USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesdays ~ May 7, 2003

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday May 7, 2003

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

2 entries found for pancakes.

Main Entry: ¹pan·cake
Pronunciation: 'pan-"kAk
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
: a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides

Today's Wednesday field trip

The World of Clowns

Here is some Clown Food

One entry found for durian. Main Entry: du·ri·an Pronunciation: 'dur-E-&n, -E-"än also 'dyur- Function: noun Etymology: Malay Date: 1588 1 : a large oval tasty but foul-smelling fruit with a prickly rind 2 : an East Indian tree (Durio zibethinus) of the silk-cotton family that bears durians

I am an excellent driver.

On May 7, 1429  The English siege of Orleans was broken by Joan of Arc

The best French fighters are women, Definitely.

We are counting cards.

Who's wife gets every dollar of it?

Pancakes on Wednesdays

Definitely

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Detroit Tigers' Brandon Inge hits a solo home run off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Omar Daal in the fourth inning of their game at Camden Yards in Baltimore, May 7, 2003. Inge also hit a two-run home run off of Daal in the second inning.

 

 

 

 

Detroit Tigers center fielder Andres Torres, left, nearly collides with Tigers right fielder Craig Monroe as Monroe catches a fly ball hit by Baltimore Orioles' Jay Gibbons in the first inning at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 7, 2003

 

 

 

 

Boston Red Sox's Jeremy Giambi hits a single to score Bill Mueller against the Kansas City Royals in the eighth inning Wednesday, May 7, 2003, in Kansas City, Mo

 

 

 

 

 

Baltimore Orioles Melvin Mora slides home safely as Detroit Tigers catcher Brandon Inge awaits the late throw in the fifth inning at Camden Yards Wednesday, May 7, 2003. Mora scored from third base on a sacrifice fly by Orioles Jay Gibbons. Backing up the play is Tigers catcher Gary Knotts.

 

 

 

 

Driver Tony Kanaan of Brazil sits in his Team 7-Eleven Indy car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 7, 2003, while his crew works on his car. Kanaan drives for team owner Michael Andretti. Qualifications for the May 25 Indy 500 will begin on May 10

 

 

 

 

 

Janice Moodie, of Scotland, watches her tee shot on the 10th fairway during the Asahi Ryokuken Pro-Am Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at Mount Vintage Plantation in North Augusta, S.C. Moodie was last year's champion

 

 

 

 

NBA basketball legend Michael Jordan will not return to the NBA's Washington Wizards as president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards, the team announced May 7, 2003. Jordan is shown sitting on the bench during his final NBA game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia April 16, 2003.

 

 

 

 

Spain's Fernando Alonso steers his Renault during the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix at the Montmelo circuit, outside Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday, May 4, 2003. Alonso took second place in the race. When Alonso gained the pole position and took third in the Malaysian Grand Prix, it was considered a fluke. The 21-year-old Alonso has shown that it wasn't, and he must now be regarded as a rival to five-time champion Michael Schumacher.

 

 

 

 

Davis Love III lines up a putt during a ProAm round May 7, 2003 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. Love is in Charlotte, where he was born, for the Wachovia Championship golf tournament, which starts May 8.

 

 

 

 

 

Andreas Rens (R) of Germany tries to catch the puck as goalkeeper Sean Burke (L) of Canada watches during their playoff match at the World Ice Hockey Championship in Turku, May 7, 2003. Eric Brewer scored 37 seconds into overtime to give Canada a dramatic 3-2 win over Germany on Wednesday and a place in the semi-finals of the world ice hockey championships

 

[LaDivaLoca]

A good evening to my fellow Canteeners,
our Military, Veterans, Allies and your families

[LaDivaLoca]

In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful
Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages.
They're used to communicate a timeless message, often
achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through
extreme brevity. Here are 13 actual error messages from
Japan. Enjoy.

The Web site you seek

Cannot be located, but

Countless more exist.

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Chaos reigns within.

Reflect, repent, and reboot.

Order shall return.

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Program aborting:

Close all that you have worked on.

You ask far too much.

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Windows NT crashed.

I am the Blue Screen of Death.

No one hears your screams.

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Yesterday it worked.

Today it is not working.

Windows is like that.

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Your file was so big.

It might be very useful.

But now it is gone.

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Stay the patient course.

Of little worth is your ire.

The network is down.

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A crash reduces

Your expensive computer

To a simple stone.

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Three things are certain:

Death, taxes and lost data.

Guess which has occurred.

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You step in the stream,

But the water has moved on.

This page is not here.

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Out of memory.

We wish to hold the whole sky,

But we never will.

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Having been erased,

The document you're seeking

Must now be retyped.

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Serious error.

All shortcuts have disappeared.

Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

[LaDivaLoca]

WINNERS of NEW DEFINITIONS

Each year the Washington Post Style Invitational asks
readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by
adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter -- and
supply a new definition. Here are the 2002 winners:

Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which
lasts until you realize it was your money to start with!

Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly!

Giraffiti: Vandalism painted very, very high!

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit
and the person who doesn't get it!

Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are
running late!

Hipatitius: Terminal coolness!

Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease! (This one got extra credit)!

Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all
these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the earth
explodes and it's like, a serious bummer!

Glibido: All talk and no action!

Dopeer Effect: The tendency for stupid ideas to seem
smarter when they come at you rapidly!

And, the winner of the Washington Post's Style Invitation
RATING 10 STARS [**********]

IGNORANUS:~~ a person who's both stupid and an asshole!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I love the Tomcatters patch, Severa. Did you see that a bunch of the USNS Comfort personnel are coming home? You have a friend out there, don't you?

[LaDivaLoca]

There is a knock on St. Peter's door. He looks out and a
man is standing there. St. Peter is about to begin his
interview when the man disappears.

A short time later there's another knock. St. Peter gets
the door, sees the man, opens his mouth to speak, and the
man disappears once again.

> A few minutes later, another knock. Once again St. Peter
opens the door and sees the same man.

> "Hey, are you playing games with me?" St. Peter calls after him.

> "No," the man's distant voice replies anxiously. "They're trying to resuscitate me."

[Severa]

*L* you think that patch is cool look at this one:

This is for the VF-101 'Grim Reapers' the training squadron for the F14, also based out of NAS Oceana.

As for my friend, I haven't heard from her mom in a while, I'll have to call her and see if she is indeed on her way home.

[HiJinx]

Click here for an awesome glimpse into the Iraqi war, seen from a Cobra pilot's vantage.

AH1W Super Cobras from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 sit ready on an airfield at sunset in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Photo by: Capt. Russel C. Rybka

Excerpt:

For almost fifteen years, I have trained to perfect my trade. This was the ultimate test. The pilots and Marines that I was surrounded by displayed incredible heroism, uncommon courage, and profound compassion to their fellow man, whether that man is American or Iraqi. The Marines that surrounded me are men of steel – from the flight line mechanic, to the administrative clerk, from the nugget pilot, to the seasoned aviator… and especially the Marine rifleman – all heroes. We won with honor and dignity.

I close with a quote from a letter that Major General James Mattis, the Commanding General of First Marine Division, sent to his Marines just prior to the war kicking off. To borrow his words, “While we will move swiftly and aggressively against those who resist, we will treat all others with decency, demonstrating chivalry and soldierly compassion for people who have endured a lifetime under Saddam’s oppression… ‘No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy’ than a U.S. Marine.”

God bless America.

Jamie

Major Jamie Cox Operations Officer Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 Operation Iraqi Freedom, March - April 2003

[Kathy in Alaska]

030404-N-0050T-005 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 4, 2003) -- A Plane Captain assigned to the ‘Tomcatters’ of Fighter Squadron Thirty One (VF-31) wipes down the cockpit canopy of an F-14D Tomcat aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln Carrier Strike Force and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are deployed conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Patricia R. Totemeier. (RELEASED)

030401-N-9951B-020 The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 1, 2003) -- A flight deck director positions an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the ‘Tomcatters’ of Fighter Squadron Thirty-One (VF-31) for launch from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth A. Bartneck. (RELEASED)

030328-N-9593M-065 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 28, 2003) -- An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the “Tomcatters” of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) launches from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in route to support coalition ground troops. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Philip A McDaniel. (RELEASED

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Independence Day, Israel.

[tomkow6]

I'm gonna have to have an "early goodnight" tonight, on account of something that happened 25 years ago; if I don't, the wife is GONNA KILL ME!

My fat cat is telling me it's time for bed; soooooooo:

 

 

Good night, all!

May God bless all who come to the Canteen.

May God bless & keep safe all our troops & their famlies!

Dear Lord,
There's a young man far from home,
called to serve his nation in time of war;
sent to defend our freedom
on some distant foreign shore.

We pray You keep him safe,
we pray You keep him strong,
we pray You send him safely home ...
for he's been away so long.

There's a young woman far from home,
serving her nation with pride.
Her step is strong, her step is sure,
there is courage in every stride.

We pray You keep her safe,
we pray You keep her strong,
we pray You send her safely home ...
for she's been away too long.

Bless those who await their safe return.
Bless those who mourn the lost.
Bless those who serve this country well,
no matter what the cost.

God, Bless America!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Silver Anniversary, Mr and Mrs tomkow6!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww........aren't they cute?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

WOO HOO!
It's "my Friday night!"
We got off 2 hours early today!

[Kathy in Alaska]

1885 George "Gabby" Hayes Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)

[MeekOneGOP]

Happy Anniversary !!

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What are you doing?

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