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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 06 August 2003
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix ~ Society for the Banishment of Burkas
Posted on 08/06/2003 12:22:31 AM PDT by Radix
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For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. |
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Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! |
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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays. Wednesday August 6, 2003 |
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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data. Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks. We have links, lots of them.
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LIPOGRAMMATIST |
As opposed to pangrammatists, who strive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet into a composition of the very briefest scope, a lipogrammatist systematically leaves one of them out. This ditty from the nineteenth century avoids a certain vowel: A jovial swain may rack his brain, and tax his fancys might, To quiz in vain, for tis most plain, That what I say is right. A lipogram without an e is the most difficult kind to write, since thats the most common letter in English. There have been some celebrated modern examples. In 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright published a 50,000-word novel called Gadsby without a single e in it. The French author Georges Perec produced a 300-page tour-de-force in 1969, similarly without an e in sight, under the title La Disparition. It was translated into e-less English by Gilbert Adair in 1995 as A Void. The word lipogram is from the Greek lipogrammatos, lacking a letter, which derives from the verb leipein, to leave out, plus gramma, a letter. The first part has nothing to do with the modern prefix lipo-, fat, which is from a different Greek stem |
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Happy Birthday Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air, Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd: Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred. |
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Lucille Ball 1911
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Robert Mitchum 1917 |
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Andy Warhol 1928
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Geri Estelle Halliwell (Spice Girls) 1972
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Would you like Toast with your pancakes? |
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1960 - Chubby Checker performed "The Twist" on American TV for the first time on "American Bandstand."
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1970 - An anti-war rock festival was held at Shea Stadium in New York. Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Steppenwolf and Johnny Winters were the acts. Lets give them Medals with their Pancakes. |
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Todays Wednesday field trip is to Burkas R US owned and operated by minor49er - franchises available!
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1982 - "The Wall" had its U.S. premiere in New York City. |
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1787 - The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia began. The articles of the U.S. Constitution draft were to be debated. |
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1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career. |
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1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.
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1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game.
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1986 - Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named "James Bond." |
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A function f with domain D in R converges to a limit L as x approaches a number c closure(D) if:
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A Function
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1993 - Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister of Japan |
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Okonomiyaki On Wednesdays
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Pancakes Wednesdays Definitely |
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs
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Comment #421 Removed by Moderator
To: LindaSOG; Kathy in Alaska; All
OH Yeah I know Linda he is gun dude
No question he advocate gun safety with RESPONSIBITY now for the record Terimator is Moderate Republican dude I knew that
Bad part by marriage he is related to our fav Drunk Driver Uncle Ted Kennedy OH BOY
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:29:50 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in it for truth, justice, and the American way=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Now that is a terrific picture! I love how the one plane peels off. Thanks, EMB.
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:30:52 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
Comment #424 Removed by Moderator
Comment #425 Removed by Moderator
To: LindaSOG
I know! So.. ya think Maria will vote democrat or republican?
Tonight on Leno -- right after he announced that LindaSOG is so lonely in the Canteen that she's talking and singing to herself, Arnold said that Maria will be voting Republican for the first time in her life. ;)
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:33:57 PM PDT
by
Fawnn
(I think therefore I'm halfway there....)
To: LindaSOG
See how you are!? I get here and you leave. Geezzzzzzz
(Dream your good dreams!) ;)
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:34:45 PM PDT
by
Fawnn
(I think therefore I'm halfway there....)
Comment #428 Removed by Moderator
To: LindaSOG
Just let me know when to meet your plane. Moosh can come too and play with Miki. And for an added bonus, NO RAIN!!
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:40:13 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: LindaSOG
Good night, my friend...
To: LindaSOG
That cartoon is so cute. "Parkay"! I'm trying to clean my desk off because I have to spend the next two days at a training class. UGH!! As far as I know, no computer ALL DAY! ARGH!!!
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:44:05 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: LindaSOG
Good night and sleep tight, Goddess. G*d bless you good for all the things you share with us all. The "group" photo is a masterpiece!
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:46:39 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: bentfeather
Good night and sleep well, ms feather. Thank you for everything you do for our troops' Canteen.
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:51:39 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
I'm out the door. Back in a bit.
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posted on
08/06/2003 9:53:31 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: LindaSOG; bentfeather
Sweet Dreams
God Bless You
To: Kathy in Alaska
"I'm out the door. Back in a bit."
You are missed!
*HUG*
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I'm home. Want an ice cream cone? Somehow I got left behind. I better get cracking.
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posted on
08/06/2003 10:34:09 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks
There's always room for ice cream!
To: All
Good Night Blessing for the Troops
Blessings on you this evening
May the stars in heaven
light your way into the
Milky Way of dreams
May your day tomorrow
be filled with love
laughter and joy...
Taking away all heart ache
left stinging...
and unclouding your vision
for clear sailing...
bentfeather
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439
posted on
08/06/2003 10:41:31 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
To: All
To our Military -
Thank you for protecting US. Sleep well and safe. May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.
Thank you to our Allies.
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posted on
08/06/2003 10:44:27 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Troops Who Protect Her)
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