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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 every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.
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To: Radix; LindaSOG; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; southerngrit; Wild Thing; rwgal; ...
Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:
In a monastery, a new monk took a vow of silence. He agreed
to the tradition in this particular monastery of saying only
two words every ten years.
After the first ten years had gone by, this monk was summoned
into the abbot's office. The abbot nodded, and the monk
said "Lousy food." and turned to go back to his room.
After twenty years, the scene was repeated, except this time
the monk said "Bed's hard." before he returned to his room.
At the thirty year mark, the monk frowned and said "Place
stinks." and stomped back to his room.
Finally, on his fortieth anniversary in the monastery, the
monk stormed into the abbot's office and shouted his two
words: "I QUIT!"
The abbot looked at him and said, "Well, that's no wonder.
You've been complaining ever since you got here!"
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:24:39 AM PDT
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tomkow6
(...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!)
To: All
Good Morning everyone!!! Good Morning troops!!! Here is today's humor attempt.
A retiring farmer in preparation for selling his land, needed to rid his farm of animals. So he went to every house in his town.
To the houses where the man is the boss, he gave a horse. To the houses where the woman is the boss, a chicken was given.
He got toward the end of the street and saw a couple outside gardening. "Who's the boss around here?" he asked.
"I am." said the man.
"I have a black horse and a brown horse," the farmer said, "which one would you like?"
The man thought for a minute and said, "The black one."
"No, no, no, get the brown one." the man's wife said.
"Here's your chicken." said the farmer.
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:25:07 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?)
To: Radix; LindaSOG; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; southerngrit; Wild Thing; rwgal; ...
Chicagoland Weather
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:25:32 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!)
To: tomkow6
To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; LaDivaLoca; bentfeather; beachn4fun; Ragtime Cowgirl; ...
From the men in the Military and the Canteen
To: minor49er
Good Morning!
I hope you are learning a lot in school and enjoying it!
To: TEXOKIE; All
To: All
"This is from me to those that have not written yet, please write, use it,
tell about your family, your hobbies, how the weather is, what are you planning for the weekend.
Tell a funny thing that happened, send a joke anything. Tell about your pets and kids.
We miss home and it means a lot to hear from everyone."
From a US Marine's e-mail
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; All
To: armymarinemom; All
Have you signed this petition yet?
I have started a petition for Military Families and Veterans
Petitions Online ^ | 10/2/2003 |
Armymarinemom Posted on 10/02/2003 7:20 PM PDT by
armymarinemom
"This petition will be up until May of 2004.
I would appreciate everyone spreading this link to all Military Families and Veterans Groups
who really support our country and Military."
CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; Radix; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; ...
For our Canteen WAFFLE Specialist, MR. RADIX,
Catch
Pancakes on Wednesdays
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:57:12 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!...BELIEVE!)
Comment #33 Removed by Moderator
To: Kathy in Alaska
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I don't know about learning a lot, but I am enjoying it.
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:58:13 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?)
To: LindaSOG
goodmorninglindahowareyou
iamdoingfineiwillhavetoleavesoonforschool
itisalongtimenoseeihaven'tbeenonmuchlately
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posted on
10/08/2003 4:59:58 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?)
To: LindaSOG
Good Morning Co-Captain!
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
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