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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday, February 4, 2004

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

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From the Radixionary

DACTYLONOMY

The art of counting on the fingers.

To describe it so is to severely underestimate the skill of those who employed this technique. For it was not just a matter of using the whole finger, as some of us still do when we suffer temporary numerical embarrassment. After all, every finger has a knuckle, two joints and three bones (one joint and two bones for the thumb) and all of them, on both hands, were used to count up to 9,999. There are descriptions of the method from the Middle East, Asia and other places, and by the Venerable Bede from the north-east of England in the eighth century AD. Paintings exist from more than four thousand years ago showing Egyptians counting in this way, and we know it was common in classical Greece and Rome. Related methods were used in some civilizations to negotiate prices between buyer and seller, with the hands hidden under a cloth, in a serious exchange reminiscent of paper-scissors-stone, or that ancient finger game called morra in Italy. The word is from Greek daktulos, finger, plus –nomia, related to nomos, law, that we use to mark some specified area of knowledge.

Happy Birthday

Fernand Léger 1881

He painted objects in space without perspective or support: `the real subject is the object.' Later in life he began to free himself from his fear of the machine, and he painted, in brilliant colors, humans and animals attempting to struggle clear of the geometry of the mechanized world

Happy Birthday 

Charles Lindbergh 1902

Early in the morning on May 20, 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh took off in The Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field near New York City. Flying northeast along the coast, he was sighted later in the day flying over Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. From St. Johns, Newfoundland, he headed out over the Atlantic, using only a magnetic compass, his airspeed indicator, and luck to navigate toward Ireland. The flight had captured the imagination of the American public like few events in history. Citizens waited nervously by their radios, listening for news of the flight. When Lindbergh was seen crossing the Irish coast, the world cheered and eagerly anticipated his arrival in Paris. A frenzied crowd of more than 100,000 people gathered at Le Bourget Field to greet him. When he landed, less than 34 hours after his departure from New York, Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Happy Birthday

Byron Nelson 1912

I am an excellent driver.

Born Texas, USA, Nelson is remembered as one of the most consistent golfers of all time.

Nelson's is a remarkable story. He grew up close to Ben Hogan and both men caddied at the same golf club. Although Nelson turned professional in 1932.

Happy Birthday

Rosa Parks 1913

In the long struggle against segregation, there was only one "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." In 1955, a 42-year-old African-American seamstress engaged in a simple act of civil disobedience that launched a pivotal event in the civil rights movement.

Happy Birthday

Dick Seaman 1913

I am an excellent driver.

The 1934 ex Dick Seaman 1935 Mille Miglia team car entered by Dean Butler

As a yuppie opened the door of his BMW, a car suddenly raced by, smashed the door and tore it off. When police arrived, the yuppie cried: "Look what they've done to my precious Beemer!"
"You yuppies are so materialistic, you make me sick!" the officer replied. "You're so worried about your darned BMW, you haven't even noticed that your left arm has been ripped off!"
"Ohmygod!" cried the yuppie, staring at his bloody shoulder.
"Where's my Rolex?!"

Happy Birthday

Ida Lupino 1918

Happy Birthday

Today's Wednesday field trip takes us to Mad Ludwig's Castle...

Happy Birthday

Betty Friedan 1921

The housewives Betty Friedan interviewed in the '60s expressed an existential emptiness at the core. They stayed at home and defined themselves by what their husbands did and what their families needed. Within that decade, though, a new women's movement would convince half of all Americans that it wasn't they themselves who had the problem. It was the patriarchy: a male-dominated system that confined women to a support role they didn't even realize they were playing.

Happy Birthday

Conrad Bain 1923

Roses are red
Violets are blue
a to the n plus b to the n does not equal
c to the n for all n greater than two

Happy Birthday

Gary Conway 1936

Japanese Ice cream

Chicken Wing Ice Cream (Nagoya Tebasaki) 

Nagoya is famous for its poultry, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the taste of this ice cream is best described as foul. It actually tastes like a fried chicken wing, which is fine if that's what you're eating, but not if you're tucking into some ice cream. 

Would you like some Octopus or Eel with your Ice Cream?

Happy Birthday

Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) 1944

Mixin' pancakes,
Stirrin' pancakes,
Pop 'em in the pan;
Fryin' pancakes,
Flippin' pancakes,
Catch 'em if you can!

Happy Birthday

Alice Cooper 1948

Happy Birthday

Pamela Franklin 1950

Although now (unfortunately) a mere footnote in film history, Pamela Franklin had at one time both the ability and the momentum to have gone all the way to the top of her profession. Born in Tokyo, Japan on February 4, 1950 to British parents, Pamela Franklin spent her childhood living in Hong Kong, Australia, and Ceylon.

About a Hundred Dollars!

Recently, THE UNCOVEROR sent three staff members to Horse Branch, Arkansas. They were to investigate a rash of bizarre livestock birth defects, including a two-headed calf, and Siamese triplet piglets. The Horse Branch Inn, the only motel in town, had only one room available.  The three men had to share it. They were initially told that the room would cost thirty dollars. Each man gave the clerk ten. After a while, the clerk realized that he had overcharged them. The actual price of the room was twenty six dollars. He instructed the cleaning lady to take our investigative team their money back, totaling four dollars. She realized that she could not divide four dollars evenly among three men. They decided to let her keep one as a tip. Each man got back one dollar.

At first nothing seemed strange, but the more staff writer, Randolph Carter Smith thought about it, he was sure something did not add up. Initially, each man had paid ten dollars for the room, 10+10+10=30

After they had their refunds, each man had paid nine dollars for the room. 9+9+9=27.

They tipped the cleaning lady one dollar. 27+1=28!

There were supposed to be thirty. Two dollars were missing. We have racked our brains trying to figure this out. Smith thinks this is a curious mathematical conundrum that a mathematician could probably explain. His partners, Investigator, Randall Johnson, and photographer, William Power are sure this is some kind of new scam being run by motel owners. They want an explanation of where the two dollars went. The team was so dismayed, and confused that they forgot to investigate the mutant livestock!

One of the pivotal events that helped bring about the American Revolution took place on March 5, 1770. This event was the Boston Massacre. The patriots would use this incident to further their cause of fighting against British tyranny.

Happy Birthday

Lawrence Taylor 1959

We are counting cards.

Happy Birthday

Gabrielle Anwar 1970

Don't forget the Maple Syrup

  Photosynthate is largely composed of large molecules (sucrose) that are expensive to transport and is moved by a process called TRANSLOCATION from sites of synthesis (source) to sites of use or storage (sink) via the PHLOEM

A. The evidence: Aphid experiments and maple syrup and C14 labeled CO2 studies. The flow rate is about 1 meter per hour which is too fast for diffusion.

B. Girdling blocks translocation

 

On this day:

 1783 - Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

On this day

Treaty of Paris

Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown.

The real cessation of hostilities

On this day

1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

 

On this day

1847 - In Maryland, the first U.S. Telegraph Company was established.

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On this day:

1901 - "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines" opened in New York City.

 Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines

I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
I feed my horse on corn and beans,
And sport young ladies in their teens
Tho' a Captain in the Army.
  I teach the ladies how to dance
  How to dance, how to dance
  I teach the ladies how to dance
  For I'm the pet of the Army

cho: I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
     I feed my horse on corn and beans,
     And often live beyond my means
     Tho' a Captain in the Army.

I joined the Corps when twenty-one
Of course I thought it capital fun
When the enemy comes, of course I run
For I'm not cut out for the Army.
  When I left home, mamma she cried
  Mamma she cried, mamma she cried,
  When I left home, mamma she cried,
  "He's not cut out for the Army."

The first time I went out for drill
The bugler sounding made me ill
Of the battlefield I'd had my fill
For I'm not cut out for the Army,
  The officers, they all did shout
  They all did shout, they all did shout,
  The officers, they all did shout,
  "Why, kick him out of the Army!"

On this day:

1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur.

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, which began with the Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur, had its roots in the simultaneous determination of both Japan and Russia to develop 'spheres of influence' in the Far East, mainly at the expense of China.

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1936 - Radium E. became the first radioactive substance to be produced synthetically.

 

 

On this day:

1941 - The Snited Oervice Urganizations (SOU) was created.

 

The letters of this Organizations name were deliberately jumbled up in order that no one gets tee'd off

 

Happy Birthday

United Service Organization

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1945 - During World War II, U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany's defeat. 

On this day

1952 - Jackie Robinson was named Director of Communication for NBC. He was the first black executive of a major radio-TV network.

We are counting cards.

On this day

 

1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.

 

1968 - The world's largest hovercraft was launched at Cowes, Isle of Wight.

 

On this day:

1974 - Patty Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

On this day:

1997 - A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman's parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages.

 

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Star!!

Thanks for posting our heros.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Meekie, for my morning cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows.

[beachn4fun]

Is he the one I heard about that threw all his metals down once he got back on America soil? Among other things?

[blackie]

Pancakes on Wednesday ~ Bump!

[international american]

Kerry made the statement that President Bush exagerated the war on terror, profoundly misleading the public. Kerry has the luxury of making outrageous statements, due to the fact that The Bush administration and our troops have done such a great job of staving off more attacks! Nice job John! Aid the enemy!

Here is only a partial list of terrorist attacks:

1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing, Dec 21,1988
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1995 Saudi Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996
1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100's dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered
2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered
2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed
2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered
2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured
2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked
2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait
2002 Washington D.C. sniper
2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead
2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured
2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured
2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured
2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured.
2003 Rusian concert bombing
2003 Phillipines airport and market bombing
2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA
2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing
2003 Ticrit Mosque Bombing
2003 Neveh Shalom Synagogue Bombing in Istanbul, Turkey

[StarCMC]

JIM ELLIOT: missionary, martyr (1927-1956)
As posted on BSTUDY-L%HUMBER.BITNET@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Back to the Missionary Biographies Page.

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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." (an entry in Jim Elliot's journal)

Jim Elliot, a modern martyr, gained international recognition when he died with four others at the hands of Auca Indians. His story and memoirs have become a source of missionary inspiration through the writing and speaking of his wife, Elisabeth.

Born of Scottish ancestry in Portland, Oregon to a farmer-evangelist family, Jim became a Christian at the tender age of six after a church meeting one night. Faith afterwards became an integral part of his everyday life.

After high school he enrolled in Wheaton College in 1945, five years junior to Billy Graham. He first met his future wife there, much like Mr. Graham did Ruth Bell. Those were formative years for Jim, not just academically but also spiritually. He was most inspired by the writings and life story of Amy Carmichael, with whom he felt a kindred spirit.

Graduating from Wheaton, he quickly discovered a vocation in the missionary life. The field he chose was the unexplored frontiers of Ecuador in Latin America. Not content with bringing the Gospel to the civilized people of the country, he and his four companions flew their MAF Piper plane over the lands of the savage Auca tribe. Their first landing meant a tragic massacre, but out of that seemingly senseless tragedy comes a powerful testimony of the call of God on one man's life.

He was survived by his wife and his daughter Valerie who was only a baby at the time. Elisabeth Elliot went on to write such moving chronicles of her husband's life as "Shadow of the Almighty" and "Strange Ashes." These have inspired and challenged numerous people along the years for a closer walk in service to the LORD.

Instead of a prayer today, I'd like to quote a song by Scott Wesley Brown, a musicianary (musician missionary) who wrote this after reading "Shadow of the Almighty" (Elisabeth Elliot) and "Lords of the Earth" (Don Richardson). May we be challenged to higher levels of devotion to our God.

HE IS NO FOOL

I've lost track of all the Sundays
The offering plates gone by
And as I gave my hard earned dollars
I felt free to keep my life
I talk about commitment
And the need to count the cost
But the words of a martyr show me
I don't really know His cross

Chorus:
For he is no fool
Who gives what he cannot keep
To gain what he cannot lose
Yes, he is no fool
Who lays his own life down
I must make this the path I choose

Obedience and servanthood
Are traits I've rarely shown
And the fellowship of His sufferings
Is a joy I've barely known
There are riches in surrendering
That can't be gained for free
God will share all heaven's wonders
But the price He asks is me.

"God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, LORD Jesus."

[blackie]

Wednesday breakfast with Tonk ~ Bump!

[StarCMC]

TC!!!! {{{{{HUGS!}}}} How are you!!???

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, beachn4fun.(HUGS)

[Soaring Feather]

Hiya USVet!!

Welcome to The FReeper Canteen. You're doing just great!


Thank You for your service to our nation.

[blackie]

Mornin' TC!

[E.G.C.]

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

[beachn4fun]

Hi Ms. Feather. You too!

[Soaring Feather]

Hiya blackie!!


coffee bump

[StarCMC]

Welcome to the Canteen and thanks for your service in our fabulous military! :o) You classify as a hero around here! {{{HUGS!}}}

[blackie]

Thanks for the hot black coffee ~ Kathy.

[beachn4fun]

Howdy TC. Have a great day. How's your daughter?

[beachn4fun]

((HUGS)) back to you EG.

[blackie]

Thanks for the angels ~ Kathy.

[beachn4fun]

Hi Hondo. I am happy to see you today. Are you behaving yourself? Ah.....never mind! LOL......