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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 26 November 2003
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

Posted on 11/26/2003 2:13:42 AM PST by Radix

 
 
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Pancakes on Wednesdays

Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday, November 26, 2003


Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data.

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TAUTOCHRONE
A curve on which an object falling under gravity will reach the bottom in the same amount of time, no matter from where it starts.

This may seem like the most abstruse of mathematical ideas, but it makes accurate pendulum clocks possible. It goes back to the seventeenth century Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, who knew that the pendulum is not quite the perfect keeper of time that one would like. It works well enough if its movements are kept small, but as the size of the pendulum’s swing varies, so does the time it takes—only slightly, but it’s a serious problem if you’re trying to make your clock precise.

Huygens discovered that there is one curved shape, and only one, which is perfect in this respect: the cycloid, the curve traced out when a point on the edge of a wheel rolls along a road. If you position a cycloidal curve like an inverted arch, and release a marble from any point on it, it will always take exactly the same time to reach the bottom, no matter where on the curve you start from. So the cycloid is said to be a tautochrone. Huygens used this discovery to construct curved jaws from the point of support of the pendulum; these forced its string to follow the right curve no matter how large or small the swing.

The word comes from the Greek tauto, “the same” (which we have inherited in words like tautology) and chronos, “time” (as in chronometer); so the word means a curve of equal time.


Happy Birthday

1731 - English poet William Cowper

Cowper's name will always be associated with that of John Newton, his friend and pastor. Together they wrote many hymns familiar to us today.

His poetry was quite influential. Many people who scorned evangelicals as "Methodists" would read Cowper's poems. He addressed many social issues, such as African slavery, as well as spreading the Gospel.

A piece of pancakes after a storm, is a good thing!

Peace After a Storm

1 When darkness long has veil'd my mind,
And smiling day once more appears;
Then, my Redeemer, then I find
The folly of my doubts and fears.

2 Straight I upbraid my wand'ring heart,
And blush that I should ever be
Thus prone to act so base a part,
Or harbour one hard thought of thee!

3 Oh ! let me then at length be taught
What I am still so slow to learn;
That God is love, and changes not,
Nor knows the shadow of a turn.

4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat!
But when my faith is sharply try'd,
I find myself a learner yet,
Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide.

5 But, O my Lord, one look from thee
Subdues the disobedient will;
Drives doubt and discontent away,
And thy rebellious worm is still.

6 Thou art as ready to forgive,
As I am ready to repine;
Thou, therefore, all the praise receive;
Be shame and self-abhorrence mine.


What is your vector Victor?

All vectors lead to pancakes.


Happy Birthday

eugene ionesco 1912

"It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind."

Tout en bas.

Eugene Ionesco and the Theatre of the Absurd

The Theatre of the Absurd surfaced in the 1950s with a group of playwrights who included Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter. Their avant garde plays expressed the belief in a godless universe where human existence has no meaning or purpose so therefore all communication breaks down. Logical construction and argument gives way to both irrational and illogical speech. The Theatre of the Absurd reached it's ultimate conclusion in Beckett's play 'Breathe' in 1970 - this play consisted of noise rather than dialogue.


  Turkey pancakes

I don't see it, but there is some turkey in there somewhere.


Happy Birthday

Charles M. Schulz 1922

Wa wa wa , wa wa wa, wa, wa, wa ,wa,wa pancakes, was, wa wa wa wa ,wednesdays, wa wa.


Pancakes and potato pancakes, together again.

Happy Birthday

Rich Little 1938

I was a great impressionist, because I always ate my pancakes.


I am an excellent prestidigitator.


Happy Birthday

Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) 1938

I am your private pancake dancer.

A CHANGE IS GONNA COME

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, and like that river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it is

It's been too hard living and I'm affraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it is

I go to the movies and I go around in town
Everybody there keeps telling me "don't hang around"
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it is

Then I go to my brother
And I say "Brother, please"
But he just winds up, knocking me
Back down on my knees

Sometimes I thought I wouldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
Oh yes it is


Isometrical.

We ain't talking Charles Atlas here. This is Isometrics, of a different fashion.


What did they used to call pancakes?

Would you like some Triangulation with your pancakes?

I am an excellent Triangle


We are counting cards!

I am an excellent card player.


On this day:

1789 - U.S. President Washington set aside this day to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

We the people, in order to form more perfect pancakes, do hereby, enact this covenant.


1832 - Public streetcar service began in New York City.

The first railroad system in New York, owned by the New York and Harlem Railroad company, begins operating approximately nine blocks between Union Square and 23rd Street.

I am an excellent driver.

This ain't Qantas.


1861 - West Virginia was created (out of Virginia) over a dispute of slavery. West Virginia was against slavery.

Happy Thanksgiving

Imagine if the Turkey were the National Bird, Would we eat bald eagles at Thanksgiving?


1940 - The Nazis forced 500,000 Jews of Warsaw, Poland to live within a walled ghetto

Don't believe your lying eyes. The Holocaust never happened! yeah right!


1942 - The motion picture "Casablanca" had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.

We'll always have Pancakes!


1983 - A Brinks Mat Ltd. vault at London's Heathrow Airport was robbed by gunmen. The men made off with 6,800 gold bars worth nearly $40 million. Only a fraction of the gold has ever been recovered and only two men have been convicted in the heist.  

About a hundred Dollars

I get my Pancakes Mix at K-Mart, on Oak Street.


1998 - Hulk Hogan announced that he was retiring from pro wrestling and would run for president in 2000.

We are counting votes.

Sop, you thought that it was all fake, didn't ya?


  Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to an animation show

Pancakes, on Wednesdays, excellent!

Pancakes Wednesdays
Definitely
 

 


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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; txradioguy; Long Cut; bentfeather; ...
Good afternoon/evening Canteeners!!

Thank you Military men and Canteen guyz for the lovely floral arrangement. It really brightens up the Canteen dining room and sets the mood for this Thanksgiving holiday.

Howdy troops, veterans, and military family members!
THANK YOU for serving the USA!

Before I tackle this house and the last-minute preparations for tomorrow (I've been down with a nasty headache all day) I wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend. If you're travelling, please take care. Arrive at your destination safe and sound.
To our troops overseas, it looks like it's already early Thursday so
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU!!


221 posted on 11/26/2003 3:04:26 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: LindaSOG
Thanks, Goddess, for today's lesson about pancakes and Kansas. LOL!
222 posted on 11/26/2003 3:13:25 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
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To: beachn4fun

OLD beachn4fun TAKES HILL #200!

200!

Can't ya just FEEL the LOVE?

 

OLD beachn4fun! #200!!!

 

223 posted on 11/26/2003 3:19:42 PM PST by tomkow6 (...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
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To: radu

Hi Radu!


224 posted on 11/26/2003 3:21:30 PM PST by tomkow6 (...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; ...

Message from HONDO:

 

"My cpu died. Bought the computer on 5 September. 

Sucks to be me.

If I don't get in the Canteen tell everyone why and I said have a safe and restful holiday.

Talk to you soon "

 

Sounds like a "BDU" problem to me.....

225 posted on 11/26/2003 3:28:34 PM PST by tomkow6 (...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; ...
Hmmmmm!   seems no one is here, AGAIN!

Guess I'll get nakid, & STREAK!

 

Be back in a bit, when I get my burka off...........you'all in for a treat!

226 posted on 11/26/2003 3:37:08 PM PST by tomkow6 (...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
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To: tomkow6
Hi tomkow!


227 posted on 11/26/2003 3:39:26 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: tomkow6
I'm here! I'm here!

WoooHoooo!

My modem died on me earlier. :-(

228 posted on 11/26/2003 3:39:33 PM PST by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: Bethbg79; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; ...
Hey, Bethy, nobody's here, AGAIN!


Wanna take our clothes off & streak NAKID thru the Canteen?

Linda's not here, & Tonk's takin' a nap!

What ya say, Sis?
229 posted on 11/26/2003 3:43:25 PM PST by tomkow6 (...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
 
Staff Sgt. Chris Horton, a sniper section leader for a scout platoon from 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, gives one of his snipers, Spc. Ryan Phipps, a haircut Wednesday morning at Camp Udairi, Kuwait, before deploying to Iraq.
 
Correction: The Army Snipper section leader gives one of his fellow snippers a snip.
 
 
 
Sgt. Dustin Williams, from Bedford, Texas, a scout with 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, sets up a long-range advanced scout surveillance scope on top of his Stryker vehicle at Camp Udairi before leaving for Iraq.
 
The new Military Slurpee machines are finally on line which excited the Troops, who frequent the 7-11.
 
 
 
Pamela Barton, left, greets her son, Spc. Christopher Zirbes, with the 223rd Military Police Company, after the company’s return to Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, after nearly a year in Iraq.
 
Mom, the lens cover has to be removed in order for the camera to work.
 
 
 
Soldiers in the 81st Armor Brigade of the Washington National Guard salute during the Pledge of Allegiance on Wednesday at the Seattle Armory. More than 100 soldiers took part in a farewell ceremony and will report to Fort Lewis for post-mobilization training before leaving for duty in Iraq.
 
In this doctored photo, Senator Daschle,  was airbrushed out because he refused to salute the Flag with his right hand.
 
 
 
Spc. James Masterson and his wife, Crystal, feed their 3-month-old daughter, Madison Pearl, on Tuesday in their Savannah, Ga., home. Masterson, 23, served in Iraq for the past eight months and just returned home to meet his daughter for the first time.
 
The new organic remote controls take some time getting used to for the Troops  recently returned from deployment.
 
 
 
An interrogator, left, and Arabic translator from the 1-504th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., nicknamed the “Red Devils,” question a detained Iraqi man during a Tuesday raid in Nassar el al Salaam, Iraq. The man was later released.
 
Yes, praise allah, we will not fire this weapon away from you, if you promise not to testify against us in a Military Courts Martial because we cajoled you into voluntarily giving us information which helped us save the lives of American Troops. Hey Secretary Rumsfield, stop the madness!
 
 
An interrogator, right, and Arabic translator question a man as they look for information about militant activity during a raid Tuesday in Nassar el al Salaam. The overnight raid netted two men suspected of militant activities against American forces.
 
Yes, and we will do much more than point our fingers at you and make polite inquiries, because we are serious, and we know how much Islamic terrorists appreciate, good manners, the Geneva Convention, and rational thinking. So, I really  mean it, tell us about the attack, or we will use bad language on you.
 
 
 
Spc. Chris Howell, from Lubbock, Texas, with the 1st Armored Division, waves to a passing Iraqi on Monday in Baghdad. Attacks on troops in Iraq reportedly declined in the last two weeks, but insurgents increasingly are targeting Iraqis working with the U.S.-led coalition.
 
The Iraqi insurgents were impressed before, but the new Hover Tanks were really intimidating!
 
 
 
Spc. Chris Howell takes a pamphlet from a young Iraqi boy Monday in Baghdad.
 
Ticket scalpers in Iraq are making a killing on the front row seats for Senator Hillary Clinton's upcoming visit, and speech.
 
 
 
Army Sgt. Milton Hernandez from San Juan, Puerto Rico, with the 1st Armored Division, keeps traffic flowing Monday in Baghdad, Iraq.
 
Parking lot attendants in Iraq, have serious responsibilities, and big rifles, Hoo Aah.
 
 
 
Spc. Faafetai Feleti, from Samoa, with the 1st Armored Division, talks with young Iraqi boys Monday in Baghdad.
 
This crazy soldier is in so much trouble. I saw Baghdad Bob on TV, and he said that the  Republican Guard is about to get serious with these Americans.
 
 
 
Paratroopers in the 1-504th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, nicknamed the “Red Devils,” pray Monday evening at Camp Mercury near Fallujah, Iraq, before an overnight raid.
 
Eighty Second, patch on my shoulder, grab your weapon and follow me, I am Airborne Infantry.
 
 
 
A paratrooper in the 1-504th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division raids a house that is a suspected militant compound Tuesday in Nassar el al Salaam.
 
In a search for ilicit unwashed Burkas, TomKow's closet gets the once over.
 
 
 
Paratroopers in the 1-504th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division cut their way into a suspected militant compound with a power saw Monday in Nassar el al Salaam during an overnight raid.
 
Fawn is busy working on ever new WooHoo graphics.
 
 
 
Spc. Avelino Garcia from El Paso, Texas, with the 1st Armored Division, buys a soda from a young Iraqi boy Monday in Baghdad.
 
See that dollar, that dollar can feed a family of six in Iraq.
 
 
 
 
Just another day at the office for our Troops.

230 posted on 11/26/2003 3:45:14 PM PST by Radix (The Pancakes are up! Happy Thanksgiving!)
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To: tomkow6
Wanna take our clothes off & streak NAKID thru the Canteen?

Granny's watchin'. So you'd better not!

231 posted on 11/26/2003 3:48:34 PM PST by Iowa Granny (One man with courage makes a majority..... Andrew Jackson)
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To: tomkow6; Hondo1952
To Hondo:
Dang Hondo, your puter is shot! Well Shoot!

awwwwwwwww here's something for you!
232 posted on 11/26/2003 3:48:58 PM PST by Soaring Feather (Don't burn the bird!!)
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To: tomkow6
Please remove me from your ping list.
233 posted on 11/26/2003 3:49:51 PM PST by Aeronaut (In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
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To: tomkow6; beachn4fun
TOMKOW!

Woe betide thee, for I have seen thy transgression, which is odious in My sight.

Rememberest thou, this commandment: THOU SHALT NOT CALL MY CHILD, BEACHN, OLD!


234 posted on 11/26/2003 3:50:59 PM PST by Old Sarge (Serving YOU... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
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To: Old Sarge
Speak ENGLISH! I have NO idea what you said....
235 posted on 11/26/2003 3:52:33 PM PST by tomkow6 (...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
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To: Radix
Thanks ! Happy Thanksgiving to your and your family too ! :O)

236 posted on 11/26/2003 3:52:53 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (George Soros "MINOB": http://richard.meek.home.comcast.net/SorosRatsA.JPG)
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To: tomkow6; Hondo1952
Message from HONDO:
"My cpu died. Bought the computer on 5 September.

Oh nooooo! That stinks!! My sympathies for Hondo! I know all too well what it's like not being able to get here.

237 posted on 11/26/2003 3:53:07 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: tomkow6
WooooHoooooo!

Get naked!

We gotta be fast!

238 posted on 11/26/2003 3:53:37 PM PST by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: beachn4fun
Howdy ! Happy Thanksgiving to you ! ...

239 posted on 11/26/2003 3:55:41 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (George Soros "MINOB": http://richard.meek.home.comcast.net/SorosRatsA.JPG)
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To: Bethbg79; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; ...

I , by the powers vested in me, hereby declare the Canteen:

NAKID!

WOOO HOOO!

Let it all hang out!!!!

 

240 posted on 11/26/2003 3:57:33 PM PST by tomkow6 (...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
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