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FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ May 24, 2006
Radix

Posted on 05/23/2006 6:05:20 PM PDT by StarCMC

 
 
For the Freedom you enjoy...
Thank the Troops who serve in
The United States Armed Forces.
 

 
Looking forward to tomorrow's Freedom?
Support The United States Armed Forces Today!
 
 
 
 

Golden Pancakes

 

 Sourdough Pancakes

 

Knot lyke thy othyrs.

 

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). There are 221 days remaining.

Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and 
seemingly useless data.

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

From the Radixionary

Saccharomyces exiguus 

Saccharomyces exiguus is the wild yeast used to make classic San Francisco sourdough bread. this spore grows/lives in the wild, and only in a specific region, (the S.F. bay area) due to climate, weather conditions, geography, and more.

 

Today's Pancakes Wednesday field trip will take us to The Village, Outer Space, Chicago, Australia, New York, Boston, St. Louis, Arizona Maybe, and California!

 

Happy Birthday 

 1819 Queen Victoria

The longest reigning monarch in UK history

Victoria Day

 Today's Pancakes theme is Pancakes. 

Also Pancakes on Wednesdays has a few questions.

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Remember, here at 

We use the Socratic Method

What is the Socratic method? 

It is about questions. 

Questions and answers.

We ask questions that nobody else seems to think of.

 

We pause now for this brief commercial interruption.

Next week on Pancakes on Wednesdays

What does "is" mean?"

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program!

Watch your Ps and Qs

There will be a quiz at the conclusion of this thread.

Would you care for some Pi with your Pancakes/Questions?

Pi


I am an excellent driver

Is TomKow6 driving this thread?

Why are we are counting Cardinals?

Chicago Cardinals
1945-1959


St. Louis Cardinals
1960-1987


Phoenix Cardinals
1988-1993


Arizona Cardinals
1994-Present

 

Why is there no letter "J" in the Periodic Table of the Elements?

What is David's Whizzy Periodic Table?

We have math Questions!

If a square number is multiplied by a square number why is the product ALWAYS a square number?

If a square number is divided by a square number why is the quotient  ALWAYS a square number?

How come no number terminating in 2,3,7, or 8 is a perfect square?

Is it true that a number ending in 5 cannot be a perfect square unless the digit in the ten's column is a 2?

Why The square of any number is equal to for example: 102 = 92 + 9 + 10?

We have Answers!

We have Questions!

What ever happened to the first 5 TomKows?

 

So many Canteen rumors have been spread about the TomKows1-5 

Some say that the TomKows were raised by wolves deep in the Caucus Mountains where the family tradition of selling Burkas was first perfected. Others have surmised that the TomKows were the secret purchasers of the Chicago Cubs back in 1909 and that it has been their expertise and management style which has made that team such a success during the last 97 years.

The Chicago Cubs.

World Series Champions

1908

  You are Number Six

 

The Prisoner was one of the most original dramas ever aired on television. Brainchild of producer and star Patrick McGoohan, the series portrays a top-secret government agent who resigns his position only to be immediately abducted and whisked away to an enigmatic, isolated seaside community known only as "The Village." Confined in this resort-like, yet  sinister town, Number 6 (the new "identity" given to him by his captors) soon learns that no one can be trusted, and that those in charge (whose governmental and political affiliations are unknown) will take extreme measures to break him and learn the reasons behind his resignation.

Originally aired in 1967, the 17-episode series begins with Number 6's arrival in The Village, and ends with a two-part finale which many would claim raises more questions than it answers. During the course of the series, Number 6 struggles both to learn the identity of his captors and  to escape from the isolated Village, cut off from the rest of the world by mountains and sea. 

Each episode features a new "Number 2" (right-hand man to the unseen Number 1), who brings with him to the Village new ideas and methods for breaking the unyielding Number 6. Servant to the current Number 2 is the mysterious butler, a silent dwarfish man who is the only series regular other than McGoohan.

With its unique mix of action, drama, science fiction and the surreal, and with a message even more relevant today than when it originally aired, The Prisoner is a television classic of the rarest kind.

 

Who is Number One?

That is correct. The Chicago White Sox are the number one team in MLB!

About a hundred dollars

I'd pay about a hundred dollars just to see TomKow6's face right about now.

In 1934, the U.S. printed its LARGEST DENOMINATION OF PAPER MONEY ever. That was a $100,000 bill. . . featuring a picture of former President WOODROW WILSON!!!

I am an excellent driver

Where is this thread going?

Australia?

Click for recipe for Chocolate Pancakes.

I am an excellent driver

On this Day

1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus published proof of a sun-centered solar system.

A conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 1504 was observed to differ by 10 days from the predictions of tables based on Ptolemy's work. This, combined with Copernicus' abhorrence of the equant drove him to develop an improved model. Influenced by the work of Regiomontanus (thus also Aristarchus) and neoplatonism (which viewed the Sun as the Godhead and source of all knowledge) he produced his own model. He withheld publication due to his conservative nature and fear of ridicule but was eventually persuaded by Rheticus. Allegedly he received the first copy of his work De revolutionibus orbium (On the revolution of the heavenly spheres) on his deathbed in 1543.

 

And in typical Pancakes on Wednesday form we  now segue 
into this obscurely related fact and feature.

 

THE WITCH OF AGNESI

Maria Agnesi was born in 1718, the daughter of an Italian mathematics professor at the University of Bologna. She was a child prodigy and the apple of her father's eye......

The Witch of Agnesi. A woman who seized the world's attention with brilliant mathematical work and then gave it all up for a half-century of self-sacrifice. That's not the stuff most witches are made of.........

 

On this Day

1764 - Bostonian lawyer James Otis denounced "taxation without representation" and called for the colonies to unite in demonstrating their opposition to Britain’s new tax measures.


On this Day

1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse formally opened America's first telegraph line. The first message was sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD. The message was "What hath God wrought?"

 

On this Day

1930 - Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly from England to Australia.

Pancakes on Wednesdays  wonders if she flew on Qantas

 

On this Day


1962 - The officials of the National Football League ruled that halftime of regular season games would be cut to 15 minutes.

 

In 2005 the NFL ruled that all commercial breaks between game plays must be no longer thanTa Da...15 minutes!

 

(It always seems much longer to the Pancakes on Wednesdays crew)

On this Day


1994 - The four men convicted of bombing the New York's World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in prison.

 

We can thank our Government for helping to end attacks against the World Trade Center so effectively with this innovative method of dealing with TERRORISM!

 POW is certain that those scoundrels all had a lot of plans for the next 240 years. Some of their victims had plans as well, but the Court record does not indicate anything such as that despite the certainty of POW.

On this Day

1998 - Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell proclaimed May 24th "Van Halen Day" in Philadelphia.

Hey StarCMC, you Rock.  Now Jump!

Van Halen!

Why has the origin of the California Job Case long been shrouded in mystery? What little has been published on it is incorrect — mostly derived from the realm of hearsay, legend or speculation.

Link  Link  Link 

This is a California Job Case.

There are so many commentaries even on the Internet concerning the phrase 

" Watch your Ps and Qs."

Recognition of the difference between look alike letters p’s and q’s as well as b’s and d’s can be made by their nicks as they are picked out of their compartments. By the same method, wrong fonts can be detected before they are set.

The origin of that old adage is not pints and quarts and the Saint Pauli Girl or others of her ilk.

Shortly after the first mass printing of the Bible by Gutenberg, printing began to evolve throughout Western Civilization. For generations, Printers set type by hand. Each individual spot includes a special piece, including spaces. (Spaces are referred to as "ens" and "ems" depending on the size of the space, for all of you crossword puzzle lovers.) When a printer sets his type, everything appears backwards to him on those little pieces of metal ordinarily lead. Printers had to always remind their apprentices when they were setting print to "Mind your Ps and Qs" because they look so very similar in the job case.

 The California Job Case is also an interesting subject for one reason to FReepers because that is what Dan Rather  was possibly using to get his reports published in print during the actual time that  the 1971 forged documents were supposedly constructed.   

 

Printing + Press =  Freedom

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

One of the most renowned printers in American history.

About a hundred dollars

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

Don't forget Arizona Maybe

"Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get" - Robert A. Heinlein

Don't forget the Maple Syrup

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely



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To: Kathy in Alaska

Evening Miss Kathy!


41 posted on 05/23/2006 7:45:52 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet (Remember 9/11...and the reason we are fighting. Islam is a threat to our national security.)
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To: GulfWar1Vet; AZamericonnie
AZ, I have the blueberry pancakes...got any strawberry syrup?


42 posted on 05/23/2006 7:46:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Simply wonderful! Thank you!


43 posted on 05/23/2006 7:47:28 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet (Remember 9/11...and the reason we are fighting. Islam is a threat to our national security.)
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To: acad1228

With the amount of activity in the oil fields this past year, you'll be lucky if you EVER get a vacation! LOL! Glad you're here to do that important work, though, Acad!


44 posted on 05/23/2006 7:47:51 PM PDT by luvie (A free Iraq . ... will serve as an amazing example for people who are desperate for freedom! GWB)
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To: GulfWar1Vet
Good evening, Gulf. A good day? We are sweltering here.


45 posted on 05/23/2006 7:49:17 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
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To: HopeandGlory

re: 5
Where does it say "One nation under God"?


46 posted on 05/23/2006 7:50:33 PM PDT by MeekMom (Praise Jesus! He has given ALL for us!!!)
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To: LUV W; Mrs.Nooseman; tomkow6; Calpernia; Old Sarge

47 posted on 05/23/2006 7:50:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

It was in the 80's..very nice. But for you all, 70's right now is not good, eh?


48 posted on 05/23/2006 7:50:55 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet (Remember 9/11...and the reason we are fighting. Islam is a threat to our national security.)
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To: GulfWar1Vet

It's VERY HOT!! Just a couple hours ago a brush fire, origin unknown....broke out on Fort Richardson. I was watching it from my window at work. Anchorage is on "Red Alert" because everything is soooo dry. Maybe the news will have an update.


49 posted on 05/23/2006 7:54:25 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; Old Sarge

Yummy! Been a while since Sarge and I shared these!


50 posted on 05/23/2006 7:54:39 PM PDT by luvie (A free Iraq . ... will serve as an amazing example for people who are desperate for freedom! GWB)
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To: HiJinx


51 posted on 05/23/2006 7:55:20 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; GulfWar1Vet

You bet! Strawberry syrup coming right up!


52 posted on 05/23/2006 7:55:20 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~www.ProudPatriots.org~Serving those who serve us!~)
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To: AZamericonnie
WHOOHOOO!!

Thank you ladies!

53 posted on 05/23/2006 7:57:58 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet (Remember 9/11...and the reason we are fighting. Islam is a threat to our national security.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks Kathy! We were just discussing food over here
54 posted on 05/23/2006 7:59:31 PM PDT by NYTexan
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To: AZamericonnie; GulfWar1Vet

There ya go, Gulf......blueberry pancakes and strawberry syrup. I'm partial to boysenberry myself. Maple is not even on my radar.


55 posted on 05/23/2006 7:59:31 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
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To: LUV W

I Know!
Me eyes are getting all googly!
Ms.B


56 posted on 05/23/2006 8:00:00 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub


YUMMY!!   PANCAKES!!


57 posted on 05/23/2006 8:03:16 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Learning to shrug is the beginning of wisdom)
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To: Radix

Thanks, Radix....I've missed all the "Whys". LOL!


58 posted on 05/23/2006 8:03:49 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
mmm..never heard of boysenberry syrup before. What does it taste like? Maple is okay, but I rather have something to jazz up my pancakes like strawberry, yummy!

Was the temps this high last year in Anchorage?

59 posted on 05/23/2006 8:03:53 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet (Remember 9/11...and the reason we are fighting. Islam is a threat to our national security.)
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To: LUV W

Ok....while your are in OKC would you please go to the nearest Braums & have a cheeseburger & fries & an ice cream cone for me???? Oh! And if you can manage it a chicken fried steak sammich from Pistols?????

I would soooo appreciate it!:)


60 posted on 05/23/2006 8:04:06 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~www.ProudPatriots.org~Serving those who serve us!~)
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