USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 20 August 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Radix]

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday August 20, 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.

EDACIOUS

Relating to eating.

That, at least, is the literal sense of the word, since it comes from the Latin verb edere, to eat. But even in Latin it had a stronger sense of voracious consumption and that was carried with it into English. It was brought into the language—surprisingly recently—by classically educated writers at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It never really caught on and is now almost extinct, perhaps because voracious is a better established and more vigorous-sounding alternative. The Roman writer Ovid created a maxim in his Metamorphoses: “Tempus edax rerum.” time devours everything. As a result, in its rare appearances the word is most likely to be linked with time. Thomas Carlyle used it in this way when he referred to events “swallowed in the depths of edacious time.”

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Happy Birthday

Benjamin Harrison (U.S.)1833

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1888 Election

Pancakes

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H.P. Lovecraft 1890

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Would you like some flakes with your pancakes?

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Isaac Hayes 1942

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Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) 1948

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Rudy Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers) 1952

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Quinn Buckner 1954

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1882 - Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuted in Moscow.

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the Twilight Zone

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1967 - The New York Times reported about a noise reduction system for album and tape recording developed by technicians R. and D.W. Dolby. Elektra Record's subsidiary, Checkmate Records became the first label to use the new Dolby process in its recordings.

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1969 - Frank Zappa disbanded the Mothers of Invention right after an eight-day tour in Canada. Zappa said that he was "tired of playing for people who clap for all the wrong reasons."

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1973 - The Rolling Stones released "Angie."

They should not have tied her up for so long!

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

HI fatima!! Are you vacationing at the shore? Please be sure that Karen and Jim know that we are proud of the jobs they are doing to help protect America. Has Jim gone to another ship yet?

[Old Sarge]

[Old Sarge]

My eyes, My Eyes!

Warn us about a Hillary pic, Tomkow!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen



No need for alarm Ladies.
We're just here for the pancakes!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Okay, so now do we need to enlist a bunch of folks to remind our Canteen Captain at appropriate times throughout the day to take a break and have a snack?"

I've hired a band to play a song at meal time to remind me to eat.
Hear what they are playing now?
"We're just signing a song
All day long
Waiting for Radix
To give us a fix
Of Pancakes!"

[LaDivaLoca]

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



THANK YOU to our TROOPS who have served and are serving this great country of ours,
the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
LAND OF THE FREE and HOME OF THE BRAVE

Though you may be tired and weary
Be light of heart and mind
For yours is a noble endeavor
And we SALUTE all of you
Pray for your safety, for courage and strength
That you may endure the challenges ahead
May the sun shine on you
May the angels sing your praise
And may the Good Lord keep you all safe
We hold you dear to our hearts
Though we may not know your names
Know that we do care and lift you up in our thoughts
And will forever be grateful for your sacrifices
True WARRIORS, one and all

LaDivaLoca

[LaDivaLoca]

Excuses for a Day Off

ROTFLOL!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

".....to remind our Canteen Captain at appropriate times throughout the day to take a break and have a snack?

LOL! Sorta looks like it, huh? Or get him a new "Boss" that can keep track of time.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Diva, good evening! You are looking quite sparklie this evening. Don't forget, tomkow and his voices are easily led astray by sparklies.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

See 225 snicker, snicker, snicker

[LaDivaLoca]

What is a splenda?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Watch out!
Pancakes have taken over my posts today. LOL

Good Evening!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I like this carpet. What kind did you get? Color? Plain? patterned? A swatch would be nice.

[LaDivaLoca]

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening LaDiva!!

The cartoon is hilarious!! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

From your volunteer fire fighting days?

My department didn't have a ladder truck, but I learned to repel off of a basket just like that. "Trust your ropes and just step off." "Use your hand behind your back as a brake." It was ok after I got off the platform. It was that first step.....a leap of faith!

[LaDivaLoca]

[LaDivaLoca]

I heard a UN creep say on the radio that the US wasn't providing enough security.

I tell you, for Americans, it's damn if you do and damn if you don't. What I heard was that the UN DID NOT WANT any American security forces!!! ARGH!!!!

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening Tonkin!!

Ohhhhh you guys are after pancakes today. Best treasure in the house.

Thanks guys for the lovely sunset.

[LaDivaLoca]

I agree w/ you, HJ. We should take turns reminding the Captain to EAT, EAT, EAT. Well, Radix, where are the pancakes for the Captain?