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[Aeronaut]

Good morning Radix.

[RaceBannon]

Who-Whooooo!!

Lest we forget!!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Radix.

And a very pleasant good morning to all of our military personal and allies at home and abroad.Thank you so very much for all you're doing for this great country.

Hope everyone enjoy those pancakes and has a great Wednesday.:-D

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

 

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, MR. RADIX! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!!

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and
Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. A small child
replied, "They couldn't get a baby-sitter."

[tomkow6]

 

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[tomkow6]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of today's
Pancakes on Wednesday thread

[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning Radix! Thanks for great “road trip”! Good morning to our military and good morning to the entire Canteen crew.

Warm up exercise for today . . . . .

WHO’S YO’ DADDY?

One day a man came home from work earlier than usual and caught his wife in bed with his best friend. Enraged, the husband grabbed a gun and shot his friend to death. His wife said, "Y'know, if you go on like this, you're going to lose all your friends."

[minor49er]

Good Morning everybody! Good Morning troops! Here is my humor attempt for the day.

Juggler, driving to his next performance, was stopped by the police. "What are those knives doing in your car?" asked the officer.

"I juggle them in my act."

"Oh yeah?" says the cop. "Let's see you do it." So the juggler starts tossing and juggling the knives.

A guy driving by sees this and says, "Wow, am I glad I quit drinking. Look at the test they're making you do now!"

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on September 10:
1487 Julius III Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55)
1736 Carter Braxton signed Decl of Ind
1753 Sir John Soane England, architect (Soane Museum)
1836 Joseph Wheeler Maj Gen/Cavalry Commander, Army of Tennessee
1839 Isaac Kauffman Funk US, publisher (Funk & Wagnalls)
1872 Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji India, cricketer/politician
1887 Giovanni Gronchi president of Italy
1890 Franz Werfel Austria, author (40 Days of Musa Dagh)
1893 Al "Fuzzy" St John Santa Ana Calif, actor (Lash of the West)
1907 Fay Wray Alberta Canada, actress-King Kong's main squeeze
1909 Raymond Scott Bkln NY, orch leader (Your Hit Parade)
1914 Robert Wise movie director (Day the Earth Stood Still)
1915 Edmond O'Brien NYC, actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight)
1927 Yma Sumac [Emperatriz Chavarri], Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano
1929 Arnold Palmer golfer (PGA Golfer of the Year 1960, 1962)
1933 Yevgeny V Khrunov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5)
1934 Charles Kuralt Wilmington NC, newscaster (On the Road)
1934 Roger Maris Yankee, HR champ (61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961)
1935 John Palmer Kingsport Tenn, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
1939 Greg Mullavey Buffalo NY, actor (Tom-Mary Hartman, Rituals)
1940 Roy Ayers LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me)
1945 Jos‚ Feliciano Lares PR, singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)
1945 Richard M Mullane Tx, USAF/astro (STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36)
1945 Tom Ligon New Orleans, actor (Joyride)
1946 James R Hines US, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 Bob Lanier NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks)
1948 Judy Geeson Arundei Sussex Engld, actress (To Sir With Love, Berserk)
1948 Margaret Trudeau Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady
1950 Joe Perry Boston, rocker (Aerosmith-Walking the Dog)
1953 Amy Irving Palo Alto, Cal, actress (Yentl, Carrie, Crossing Delancy)
1957 Brian Fitzpatrick Upper Darby Pa, actor (Rick Alden-Loving)
1957 Siobhan Fahey rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
1960 Miranda Wilson Nebraska, actress (Sandra-Santa Barbara)
1963 Carol Decker rocker (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)
1963 David Titlow rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous)
1965 Allison Daughtry actress (Guilding Light)

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Deaths which occurred on September 10:
1382 Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies
1419 John the Fearless Burgundy France, warrior, murdered at 48
1842 Letitia Tyler Pres Tyler's wife, dies at 51
1961 Leo Carrillo actor who portrayed Pancho on Cisco Kid, dies at 81
1976 Dalton Trumbo, US writer/director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70
1976 Mordecai Johnson 1st black president of Howard U, dies at 86
1977 Hamida Djandoubi convicted murderer last to, die in the guillotine
1985 Alexa Kenin actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
1990 Samuel Kanyon Doe president of Liberia, assassinated
1991 Yves Montand actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at 70
1997 Burgess Meredith, actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky), dies at 88

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 RIVERS WENDELL B. SEWARD NE.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1966 PETERSON DOUGLAS B. MINEOLA IA.
[03/01/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1966 TALLEY BERNARD L. BALTIMORE MD.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1966 TATUM LAWRENCE B. CHATTANOOGA TN.
1971 CORNWELL LEROY J. III TUSCON AZ.
[REMAINS RETURNED 08/94]
1971 IVAN ANDREW JR. SOUTH RIVER NJ
[REMAINS RETURNED 08/94]
1972 MUSSELMAN STEPHEN OWEN TEXARKANA TX.
[REMAINS RETURNED 07/08/81"]
1974 DEAN CHARLES

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
422 St Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va
1623 Lumber and furs are the first cargo to leave New Plymouth in North America for England.
1776 George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1798 British Hondurus beats Spain in battle of St George
1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie
1823 Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1846 Elias Howe patents the sewing machine
1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1858 John Holden hits the 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)
1869 Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1882 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets in Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)
1894 London taxi driver George ("Mac") Smith is 1st to be fined for drunk driving
1899 2nd quake in 7 days hits Yakutat Bay Alaska
1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1912 J. Vedrines becomes the first pilot to break the 100 m.p.h. barrier
1913 Cleveland Call & Post established
1913 George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia
1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
1919 Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0
1919 NYC welcomes home Gen John J Pershing & 25,000 WW I soldiers
1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd Meusel, Ruth & Gehrig consecutive HRs
1924 Leopold & Loeb found guilty of murder
1927 France wins its 1st Davis Cup
1930 Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia
1937 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0) Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0
1939 Canada declares war on Germany
1945 KLS-AM in Oakland Ca changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA)
1945 Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis
1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
1953 Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"
1954 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria
1955 "Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV
1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrate
1960 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
1960 Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon
1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
1962 Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis
1963 President John F. Kennedy federalizes Alabama's National Guard to prevent Governor George C. Wallace from using guardsmen to stop public-school desegregation.
1963 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
1963 Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0
1965 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
1966 Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
1967 Chic White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0
1967 Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British
1969 NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time
1972 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship
1972 US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)
1973 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
1973 NY Jets trade pro football's leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
1974 Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal
1974 Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark
1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs
1976 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard
1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds & 30")
1978 4th game of the Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9
1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed
1980 Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18
1982 Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album
1984 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla
1984 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)
1986 Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel
1988 Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970)
1989 Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship
1989 East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary & Czech)
1990 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open
1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
1990 George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki
1990 Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
1990 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
1990 Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning
1990 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept in a season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
1991 Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Belize : National Day/St George's Caye Day (1798)
Hispanics : National Hispanic Heritage Week (Sunday)
US : National Grandparents' Day (Sunday)
Afghanistan : National Assembly Foundation Day (1964) (Wednesday)
Scotland : Fisherman's Walk Day (Friday)
Swap Ideas Day
Yugoslav Navy Day.
National Rice Month

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Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of St Nicholas of Tolentino, confessor/hermit

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Religious History
1224 The Franciscans (founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi) first arrived in England. They were originally called "Grey Friars" because of their gray habits. (The habit worn by modern Franciscans is brown.)
1718 The Collegiate School at New Haven, CT, changed its name to Yale. (Congregationalists, unhappy with an increasing religious liberalism at Harvard, had founded Yale, the third oldest college in America, in 1701.)
1734 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'Pain, if patiently endured, and sanctified to us, is a great purifier of our corrupted nature.'
1794 Blount College -- the first American nondenominational institution of higher learning -- was established in Knoxville. (It later became the University of Tennessee.)
1819 Birth of Canadian hymnwriter Joseph Scriven. The accidental drowning of his bride-to-be the night before their wedding led to a life of depression; yet he also authored the hymn of comfort, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Those who live by the sword...get shot by those who don't."

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You might be a redneck Jedi Knight if...
You can levitate yourself using a force from within, but not THE force.

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Murphys Law of the day...(Ginsberg's Theorems)
1 You can't win.
2 You can't break even.
3 You can't even quit the game.

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Cliff Clavin says, It's a little known fact that...
The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.

[darkwing104]

Good Morning Canteen FReepers. Thanks for the pancakes and coffee.

[MoJo2001]

Fabulous thread, Radix! Thank you for all you do for the Canteen and our brave heroes!! What would the world be like without "Pancakes On Wednesday"?

[Mr. Silverback]

Here's today's feeble attempt at humor for the troops:

An Update on the old Two Sows Story: New Dairy Business Practices

IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go in hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.

POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.

FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who like the brown one best, vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which is the best looking cow.

NEW YORK CORPORATION
You have fifteen million cows.
You have to choose which one will be the leader of the herd, so you pick
some fat cow from Arkansas.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good brunch time guys!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Fabulous Pancakes on Wednesday, Radix. Lots of links for following.
And you are an excellent driver.

[Wild Thing]

Hi Radix!
Thanks for the thread today.

Thank you Troops! You are in my thoughts and prayers everyday!

Hi to everyone here, have a great day !

Wild Thing