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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 08 October 2003
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix
Posted on 10/08/2003 1:55:55 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 October 8, 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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THAUMATURGY |
The performance of miracles; magic. Of all the words in English that refer to the making of magic, this is perhaps the most resonant. It doesnt have the negative associations of words such as sorcery or necromancy because it referred originally to the production of wonders for positive ends rather than any intent to cause someone harm. The origin is the Greek word thaumatourgos, miracle working (from thauma, marvel, plus ergos, work). Though its not that common a word, it seems to have generated a surprisingly large set of derivatives since it first appeared in English in 1727. There are several words for a practitioner of thaumaturgy, including thaumaturge and thaumaturgist; another is thaumaturgus, which has been given to a number of Christian saints and others who are said to have performed wonders. The verb is thaumaturgise. The thaumatrope was a Victorian toy, a card with two different pictures on its back and front that magically combined into one when the card was rapidly spun. And aficionados of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels will know that the wizards of Unseen University invented a device with which to measure the intensity of a magic fieldwhat would you call that but a thaumometer? |
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Happy Birthday Eddie Rickenbacker 1890 I am an excellent Aviator.
LOST AT SEA - THE RESCUE OF EDDIE RICKENBACKER |
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Happy Birthday Juan Peron 1895 "..the greatest Latin American leader of the 20th century,"
Don't cry for me Argentina. |
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Fractals are those intriguing shapes that are characterized by self-similarity and based on mathematics.
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Happy Birthday Paul Hogan 1939
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Blueberry Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup.
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Happy Birthday David Carradine 1940 Oh oh, oh oh, David Carradine has two birthdays, oh oh.
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Happy Birthday Chevy Chase 1943
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The Doppler Effect
A common example of the Doppler effect is listening to a speedy train or car honking its horn at you. While i'ts driving towards you, the tone seems higher and higher than its true tone. Only when it's right next to you can its true tone be heard. And as it moves farther away, the tone gets lower and lower. This is because as the train/car moves toward you, it is moving with the sound waves and compresses the waves. As it moves farther away from you, the waves are decompressed and the tone is lower. |
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Happy Birthday Sigourney Weaver 1949
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Would you like some salt with your pancakes? |
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Happy Birthday Matt Damon 1970
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About a hundred dollars Silver dollar pancakes |
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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the World Trade Center |
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We are counting cards.
On this day: 1987 - Chuck Berry was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1987 - The Chuck Berry biographical film "Hail, Hail Rock & Roll" premiered. "Perhaps the most influential performer in the history of rock 'n' roll," |
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1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago broke out destroying about 17,450 buildings. About 250 people were killed and 90,000 were left homeless.
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1915 - During World War I, the Battle of Loos concluded.
8 October 1915 : Enemy counter-attack |
Noon German artillery opened a bombardment on the whole front between the Canal and Lens, increasing in intensity at 3.00pm. At around 4.00pm, their infantry attacked, between the Double Crassier and the Chalk Pit. On the Allied right, the shelling failed to sufficiently damage French wire, and the attack was halted with heavy loss. At the same hour, enemy bombers attacked from the Quarries and Fosse 8 against the forward British positions in Quarry Trench and Big Willie. On the left of the Loos attack, the attack fell against the 2/Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1/Gloucesters and 1/9th King's of 1st Division, between the Loos-Puits 14 bis track, and North of the Chalk Pit. Despite heavy shellfire casualties among the defenders, British machine-guns destroyed the attack within 40 yards of the front line. On the Hohenzollern Redoubt front, the 2/Coldstream Guards repelled all attacks, as they were by now armed with many Mills bombs. The 3/Grebnadier Guards were pushed back some way, but eventually formed a block and then counterattacked (supported by two companies of the 1/Scots Guards and the bombers of the Irish Guards) recovered the lost trenches and caused heavy loss to the enemy. |
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I am an excellent driver
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1938 - The cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" portrayed Norman Rockwell.
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1956 - Donald James Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first perfect game in the history of the World Series. We are counting baserunners.
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1993 - The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.
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Pancakes Wednesdays |
Definitely |
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
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To: yall
101
posted on
10/08/2003 9:43:25 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
Comment #102 Removed by Moderator
To: Bethbg79
:O) I accidentally double posted. hehe ! You're welcomed! lol!
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posted on
10/08/2003 9:44:43 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)
To: stand watie
Good afternoon to you, sw. Sun is just peeking over the mountains.
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posted on
10/08/2003 9:48:23 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: MeeknMing
sore throat is gone, thank goodness!! If people would stop calling me, the coughing might stop. LOL! Payroll waits for no man and people are always calling about something! The flowers are cute and cheery. Thanks.
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posted on
10/08/2003 9:50:26 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: MeeknMing
Thank you! lol!
Good to see you. :-)
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posted on
10/08/2003 9:51:43 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless America and her Military!!)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks men of the Military and the Canteen for the nice flower arrangement this morning.
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posted on
10/08/2003 9:53:22 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
To: Libertina
108
posted on
10/08/2003 10:09:25 AM PDT
by
stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: Kathy in Alaska
GA to you too!
free dixie,sw
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:11:56 AM PDT
by
stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: Bethbg79
Hi, Sis!
Hi, Tony!
Hi, Connor!
Hi, MaMa Cat!
Hi, Kitties!
110
posted on
10/08/2003 10:18:34 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!)
To: SevenofNine
Howdy Sevenof9. Thanks for the update. Keep us posted on the Israeli/Syria issue. That is a vital issue as well as Iraq.
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:19:09 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Who's cryin' now? The Dems, that's who! he... he...he. Make 'em cry more...donate to FR.)
To: MoJo2001
MoJO2001!!! #50!!!
(Did you get my "I need context for the transitions/words" e-mail?) ;)
112
posted on
10/08/2003 10:22:00 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(It's official!!! Once again I am FAIR FUNKLE FAWNN!!!)
To: ComradeBork
113
posted on
10/08/2003 10:22:39 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(It's official!!! Once again I am FAIR FUNKLE FAWNN!!!)
To: Bethbg79
Bethbg79!!! #100!!!
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:23:52 AM PDT
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Fawnn
(It's official!!! Once again I am FAIR FUNKLE FAWNN!!!)
To: tomkow6
Hi Bro!!
(((HUGS)))
PPPBBBLLLTTTTT!
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:27:20 AM PDT
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Bethbg79
(God bless America and her Military!!)
To: Fawnn
Hi Fawnn!
(((HUGS)))
Thanks for the WooHooo!
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:28:15 AM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless America and her Military!!)
To: ComradeBork
Hi ComradeBork. First let me say THANK you for setting the record straight and not letting the teacher get away with lies. And, thank you and Minor for challenging this.
I would suggest this link: http://www.dod.gov/. They have quite a few selections there that might help you. Also, you might find some useful info at www.foxnews.com. Also, if you do not get a lot of info there or from here, I would suggest posting your own thread to ask the whole FreeRepublic.
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:28:21 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
(Who's cryin' now? The Dems, that's who! he... he...he. Make 'em cry more...donate to FR.)
To: beachn4fun
Hey Beachie!
(((HUGS)))
The group hug the other day was really sweet. :-)
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:29:41 AM PDT
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Bethbg79
(God bless America and her Military!!)
To: ComradeBork; minor49er; ContraryMary
"I would appreciate it if anyone could provide links to documents concerning the above."
I believe you probably will find a wealth of information here.
PS Thanks for raising a Patriotic daughter.
It's nice to see youth in America supporting our troops like she does before and after school.
To: Kathy in Alaska; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; Bethbg79; tomkow6; Radix; Diogenesis
I sent the URL for Diogenesis' latest "Gotta See This" thread to a former co-worker who was activated and sent to Iraq. Here is her response:
Yes, there has been a lot of change although the general public does not see it. Many Iraqis are coming forward, even turning in their own family members. Most of the Iraqi peole are wonderful; it is the minority, whom still follow Sadaam (and Al Queda) we need to worry about.
There is a lot left to do....and it is the worst; more difficult than the occupation.
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posted on
10/08/2003 10:44:59 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(If you're not making waves, you're not kicking hard enough.)
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