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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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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 |
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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays. Wednesday, November 26, 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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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 pendulums swing varies, so does the time it takesonly slightly, but its a serious problem if youre 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. |
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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.
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.
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What is your vector Victor?
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Happy Birthday eugene ionesco 1912 "It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind."
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. |
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Turkey pancakes
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Happy Birthday Charles M. Schulz 1922
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Happy Birthday Rich Little 1938
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I am an excellent prestidigitator. |
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Happy Birthday Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) 1938
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 |
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Isometrical.
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Would you like some Triangulation with your pancakes?
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We are counting cards!
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On this day: 1789 - U.S. President Washington set aside this day to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
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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.
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1861 - West Virginia was created (out of Virginia) over a dispute of slavery. West Virginia was against slavery. |
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Happy Thanksgiving
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1940 - The Nazis forced 500,000 Jews of Warsaw, Poland to live within a walled ghetto
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1942 - The motion picture "Casablanca" had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
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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
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1998 - Hulk Hogan announced that he was retiring from pro wrestling and would run for president in 2000. We are counting votes.
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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to an animation show |
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Pancakes Wednesdays |
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To: LindaSOG
Mine
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11/26/2003 4:58:12 PM PST
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Old Sarge
(Sarge, you just save dmoney! What are YOU going to do next?)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Radix; tomkow6; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; Bethbg79; HiJinx; JustPiper; ...
N.A.S. Pensacola, Students at the Aviation Rescue Swimmer School prepare to undergo a parachute disentanglement exercise. The physically arduous 4-week course of instruction trains enlisted air crewmen as rescue swimmers for search and rescue operations at sea and ashore. U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Photograper's Mate Chris Desmond
N.A.S. Pensacola, Students at the Aviation Rescue Swimmer School prepare to undergo a parachute disentanglement exercise. The physically arduous 4-week course of instruction trains enlisted air crewmen as rescue swimmers for search and rescue operations at sea and ashore. U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Photograper's Mate Chris Desmond
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posted on
11/26/2003 4:59:45 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: LindaSOG
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posted on
11/26/2003 4:59:58 PM PST
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Old Sarge
(Sarge, you just save dmoney! What are YOU going to do next?)
To: LindaSOG
To: LindaSOG
LindaSOG!!! #300!!!
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:04:34 PM PST
by
Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; tomkow6
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:06:23 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Nice weather here!
To: Kathy in Alaska
.....speak English, PLEEZE!
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:15:34 PM PST
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tomkow6
(...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:17:07 PM PST
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tomkow6
(...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?...........exercise?)
To: aomagrat
Thanks, aomagrat, for today's history of the USS Arkansas. She sure had a long life and earned 4 battle stars. Have a happy thanksgiving! And thank you for your service to our country.
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:22:04 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) Deep Freeze '04
This one hurt a bit. I know it had to be hard on the crew to have things turn out the way they did. Our Coast Guard work hard to keep our country safe and to save people who find themselves in dire straits.
My heart goes out to this crew, whose hearts are heavy.
And my condolences go out to the Moore family.
Now I must get on it and get something done around here. boohiss! LOL!! I'll see y'all tomorrow!
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:23:56 PM PST
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radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: tomkow6
.........speak English, PLEEZE! LOL! But aren't sailors supposed to know signal flags?
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:25:03 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: bentfeather
Quiet in the room
fire on the hearth
a single snifter in my hand
a silent toast
"To Absent Friends..."
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:29:04 PM PST
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Old Sarge
(Serving YOU... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: mystery-ak
Thank you, 1Sgt Mike, for your service to our country with the Army National Guard.
Prayers for your safety and success.
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11/26/2003 5:30:09 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: Old Sarge
That is terrific! I am so pleased that America is stepping up and making these types of adventures available for our troops.
We WILL expect pictures of said adventure.
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:42:18 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: MoJo2001
You've got FReepmail back -- sorry - I was already gone before! :o)
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:47:35 PM PST
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StarCMC
(God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
To: StarCMC
And now, unfortunately I am gone again. May be back later I hope! HUGS all!
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posted on
11/26/2003 5:51:06 PM PST
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StarCMC
(God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Well, I'll give pics a shot. We've got three albums from the May Disney run, but nothing's digital..
Burned up eight cameras that week.
We've pulled every trick we learned from seven years working at The Mouse: rental car vs. flying; deals on tickets; cheapest hotels; time the trip before the prime dates; pack our own food; the works!
Missus even got a microwave for her birthday - we're cooking in the room! Tightwads...
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posted on
11/26/2003 6:05:00 PM PST
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Old Sarge
(Serving YOU... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; All
Not only did Ma (can you believe it!?)
COOK today, she then got a tad bit confused about just what it means to live in the "south."
Look what she did with the curtains in her room!!!
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posted on
11/26/2003 6:15:13 PM PST
by
Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant ... and www.CookingWithPam.com person)
To: bentfeather
320
posted on
11/26/2003 6:18:15 PM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
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