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FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 04-02-04

Posted on 02/04/2004 12:55:04 AM PST by Radix

Edited on 06/26/2004 10:58:58 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

 
 
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Pancakes on Wednesdays
 
The Patriots are the 2004 Super Bowl Champions.

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

Leger prepared pancakes with an entirely different angle.

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.

Lindbergh's first airplane was called the "Spirit of  Pancakes."

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.

Nelson was known as one of the most consistent of Pancake eaters before every Driving Contest.

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.

Rosa Parks was also known as a great pancake connoisseur.

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

Is it so difficult to believe that I ate a lot of pancakes?

Happy Birthday

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

The inspiration for Walt Disney and the the castle in the Magic Kingdom.

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.

On Paradise Island, everyone eats pancakes.

Happy Birthday


Conrad Bain 1923

Pancakes for breakfast.  It does a body good.

A perfect pancake is a thing of beauty.

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

I lived in a wonderful land of giant pancakes.

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?

There are no octopus or eel flavored pancakes in the Canteen.

Happy Birthday

Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) 1944

This is the dawning of the Age of Pancakes.

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

Happy Birthday

Alice Cooper 1948

We eat dead pancakes and make up stupid songs about them.

I have a pancake dream, and I am sharing it here.
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.

The Pancake hat phenomenon is bound to make a big comeback someday.

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

About a hundred dollars.

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!

About a hundred dollars.

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.

I always ate the LT version of pancakes, even though I eat like a Giant.

Happy Birthday

Gabrielle Anwar 1970

I use pancake makeup.

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

 Not your Grandmother's idea about the nature of Maple Syrup.

Augh, pancake syrup. on right Augh.

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

Would you like a peace of pancakes?

Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown.

The real cessation of hostilities

As a condition of surrender, we will not require you to use grey poupon on your pancakes.

On this day

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

 

I cannot tell a lie, I ate all of my pancakes.

On this day

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

What hath God wrought?

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

On this day:


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

I wonder where Hi-Jinks got his name from.

 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.

On this day:

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

Noone cares about geeky autodynamics, so we are looking at cars.

 

No Radium with the pancakes, only maple syrup.  

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

On this day:

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. 

After the Pancake eating contest, the leaders took a well deserved break.

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.

Jackie Roninson was a pancake pioneer.

On this day

 
1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.
 
QWERTY was originally a code word for pancakes.

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

 
Some hover crafts are nicknamed pancakes.
On this day:

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

Some folks will do anything for a plate of pancakes.

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.

 
OJ lost in Court, and so he had to sell his secret pancake recipes.
DACTYPANCAKELONOMY IS THE ART OF EATING PANCAKES WITH THE FINGERS.
Pancakes Wednesdays
Definitely
 


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To: WVNan
OMG - what a hero. Thank GOD for this strong woman who stands behind the one who gave all. God bless this family. I was on a live thread with a few FReepers who have loved ones there on Sunday "Virtaully" waiting with them for news of their loved ones. War stinks, but it would be worse to have nothing to fight for. (to paraphrase John Stuart Mills)

God bless you Staff Sgt. Roger Clinton Turner Jr. May you rest in His everlasting peace. May you receive a hero's welcome to heaven. You will not be forgotten.


561 posted on 02/04/2004 9:31:27 PM PST by StarCMC (God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
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To: bentfeather
Oh yeah! Well... well....I'm tellin!
562 posted on 02/04/2004 9:37:29 PM PST by Valin (Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.)
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To: Old Sarge
You are welcome, of course! It was really a step back in time. At first I was a little hesitant, but it turned out GREAT!
563 posted on 02/04/2004 9:44:17 PM PST by StarCMC (God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
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To: Valin
HEY!!!! WHERE'D YOU GET THAT TAGLINE????? (Lol!)
564 posted on 02/04/2004 9:51:33 PM PST by StarCMC (God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
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To: bentfeather
Thanks for sitting with me for a bit. I'm off to find your angel. She got lost, along with several sisters. d:o(
565 posted on 02/04/2004 11:05:33 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: USVet6792Retired

Welcome to the Canteen, USVet, where we honor our military, past and present every day. What branch are you retired from? Thank you for your service to America. BTW, great job on your first post. You got it perfect!


566 posted on 02/05/2004 12:32:54 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: MoJo2001
By the time you read this post (#159), we'll be in the 300s or greater!! LOL!

I will have you know, Kid, that it is now 11:47pm and I am finally reading it.

567 posted on 02/05/2004 12:47:43 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross
Thanks, DBR, for the Good News.
568 posted on 02/05/2004 12:55:31 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: international american
ia, I'm late as always, but really good to see you, and thanks for the list of terrorist attacks.
569 posted on 02/05/2004 1:28:28 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: TexasCowboy
Thanks, TC, for sharing the picture of Faith. Glad she is doing so well. Prayers ongoing for her continued improvement.
570 posted on 02/05/2004 1:32:34 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: Old Sarge
Hey, Sarge.


571 posted on 02/05/2004 2:11:12 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: All
To our Military -

Thank you for protecting US. Sleep well and safe. May you be protected.
May your families' hearts be at ease.

Thank you to our Allies.


572 posted on 02/05/2004 2:35:02 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: txradioguy; Old Sarge; kjfine; USAF_TSgt; mystery-ak; mike1sg; The Sailor; M1911A1; darkwing104; ...
 

 

 

Time for bed. God Bless all our troops, their families, our veterans and our Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies. We pray for your safe and soon return. Thank you for doing the jobs you do to keep this UNITED STATES OF AMERICA safe. We love you all.

 

 

Thank you to all who enter the Canteen. Salute!

 


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.

 

 



573 posted on 02/05/2004 2:37:02 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: Brad's Gramma
My ISP was down all day and all night on Wednesday. Just wanted to let you know that I finally saw your post. ;)
574 posted on 02/06/2004 10:29:23 AM PST by Fawnn (Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person)
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