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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 19 November 2003
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix ...........With help from Linda as usual
Posted on 11/19/2003 2:05:56 AM PST by Radix
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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
Pancakes, the cornerstone, of a nutricious breakfast.... |
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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays. Wednesday, November 19, 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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MACHICOLATION |
An opening between supports on a castle parapet for dropping missiles on an enemy. When the world was younger, the principal defence against attackers was the castle, so effective before the age of gunnery that the only way to subdue it was to undermine its walls. To stop the enemy doing this, defenders evolved several techniques, one of which was to build out structures from the tops of the walls so that stones, boiling oil or other deterrents could be dropped on those below. At first these structures were of wood (called hoardings) but they were later reconstructed in stone, most commonly over the particularly vulnerable gatehouses but in some cases all along the walls. The word came from the Old French machicolor, a compound of Provençal macar, crush, and col, neck, a graphic description of the result of being bombarded with stones from on high while you were trying to dig. |
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Happy Birthday James Garfield 1831 "Four months after taking office he was wounded fatally by an assassin's bullet. His administration is remembered for a struggle over patronage, exposure of the Star Route frauds, and the beginnings of a friendlier policy toward Latin America..."
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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the future. |
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Happy Birthday Indira Gandhi 1917
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In the February 4, 2002 issue of The Paducah Sun, Hack made headlines with his sweet new project: making maple syrup from the tree sap at Camp Bear Creek. In January, he and Hank Rogalinski, Site Manager for the camp, noticed sap dripping from a tree at the camp and decided that the syrup-making could be a learning tool for Girl Scouts. Local girls helped collect the sap, which was then boiled down over a fire for two days to make the syrup. And it takes A LOT of sap to make just a little syrup! Out of 135 to 140 gallons of sap, they extracted 2½ gallons of syrup. Although it takes a lot of work and very little returns, these guys know how much the experience benefits girls, and that's what really counts! Good work, guys! |
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We are counting cards. |
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Alan Young 1919 Horse Sense.
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Happy Birthday Larry King 1933
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Happy Birthday Dick Cavett 1936 "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either."
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Happy Birthday Ted Turner 1938
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Happy Birthday Garrick Utley 1939
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Happy Birthday Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) 1939
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Happy Birthday Dan Haggerty 1941
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Happy Birthday Calvin Klein 1942
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Happy Birthday Meg Ryan 1961 Dear Bo, I love you but, Meg, is just a friend, after all "I will have what she is having!"
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Happy Birthday Jodie Foster 1962
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On this day: 1794 - The U.S. and Britain signed the Jay Treaty, which resolved the issues left over from the Revolutionary War. |
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1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
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1959 - Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the unpopular Edsel. I am an excellent driver.
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1966 - Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles Dodgers) announced his retirement from major League baseball. We are counting strikeouts Koufax earned a place among baseball's greatest pitchers with a dominating performance between 1962 and 1966.
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1979 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) signed a four-year contract for $4.5 million. At the time, Ryan was the highest paid player in major League baseball. We are counting no-hitters
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1990 - Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the "Girl You Know It's True" album. |
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1998 - The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Clinton began. |
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1998 - Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of the Artist Without Beard" sold at auction for more than $71 million. About a hundred dollars.
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2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed the most comprehensive air security bill in U.S. history. |
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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: MoJo2001
Woo Hoo Little Diva love Stevie Nicks!!
Good choice Sailor!
To: bentfeather
You sound stressed out.
Do Queen's get stressed out?? I didn't think Royal Decrees allowed that?? Hmmm....
Wanna know what MoJo would do??
I'd make the hand maidens get out there and mud wrestle. To get them used to being dirty. Then you won't have anymore issues. Besides, you can charge people to see it. You can generate profit and teach them a lesson. Ain't life grand? Hehehe!
To: Hondo1952
I still would pay money to see the fabulously tanned Miss MoJo in a BLACK DRESS.
How much? ;)
wOOhOO!!! on #150, Hondo1952!!!
Will deep, dark purple do?
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:29:35 AM PST
by
Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
To: MoJo2001
Birthday ~ Bump!
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:29:39 AM PST
by
blackie
To: Fawnn; bentfeather; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; beachn4fun; HiJinx; Old Sarge; LindaSOG; tomkow6; ...
MoJo, Ma, and Auntie Fawnn
"The Supremes" 2003 version
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To: MoJo2001; All
Diva, there are 4 strange men walking in and out of the Palace. It's getting worse, today we picked up a new one! This is going on all week. Friday the new washer and dryer come.
Saturday the Palace will be full of girl children baking bread!!
You say I sound stressed, where's my cat, I am running away!! LOL
To: blackie; bentfeather; Fawnn; Hondo1952; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; beachn4fun; All
Wow! What a cool name!
I wish I were named Django.
How cool is this?
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To: MoJo2001
Yep ! A bit cool this morning. Supposed to hit around 70-75 today though ... Same for most of the week until Sunday, when we get a cooler spell tho (37 for a low, 60 a high) ...
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:39:00 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(I won! I won! http://rmeek141.home.comcast.net/LotteryTicketRutRoh.JPG)
To: bentfeather; beachn4fun
Queenie!
You need to go shopping or jet off to your private island.
Shall I call our sister beachn4fun to ask her to help??
*HUGS*
If need be, I'll fly us there safely. Hehehe!
To: Fawnn; LindaSOG
Happy Birthday LindaSOG!! {{HUGS!}}
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:39:29 AM PST
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StarCMC
(God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
To: MeeknMing
So? What'cha doing for Thanksgiving??
When can I expect to arrive at your house for some food? LOL!
*HUGS*
To: StarCMC
Good morning, Star! That is absolutely fabulous!!
*HUGS*
MoJo!!
Hey! I went to the NEOPETS place and posted a message this morning in The Guild!! The frontpage of the Guild looks FABULOUS!! Great job to your daughter and you!
*HUGS* to ya both!
To: Fawnn
Well-cooked turkey congrats for #100 Ms. Fawnn!
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:42:41 AM PST
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StarCMC
(God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
To: StarCMC
Another great one!!!
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:44:37 AM PST
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Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
To: MoJo2001
ha..ha....Muddy Waters! I named my black shepherd after him! This dog showed up at my house and would not leave. I had to name him something. He has the light-black shoulder-hip markings of a shepherd, which in his black fur looks like muddy water after someone has stirred it up. Plus, he can whine. So, I told him he sounded soulful when he whines! Thus, Muddy Waters.
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:45:10 AM PST
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beachn4fun
(Thanksgiving....if you can read this, then thank your mother for not having an abortion.)
To: StarCMC
LOL!!! (You might want to repeat this one later for Hondo!) ;)
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:45:26 AM PST
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Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good morning, Kathy(HUGS)How's it going?
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:46:07 AM PST
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E.G.C.
To: beachn4fun
Wow! That's very cool!!
My black Lab is named Kipper after this little annoying British cartoon dog of the same name. Kipper is about as responsive as her TV cartoon namesake. LOL!
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:46:51 AM PST
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!
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posted on
11/19/2003 8:47:06 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
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