USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 10 September 2003

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[Radix]

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday September 10, 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.

ULTRACREPIDARIAN

Of somebody who gives opinions on matters beyond his knowledge.

Thursday 10 April 2003 was the 225th anniversary of the birth of the essayist William Hazlitt (a date commemorated by the unveiling of his restored memorial in St Anne’s churchyard, Soho). This week’s Weird Word is one he is first recorded as using.

He did so in a famous letter of 1819 to William Gifford, the editor of the Quarterly Review, a letter which has been described as “one of the finest works of invective in the language”. In one of his more moderate castigations, Hazlitt wrote: “You have been well called an Ultra-Crepidarian critic”. What Hazlitt thought of Gifford’s journal may be deduced from this passage in The Spirit of the Age (1825):

His Journal, then, is a depository for every species of political sophistry and personal calumny. There is no abuse or corruption that does not there find a Jesuitical palliation or a bare-faced vindication. There we meet the slime of hypocrisy, the varnish of courts, the cant of pedantry, the cobwebs of the law, the iron hand of power. Its object is as mischievous as the means by which it is pursued are odious.

You can see why Hazlitt described himself as “a good hater”.

Ultracrepidarian comes from a classical allusion. The Latin writer Pliny recorded that Apelles, the famous Greek painter who was a contemporary of Alexander the Great, would put his pictures where the public could see them and then stand out of sight so he could listen to their comments. A shoemaker once faulted the painter for a sandal with one loop too few, which Apelles corrected. The shoemaker, emboldened by this acceptance of his views, then criticised the subject’s leg. To this Apelles is reported as replying (no doubt with expletives deleted) that the shoemaker should not judge beyond his sandals, in other words that critics should only comment on matters they know something about. In modern English, we might say “the cobbler should stick to his last”, a proverb that comes from the same incident. (A last is a shoemaker’s pattern, ultimately from a Germanic root meaning to follow a track, hence footstep.)

What Pliny actually wrote was ne supra crepidam judicaret, where crepidam is a sandal or the sole of a shoe, but the idea has been expressed in several ways in Latin tags, such as Ne sutor ultra crepidam (sutor means “cobbler”, a word still known in Scotland in the spelling souter). The best-known version is the abbreviated tag ultra crepidam, “beyond the sole”, from which Hazlitt formed ultracrepidarian.

Crepidam derives from Greek krepis, a shoe; it has no link with words like decrepit or crepitation (which are from Latin crepare, to creak, rattle, or make a noise) or crepuscular (from the Latin word for twilight), though crepidarian is a very rare adjective meaning “pertaining to a shoemaker”.

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Happy Birthday

Ian Fleming 1888

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Happy Birthday

Fay Wray 1907

One of the films she did in those years( 1920's-1930's) assured her place as a screen icon and made her a figure in folklore and myth. King Kong, among the half-dozen most famous films ever produced.

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Happy Birthday

Arnold Daniel Palmer 1929

I am an excellent driver!

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Happy Birthday

Charles Kuralt 1934

Charles Osgood Memory 3: I remember eating a stack of 100 pancakes at an IHOP outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, with syrup made from clover and sausages made of moose. At least that's what the waitress, a cute little number with buck teeth and no hair, told me.

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There will be a full moon tonight 10 September 2003

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Happy Birthday

Roger Maris 1934

We are counting cards!

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Would you like some Geometry with your pancakes?

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Happy Birthday

Jose Feliciano 1945

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Happy Birthday

Amy Irving 1953

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the lunar surface

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On this day...

1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown, VA. colony council.

When the first 104 English colonists landed on Jamestown Island on May 14th, 1607, they imagined themselves the first civilized men in a wild and savage environment. In truth, the region of present-day Virginia in which the settlers arrived had long been home to some thirty Native American tribes, organized into what is known as the Powhatan Confederacy. The English traded with, learned from and waged war with the Powhatan. With the legendary Pocahontas as ambassador, these people played perhaps the most pivotal role in the fate of the first English settlement in America.

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1862 - Rabbi Jacob Frankel became the first Jewish Army chaplain.

CARDINAL NUMBERS

A cardinal number is one way to measure the size of a set. Here is the definition used in Zermelo Fraenkel set theory.

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1913 - The Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the U.S.

I am an excellent driver.

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1935 - "Popeye" was heard on NBC radio for the first time.

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Spinach Pancakes

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The area of a triangle is calculated using the formula:

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Pancakes Wednesdays

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Looking up Saturn's skirt: A Hubble Telescope photo shows Saturn's rings at a maximum tilt of 26 degrees toward Earth. This is the best glimpse of the planet's south pole that astronomers will have for the next 30 years.

[tomkow6]

I hope your finger left a sweet taste to the peanutbutter!


LOL!

[tomkow6]

I hope your finger left a sweet taste to the peanutbutter!


LOL!

[tomkow6]

I couldn't find a knife for Tom that wasn't sharp.

 

Thanks, Ma!  I don't wanna hurt myself again!

[tomkow6]

 

 

GOODNIGHT TROOPS AND CANTEEN

 

 

 

My fat cat is telling me it's time for bed; soooooooo:

Good Night, All!

May God bless all who come to the Canteen.
May God bless & keep safe all our troops & their families!

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Dear Lord,
There's a young man far from home,
called to serve his nation in time of war;
sent to defend our freedom
on some distant foreign shore.

We pray You keep him safe,
we pray You keep him strong,
we pray You send him safely home ...
for he's been away so long.

There's a young woman far from home,
serving her nation with pride.
Her step is strong, her step is sure,
there is courage in every stride.

We pray You keep her safe,
we pray You keep her strong,
we pray You send her safely home ...
for she's been away too long.

Bless those who await their safe return.
Bless those who mourn the lost.
Bless those who serve this country well,
no matter what the cost.

God, Bless America!

 

 

 

[Wild Thing]

"Jellicle Cats, come out tonight!" "Jellicle Cats, come one, come all!" "The Jellicle Moon is shining bright!" "Jellicles, come to the Jellicle Ball!"

Cool Old Sarge ! And that photo of the moon is wild I love it !

Last night outside we could still see Mars near the moon too. I can't make it for the next time unless they come out with some kind of vitamin pill for living thousands of years . LOL

Good to see you

Wild Thing

[Radix]

 

Air Force personnel clean the logo on Air Force One before Tuesday’s departure at Fort Lauderdale International Airport, Fla. President Bush is spending the day raising money for his re-election campaign in the state that determined the 2000 presidential election.

 

Al Gore finally gets a new job which also includes shoe shining for the President!

 

 

 

Members of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety and Security Team patrol pass a sightseeing boat near the State of Liberty during an anti-terrorism response drill Tuesday in New York Harbor. Created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the team is a specialized domestic mobile unit capable of performing a broad spectrum of port safety and security operations. Members are trained to respond under threat of hostile chemical, biological or radiological attacks.

 

The Coast Guard searches for a democrat candidate that actually has a rational thing to say in the campaign debates.

 

 

 

A Coast Guard patrol races past the lower Manhattan skyline in New York City. The Coast Guard staged anti-terrorism and security drills Tuesday, simulating armed apprehension of boats in New York Harbor.

 

While on a coffee break, The Canteen captain takes a vessel out for a spin (just to blow out the carbon from the engine.)

 

 

 

Coast Guard Petty Officer Michael Emitt participates in a Tuesday drill with the Physical Security Team of the Coast Guard’s Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, N.J.

 

Bouy hunting has become very popular with off duty Coast Guard volunteers.

 

 

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division prepare to conduct raids on houses of suspected Saddam loyalists early Wednesday morning in Tikrit, Iraq. More than a dozen men were taken into custody during the raid.

 

Pirated copies of the Matrix 3 movie have been discovered to be pervasive on the Internet.

 

 

 

A soldier with 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division rests on his vehicle before a Wednesday raid in Tikrit. A large cache of weapons explosives and homemade bomb detonators were found during the raid.

 

As is the case in all military engagements, there has been some griping about the latest sleeping facilities.

 

 

 

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit depart for a raid on suspected Saddam loyalist houses Wednesday.

 

Rebel forces led by Obi-Wan Kenobi  send a 3-D message to the leaders of the coalition. 

 

 

 

Army Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Nail, of Clayton, Okla., with 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, examines ordinance found at suspected Saddam loyalist houses after Wednesday raids.

 

The former Iraqi Government's cans of powdered milk for poor terrorists are checked for expiration date problems.

 

 

 

Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner, commanding general of the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, talks with peacekeepers from Ghana serving in Liberia. Turner is the commander of U.S. forces under Joint Task Force Liberia. Since the arrival of West African peacekeepers, the security environment and humanitarian conditions in Monrovia, Liberia, have improved significantly.

 

Once considered an innovation, the new Liberian military formation of "1 inches all around" is being re-evaluated.

 

 

 

Erika Harold, Miss America 2003, greets airmen at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., during a visit Friday. Harold and 51 Miss America contestants visited the base as part of their tribute to America’s armed forces.

 

In a violation of military protocol, the coverless Airman candestinely passes a note to the Beauty Queen.

 

 

 

First Platoon Squad Leader Staff Sgt. William Rothrock, left, 10th Mountain Division, speaks with Team Leader Sgt. Jon Sommer about what will be required from the squad in a search for Taliban and weapon caches in the Afghanistan province of Daychopan for Operation Mountain Viper.

 

The military's new Canteen/Gun combination has not been a 100 percent success.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Pancakes are people too"

[TexasCowboy]

Here's some more oldie but goodies for your listening pleasure:

OLD SOFT ROCK!

(And you're gonna say, "Wonder what he calls HARD Rock??!)

[Fawnn]

...what counts is young at heart anyway

Oh that it were that easy. My heart feels young. (Some would probably describe it as downright juvenile.) It's this stupid body that's the downside. ... I have an aunt who's 40 years older than I who could beat me in a race today.

It is so neat that you write cookbooks.

Thanks! I certainly hope people want to keep reading my words. (And that another publisher want to BUY some of them soon! LOL) Thank God I can still think and type efficiently! ;)

I'm watching this kitchen design show on hgtv at the moment ... and really having some kitchen envy!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Bouy hunting has become very popular with off duty Coast Guard volunteers"

I see one now!

[Wild Thing]

Sweet dreams Tomkow!

Wild Thing

[Fawnn]

LOL!!! You're really ON tonight! (Loved the "carbon" part!) But,...

The Coast Guard searches for a democrat candidate that actually has a rational thing to say in the campaign debates.

I certainly hope Tonk doesn't get mired in that quagmire. He'll never find time to stop and savor the soup if that happens!

Al Gore finally gets a new job which also includes shoe shining for the President!

I bet he doesn't last long! He's underqualified for that job, too, you know. ;)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Radix, you rock!! I am falling off my chair laughing at your commentary.

Al Gore finally gets a new job which also includes shoe shining for the President!

Finally a job algore can do!! ROTFLMAOPIMP!!

While on a coffee break, The Canteen captain takes a vessel out for a spin (just to blow out the carbon from the engine.)

Tonkin! You seem to have left this "mission" out of your last report!! Were you successful in getting the carbon blown out?

[Wild Thing]

Then I am going to pray really , really hard about publisher for you.

There is an old movie I love they show on TV sometimes, called The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. You remind me of that with your being a writer.( please NOTE not the old part but the writing and being a girl and oh heck I love that movie. hahaha ) I think it is very exciting.

{{hugz}}

Wild Thing

[Radix]

400

FOUR HUNDRED!

[Fawnn]

Then I am going to pray really , really hard about publisher for you.

Thank you!!! (There are lots more important things in the world to pray about other than me, but I tell ya, I sure feel like I could use some prayers lately, so I'm very grateful!)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

I've never seen that film. I'll watch for it!

Have you ever seen American Dreamer? That's one of my favorite escape films about a writer!

[Radix]

 

400

 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sweet dreams, Tom. Thank you for your steadfast support of our military and their families, and for helping make the Canteen a safe haven for them. And thank you for your service to this great nation.

[Fawnn]

FOUR HUNDRED!

Oh the drama! The excitement! The competition! Who'll get there first!!!???