FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 14 January 2004

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[Radix]

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

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

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

From the Radixionary

SOPHROSYNE

Soundness of mind, moderation, prudence, self-control.

The Greeks had a word for it, at least classical Greeks like Plato did. Translating the idea into English, however, has always posed a difficulty, since we don’t have one word that summarizes his ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind combined in one well-balanced individual. He defined it as “the agreement of the passions that Reason should rule”. It’s usually translated as temperance, moderation, prudence, self-control, or self-restraint. The idea of this harmonious balance is the basis of two famous Greek sayings: “nothing in excess” and “know thyself”—it’s the exact opposite of arrogant self-assertion or hubris. The word has only appeared in English within the past sixty years (W H Auden used it in 1944) but it has resonated with some moderns because the idea is quite close to that of wholeness. Note the word has four syllables, not three. It derives from Greek sophron, of sound mind, prudent.

A poem about Pancakes
by Jonathan Keiper

As I stood in the kitchen,
A pioneer in new lands.
My new friend, Mr. Teflon
Introduced and shook hands.

Saddled up my white apron,
And donned my cooking face.
Like a knight going to battle,
My spatula was my mace.

Jug of milk, three cups flour;
Break two eggs, gently beat;
Baking soda, butter, sugar;
Mix the batch and add some heat.

Pour the batter on the stove.
Not too much - Just a drop!
Watch it spread, cook, and bubble.
Flap the jacks, flip and flop.

Crispy edges, moistened middle,
Golden brown, spher-i-cal;
Soft as butter, light as air.
Silver dollar mir-a-cle!

Berries: blue, black, or straw;
Chocolate chips, pecan nuts;
Apples, peaches, banana raisins,
Topping King, the "Breakfast Muts."

Maple syrup, sticky sweet!
Drown my precious in your lake.
Early morning, late at night,
How I love thee, Pancake!

Happy Birthday

Benedict Arnold 1741

"...By rendering a cardinal service to the British, he might hope to attain a position of such eminence as to conduct these negotiations, end the war, and restore America to her old allegiance, with her freedom from parliamentary control guaranteed. In order to realize these ambitious dreams, Arnold resorted to the blackest treachery. In July, 1780, he sought and obtained command of West Point in order to surrender it to the enemy. When his scheme was detected by the timely capture of Andre, he fled to tile British at New York, a disgraced and hated traitor...."

 

Gordon Lightfoot

Love and Maple Syrup

Love and maple syrup goes together
Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet
When lonely lovers come to rest
Beneath the trees they do their best
But still they can't be free
Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood

If you go into the forest, gaze up through the leaves
And see the sky that's almost wild
You must learn to understand
What makes the forest greet the man
Like a mother's only child

In the north when when winter's claw
Relaxes now to keep the laws of nature in control
People come and stand in line
To rob the forest of her wine
But they don't feel the cold

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood

Love and maple syrup goes together
Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet
When lonely lovers come to rest
Beneath the trees they do their best
But still they can't be free

Love and maple syrup shine like
Embers warm, like thoughts divine
They tell us it is spring
Love and maple syrup stir
The thoughts of people into words
Of songs that they can sing

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood

Happy BirthdayHenri Fantin-Latour 1836

French Realist Painter

Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904). French painter and lithographer. He is best known for his luxurious flower pieces, but he also painted several group portraits that are important historical documents and show his friendship with leading avant-garde artists.

A man was caught for speeding and went before the judge.
The judge said, "What'll it be....30 days or $30."
The man replied, "I think I'll take the money."

Happy Birthday

Albert Schweitzer 1875

Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) was born into an Alsatian family which for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education.

Schweitzer's Struggle to Find Life's Meaning ...

Pancake Puzzle

 

You must help the pancake chef!

He's desperately trying to sort his pancakes by size.

How many flips will it take?

Solution below via link

Happy Birthday

Jack Jones 1938

Happy Birthday

Allen Toussaint 1938

Happy Birthday

Julian Bond 1940

From his student days to his current Chairmanship of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Julian Bond has been an active participant in the movements for civil rights, economic justice.

For a given N, what is the least number of flips with which you can guarantee that you will correctly sort the stack?

For every N, for every initial position, can it be done in N flips?

How many flips could be required for a given N and the worst possible initial position?

 

we are counting lottery number possibilities

It is all about permutations and combinations.

Happy Birthday

Faye Dunaway 1941

Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to Area 51.

I AM  AN EXCELLENT SOPHROSYNIST

Would you like some Quarks with your pancakes?

Quarks are fundamental matter particles that are constituents of neutrons and protons and other hadrons. There are six different types of quarks. Each quark type is called a flavor.

Don't forget the Maple Syrup

We are counting cards

I am an excellent driver

On this day:

1960 - Elvis Presley was promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army.

On this day:

1954 - Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married. The marriage only lasted nine months.

18 uses for Toothpicks

18 is not a prime number

18 is the sum of two cubes

The square root of 18 is 4.2426406

Apply glue.
Dip one end of a toothpick into the glue to apply small drops.

Improvise a bookmark.
Keep your place with a toothpick.

Plug small nail or thumbtack holes in wood.
Dip the end of a toothpick in glue, insert into the hole, slice flush with a single-edge razor blade, sand smooth, and refinish the wood.

Decorate cake frosting with ease.
Use a toothpick to draw your design on the cake, then squeeze the frosting over your lines.

Paint small crevices or repair scratches in furniture.
Dip a toothpick in paint to retouch fine scratches or reach small nooks and crannies

Root a potato or avocado.
Securely insert four toothpicks equidistantly around the equator of the potato or avocado. (You can use a nail to punch starter holes in the avocado.) Fill a glass with water, set the potato or avocado in the glass so the toothpicks allow only the bottom half of the potato or avocado to sit in the water. Place the glass on a window ledge to get sunlight. When roots and shoots appear, pot the plant in soil.

Repair broken eyeglasses temporarily.
If you lose a screw from your eyeglasses, substitute a toothpick in its place until you can get it fixed properly.

Mark the starting point of a roll of masking tape or packaging tape.
Stick a toothpick under the lose end of the tape so you can find it easily the next time you use the tape.

Clean tight crevices.
Dip a toothpick in alcohol to clean tight spaces

Make a garlic clove easy to handle.
Stick a toothpick into a clove of garlic before tossing it into a marinade, so you can remove it easily.

Give a broken plant stem first aid.
Make a splint with a toothpick and Scotch Tape.

Identify rare, medium, and well-done steaks on your barbecue grill.
Use colored toothpicks to mark steaks on the barbecue.

Cook sausages with ease.
Use two toothpicks to skewer two or three sausages together to make them easier to turn and brown evenly.

Tighten a loose screw.
Insert a toothpick into the screw hole, break it off at the surface, and rescrew the screw.

Push fabrics through the pressure foot of a sewing machine.
Use a toothpick to free fabric that gets stuck under the pressure foot.

Determine whether a cake is baked.
Insert a toothpick in the center of the cake and remove. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.

Clean a dog brush.
Run a toothpick through the rows of bristles.

Repair a pinhole in a garden hose temporarily.
Insert a toothpick into the hole, snap it off flush with the hose¹s outer skin, then wrap Scotch Mailing Tape around the spot. The wood toothpick will absorb water, swelling to seal the hole.

We are counting cards.

 

  

1973 - The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII and became the first NFL team to go undefeated in a season.

Whether or not they are the greatest team of all time is debatable, but this accomplishment stands out as the greatest ever. Seventeen wins, no losses, and a Super Bowl championship put the Dolphins on a plane that has yet to be reached by any other NFL team.

On this day:

1986 - "Rambo: First Blood, Part II" arrived at video stores. It broke the record set by "Ghostbusters", for first day orders. 435,000 copies of the video were sold.

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[Radix]

Ping for Pancakes!

[Radix]

No Burkas are allowed in the Canteen today!

[StarCMC]

Today's Medal of Honor Recipients

*BAUSELL, LEWIS KENNETH

Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps.

Born: 17 April 1924, Pulaski, Va.

Accredited to: District of Columbia.

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Peleliu Island, Palau Group, 15 September 1944.

Valiantly placing himself at the head of his squad, Cpl. Bausell led the charge forward against a hostile pillbox which was covering a vital sector of the beach and, as the first to reach the emplacement, immediately started firing his automatic into the aperture while the remainder of his men closed in on the enemy. Swift to act, as a Japanese grenade was hurled into their midst, Cpl. Bausell threw himself on the deadly weapon, taking the full blast of the explosion and sacrificing his own life to save his men. His unwavering loyalty and inspiring courage reflect the highest credit upon Cpl. Bausell and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

*BEAUDOIN, RAYMOND O.

Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company F, 119th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division.

 Place and date: Hamelin, Germany, 6 April 1945.

Entered service at: Holyoke, Mass. Birth: Holyoke, Mass.

G.O. No.: 9, 25 January 1946.

Citation: He was leading the 2d Platoon of Company F over flat, open terrain to Hamelin, Germany, when the enemy went into action with machineguns and automatic weapons, laying down a devastating curtain of fire which pinned his unit to the ground.

By rotating men in firing positions he made it possible for his entire platoon to dig in, defying all the while the murderous enemy fire to encourage his men and to distribute ammunition. He then dug in himself at the most advanced position, where he kept up a steady fire, killing 6 hostile soldiers, and directing his men in inflicting heavy casualties on the numerically superior opposing force. Despite these defensive measures, however, the position of the platoon became more precarious, for the enemy had brought up strong reinforcements and was preparing a counterattack. Three men, sent back at intervals to obtain ammunition and reinforcements, were killed by sniper fire. To relieve his command from the desperate situation, 1st Lt. Beaudoin decided to make a l-man attack on the most damaging enemy sniper nest 90 yards to the right flank, and thereby divert attention from the runner who would attempt to pierce the enemy's barrier of bullets and secure help. Crawling over completely exposed ground, he relentlessly advanced, undeterred by 8 rounds of bazooka fire which threw mud and stones over him or by rifle fire which ripped his uniform. Ten yards from the enemy position he stood up and charged. At point-blank range he shot and killed 2 occupants of the nest; a third, who tried to bayonet him, he overpowered and killed with the butt of his carbine; and the fourth adversary was cut down by the platoon's rifle fire as he attempted to flee. He continued his attack by running toward a dugout, but there he was struck and killed by a burst from a machinegun. By his intrepidity, great fighting skill, and supreme devotion to his responsibility for the well-being of his platoon, 1st Lt. Beaudoin single-handedly accomplished a mission that enabled a messenger to secure help which saved the stricken unit and made possible the decisive defeat of the German forces.

 

"If there be any glory in war, let it rest on the shoulders of men like these." -- Audie Murphy

Thank you to every soldier, sailor, airman, marine and coast guardsman who has given me the freedoms I have today.  You will not be forgotten.

[trussell]

No Burkas are allowed in the Canteen today!

I never did like how restricted I feel in a Burka anyway!!

[SevenofNine]

OH MAN Breaking story off Hareetz wire Brit peace activist has died from his wounds that infflict by Israeli soldier after soldier told him to put his gun down

Memo to Brit

Don't f*** with IDF

DAMN anybody on FR know that

Put that under Dariwn theory LOL!


Also UK Telgraph reporting that China may be facing population disaster the govt fearing do with Mens who be first generation of one child policy because of prefence of Male babies over female babies

Govt is freaking out what they going do with the men but UN study claim that Govt may draft these men into Miltary

WHY well come on you are Chinese dude you don't have wife

What to do

JOIN THE MILTARY

Memo to Canteen chief

Don't make me sic Tomkow cat on you

Give me plenty of syrup

NOWWW

[fatima]

Coffee,can't sleep,

[Fawnn]

No Burkas are allowed in the Canteen today!

You'd better let tomkow know!

Great thread, Radix!

[trussell]

The power of subliminal messages:


GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP, GO TO SLEEP,

[fatima]

trussell,All I see is big eyes,are you praying.

[trussell]

Ok, gotta admit, you confused me!!

[fatima]

Read your post to me- nignt beautiful.

[trussell]

Night fatima.

Have a nice night!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening/night, t. Got snow yet?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Aeronaut and Otto, and thank you both for your dedication to the flyover of protection for our troops' Canteen, a place where we offer a "touch of home" for our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies.