USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 19 November 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix ...........With help from Linda as usual

[Radix]

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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.

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

Definitely

 

[MoJo2001]

I'm over on ESPN trying to get Beano Cook to answer my question and you are over here asking Tomkow to set an example? He's already done it. This is why we are so dysfunctional. LOL!

[MoJo2001]

Atlantic Ocean! Hehehe!

[Soaring Feather]

Thanks Tom for the rubber boat!

My goodness it sure is wet here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh no, ms feather. You are on the computer. May I assume you still have some sort of power? Is the flooding staying outside? Painters inside? Maybe you should call the Coast Guard and have them on standby. Can you swim?

[Hondo1952]

"I have one like this"

You sure you're from Alabama???

Here's my boat.

[Fawnn]

tomkow6!!! #250!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hmmm. 12 gallon tank. Safe off shore speed in mild conditions 20 knots burning 2 gallons per hour. 35 knots top in calm water burning 3 gallons per hour. Nearest access to the Atlantic, 6 hour tow. Where on the Atlantic?

[Soaring Feather]

Yupper on my MAC, I am high and dry in the house.

Outside is a mess. Not to worry Kathy, I am fine.
Power is out only in the west end of town. We get power from 2 sources. I am on the "ON" line! LOL

Swim like a baby whale!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I have one of those for use in lakes only. I've had my 13 ft Boston Whaler Sport 5 miles out in 4 foot chop. Wouldn't take any other 13 foot boat out past swimming distance.

[Hondo1952]

Makes perfect sense to me. I keep mine stowed on top of the truck in case the urge to go fishin strikes or if I get hungry I can flip it over to it's original configuration and eat dinner.

Nothing like a Whaler. They are the best even with that name attached to it that goes before Whaler.

[Hondo1952]

I got me a new car alarm yesterday. The one in the middle.

[Fawnn]

Fine print for Kathy & MoJo: BeanSprout. 2 down. End of fine print. ;)

[Conspiracy Guy]

My best friend lives in Fort Morgan and has one of these.




52 ft Ocean Yacht Sport Fisher with twin 860 hp turbo diesels. I hate him. The galley has the same fridge as my house.

[Fawnn]

I have one like this

The shack, the dock, or the boat? ;)

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! I'll probably meet my Dad at his neices house for Turkey Day.

Sorry about the delay getting back to you. My clothes dryer croaked and I was trying to figure it out. The belt is broken. Gotta replace it.

Playin' catchup now, as usual ...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Remember, a royal flush beats and full house.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Fawnn]

Remember, a royal flush beats and full house.

And a Smith & Wesson beats 4 Aces. ;)

[Conspiracy Guy]

I put the same system in my truck. I have a similar home security system as well.

[Hondo1952]

ME???