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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.
You go girl!
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:07:03 PM PST
by
Radix
(The secret of the perfect post is an unanticipated Tag Line change Tag Line change. Tag Line chang,)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I've had my 13 footer totally full of water. I haven't cut it in half before though. Look at this Alabama Coast Guard Cutter.
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:09:24 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I don't think you hread me right. E-talk for Heard and Read.)
To: Fawnn
Remember, a royal flush beats and full house.
And a Smith & Wesson beats 4 Aces. ;)
A Ford can beat a pair of aces and eights!
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:12:16 PM PST
by
Radix
(The dirty little coward, who shot Mr Howard, and laid Jesse James in his grave.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001
Update:
1 brougham dna
eastwood
eight track
mendoza roman
1 nitro dna
meridian lt roman
and counting....
;)
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:21:00 PM PST
by
Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
To: Radix
Ya'll are gettin kind of confuzin. Lemme consult my palm pilot.
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:21:28 PM PST
by
Hondo1952
(This Space For Rent.)
To: Radix
A Ford can beat a pair of aces and eights!
Harrison? ;)
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:22:17 PM PST
by
Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
To: Hondo1952
LOL!
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:22:56 PM PST
by
stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: Hondo1952
LOL!
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:23:44 PM PST
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stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Kathy. I had a flight to Wichita Kansas today. Otto couldn't make it, but I have to go back in a few weeks, so I'll be able to get his picture there.
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:24:06 PM PST
by
Aeronaut
(In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
To: HiJinx
cream gravy & chickenfried steak is the NATIONAL FOOD of TEXAS!
free dixie,sw
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:24:59 PM PST
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stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: beachn4fun
YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!<P.free the southland,sw
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:25:58 PM PST
by
stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: Kathy in Alaska
!!!!!!
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:26:27 PM PST
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stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: stand watie
I cooked that for supper a couple of days ago and these yankees I live with ate hotdogs. Turned up their old noses and said uuuuuuuuuhh what's that? damnyankees.
I ain't from Texas, but we make pretty good chicken fried steak and gravy in Alabama too. I got to get my self back to that red clay.
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:37:36 PM PST
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Hondo1952
(Happy Birthday Miss THE Goddess!!!!!! Space provided free as a public service announcement.)
To: MoJo2001
I'm having Internet Explorer issues and playing music issues (somehow Real Player took over from Windows Media Player) and check printing issues and I'm sleepy! Maybe, just maybe, I might be able to get more than 45 minutes sleep on the plane. 3 1/2 hours to Seattle, another 2 1/2 to LAX. Then an hour on a commuter plane to San Luis. Then call Libby and she will come pick me up. The grumpies are starting to set in....
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:42:17 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: bentfeather; Hondo1952; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Radix; tomkow6; SouthernHawk; MoJo2001; ...
Thumb crumbs: Anna Braginskaya treats the waterfowl in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with kid gloves.
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:49:03 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: Fawnn
A Ford can beat a pair of aces and eights!
Harrison? ;)
You caught that I mixed up my names. I'm sorry about my innacuracy, but, hey it happens.
Jesse James, living in St. Joseph, Missouri under his pseudonym "Thomas Howard" was shot by Robert Ford on April 4, 1882. Robert Ford was a member of Jesse's gang whom Jesse regarded as a friend. Ford shot Jesse in the back while Jesse was hanging a picture.
DEAD MAN'S HAND:
A poker hand consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. Traditionally, Wild Bill Hickok was holding this hand when he was shot dead by Jack McCall. Some sources dispute the hand, saying that it really contained two jacks, not aces and two eights. |
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:49:40 PM PST
by
Radix
(mix I never Tag up my Lines..)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; txradioguy; Long Cut; bentfeather; ...
Good afternoon Canteeners!!
Thank you Military men and Canteen guyz for the gorgeous violas today. Howdy troops, veterans, and military family members!
THANK YOU for serving the USA!
Have a wonderful evening everyone. We're getting ready to head down to Huntsville for our anniversary dine-out. But no matter where we are, our thoughts and prayers are with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for their safety.
*HUGZ* all 'round!
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:53:39 PM PST
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: Hondo1952; Flurry
Roll TIDE!!!!
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posted on
11/19/2003 2:58:21 PM PST
by
StarCMC
(God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
To: StarCMC
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Tide, Roll.
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posted on
11/19/2003 3:00:57 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I don't think you hread me right. E-talk for Heard and Read.)
To: Hondo1952
I cooked that for supper a couple of days ago and these yankees I live with ate hotdogs.
No adult Yankee I know would choose hotdogs over sausage gravy and biscuits! In fact, most kids wouldn't either. ;)
340
posted on
11/19/2003 3:07:14 PM PST
by
Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
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