FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 21 April 2004

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[Radix]

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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

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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

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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

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28 January 2004

 

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4 February 2004

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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

 

[tomkow6]

 

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April 21, 2004
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[tomkow6]

Morning, Tonk! Happy Hump Day!

[Aeronaut]

BTW Still smoke free since Dec 2002!

Way to go! You da man.

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[tomkow6]

 

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY

 

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to all the canteen regulars.

[tomkow6]

 

BURKA MAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 04 !!!!

[tomkow6]

 

 

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[beachn4fun]

Practice....practice....

[Old Sarge]

After the egg hunt on Easter Sunday, a young farm boy
decided to play a prank. He went to the chicken coop
and replaced every single egg with a brightly colored
one.

Nothing happened with the hens since they were there.
However, a few minutes later the rooster walked in,
saw all the colored eggs, stormed outside and killed
the peacock.

[StarCMC]

	*FOUS, JAMES W. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company E, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division.  Place and date: Kien Hoa Province, Republic of Vietnam, 14 May 1968.  Entered service at: Omaha, Nebr.  Born: 14 October 1946, Omaha, Nebr.  Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.  Pfc. Fous distinguished himself at the risk of his life while serving as a rifleman with Company E. Pfc. Fous was participating in a reconnaissance-in-force mission when his unit formed its perimeter defense for the night. Pfc. Fous, together with 3 other American soldiers, occupied a position in a thickly vegetated area facing a woodline. Pfc. Fous detected 3 Viet Cong maneuvering toward his position and, after alerting the other men, directed accurate fire upon the enemy soldiers, silencing 2 of them. The third Viet Cong soldier managed to escape in the thick vegetation after throwing a hand grenade into Pfc. Fous' position. Without hesitation, Pfc. Fous shouted a warning to his comrades and leaped upon the lethal explosive, absorbing the blast with his body to save the lives of the 3 men in the area at the sacrifice of his life. Pfc. Fous' extraordinary heroism at the cost of his life were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army. FOX, WESLEY L. Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division.  Place and date: Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, 22 February 1969.  Entered service at: Leesburg, Va.  Born: 30 September 1931, Herndon, Va.  Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as commanding officer of Company A, in action against the enemy in the northern A Shau Valley.  Capt. (then 1st Lt.) Fox's company came under intense fire from a large well concealed enemy force. Capt. Fox maneuvered to a position from which he could assess the situation and confer with his platoon leaders. As they departed to execute the plan he had devised, the enemy attacked and Capt. Fox was wounded along with all of the other members of the command group, except the executive officer. Capt. Fox continued to direct the activity of his company. Advancing through heavy enemy fire, he personally neutralized 1 enemy position and calmly ordered an assault against the hostile emplacements. He then moved through the hazardous area coordinating aircraft support with the activities of his men. When his executive officer was mortally wounded, Capt. Fox reorganized the company and directed the fire of his men as they hurled grenades against the enemy and drove the hostile forces into retreat. Wounded again in the final assault, Capt. Fox refused medical attention, established a defensive posture, and supervised the preparation of casualties for medical evacuation. His indomitable courage, inspiring initiative, and unwavering devotion to duty in the face of grave personal danger inspired his marines to such aggressive action that they overcame all enemy resistance and destroyed a large bunker complex. Capt. Fox's heroic actions reflect great credit upon himself and the Marine Corps, and uphold the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. "If there be any glory in war, let it rest on the shoulders of men like these."   -- Audie Murphy   Thank you to every soldier, sailor, airman, marine and coast guardsman who has ensured that I have the freedoms I have today.  You are my heroes. You will not be forgotten.

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[StarCMC]

Good morning Radix!

Excellent thread!

HUGS!

[Arrowhead1952]

Good one.

IDIOT SIGHTING #1: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with a coworker of mine when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing driving?"

IDIOT SIGHTING #2: At a goodbye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who is leaving the company due to "downsizing," our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not a word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.

IDIOT SIGHTING #3: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the life of her couldn't understand why her system would not turn on. (This had to be a blond)

IDIOT SIGHTING #4: When my wife and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it's open!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that side."

Now don't you feel better?

[StarCMC]

Good morning Radix!

Good morning Aeronaut!

Good morning EGC!

Good morning Tonk!

Happy Wednesday!

HUGS!

[The Mayor]

As his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike. —1 Samuel 30:24

No service for Christ is insignificant.

[StarCMC]

Good morning MEG!

Good morning Tomkow!

Good morning Arrowhead!

Good morning Beach!

Happy Wednesday!

HUGS!

[StarCMC]

Good morning Sarge!

Happy Wednesday!

HUGS!

(Great joke, BTW!)

[StarCMC]

OMG -- too funny!!!!

[Old Sarge]

STAR!!!

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