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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 10 December 2003
Canteen FRiends
Posted on 12/09/2003 10:19:40 PM 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, December 10, 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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COULROPHOBIA |
An irrational fear of clowns. What, fear those delightful purveyors of slapstick comedy? One may as well go in terror of Santa Claus (but then a few people do that too, sad cases of Santa Claustrophobia). But clown humour has always embraced cruelty in its teasing and insulting of other clowns and members of the audience. Clowns represent anarchy, the personifications of unreason, and a force of nature out of control. Who knows what really lies behind their unchanging painted faces and outlandish costumes? These are all good enough reasons for even the strongest and most adult of us to feel unease in the presence of a clown. Some children are terrified by them and a surprisingly large proportion of adults confess to finding them creepy and disturbing, so much so that this word for their condition has had to be invented. Its not oldperhaps from the 1980sand has been taken from Greek kolon, a limb, which seems strange until you find the related kolobathristes was a stilt-walker. This seems to have been the nearest its coiner could get to a suitable classical allusion, since ancient Greek didnt have a word for a clown in our modern sense. |
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Happy Birthday Arthur Fiedler 1896 Conductor; born in Boston, Mass. Trained as a violinist in Boston and Berlin, he joined the Boston Symphony (1915--30), first playing violin, then viola. Determined to conduct, he founded his own chamber orchestra, the Boston Sinfonietta, in 1924. In 1929 he launched the Esplanade summer series, free concerts by the Boston Symphony, along the Charles River. In 1930 he took over the Boston Pops Orchestra and for almost a half century he was the most beloved conductor of light-classical music in the U.S.A. Active in promoting music through various mediums, he was also made an honorary fire chief because of his practice of chasing every major fire, day or night, and became a familiar figure to Bostonians at the scene of the fires.
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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to Riverside California.
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Happy Birthday William Safire 1929 William Safire's Rules for Writers:
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Two confirmed bachelors sat talking, their conversation drifed from politics to cooking.
"I got a cookbook once," said one, "but I could never do anything with it."
"Too much fancy work in it, eh?" asked the other.
"You said it. Every one of the recipes began the same way - 'Take a clean dish'".
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Happy Birthday Bob Guccione 1930 Who let the dogs out?
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On this day: 1969 - TV history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.
Tiptoe to the window, by the window that is where I'll be Come tiptoe through the tulips with me! Tiptoe from your pillow, to the shadow of a willow tree And tiptoe through the tulips with me! Knee deep in flowers will stray, we'll keep the showers away. And if I kiss you in the garden, in the moonlight, will you pardon me? Come tiptoe through the tulips with me! |
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On this day: 1777 - France recognized American independence.
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On this day: 1791 - A traffic regulation in New York City established the first street to go "One Way." I am an excellent driver. We are counting cards!
Home of Laminates. |
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On this day: 1843 - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens was published.
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New Atomic Discovery... The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by GM Research physisists. The element, tentatively named Administratium, has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of zero. However, it does have 1 neutron, 125 asistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutrons. This gives it an atomic number of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons. Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction that it comes in contact with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Adimnistratium caused one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would have normally occuered in less than one second. Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years, at which time it does not actually decay but instead undergoes a reorganization in which assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange places. Some studies have shown that the atomic mass actually increases after each reorganization. Research at other laboratories indicates that Administratium occurs naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points such as government agencies, large corporations and universities and can usually be found in the newest, best appointed and best maintained buildings. Scientists point out that Administratium is known to be toxic at any detectable level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reaction where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine how Administratium can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage, but results to date are not promising. |
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Would you like some more Lynx with your pancakes? |
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On this day: 1903 - The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.
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1969 - The U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book" by concluding that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings.
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1978 - OPEC decided to raise oil prices by 14.5% by the end of 1979.
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Real Doughboys.... |
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2000 - Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) caught an NFL-record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears. The previous record was held by Tom Fears (Los Angeles Rams) with 18 catches on December 3, 1950, against the Green Bay Packers. Owens also broke Jerry Rice's franchise record of 16 receptions set in 1994 against the Los Angeles Rams.
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Would you like an abacus with your pancakes?
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We are counting cards.
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Pancakes Wednesdays |
Definitely |
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To: HiJinx
That's right! WooHooo!
See ya in a while!
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:27:06 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: bentfeather
I know! I was so happy to see that. I was a little nervous this year, not knowing how the teachers would be with the situation in the ME. I've been pleasently surprised. :-)
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:28:25 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Bethbg79
Oh Beth, I am not prepared for Christmas. The manse is still in a bit of turmoil. I don't have a live tree anymore, but have a lovely fiber optic tree.
Ohhhh my, Connor has a birthday coming !!!! What a grand present.
To: bentfeather
Awesome. Fiber optic trees are pretty cool.
I must admit, I'm not totally prepared for it either. But I love the holiday. It's my favorite. :-)
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:33:40 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: MeeknMing
Thanks, Meekie, for my morning cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. It's been spitting snow all night and will require a little shoveling of the driveway before work.
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:48:06 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Bethbg79; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; tomkow6; SouthernHawk; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; HiJinx; ...
Who you calling a Sisyphus? Seven-year-old Robbie Rakes (left) and 9-year-old Drew Cochran roll a boulder of snow up a street in Vinton, Va.
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:50:46 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: HiJinx; bentfeather; Bethbg79; tomkow6
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:52:48 AM PST
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Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant, choreographer, and seismic anomaly & CookingWithPam.com creator)
To: bentfeather; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; tomkow6; SouthernHawk; Bethbg79; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; ...
Go for the gouda! Zeta looses his footing while racing against Tinkerbell (background) in the tight rope event of the Xtreme Rat Challenge at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. The competition, formerly known as the Rat Olympics, changed its name after the U.S. Olympic Committee threatened to sue -- presumably so people wouldn't get the two confused.
<img src="Go for the gouda! Zeta looses his footing while racing against Tinkerbell (background) in the tight rope event of the Xtreme Rat Challenge at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. The competition, formerly known as the Rat Olympics, changed its name after the U.S. Olympic Committee threatened to sue -- presumably so people wouldn't get the two confused.
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:56:38 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Pancakes on Wednesday ~ Bump!
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:56:56 AM PST
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blackie
To: MeeknMing
Meekie! A rocking horse....beautiful picture. And Texas with her hat is cute.
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posted on
12/10/2003 7:58:16 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Fawnn
That's a beautiful graphic Fawnn! Thank you for posting it. :-)
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:01:14 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Goodness Gracious! That's a big ole snowball!
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:01:47 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Coffee Time ~ Bump!
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:01:51 AM PST
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blackie
To: blackie
Good morning Blackie!! ((HUGS))
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:02:38 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Bethbg79
Thanks!
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:03:00 AM PST
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Fawnn
(Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant, choreographer, and seismic anomaly & CookingWithPam.com creator)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Yuck! That looks a lot like a rat Connor used to have.
They stink really bad.
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:03:14 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Radix
Thank you for today's thread Radix!!
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:04:06 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: bentfeather
HI!
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:05:00 AM PST
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Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
it's that time again. gotta have my fix of buttermilk pancakes & sausages!
free dixie,sw
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:05:03 AM PST
by
stand watie
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. ,T. Jefferson)
To: blackie
Hello!
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:05:14 AM PST
by
Bethbg79
(God bless our Troops and their families!)
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