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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 ![I hope that you like my pancakes today.](http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ourfood/img/pancakes.jpg)
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. ![Look it up!](http://bellsouthpwp.net/l/i/lindasog/Radix/radixionary.gif)
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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..." ![I was president for 4 months longer than Al Gore.](http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/images/20pgarf.jpg)
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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the future. |
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Happy Birthday Indira Gandhi 1917 ![You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.](http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/0/08/Indirag.jpg)
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![It is so simple](http://www.kyanags.org/info/images/syrup.gif)
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. ![Pancakes on Wednesdays makes sense.](http://lores.lair.moondance.org/edandalaninbarn.jpg)
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![A pancake formula is a complex thing!](http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT668/EMAT6680.Folders/Kastberg/essays/logarithms/image110.gif) |
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Happy Birthday Larry King 1933 ![Larry King, mental giant....ha ha ha ha .](http://www.perlinstudio.com/larry-king.gif)
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Happy Birthday Dick Cavett 1936 "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either." ![As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.](http://www.hiandlomodern.com/IMAGES/BOOKS/photography/cavett.jpg)
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Happy Birthday Ted Turner 1938 ![I never shut up, so it is easy to see how stupid I am.](http://dopefishjustin.is-a-geek.com:8000/sscelebs/tedgeta.jpg)
![I invented CNN. Nuff said.](http://www.forbes.com/images/2001/01/11/Ted%20Turner_168x264.jpg)
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Happy Birthday Garrick Utley 1939 ![That is my boss up there above me.](http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/02/utley/story.utley.2.jpg)
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Happy Birthday Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) 1939 ![All I need is a miracle, and some pancakes.](http://www.history-of-rock.com/miracleslate.jpg)
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Happy Birthday Dan Haggerty 1941 ![Do bears eat Pancakes in the woods?](http://www.nightowlbooks.com/life_times_grizzly_adams1-sheet.jpg)
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Happy Birthday Calvin Klein 1942 ![Nothing gets between me, and some good pancakes.](http://www.cnnsi.com/features/1996/swimsuit/photos/arniston/arniston90.jpg)
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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!" ![Of course I am having pancakes today.](http://www.uwe.peterson.claranet.de/private/moviefaces/actress/r/megryan.jpg)
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Happy Birthday Jodie Foster 1962 ![Hey Bo Derek, will you please write to Radix, he misses you.](http://www.dreamstarlets.com/features/!bios/jodie_foster22.jpg)
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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. ![What do you call a Gorilla who walks two miles to return some banana pancakes? Honest Ape.](http://www.jeannepasero.com/lincolnga.gif)
![I was born on February 12th, 1809](http://www.damchicago.com/gettysburg-address.gif)
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1959 - Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the unpopular Edsel. I am an excellent driver. ![I am an excellent subtle posterer.](http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/edsel-red.jpg)
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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. ![Guess who is on first base? Nobody, I struck him out.](http://www.gendex.com/~guest/martin/1962topps/koufax.jpg)
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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 ![See mouse over text in the above image.](http://www.scottsdalecards.com/psabb3672.jpg)
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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. ![Artist without a pancake is a much lesser known work.](http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/images/impr0299.jpg)
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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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![Always first, and on the right. Happy Birthday lindaSOG!](http://nolechekmeats.com/images/syrup.jpg) |
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Pancakes Wednesdays |
Definitely |
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To: beachn4fun
They are a peaceful people. They are here to help. You can learn more about them in Kurt Vonnegut's book "Breakfast of Champions".
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posted on
11/19/2003 5:54:59 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I don't think you hread me right. E-talk for Heard and Read.)
To: LindaSOG
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posted on
11/19/2003 5:57:36 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(Thanksgiving....if you can read this, then thank your mother for not having an abortion.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I had scrabbled eggs, bacon, and homemade biscuits.
63
posted on
11/19/2003 5:58:22 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I don't think you hread me right. E-talk for Heard and Read.)
To: Flurry; Radix; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
in Kurt Vonnegut's book "Breakfast of Champions" Wait a minute....."Pancakes on Wednesdays" is the Breakfast of Champions
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:00:55 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(Thanksgiving....if you can read this, then thank your mother for not having an abortion.)
To: beachn4fun; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; ...
![](http://home.comcast.net/~mil-email/radix-tanka.jpg)
For our Canteen WAFFLE Specialist, MR. RADIX,
Catch
Pancakes on Wednesdays
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:04:44 AM PST
by
tomkow6
(.......)
To: All
To: beachn4fun
Of course it is. Why do you think I went where I went. I always have a plan. I set aside 2 hours a day for spontaneity. Every day.
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:10:04 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I don't think you hread me right. E-talk for Heard and Read.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good morning Captain!
Post #13 is an absolute howl!
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Lovely flowers this morning.
Thank you men.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
The Pen IS Mightier than the Sword!
Mr. Tonkin!!!
I am a poet, of course the Pen is mightier than the Sword!!
sheeeesh
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:24:16 AM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I have a sword in my hand.)
To: tomkow6
Good morning Tom.
Let's see if one day can pass when you don't moon me.
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:26:22 AM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I have a sword in my hand.)
To: beachn4fun
Good morning beachn.
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:31:29 AM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I have a sword in my hand.)
To: Radix
![](http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h61000/h61218.jpg)
Today's classic warship, USS North Dakota (BB-29)
Delaware class battleship
displacement. 20,000 t.
length. 518'9"
beam. 85'3"
draft. 26'11"
speed. 21 k.
complement. 933
armament. 10 12", 14 5", 4 3-pdrs., 2 21" tt.
North Dakota (BB-29) was laid down 16 December 1907 by Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass.; launched 10 November 1908; sponsored by Miss Mary Benton; and commissioned at Boston 11 April 1910, Comdr. Charles P. Plunkett in command.
In her first years North Dakota operated with the Atlantic Fleet in maneuvers along the East Coast and in the Caribbean. She sailed 2 November 1910 for her first Atlantic crossing, visiting England and France prior to winter-spring maneuvers in the Caribbean. In the summers of 1912 and 1913 she carried Naval Academy midshipmen for training in New England waters, and on 1 January 1913 she joined the honor escort for Natal as the Brazilian ship entered New York harbor with the body of the late Whitelaw Reid, United States Ambassador to Brazil.
As Mexican political disturbances strained relations with the United States, North Dakota sailed for Vera Cruz, where she arrived 26 April 1914, five days after American sailors had occupied the city. She cruised the coast of Mexico to protest Americans and their interests until a more stable government took office, and returned to Norfolk 16 October. An even more intensive program of training was taken up by the Atlantic Fleet as war threatened, and North Dakota was in Chesapeake Bay for gunnery drills when the United States entered World War I.
Throughout the war, North Dakota operated in the York River, Va., and out of New York training gunners and engineers for the expanding fleet. Then, on 13 November 1919, she stood out of Norfolk to carry home the remains of the late Italian Ambassador to the United States. While in the Mediterranean she sailed at Athens, Constantinople, Valencia, and Gibraltar before returning to the Caribbean for the annual spring maneuvers. In the summer of 1921, she took part in the Army-Navy bombing tests off the Virginia Capes in which the German warships Frankfurt and Ostfriesland were sunk to demonstrate the potentialities of airpower. She interrupted fleet operations during the next two summers to again cruise with midshipmen, contributing to the future strength of the Navy by educating its officers-to-be. The cruise of 1923 took her to Scandinavia, Scotland, and Spain.
North Dakota decommissioned at Norfolk 22 November 1923. Her name was struck from the Navy List 7 January 1931, and she was sold for scrapping 16 March 1931.
![](http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h73000/h73765.jpg)
Big Guns in Action!
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:35:17 AM PST
by
aomagrat
(IYAOYAS)
To: LindaSOG
Happy Birthday Goddess!!
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:37:08 AM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I have a sword in my hand.)
To: LindaSOG; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Radix; tomkow6; Bethbg79; bentfeather; ...
GOOD MORNING
TROOPS AND CANTEEN!
I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GREAT DAY!
INDEED IT IS PANCAKES ON WEDNESDAY!
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US!
WE ARE HUMBLED!
Guess what??
Our Goddess is 21 today!! Woohooo!!! ![](http://www.mojo2001.com/mojo/bettybday.gif) (Click on Betty for a special song!)
Thank you for all you do for the Canteen, our Troops, and their families! Have a wonderful birthday! Here's to many many more!
![](http://www.mojo2001.com/mojo/raindrop.gif) |
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:42:01 AM PST
by
MoJo2001
To: bentfeather
![](http://www.appleseeds.org/thanksgiving.gif)
Good morning Ms. Feather.
76
posted on
11/19/2003 6:42:49 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(Thanksgiving....if you can read this, then thank your mother for not having an abortion.)
To: MoJo2001
![](http://www.appleseeds.org/thanksgiving.gif)
Good morning Mojo. Ah, I noticed your bellybutton this morning and I need to tell you ..... you are much too skinny! Please eat plenty of turkey and pie next week. OK?
77
posted on
11/19/2003 6:47:53 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(Thanksgiving....if you can read this, then thank your mother for not having an abortion.)
To: MoJo2001
Good morning Little Diva!!
78
posted on
11/19/2003 6:47:59 AM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(I have a sword in my hand.)
To: LindaSOG
Many star-spangled hand-springing three-cheering
Happy Returns Of The Day! to our lovely, talented, generous Canteen co-sponsor, LindaSOG!!How did I rate on the humble meter?
79
posted on
11/19/2003 6:51:16 AM PST
by
Old Sarge
(Goddess, your present is in the email...)
To: SevenofNine
![](http://www.claude-john.com/service/picture/bullhorn.jpg)
HELLO! SevenofNine.....are you still sleeping? It is time to get up and give us an update on what is happening in the world! WAKE UP!!!!HELLO!
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posted on
11/19/2003 6:51:53 AM PST
by
beachn4fun
(Thanksgiving....if you can read this, then thank your mother for not having an abortion.)
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