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.

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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!

[TASMANIANRED]

I do the same thing to Mr. Taz.

Call our girls the HardWater sisters.

[TASMANIANRED]

Most important thing to the MOM was getting the dog that gave love and comfort to her son.

[GodBlessUSA]

I just read your poem. It's so sad and true.

Funny, my husband really didn't want a dog. I slowly talked him into it. It took years for him to agree. Now, he is a big softy, spoiling her, he just loves our dog. LOL!

[TASMANIANRED]

When I worked ICU , we had a very sick man that was not doing extremely well.

Wife said he needed to see his dog and the dog was grieving for him.

We snuck him up the back steps after hours and let Man and dog visit.

Was a smart thing to do.

[GodBlessUSA]

We sure do. I couldn't believe the pictures I saw of Boston after a blizzard last year. It looked like the frozen tundra. We sure do need a break. The last two years have been brutal.

[GodBlessUSA]

That is so fantastic you did that for him!!! I bet his dog made all the difference in the world for him.

I wasn't feeling well a couple of months ago, My dog knew it and wouldn't leave my bedside. My son had to force her to go outside. I really loved having her with me.

There was a beautiful story posted on FR a few months ago about an older man and his daughter getting him a dog. If I find it, I will Freepmail it to you. It was wonderful. Sad, yet happy ending. I wish I was smart and I saved it.

[TASMANIANRED]

Labra is the labrador in her.

The doodle is the papa's influence.....

My Jackie is labrador and unknown terrier.

[TASMANIANRED]

I thought you had to fix dinner. Just couldn't slip away...

I have that problem some time.

[TASMANIANRED]

Hugs back to you....

[TASMANIANRED]

You certainly do...

I remember the snow bound pics you posted.

[TASMANIANRED]

A dogs love will soften a stone.

[TASMANIANRED]

Dogs are good medicine.

[GodBlessUSA]

Yes, it's great to witness. :)

[Lady Jag]

Thankyou!

[fatima]

Hi Ma,How are you beautiful.

[Lady Jag]

It's a wonder I didn't spontaneously combust.

The way you spin sometimes, it's a wonder you don't spark an explosion.

[tomkow6]

Hey! Fatima! HI! How ya doing???

[TASMANIANRED]

After Brittany passed, Mr Taz fought me about getting another dog.

I prevailed and he fought loving them fiercely.

Guess who won.

Solly gazes on him like he hung the moon.

She brings him gifts every morning. Puts her balls on his pillow even when he is not in bed.

[tomkow6]

Oh, HUM!!! MINE!

[tomkow6]

Oh, HUM!!! MINE!