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

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Radix]

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The United States Armed Forces.

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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

 

[beachn4fun]

My, my, my.....did someone get up on the wrong-side of the bed, this morning?

[beachn4fun]

AWESOME! Great news. Can you thank your "sand flea" (hope he don't get mad at me for that endearment...hehe)and tell him how proud we are of what they are doing. And, for setting those peaceniks straight. Give them a bit of reality.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning HiJinx!

Love the road trip this morning, thank you so much.
Wonderful pictures and captions. I especially like the first photo.

[E.G.C.]

We're on our way to get it right now.:-D

[beachn4fun]

Gee, Jinxy, you keep it up and we will have a "mass exodus" from all over the US to get to Arizona. Then that beauty might get spoiled! but don't stop. I love it

[beachn4fun]

If you've never seen it before it usually comes in small tubes, three in a pack.

[SouthernHawk]

LOL!! Oh, you'd know it if I was Cranky! LOL!!!

I will have your syrup in a little while when I get done cleanning up!

[minor49er]

Good Morning everybody! Good Morning troops! Here's my defintely-not-as-feeble-as-tomkow's attempt at humor:

During late spring one year, a blonde was trying out her new boat. She was unable to have her boat perform, travel through water, or do any maneuvers whatsoever no matter how hard she tried.

After trying for over three days to make it work properly, she decided to seek help. She putted the boat over to the local marina in hopes that someone there could identify her problem.

Workers determined that everything from the engine to the outdrive was working perfectly on the topside of the boat. So, a puzzled marina employee jumped into the water to check underneath the boat for problems. Because he was laughing so hard, he came up choking on water and gasping for air. Under the boat, still strapped in place securely, was the trailer.

[beachn4fun]

OH? You mean something like this?

AND, oooohhhh, is that syrup all over your feathers? what are you doing flopping around in the syrup?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry breakfast is late. Glad to hear that you were able to escape the blackout and have a fun time in its place. How about some pancakes on the side?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Kathy. How are things in Alaska?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[Mr. Silverback]

Feeble attempt at humor for the lurking troops...

PLEASE NOTE: NOT YOUR TYPICAL CHAIN LETTER. TAKE A MINUTE TO READ IT AND
YOU'LL GET A LAUGH.

Dear Friend,

This chain letter was started in hopes of bringing relief to other tired
and discouraged men. Unlike most chain letters, this one doesn't cost
anything!

Just send a copy of this letter to five of your friends who are equally
tired and discontented. Then, bundle up your wife and/or girlfriend and
send her to the man whose name appears at the top of the following list,
and add your name to the
bottom of the list.

When your turn comes, you will receive 15,625 women. One of them is
bound to be better than the one you already have.

At the writing of this letter, a friend of mine has already received 184
women, of whom four were worth keeping.

REMEMBER this chain brings luck. One man's pit bull died, and the next day he received a Playboy
playmate. An unmarried Jewish man, living with his widowed mother, was
able to choose between a Hooter's waitress and a Hollywood super model.

You can be lucky too, but DO NOT BREAK THE CHAIN! One man broke the chain and got his wife back.

Let's keep it going, men! Just add your name to the bottom of the list
below!

Bill Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Billy Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Billie Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

B. Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

William Jefferson Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

W. Jefferson Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

W. Jeff Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

W. J. Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

W. Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

William J Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Wilhelm Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Willie Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Will Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Mr. Hillary Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Mr. Slick Willie Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

Mr. Big B Clinton
780 3rd Ave New York, NY 10017

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E. Nary a drop from the steady rain promised yesterday. I only believe rain when I can see it falling. Hope you got a little rain to help relieve your heat.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Israeli, British, Australian, Polish, and Italian allies (and everybody else, and all the ships at sea). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 6:22am
Sunset 9:42pm

Hi 62°F
Lo 48°F

Partly sunny

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 68°F
Lo 48°F

State Hi 66°F Talkeetna
State Lo 30°F Barrow

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Radix, for Pancakes on Wednesday. Lots of fun links to follow.

[SouthernHawk]

..."what are you doing flopping around in the syrup? "...

I'll never tell!!!! (the Goddess won't either)LOL!!!

This is more like it........