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

 

[Old Sarge]

Morning, Canteen Ladies!

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Sarge!!

How goes it today??

[Hondo1952]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS THE GODDESS

[MoJo2001]

 

 

Yeah! Speaking of skinny, look at you Sis!!

I'm doing grand today! I'm always glad to see the Canteen Poet, Blonde, and Queen.

What would life be like without ya? I wouldn't want to know!!

[MoJo2001]

 

 

Good morning, Sis!!

Speaking of skinny, look at you!!

You've got it going on! Woohoo!!

*HUGS*

How are you today??

[MoJo2001]

 

 

Good morning, Hondo!!

How are you today?

Did you notice my Sisters today?

They have black dresses on!!

WOOHOO!!

*HUGS*

 

[Hondo1952]

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. You too Tom.

Miss Fawn I wonder if Radix could play the Micheal Flatley roll in Riverdance? I'm surprised he hasn't already turned up there.

[MoJo2001]

 

Queenie looks a bit steamy in this Red outfit!

What can we say?

She's the Queen!

 

[Hondo1952]

My eyes were not open till I noticed the BLACK DRESSES. Why'd you have to go and do that. All at once. Now I've got to have more pills. Where's my Bethy?. Where's my Miss THE Goddess?

Where's my Miss MoJo in her BLACK DRESS? HMMMMMM. Can't fabulously tanned Miss MoJo wear black? Where's the lovely and talented Miss Burka Man in his Black Burka?

[Soaring Feather]

Well thank you Little Diva. I really like this denim outfit you picked out for me.

It's so comfy on hectic days like today. The palace is in a shambles. Workmen stepping all over themselves, paint order drifting around....... Queenie is getting dizzy from the fumes.

Ooooooopppss, don't let Tom see that last sentence. You know how he is!!!

[MoJo2001]

Well, shoot! We need some proper music for this! Don't we??

Hehe!!

Click and be Irish!
(If you can't hear anything, click off the MUTE!)
(Just FReepmail and let me know!

 

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Bro!! Have I given you a *SMOOCH* lately? Well, consider yourself SMOOCHED!!

Sis, I won't tell tomkow!! Besides, he's not even paying attention. Hehe!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Pancakes/Waffles Day !

Have a cup while you Freep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Radix! Thank you for all your hard work and effort on behalf of our Troops and their families. I know everyone enjoys and looks forward to Pancakes On Wednesday. You've really made an impact. I just thought you should know. *HUGS*

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Meekie! How are you today?? *HUGS* Wow! It's cold in Texas today. LOL!

[MoJo2001]

Please send good vibes and a prayer for Bethy today. She's going on an interview. I want her to do really really well. *HUGS*

Also, MoJo doesn't like to wear dresses. I don't like wearing black either. I'm fabulously tanned and I don't like wearing clothes that are black or brown. Yikes! Hehehe!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, aomagrat!!

Thank you for posting the information about the USS North Dakota.

By the way, BIG GUNS IN ACTION ROCKS!!

*HUGS* Have a great day!

[MoJo2001]

The fun is officially over.

Ma's up!

Hehe!

[Fawnn]

Any chance I'll sneak in and grab it? ;)