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

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Radix]

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in
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

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Aeronaut and Otto, and thank you both for your dedication to the flyover of protection for our troops' Canteen, a place where we offer a "touch of home" for our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies.

[MoJo2001]

Woohoo! It's Pancakes On Wednesday! Thank you for posting such a fun and interesting thread, Radix!! *HUGS* to you and yours!

[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning Kathy. Did your rain amount to anything?

Thanks for the blessing and thanks for your great support of the Canteen! It wouldn't be the same without "MA"!

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Aeronaut! It's great to finally see you!! *HUGS* Thanks for the flyover!

[tomkow6]

Hi, Ma!

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Mr.Tonkin! How are you today? Boss being a pain again?? *HUGS*

[MoJo2001]

*HUGS* Good morning, SouthernHawk!! How are you today??

[MoJo2001]

Hey Bro! How are you today??

[MoJo2001]

Hi Ma! How are you today?? *HUGS*

[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning Mojo! Did things "get back to normal" yet?

Hope that your day is filled with ***HUGS***!

[beachn4fun]

Too funny!

[MoJo2001]

LMAO! Thank you for posting that today!! It's great to see you!

[tomkow6]

Hi, Sis! Done painting? Where ya been?

[MoJo2001]

There's no such thing as normal at MoJo's house. That's for sure!! *HUGS* Also, we are picking out carpet in about an hour or so!! LOL! How's LadyHawk?

[SouthernHawk]

Doing fine! Did you get your mail?

[MoJo2001]

I'm done painting for now!! I've got carpet to buy today! UGH!! I'm tired of painting and cleaning and all that non-fun stuff! LOL!! MoJo's mom will be here in three days! Woohoo!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope the weather cooperates so helo ops will be a go. And that the "Boss" gives you the time off.

[MoJo2001]

I sure did!! I'm sorry I haven't had time to reply! *HUGS* to both you and the Diva. I really appreciate it! You both are absolutely wonderful! Have I told you that lately?

[MoJo2001]

GRRRRRRRR! STOP ENCOURAGING DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Meekie. Hot at your place today. Thanks for my morning cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. And thanks to Carl too. Nippy here this morn.