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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 20 August 2003
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix
Posted on 08/20/2003 2:13:41 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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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.
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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 languagesurprisingly recentlyby 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 |
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs
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To: PigRigger
Good evening, PigRigger. Long time no see. Hope all is well on your end. That black out must have an ordeal - good to hear you are OK. Kudos to the New Yorkers for being resilient.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:35:07 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: Old Sarge
It almost makes this cranky old sergeant think twice on how less irredeemable today's youth might be... Actually, it's not as hopeless as we may think. Majority of the time the media only focuses on the errant youth but there are still so many of them that are on the right track. At least 3 close friends of one of my nephews are in the Military proudly serving their country. Other friends of my nieces and nephews are doing volunteer work for their communities. All is well.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:38:09 PM PDT
by
LaDivaLoca
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
LOL! Now that is the coolest watermelon that I have ever seen.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:39:48 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: Old Sarge
Speaking of Lord of the Rings, the DVD for the Two Towers will be in stores this August 26th!!! ALRIGHT! I will be at Best Buy first thing in the morning. LOL!
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:41:47 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: LaDivaLoca; Old Sarge
I firmly believe, wait......if I may be so bold as to jump in the middle here....oh heck, here I go.
Ahem.
I firmly believe that the youth of today, for the most part are AWESOME people. It's just that you hear about the stinkers more than the good ones. And THAT'S not right!
Returning you to your regularly scheduled conversation...
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:43:23 PM PDT
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Brad’s Gramma
(Have YOU had your Logan Fix today?)
To: Trikebuilder
Great poem, Trike! Passing this on to email.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:43:36 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: LaDivaLoca
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:44:30 PM PDT
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Radix
(Here ya go Diva, hyperlink included!)
To: Old Sarge
Does The Boy have a flag for the Kentucky Army National Guard?
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:45:05 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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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posted on
08/20/2003 6:46:17 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military 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
08/20/2003 6:48:36 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: M0sby
Hi MSgt Dan! Hi M0sby! Thank you for serving this great nation of ours. Prayers for your success and safety.
Hi Matthew!! Hi Andrew!!
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:52:36 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: M0sby
Hubba Hubba Hubba!!!
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:54:30 PM PDT
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Brad’s Gramma
(Have YOU had your Logan Fix today?)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Americans, Iraqis defeat blaze I agree, Kathy, they are all heroes. It's amazing what cooperation can accomplish. This terrorist act may be a setback in the rebuilding of Iraq however, with the Americans and the Iraqis cooperating in this situation will show everyone what can be done when they work together. I hope the rest of the country would take note.
Uhm........where are those environmentalists when you need them.....where is the outrage?
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:54:54 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: Brad's Gramma
Good evening, Gramma! How be you today?
Speaking of the youth of today, thank goodness for the internet and other sources of news. Otherwise, the rest of us will feel so despondent if we only depend on the mainstream media.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:57:32 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Nope, just a big ol' American Flag to wave. Good enough.
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posted on
08/20/2003 6:59:57 PM PDT
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Old Sarge
(Serving You... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: Radix
LOL! Thanks for the pancakes, Radix. That will be a good change of diet for my pets. Before long though, I'll end up with "fat" dragons just like tom's fat cats.
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:00:58 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: Fawnn
LOL!!
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:01:12 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: tomkow6; E.G.C.
I've been diligent in updating my system at home. At work today though is another story. ARGH! Shoot those worms!
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:04:51 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: Kathy in Alaska
LOL! My favorite is this one
A police recruit was asked during an exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?" He said, "Call for backup."
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:06:35 PM PDT
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LaDivaLoca
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To: wolficatZ
LOL! Cute bunny. I had to look closely though because I thought it was french hamster.
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:08:10 PM PDT
by
LaDivaLoca
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