

 

Ah! I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair

Ah! I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air


I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's givin' me the excitations
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(Ooo, bop-bop, good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitations
(Bop-bop, excitations)
(Good, good, good, good vibrations)
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(Ooo, bop-bop, good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitation
(Bop-bop, excitations)
(Good, good, good, good vibrations)
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(Ooo, bop-bop, good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitations
(Bop-bop, excitations)

Close my eyes; she's somehow closer now
Softly smile I know she must be kind
When -- I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world


I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's givin' me the excitations
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(Ooo, bop-bop, good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitations
(Bop-bop, excitations)


I don't know where, but she sends me there
(Oh, my my love sensation)
(Oh, my my heart elation)

Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her x3

Ohh!

(Good, good, good, good vibrations)
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(Ooo, bop-bop, good vibrations)
She's givin' me the excitation
(Bop-bop, excitations)
(Good, good, good, good vibrations)
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
(Ooo, bop-bop, good vibrations)

Na na-na na-na na-na-na

Na na-na na-na na-na-na

Na na-na na-na na-na-na

Na na-na na-na na-na-na

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Wednesdays have always seemed like pancake days to me. Whether they were cooked at home on my mom's old Sunbeam electric griddle or at the local pancake house, it just seems to be the right kind of food for a Wednesday. A tall steaming stack of buttermilk cakes with heated syrup dripping down the sides make a sweet ending to a busy week.

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1954 - The Federal Republic of Germany was invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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1999 - China ended its first-ever human rights conference in which it defied Western definitions of civil liberties.

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1746 - The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It later became known as Princeton University.

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1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.

Don't mess with Texas!

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Pancakes.

Wednesday.

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1962 -  President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform his nation about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.

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1968 - Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times.

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good pancakes morning, darkwing. Some coffee and a donut to hold you. Thanks for your part in keeping this great country of ours free.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good pancake morning, Tom! Good pancake morning, Patriotic Pattie!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, bellevuesbest, for stopping and letting us share the news of your son's departure for Basic Training. What branch of service has he joined? Please thank him for his service to our country. The Canteen is here every day to honor, and provide a home away from home, for our troops, veterans, their families, and our allies.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

 

Bless this house O Lord we pray; 
Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out: 
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, 
Let thy peace lie over all;
 Bless this door, that it may prove 
ever open to joy and love. 

 

Bless these windows shining bright, 
Letting in God's heav'nly light; 
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, 
with smoke ascending like a prayer; 
Bless the folk who dwell within, 
keep them pure and free from sin; 
Bless us all that we may be 
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee; 
Bless us all that one day we 
May dwell O Lord with thee. 

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Beautiful purple flowers this morning. Lovely! Thanks men of the military and the Canteen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Seven, for the international updates.

[bellevuesbest]

Thanks for the Welcome. I've been on TonkinGulf's ping list for several months. This is a heart warming place. Maybe I can get my wife interested in visiting the Canteen from time to time. Hard to say, she thinks I'm nuts reading FR all the time.

My son joined the Army. I'm very proud and..... jealous I can't join him.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Wednesday morning, E. ((HUGS)) 29° as I head for bed. See ya'll later.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, bellevuesbest son, for your service.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Aeronaut and Otto, Mrs Aeronaut and Luke. Hope you're having a wonderful mini vacation. Drive carefully on your return.

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Kathy.

[radu]

GOOD MORNING CANTEEN CREW!!
HAPPY HUMP-DAY!

THANK YOU troops, veterans, and military family members for all your efforts and sacrifices in service to the USA! And thank you, allies, for standing beside our troops!

[Radix]

My son joined the Army. I'm very proud and..... jealous I can't join him.

I know what you mean!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning Kathy.(HUGS)How's it going?

And a very pleasant good morning to everyone here at the Freeper Canteen all of our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your continued service to our country.

Our computer froze on us yesterday. The 13th improper shutdown since we got it back in September 2002. Our computer is a Dell Dimension 4500S. It's working fine now.

Be sure to update your anti-virus software and get the very latest critical updates for your computer.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Tonk. How's it going?