FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ October 19, 2005

Guest Chef Spotsybelle

[Spotsy]

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in
The United States Armed Forces.

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom?
Support The United States Armed Forces Today!

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends!

Born on this Day
1932 actor Robert Reed,
best known as Mike Brady on
The Brady Bunch,
died 1992

Born on this Day
1945 transvestite and actor Divine,
born Harris Glenn Milstead,
credits include Hairspray and Polyester,
died 1988

Happy Birthday
1945 actor John Lithgow,
credits include TV series
"3rd Rock from the Sun" and
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Happy Birthday 1967 Amy Carter, daughter of Jimmy and Rosalynn;
advised father on nuclear non-proliferation during the 1976 presidential campaign

Word of the Day
beneficence \buh-NEFF-i-suhns\, noun:
The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness
From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence and abstinence.
--Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

[S]he had disseminated around her what seemed an involuntary aura of beneficence and goodwill.
--John Bayley, Elegy for Iris

On this Day in History 1781 British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown,
effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. Pleading illness, Cornwallis did not attend the surrender ceremony; his second-in-command, General Charles O'Hara, carried Cornwallis' sword to the American and French commanders. As the British troops marched out to surrender, the British bands played the song "The World Turned Upside Down."

On this Day in History 1812 One month after Napoleon Bonaparte's massive invading force entered a burning and deserted Moscow, the starving French army was forced to begin a hasty retreat out of Russia

Field Trip
WORLDSERIES.COM
Isn't there a Chicago team going to the World Series?
I wonder if Tomkow knows which team.

Don't forget the syrup! Pancakes Wednesday with the Troops --
definitely!

[Soaring Feather]

oh hum, mine!!

[Soaring Feather]

oh hum, mine!!

[tomkow6]

BIG improvement!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Hi LJ.

I had to get of the computer for a bit ,because the slowness of FR was driving me crazy and I was hoping it would speed up some.

As to how I am doing,I am doing fantastic.:)

How are you?

[Lady Jag]

The reference to spinach comes from the publication of a study which, because of a misprint, attributed to spinach ten times its actual iron content. Nevertheless, the popularity of the character helped boost sales of the vegetable and the spinach-growing community of Crystal City, Texas erected a statue of the character in gratitude. There is another Popeye statue in Segar's hometown, Chester, Illinois.

The 1954 Popeye cartoon Greek Mirthology depicts the fictional origin of spinach consumption in Popeye's family. Popeye's Roman ancestor, Hercules, originally sniffed garlic to gain his supernatural powers. When the evil Brutus removes the scent of the garlic using chloroform (an obvious incongruity), Hercules ends up getting punched into a spinach field, and, upon eating the leafy green substance, finds it empowers him many times more than garlic.

The people of Chester, IL erected this statue of Popeye in honor of creator Segar.It has also been claimed that the "spinach" Popeye used was a reference to marijuana. Spinach was a slang term for marijuana at the time of Popeye's creation, and it was believed by some that marijuana could give users superhuman strength.

Currently Popeye Fresh Foods markets bagged fresh spinach with Popeye characters on the package, and Allens Canning markets Popeye-branded canned spinach.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Interesting tidbit about Popeye and spinach.

Thanks for posting it.

[Lady Jag]

Oh, I'm fine, thanks. Tired from a good art class last night, I've been dozing while waiting for FR to load.

[tomkow6]

I try to avoid eating rabbit food, if at all possible....

[Soaring Feather]

POPEYE the Sailor

[Lady Jag]

Interesting tidbit about Popeye and spinach.

I've turned into a google info suction machine!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

WooHoo ,FR seems to be speeding up.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

I know what you mean.

[Lady Jag]

For some odd reason I love spinach with my steak tartare.

[Lady Jag]

WooHoo ,FR seems to be speeding up.

I know it can! I know it can!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

I love your graphics.

BTW,are we the only ones left here at the Canteen?

[tomkow6]

........only the Shadow knows!!!!!!!!!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

[Lady Jag]

are we the only ones left here at the Canteen?

Let's call ourselves "The Fortitudes"!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

That's a great idea.~chuckle~

[La Enchiladita]

Very nice, LUV.