FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 21 January 2004

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004

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

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From the Radixionary

SFERICS

Atmospheric discharges.

We can’t hear it without special equipment, but the planet almost continually sings with the sound of low-frequency radio signals that derive from lightning strikes. Because the signals are mostly trapped below the ionosphere, a reflective layer 55 miles above the ground, a suitable receiver can pick them up from thousands of miles away. They sound like twigs snapping or bacon frying. This weird-looking term for them, sferics, is just a respelled version of the last part of atmospherics. The abbreviation appeared around 1940, though the strange noises had first been heard by a German physicist, Heinrich Barkhausen, during World War I. There’s a complete vocabulary of words to describe various types: tweeks come from lightning that is so far away that the high radio frequencies arrive before the low, resulting in a musical set of clicks and tweets; whistlers are slowly descending tones caused by a similar mechanism, but which acts on bursts of radio waves that travel from pole to pole along magnetic lines of force.

 Happy Birthday

Stonewall Jackson 1824

Next to Robert E. Lee himself, Thomas J. Jackson is the most revered of all Confederate commanders. A graduate of West Point (1846), he had served in the artillery in the Mexican War, earning two brevets, before resigning to accept a professorship at the Virginia Military Institute.

Happy Birthday

J. Carrol Naish 1897

We are counting cards

Happy Birthday

Christian Dior 1905

Happy Birthday

Telly Savalas 1924

Happy Birthday

Benny Hill 1925

Happy Birthday

Steve Reeves 1926

 

Be Glad your nose is on your face

Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot. 

Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!

Happy Birthday

Wolfman Jack 1939

Random Samples

In statistical terms a random sample is a set of items that have been drawn from a population in such a way that each time an item was selected, every item in the population had an equal opportunity to appear in the sample. In practical terms, it is not so easy to draw a random sample. First, the only factor operating when a given item is selected, must be chance.

If, for example, numbered pieces of cardboard are drawn from a hat, it is important that they be thoroughly mixed, that they be identical in every respect except for the number printed on them and that the person selecting them be well blindfolded.

Second in order to meet the equal opportunity requirement, it is important that the sampling be done with replacement. That is, each time an item is selected, the relevant measure is taken and recorded. Then the item must be replaced in the population and be thoroughly mixed with the other items before the next item is drawn. If the items are not replaced in the population, each time an item is withdrawn, the probability of being selected, for each of the remaining items, will have been increased.

For example, with the illustrated population, the initial probability that a given item will be selected is 1/9. If, however, an item is drawn and not returned before drawing a second item, the probability that a given item will be drawn will have been increased to 1/8. Of course, this kind of change in probability becomes trivial if our population is very large, but it is important to recognize the principle illustrated here, to fully understand the concept of a random sample.

It is also important to recognize that when sampling with replacement, it is possible for the same item to appear more than once in a sample and it is possible to draw a random sample that is larger than the population from which it came. Notice also, that it is possible to draw as many random samples as we like from a give population. The key idea here is that we either sample with replacement or we draw our samples from a population that is so large that the withdrawal of successive items changes probability by an amount that is too small to be of concern.

Happy Birthday

Jack Nicklaus 1940

I am an excellent driver.

A brunette and a blonde are walking along in a park one morning.

Suddenly, the brunette notices a dead bird. "Awww, look at the dead birdie," she says sadly.

The blonde stops, looks up into the sky, and says, "Where? Where?"

Happy Birthday

Richie Havens 1941

High Flying Bird

"There's a high flyin' bird, flying way up in the sky,
And I wonder if she looks down, as she goes on by?
Well, she's flying so freely in the sky.

Lord, look at me here,
I'm rooted like a tree here,
Got those sit-down, can't cry
Oh Lord, gonna die blues.

Now the sun it comes up and lights up the day,
And when he gets tired, Lord, he goes on down his way,
To the east and to the west,
He meets God every day. 

Lord, look at me here,
I'm rooted like a tree here,
Got those sit-down, can't cry
Oh Lord, gonna die blues.

Now I had a woman
Lord, she lived down by the mine, 
She ain't never seen the sun,
Oh Lord, never stopped crying.

Then one day my woman up and died,
Lord, she up and died now.
Oh Lord, she up and died now.
She wanted to die,
And the only way to fly is die, die, die.

There's a high flyin' bird, flying way up in the sky,
And I wonder if she looks down as she goes on by?
Well, she's flying so freely in the sky.

Lord, look at me here,
I'm rooted like a tree here,
Got those sit-down, can't cry,
Oh, Lord, gonna die blues."

Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the Grave Yard.

Happy Birthday

Geena Davis 1957

Thelma and Louise ...

Happy Birthday

Hakeem Olajuwon 1963

Olajuwon, which translates into “always being on top,” began playing basketball at the late age of 15.

One of the original Two Towers.

After the Rockets won a coin flip with the Portland Trail Blazers for the first pick in the 1984 NBA Draft -- one year before the institution of the Draft Lottery -- Houston selected Olajuwon. Although the talented Jordan was also available (he would be picked third by the Chicago Bulls), almost all in the basketball world thought Olujawon was the correct selection at No.1.

 One year earlier, the Rockets won a coin flip with the Indiana Pacers, allowing the franchise to select the University of Virginia's Ralph Sampson. Thus, the fickle flips of a coin created the “Twin Towers” of 7-0 Olajuwon and 7-4 Sampson -- two agile giants.

It was a dark, stormy, night. The Marine was on his first assignment, and it was guard duty.

A General stepped out taking his dog for a walk. The nervous young Private snapped to attention, made a perfect salute, and snapped out "Sir, Good Evening, Sir!"

The General, out for some relaxation, returned the salute and said "Good evening soldier, nice night, isn't it?"

Well it wasn't a nice night, but the Private wasn't going to disagree with the General, so the he saluted again and replied "Sir, Yes Sir!".

The General continued, "You know there's something about a stormy night that I find soothing, it's really relaxing. Don't you agree?"

The Private didn't agree, but them the private was just a private, and responded "Sir, Yes Sir!"

The General, pointing at the dog, "This is a Golden Retriever, the best type of dog to train."

The Private glanced at the dog, saluted yet again and said "Sir, Yes Sir!"

The General continued "I got this dog for my wife."

The Private simply said "Good trade Sir!"

Would you like a lesson in probability with your pancakes?

Don't forget the Maple Syrup

I am an excellent driver..

On this day:

1957 - Singer Patsy Cline appeared on Arthur Godfrey's nighttime TV show. She performed "Walking After Midnight."

I go out walkin after midnight
Out in the starlight
Just like we used to do
Im always walking after midnight
Searching for you

I walk for miles along the highway
Well thats just my way
Of sayin I love you
I'm always walkin after midnight
Searchin for you

I stop to see a weeping willow
Cryin on his pillow
Maybe hes cryin for me
And as the skies turn gloomy
Night winds whisper to me
I'm lonesome as I can be

I go out walkin after midnight
Out in the moonlight
Just a-hopin you may be
Somewhere a-walkin after midnight
Searching for me

I go out walkin after midnight
Searchin for you

I go out walkin after midnight
Searchin for you

1987 - Aretha Franklin inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

On this day:  

1789 - W.H. Brown's "Power of Sympathy" was published. It was the first American novel to be published.

The Power of Sympathy is a sentimental novel, as well as a tale of seduction, addressed to "The Young Ladies of United Columbia." It’s purpose is to "inspire the female mind with a principle of self-complacency and to promote the economy of human life." The novel, beyond the plot, addresses sentimental love while at the same time exhibiting opinions towards female education and marital affairs.

On this day:

1911 - The first Monte Carlo car rally was held. Seven days later by French it was won by Henri Rougier.

Henri Rougier

Rougier was a famous cyclist and a champion race car driver. He learned to pilot a Voisin aircraft in 1909. In September, 1909, he won the Grand Prix de Berlin at the first aviation tournament held in Germany. In fact it was a disappointment to the Germans that the French won all the prizes at this meet. The meet was held in response to tremendous public enthusiasm for Orville Wright's demonstration flights at Templehoff and Potsdam in August.

We are still counting cards....

 

On this day:

1915 - The first Kiwanis club was formed in Detroit, MI.

On this day:

1946 - "The Fat Man" debuted on ABC radio.

Atomic Sub...

1954 - The Nautilus was launched in Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered submarine.

"On the NAUTILUS men's hearts never fail them, no defects to be afraid of, for the double shell is as firm as iron, no rigging to attend to; no sails for the wind to carry away; no boilers to burst; no fire to fear , for the vessel is made of iron, not of wood; no coal to run short, for electricity is the only power; no collision to fear, for it alone swims in deep water; no tempest to brave, for when it dives below the water, it reaches absolute tranquility.  That is perfect the perfection of vessels."

JULES VERNE 

 Sub Atomic...

 

On this day:

2002 - In London, a 17th century book by Capt. John Smith, founder of the English settlement at Jamestown, was sold at auction for $48,800. "The General History of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles" was published in 1632.

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Good morning Troops!

Good morning Canteen!

Good morning Tonk!

What lies behind us and what lies before us
are small matters compared to what lies within us. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Arrowhead1952]

Oh Kathy, I just had tacos, and now to see that..... You are making me hungry again. I need some real food after listening to the RAT rebuttals to the SOTU last night. I screamed at the Botox Queen when she misquoted from President Kennedy's speech.

Then hearing the puffster with his whining........ I'm glad my daughter had just gone outside to the hot tub.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to all. Just have to check in and see how everyone's pulse is after the SOTU. I almoste bafred listening to the Botox Queen and the puffster. Wish I had been able to have moitored Fox and one of the other networks as well as FR and then go to DU.

Those RATs were in their regular form, so UNHAPPY!

[MoJo2001]

WooHoo!!

It's Pancakes on Wednesday!!

Who's got the syrup??

Gotta run errands, but I'll be back. Hehe!

[MoJo2001]

Whoa!!

Hi Arrowhead!

It's wonderful to see you. How are you doing?? Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Kinda of cold here, but nothing like it would be at DU. Hehe!

*HUGS*

Have a fabulous day!

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Bro!

QUESTION:

What happens to the world when a man that brings so much joy, happiness, and laughter to our Troops doesn't feel too well?

ANSWER:

The world just isn't the same.

SOLUTION:

Give him a big *HUG* and a *SMOOCH* and hope he's having a better day.

Have a fabulous day Bro!

[Arrowhead1952]

It's wonderful to see you. How are you doing?? Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Kinda of cold here, but nothing like it would be at DU. Hehe!

It is fairly nice here in Central Texas. Temp was 45F leaving for work at 520 this AM. Should get to upper 50s this PM.

Don't you know DU was chilly during the SOTU. The only time they may have felt good, was when Bush told the audience that the Patriot Act would expire next year.

Did it surprise anyone that the RATs started applauding at that remark? Only to be asked to pass legislation to extend the act.

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Sis!

Good morning, Timmy!

Good morning, Bobby!

Good morning, Sailor!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Good news!

Coach Faris al-Hassan, a former Davis Cup player who was jailed for 10 days in the late 1980s because he lost a match to Algeria, presides over seven courts of powdery, pebble-strewn clay and uneven surfaces. Despite the war, Iraq will play in Group Four of the Davis Cup in Jordan in April, and new officials have taken over the Iraqi tennis federation.

One club player is 18-year-old Ali Jwad, the nation's top-ranked junior player. When Jwad hits a flashy winner, he pumps his fist and yells "C'mon!" with the verve of Australian star Lleyton Hewitt. But he says his hero is American Todd Martin, the elder statesman of tennis, because he has a "fighter's heart."

Freedom!More good news here

[evets]

Pancakes! Yeeeaaaaarrrhhhhhaaaaaaaa! Thanks for the ping!

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on January 21:
1338 Charles V (the Wise) king of France (1364-80)
1571 John I Pontanus physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard composer
1743 John Fitch inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)
1813 John C Frémont [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer/Governor (AZ)
1815 Horace Wells dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia)
1821 John Cabell Breckinridge (D) 14th US Vice Pressident (1857-61)/Major-General (Confederacy)
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Lieutenant-General 2nd Corps (ANV, Confederacy)
1829 Oscar II Frederik King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake pioneer English woman physician
1855 John M Browning US, weapons manufacturer
1884 Katie Sandwina Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter
1884 Roger Nash Baldwin founder (American Civil Liberties Union)
1897 J Carrol Naish New York City NY, actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan)
1905 Christian Dior Normandy France, fashion designer (long-skirted look)
1906 John Putz journalist
1908 Bengt Strömgren Göteborg Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud)
1912 Konrad Bloch Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964)
1921 Barney Clark 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart
1922 Paul Scofield Hurst England, actor (Man for All Seasons, Train)
1924 Benny Hill Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show)
1924 Telly [Aristotle] Savalas Garden City Long Island NY, actor (Acapulco, Kojak)(Who loves ya baby)
1926 Steve Reeves Glasgow MT, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained)
1933 William Wrigley III chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys)
1939 Wolfman Jack [Bob Smith], Brooklyn NY, DJ (Midnight Special)
1940 Jack Nicklaus Columbus OH, golfer (Player of Year 1967,72,73,75,76)
1942 Mac Davis Lubbock TX, singer/actor(Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40)
1947 Jill Eikenberry New Haven CT, actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project)
1957 Geena (Virginia) Davis Wareham MA, actress (Beetlejuice, The Fly)
1975 Anette Oldenborg Miss Denmark-Universe (1996)

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Deaths which occurred on January 21:
0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm Earl of Flanders, dies
1118 Paschalis II [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
1596 John Ligarius German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
1665 Pierre de Fermat French mathematician (Fermat theorem), dies at 63
1774 Mustapha III sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56
1793 Louis XVI French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38
1883 Jacopo Tomadini composer, dies at 62
1892 John Couch Adams English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies
1924 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 54
1950 George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies from tuberculosis in London at 46
1974 Lewis L Strauss head US Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at 78
1984 Jackie Wilson US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49
1985 Barbara Cowsill rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1991 Howard "Red" Grange football's galloping ghost, dies at 87
1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree US boxer/pianist, dies at 81
1997 Colonel Tom Parker manager (Elvis Presley), dies at 87
2001 Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist convicted three decades after the fact for assassinating civil rights leader Medgar Evers, died in Jackson, Miss., at age 80.

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 EGAN JAMES T. JR.---MOUNTAINSIDE NJ.
1967 BAUGH WILLIAM J.---PIQUA OH.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 1998]
1967 CONLEY EUGENE O.---AKRON OH.
1967 HOGAN JERRY FRANKS---TUSCALOOSA AL.
1967 KERNS ARTHUR W.---EL PASO TX.
1967 SPOON DONALD R.---MOUND CITY MO.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1968 COALSTON ECHOL W. JR.---MEMPHIS TN.
1968 ELLIOTT JERRY W.---GREENVILLE MS.
1968 HILL BILLY D.---FALLON NV.
1968 KIMSEY WILLIAM A. JR.---RELIANCE TN.
1968 RAMSAY CHARLES J.---NEWARK NJ.
[RADIO CONTACT LOST]
1973 CHRISTOPHERSEN KEITH A.---SOUTH ST. PAUL MN.
[OVERBOARD CVA61 SEARCH NEG]
1973 PARKER CHARLES L. JR.---SAN DIEGO CA.
[OVERBOARD CVA61 SEARCH NEG]
1973 WIEHR RICHARD D.---MANKATO MN.
[OVERBOARD CAV61 SEARCH NEG]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
1077 German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
1189 Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade
1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V
1324 Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon
1604 Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar
1664 Count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1789 1st American novel, WH Brown's "The Power of Sympathy", is published
1793 Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)
1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced
1818 Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair"
1824 Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa
1827 Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
1830 Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported
1853 Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester MA
1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign
1880 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN
1887 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms
1903 "Wizard of Oz" premieres in New York City NY
1903 Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam
1908 New York City NY regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public
1913 Aristide Briand forms French government
1915 Kiwanis International founded in Detroit
1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland
1922 1st slalom ski race run, Mürren, Switzerland
1925 Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe President
1927 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
1935 The Wilderness Society is founded
1941 1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX
1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria
1941 Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya
1941 British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned
1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
1942 Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"
1942 Tito's partisans occupy Foca
1944 447 German bombers attack London
1944 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg
1945 British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma
1950 New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India
1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City NY)
1954 1st atomic submarine, USS Nautilus, launched on Thames River, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower
1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City NY after 849 performances
1958 KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1961 KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls ID (NBC) begins broadcasting
1962 Snow falls in San Francisco
1968 US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland
1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
1977 Italy legalizes abortion
1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce
1981 Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for 1st time on a New York subway train
1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
1985 -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record)
1985 -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record)
1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana(No Comment)
1987 Archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon
1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi
1988 US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
1990 John McEnroe becomes the 1st ever expelled from the Australian Open for throwing a tantrum & swearing at an official
1991 CBS News correspondent Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf
1994 Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane for chopping off spouse's penis
1998 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Dominican Republic : Nuestra Senora de Altagracia Day
China : Chinese New Year-The Year of the Rat-Sexageney begins (1996/4694)
Mexico : Santa Ines' Day
US : Pizza Week (Day 4)
US : National Hugging Day
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month

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Religious Observances
Baha'i : World Religion Day (Sultan 3)
Christian : Commemoration of St Meinrad
Roman Catholic : Feast of St Meinrad
Roman Catholic, Anglican : Memorial of St Agnes, virgin/martyr at Rome

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Religious History
1525 History's first Anabaptist baptismal service took place in Zurich, Switzerland, when Conrad Grebel (re-)baptized George Blaurock.
1549 Parliament passed the first of four British Acts of Uniformity, this first requiring the exclusive use of the Book of Common Prayer (later called the First Prayer Book of Edward VI) in all public services of the Anglican Church.
1738 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in his journal: 'I desire to have no greater portion than the prayers of the poor.'
1772 Pioneer Methodist bishop Frances Asbury wrote in his journal: 'Though a stranger in a strange land, God has taken care of me.'
1986 Charismatic Bible Ministries was founded in Oklahoma. A fraternal fellowship of charismatic organizations, CBM held its first major conference in June 1986 in Tulsa.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"They say genes skip generations. Maybe that's why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable."

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Question Of the day...
How do they get the "Keep off the Grass" sign on the grass?

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Murphys Law of the day...First Law of Revision)
Information necessitating a change of design will be conveyed to the designer after -- and only after -- the plans are complete.
(Often called the "Now they tell us!" Law.)

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Astounding Fact #873,117...
The Dodge brothers Horace and John were Jewish, that's why the first Dodge emblem had a star of David in it.

[tomkow6]

Hi,  Evets!

Welcome to the Canteen!

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[txradioguy]

Yeeeoowwww!! No I'm not imitating Dr. Strange Dean!

How'd you like some Iraqi MORTARS with your pancakes this morning!

That's what I got served with about 30 minutes ago.

They were early tonite. Must have had a hot date with a chick in a BURKA! LOL!

Arrowhead, if you think some of the bloviating from Ms. Botox and The Swimmer was bad last night. YOu should have seen some of the FReeper comments concerning W and the SOTU last night. I thought for a minute I'd logged into the DUmmy channel by accident.

[darkwing104]

Good Morning Canteen FReepers! Just finished morning PT and in dire need of pancakes and coffee.

[ken5050]

help request, from all you excellent researchers, if any one has the time.....on the front page of today's NY Times...there's a pic of the President walking down the aisle in the House chamber..behind him, there's an attractive blonde in a very red suit....anyone know who she is?..congresswoman?..staffer, or USSS?...the pic is on the website...thanks in advance..

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good! I'm glad you could get more sleep.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Crocodile Hunter vrs. Osama.. Warning a bit Graphic

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies (and everybody else, and all the ships at sea). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 9:45am
Sunset 4:37pm

Hi 32°F
Lo 28°F

Light snow and sleet

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 27°F
Lo 14°F

State Hi 48°F Klawock
State Lo -47°F Eagle

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Kathy.(HUGS)How's it going?

[stand watie]

YIKES!

i'm NOT an IHOP addict. i'm NOT! i'm NOT!

YEAH, i am.<P.free dixie,sw