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

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

[Radix]

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The United States Armed Forces.

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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

 

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

 

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, MR. RADIX! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOODMORNINGTROOPS!!

[beachn4fun]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING TO OUR AWESOME MILITARY.

Time for pancakes. Radix makes the best pancakes.Hurry before they are all gone. Ma has plenty of coffee for everyone.

And because I know that there is someone at the Canteen who prefers waffles....I leave this.......

OK, now I have to get to work. No more playing at the Canteen for now. Ah, but will sneak back in now and then.

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

The psychiatrist's receptionist told her boss, "doctor, there's a man in the office who thinks he's invisible."

The psychiatrist replied, "tell him I can't see him."

[tomkow6]

 

Chicagoland Weather

November 19, 2003
Chicago, IL
Sunrise	6:45 AM (CST)
Sunset	4:27 PM (CST)
Hrs. of Daylight	9 Hrs., 42 Mins

Currently
38°

Fair

	Hi: 54

	Lo: 36

5 Day Forecast

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

MON

Sunny

High:	58
Low:	40

Partly Cloudy

High:	56
Low:	47

Few Showers

High:	57
Low:	57

Showers

High:	58
Low:	28

Few Snow Showers/Wind

High:	34
Low:	24

 

[Conspiracy Guy]

I'm in training to be a Democrap. Waffles please!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Morning! I just got back from next week. Some really great things are in store. Wish I could share but the Trafalmadorians forbid it.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Work stinks. Resist it.

[beachn4fun]

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.


Hey, since you've already visited next week, can you tell me if I pass my test on Monday? And, do I really take time off for myself during my Thanksgiving break? Oh....and if I play the football pool, will I win? Oh....and if I play the lottery, do I win?

[tomkow6]

Did ya know today is

World Toilet Day?

An average person visits the toilet 2500 times a year. About 6-8 times a day.
You spend about 3 years of your life in the toilet.

Poor toilet condition is a worldwide problem. More than half of the world population have no proper sanitation.

Suppression of urination due to dirty toilets can lead to kidney and bladder diseases.
In order to avoid visting public toilets, Some people refrain from drinking and suffer dehydration.

Most toilets are designed incorrectly.

Female takes 3 times longer than male, yet both toilet sizes are often same.

Toilet remains as a 'taboo' as people are shy to discuss the subject.

There are toilet associations worldwide promoting toilet education and culture.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sorry but that information is forbidden. I dont want to PO the Trafalmadorians.

[Fawnn]

That picture doesn't look like Calvin! (Gee! I'm sure you're embarrassed now.) ;)

Great start to what I'm sure will be another great thread! Thanks!

[Conspiracy Guy]

This is hugh.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Yes, even if one could arrange such an event, I'm now so
cynical that a Trafalmadorian scout ship on the White House Lawn
wouldn't even get the front page: "Police ticket unruly
Trafalmadorians of illegal parking." Then: "Trafalmadorians
deported, vow to return." (With battle fleet or course, but we
don't know it - or care,'don't worry be happy'.)

[Fawnn]

Put your right foot out
Put your left foot out.
Shake it all about.
Do the Canteen Hokie Pokie.
That's what it's all about.





There's one more (so far LOL):



Funny. Until recently, doing a "Canteen Hokey Pokey Collection" was never a part of my life goals. ;)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

You are looking good in post 13!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Funny. Until recently, doing a "Canteen Hokey Pokey Collection" was never a part of my life goals. ;)"

And who says the Canteen does not expand one's horizons!

[Conspiracy Guy]

The Trafalmadorians see time a a continuous event rather than the fragments we see. The past, present, and future are all occurring at the same time. It can get pretty confusing.

[beachn4fun]