FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 21 April 2004

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

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

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From the Radixionary

JUBILEE

2 a : a special anniversary; especially : a 50th anniversary b : a celebration of such an anniversary

We are counting Pancakes

1

23 April 2003

2

30 April 2003

3

7 May 2003

4

14 May 2003

 

5

21 May 2003

We are counting cards.

6

28 May 2003

7

4 June 2003

Samurai Golf

8

11 June 2003

9

18 June 2003

Pancakes in Space

10

25 June 2003

Chinese Pancakes

11

2 July 2003

 

12

9 July 2003

13

16 July 2004

About a hundred dollars

 

14

23 July 2003

Here is your waffles on Wednesdays

 

15

30 July 2004

" Waiter, there is a Burka Man in my pancakes."

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6 August 2003

 

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13 August 2003

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20 August 2003

19

27 August 2003

20

3 September 2003

21

10 September 2002

22

17 September 2004

23

24 September 2004

24

1 October 2004

25

8 October 2004

26

15 October 2003

27

22 October 2003

WELKIN

The sky; heaven; the firmament

We don’t use this much nowadays—dictionaries usually tag it as archaic or literary—except in the set phrase make the welkin ring, meaning to make a very loud sound. What supposedly rings in this situation is the vault of heaven, the bowl of the sky. In older cosmology this was thought to be one of a set of real crystal spheres that enclosed the Earth, to which the planets and stars were attached, so it would have been capable of ringing like a bell if you made enough noise. The word comes from the Old English wolcen, a cloud, related to the Dutch wolk and German Wolke. Very early on, for example in the epic poem Beowulf of about the eighth century AD, the phrase under wolcen meant under the sky or under heaven (the bard used the plural, wolcnum, but it’s the same word). Ever since, it has had a strong literary or poetic connection. It appears often in Shakespeare and also in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “This day in mirth and revel to dispend, / Till on the welkin shone the starres bright”. In 1739, a book with the title Hymns and Sacred Poems introduced one for Christmas written by Charles Wesley that began: “Hark! how all the welkin rings, / Glory to the King of kings”. If that seems a little familiar, it is because 15 years later it reappeared as “Hark! the herald-angels sing / Glory to the new born king”.

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29 October 2004

The Greatest.

ALI.

Clay comes out to meet Liston
And Liston starts to retreat
If Liston goes back any further
He'll end up in a ringside seat.
Clay swings with a left,
Clay swings with a right,
Look at young Cassius
Carry the fight.
Liston keeps backing
But there's not enough room
It's a matter of time.
There, Clay lowers the boom.
Now Clay swings with a right,
What a beautiful swing,
And the punch raises the bear,
Clear out of the ring.
Liston is still rising
And the ref wears a frown,
For he can't start counting,
Till Sonny comes down.
Now Liston disappears from view.
The crowd is getting frantic,
But our radar stations have picked him up.
He's somewhere over the Atlantic.
Who would have thought
When they came to the fight
That they'd witness the launching
Of a human satellite?
Yes, the crowd did not dream
When they laid down their money
That they would see
A total eclipse of the Sonny!
I am the greatest!

Cassius Clay before the first Liston-bout\

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5 November 2004

Would you like some Quarks with your pancakes?

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12 November 2003

31

19 November 2003

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26 November 2003

1940 - The Nazis forced 500,000 Jews of Warsaw, Poland to live within a walled ghetto

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3 December 2003

1950 - Paul Harvey began his national radio broadcast.

"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these."

 

34

10 December 2003

Happy Birthday

Arthur Fiedler 1896

35

17 December 2004

 A pancake kitchen in Iraq

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24 December 2003

I'm the pancake man,
    And I do, when I can,
Eat pancakes by the score;
    I bake them brown,
    And swallow them down,
And loudly call for more.
 
    I'll lay my stakes
    That a million cakes
I can eat between two naps;
    Then call for more,
    A million and four,
Or a million and five, perhaps.
 
    It makes me fat,
    And more than that,
I'm jolly through and through;
    I've been known to laugh
    For a year and a half,^___
Or why not call it two
 
    Oh, I long for a cake
    As big as they make,^___
Say, fifty townships wide;
    I would handle it quite
    At a single bite
And stow it away inside.

^___John Edward Everett

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31 December 2003

38

7 January 2004

The poet is unknown. It is inscribed on the monument to the Pacific War Dead, in Corregidor, Philippines. Each May 6th, the sun is in such a position that it's rays fall into the center of the monument, exactly at noon.

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14 January 2004

40

21 January 2004

41

28 January 2004

 

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4 February 2004

43

11 February 2004

44

18 February 2004

45

24 February 2004

46

3 March 2004

Golden Mean

47

24 March 2004

 

48

31 March 2004

49

7 April 2004

50

14 April 2004

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

 

[StarCMC]

Spoken like a real man... LOL!!!

[beachn4fun]

The Ladies Auxiliary in my area (Maryland) are collecting for Operation Uplink. They just give you the envelope with addy so you can mail contributions. I gave immediately. But this is good to have to send more. Thanks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, ms feather.

[Fawnn]

bentfeather!!! #150!!!

[beachn4fun]

Afternoon Ma. Well, I figured you'd be showing up just about the time I am not far from getting outta here! You make all these kids behave today, ok? No throwing pancakes in the Canteen. We don't have a clean-up crew today. Unless you know of some volunteers.

[Arrowhead1952]

Spoken like a real man... LOL!!!

Not to worry. Us old geezers have to have fun every onece in a while.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am so behind today. Important phone call got me out of bed. All of today's energies are going into getting supplies to these kids in the hospital in Iraq. It is amazing that something so simple as a razor can be a source of comfort to our brave troops. They get to the hospital with nothing, and then what? We always ask, now our question as been answered. I hope we get some letter writers too, because Ma is about the worst letter writer there is.

[tomkow6]

Hey, Ma! Did you hear about the butcher who backed up into the meat grinder?


He got a little behind in his work!

hahahahahahahahahaha....giggle.....giggle.....snicker...giggle....hahahahahaha....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good grief, Angel Boy.....it is funny.

He got a little behind in his work!

[Kathy in Alaska]

STABILIZING AFGHANISTAN — Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment pass through a valley near Orgun-e, Afghanistan, April 20, 2004. The light infantry soldiers are helping stabilize the country and rooting out Al Qaeda terrorists and remnants of the Taliban regime. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

[Kathy in Alaska]

Some of our men and women on the USS George Washington!!

040417-N-1522S-041 Arabian Gulf (Apr. 17, 2004) - Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations, addresses crewmembers in the hangar bay aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Leah Stiles. (RELEASED)

CNO, MCPON Visit GW

Story Number: NNS040420-01
Release Date: 4/20/2004 9:25:00 AM

By Journalist 2nd Class (SW) John Osborne, USS George Washington Public Affairs

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, At Sea (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Vern Clark and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (SS/AW) Terry Scott visited USS George Washington (GW) (CVN 73) in the Arabian Gulf April 17.

It was proof positive that the mission of GW is presence with a purpose, and to provide air power to the ground troops fighting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

"I flew halfway around the world for one reason: to look you in the eye and tell you that I’m proud of you," Clark told the Sailors who had gathered in the hangar bay. "All the members of the units in this strike group are sending an important message not just to enemies that we’re facing on the battlefield, but to the whole world, that the United States of America is going to stand up and do what has to be done."

When GW's Commanding Officer Capt. Martin Erdossy introduced Clark, he made no bones about the strides the CNO has made in improving the state of the Navy, Sailors' training and their quality of life, since he took the position almost four years ago. He also pointed out that in Clark's 35 years of service, he has gained the perspective necessary to ensure the Navy's future.

"Adm. Vern Clark has been in command for every grade since he was a lieutenant," Erdossy said. "Now he is in command of the greatest Navy that ever sailed the seven seas. He has not only increased the quality of service to you as his Sailors, but also the operational readiness of our Navy. He’s charted our future. He’s provided clear and precise guidance of where we’re going to go with our Navy into the 21st century."

During their three-hour visit, Clark attended an operations brief while Scott addressed the chief petty officers (CPO) in the CPO's mess. Then they both addressed the crew during an all hands admiral's call. With every question they answered, every picture they posed for and every hand they shook, they delivered the message that today's U.S. Navy is the most powerful because of its people, and he wanted them to know how much they are counted on daily to maintain America's power.

"I learned a long time ago that we can create the best technology in the world, but it doesn’t mean anything if you don’t have the men and women who are committed to bring that capability alive," Clark said. "We have a Navy to take credible, persistent combat power to the far corners of the Earth, and to provide options for the President of the United States, anywhere, anytime, around the world, around the clock, without a permission slip. That’s what our business is about."

The rest of the story

[bogdanPolska12]

How are my friends?

Good afternoon soldiers and families.

I have finish creating newsletter and music section on my website. So all of you are more then welcome to stop by there later. I will put a link under my profile.

I don't how to say this, but pray guys for our soldiers. A lot of fighting is going on there right now.

Stay safe all of you
God Bless
Bogdan

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

Folks, we (Oklahoma) just got put under a PDS Tornado watch. (Particulary Dangerous Situation) until 9 CDT.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[bogdanPolska12]

:}}}}}}}}}}}}

Thank you Kathy

[Kathy in Alaska]

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 20--Coast Guard rescuers from Station Juneau responded to assist a crewman aboard the fishing vessel Tar Baby after it grounded near Battleship Island, Auke Bay, Alaska. The boatÕs skipper escaped the vessel uninjured. U.S. Coast Guard Photo

[Old Sarge]

"Mojo, you told me you could handle a boat!"
"Of course, Mojo can handle a boat, Tonkin, it's just like a car, just let Mojo be..."
"Sweejaysus, Mojo, hard'a'port!!"
"Stop shouting, Tonkin, Mojo sees the port, it's over there, and Mojo's steering straight for it!"
"THAT'S THE PROBLEM!!!"

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I needed a good laugh! LOL!!!!

[tomkow6]

[StarCMC]

Sheesh!! YOu guyz have to stop calling yourselves OLD!!! YOu're only as old as you feel!! :o)