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.

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

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

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17 September 2004

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24 September 2004

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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

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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."

 

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10 December 2003

Happy Birthday

Arthur Fiedler 1896

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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

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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

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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

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24 March 2004

 

48

31 March 2004

49

7 April 2004

50

14 April 2004

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

 

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Nap time for Mommy: Dawn Timlin is so pooped after finishing the Boston Marathon, she has to talk to her 3-year-old daughter, Myki, from the ground up.

[tomkow6]

[tomkow6]

[StarCMC]

He he he!! Looks like Sarge has his work cut out for him when he gets back! LOL!! Of course this last one from Tomkow might just scare him away!!!

[StarCMC]

I am out the door for AWANA's -- I'll be back later on tonight!! IF you have any music requests, FReepmail me and I'll see what I can do when I get back.... HUGS!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Hanoi Kerry at his "moment of glory."
What a piece of ******
The media WILL NOT mention this book.
I will!
The cover is a insult to Iwo Jima vets,
then it gets worse towards Viet Nam vets.
I was there the same time Hanoi Kerry was.
I served on a Destroyer which supplied PBR's
and gave gunfire support in North AND South Viet Nam.
My ship may have even supplied Hanoi Kerry's boat.
I VOW I will do everything I LEGALLY can
to keep this traitor from being elected.
I owe it to those who gave their all.

[Kathy in Alaska]

OK, so I'm really really late! We have had beautiful sunshine today, and snow is melting fast.
Looks like spring is here to stay. Did you get your predicted bad weather?

[Soaring Feather]

Okay Sarge, name this!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Doctor, you are the best and always have such funny and to-the-point posters; and costumes too! Thanks for keeping the pressure on. Thanks, Linda, for the picture and the link.

[radu]

Good afternoon everyone!!

I thought I heard giggling as I walked up to the front door.....what darling "pixies" hiding in the Canteen gardens!
Thanks for bringing these cuties along today Military men and Canteen guyz. Nothing like the smiles and laughter of children to lighten the heart.

To our troops, veterans, and military family members, and to our allies who stand with us,
THANK YOU!

I'm not sure how long I'll get to stay.....hubby saaaaaid he'd take me out for supper tonight but I'm still waiting for him to come in for a shower. I think he fiiiiiinally realized he forgot my birthday last week and wants to make up for it. hehe.
Any-hoo, I'm waaaay behind on things around here and gonna try to catch up a bit while the opportunity is here.
I hope everyone has had a fabulous day and that all are well.
*HUGZ* all 'round!

[Soaring Feather]

Ready??
Anita Baker is....

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good links, but this morning's request is personal, directly from military friends.

[Kathy in Alaska]

sciencediet, you find some of the neatest pictures! I love it!Thanks!

[Soaring Feather]

Happy Belated Birthday, radu!

So sorry I forgot too. :-(

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"I think he fiiiiiinally realized he forgot my birthday
last week and wants to make up for it."

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bogdan, prayers every day for our brave troops. And thanks to you and yours for your prayers too.

Hi Magda, Hi Mom,

Hi Adam Hi Piotr Hi Twins

[radu]

Aaaaw, thanks for the b-day wishes.
*HUGZ*
I didn't say anything about it here last week because ..... well, the Canteen is about our military folks. They're the important ones and the focus of this wonderful site. :-)

The way I look at it, I woke up that day and that was good enough for me. ROTFLOL!

[radu]

FReepmail sent!!

Always thrilled to help our troops!