USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 1 October 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Radix]

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in
The United States Armed Forces.

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday October 1, 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.

SCIOLIST

A superficial pretender to knowledge.

Some dictionaries mark this word as archaic. A typical example appears in an article by Thomas Henry Huxley in the Fortnightly Review in 1878: “Judged strictly by the standard of his own time, Bacon’s ignorance of the progress which science had up to that time made is only to be equalled by his insolence toward men in comparison with whom he was the merest sciolist”.

The word, as you might guess from the spelling, comes from Latin. It derives from the verb scire, to know, which is also the root of other English words, like prescient, science, omniscient and conscience. The immediate Latin original was the diminutive sciolus, a person who had only a smattering of knowledge.

The related noun is sciolism, the practice of giving one’s opinions on subjects of which one has only superficial knowledge. That is a little more common, but the only recent example I’ve turned up was written by the American author and playwright Herb Greer in the National Review in 1998: “Tynan’s awful political sciolism sparks out now and again, but not offensively”.

Store it in the back of your mind—you never know when it might come in handy, simultaneously showing your own word power and your opinion of your opponent. By the time he has found a sufficiently large dictionary to discover you’ve insulted him, you can be well away.

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Happy Birthday

Walter Matthau 1920

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Chocolate Fudge Pancakes

The chemical composition of chocolate

Components	Plain Chocolate	Milk Chocolate	White Chocolate
Nutrients
Protein	3,2 g	7,6 g	7,5 g
Lipids	33,5 g	32,3 g	37 g
Carbonhydrates	60,3 g	57 g	52 g
Pure lecithin	0,3 g	0,3 g	0,3 g
Mineral substances
Calcium	20 mg	220 mg	250 mg
Magnesium	80 mg	50 mg	30 mg
Phosphorus	130 mg	210 mg	200 mg
Trace elements
Iron	2 mg	0,8 mg	traces
Copper	0,7 mg	0,4 mg	traces
Vitamins
A	40 IU	300 IU	220 IU
B1	0,06 mg	0,3 mg	0,4 mg
C	1,14 mg	3 mg	3 mg
D	50 IU	70 IU	15 IU
E	2,4 mg	1,2 mg	traces
Available energy
Kilojoules (Kj)	2080	2160	2260
Kilocalories (Kcal)	495	515	540

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Happy Birthday

William Rehnquist 1924

The People's Court is on at 12:00

Judge Wapner 12:00

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Happy Birthday

Tom Bosley 1927

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to Wonderland

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Happy Birthday

Rod Carew 1945

 He won the AL Rookie of the Year award in 1967 and was an All-Star for the first of 18 consecutive seasons.

We are counting cards.

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Quadratic Equations.

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On this day:

1928 - Duke Ellington recorded "The Mooche."

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Instant Pancakes

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1596 - The Duke of Norfolk was imprisoned by Britain's Queen Elizabeth for trying to marry Mary the Queen of Scots.

Marry Mary how contrary .

 

We are counting cards

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Happy Birthday

1781 - James Lawrence 

During the War of 1812 Lawrence commanded the U.S.S. hornet in the capture of H.M.S. Peacock

The American naval officer whose dying words were "Don't give up the ship."

Lawrence's words became the motto of the U.S. Navy, which has named numerous ships in his honor.

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1880 - Thomas Edison began the commercial production of electric lamps at Edison Lamp Works in Menlo Park.

 

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Would you like some subtropical anticyclones with your pancakes?

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1903 - The first modern World Series took place between the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Boston Pilgrims

Worlds Series

Champions

1903

Who was on first.

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About a hundred dollars

1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford.
The purchase price of the car was $850.

 

 

I am an excellent driver

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1961 - Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60.

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1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.

1981 - EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) Center opened in Florida.

The concept was planned by Walt Disney.

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1989 - The authorized Charles Schulz biography, Good Grief, was published.

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

[StarCMC]

Hey Kathy and everyone else! My last few days have been SOOOO busy -- I can identify with SH -- I have been having withdrawal!! I did get to get on some and read, but I haven't posted much. I need my Logan updates!!

[SevenofNine]

I hear about AL Gore doing that

It was on yesterday LA Times hey it going sucks nobody want watch Libs whine I don't

Well breaking news off Hareetz wire report that IDF lay smackdown on Islamic jihad senior member

BUSTED IT

And Interfax wire report today that KGB busted more Chechen rebels try start suicide bombing again in St. Petersburg

RACK VLAD BOYS

[Kathy in Alaska]

[StarCMC]

Protester

A protest raged on a courthouse lawn,
round a makeshift stage they charged on.
Fifteen hundred or more they say,
had come to burn the Flag that day.

A boy held up the folded Flag,
cursed it and called it a dirty rag.
A man pushed through the angry crowd,
with an old gun shouldered proud.

His uniform jacket was old and tight,
he had polished each button, shiny and bright.
He crossed the stage with military grace,
until he and the boy stood face to face.

Then the old man broke the silence.

"Freedom of speech, is worth dying for,
Good men are gone, they live no more.
All so you can stand on this courthouse lawn,
and ramble on from dusk to dawn.

But before the Flag gets burned today,
this old veteran is going to have his say.
My father died on a foreign shore,
in a war they said would end all wars.

Tommy and I weren't even full grown,
before we fought in a war of our own.
Tommy died on Iwo Jima's beach,
in the shadow of a hill he couldn't reach.

Where five good men raised this Flag so high,
that the whole world could see it fly.
I got this bum leg that I still drag,
fighting for this same old Flag.

There's but one shot in this old gun,
so now it's time to decide which one.
Which one of you will follow our lead,
to stand and die for what you believe?"

The boy who had called it a dirty rag,
handed the veteran the folded Flag.
The crowd got quiet as they walked away,
to talk about what they heard that day.

So the battle for the Flag this day was won,
by a loyal veteran with a single gun.
Who for one last time, had to show to some,
That these colors will never, never run.

It is the veteran, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the veteran, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the veteran, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the veteran, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the veteran, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the veteran, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the veteran, who salutes the Flag,
who serves under the Flag,
whose coffin is draped by the Flag.


God Bless our Veterans!


God Bless the USA!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sleep well, SouthernHawk! I hope you get to go home now. God bless you and LadyHawk good and thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Awwww!! What cute kitties!!

[StarCMC]

[Soaring Feather]

Protester


This poem is great.
I think it was set to music and sung by Johnny Cash.

[Kathy in Alaska]

HI E! I'm sorry I'm getting here so late. It rained most of the day today, but it got very warm, considering how cold it was getting, and it washed most of the snow off the mountains. It got up to 60°F today!

[StarCMC]

Hi bentfeather! I got it on email and just loved it! I had never heard it before, and was a little disappointed that there was no credit given to the author. But it sure is beautiful---and TRUE!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tomorrow is Coast Guard Day! Uniform pressed? Shoes shined? Beard trimmed? Ready to take on the day?

[HiJinx]

Been there, done that, just before we launched into Iraq.
Hang in there bro, you know it's worth it.

[Fawnn]

It got up to 60°F today!

We have a freeze advisory tonight! No snow here though, but I heard earlier they were getting some near Columbus. This is early for us! So much for global warming.... ;)

[Soaring Feather]

Hawk,

Sorry I missed you. I hope all is well with you and Lady.

I have been scarce around here too. Darned Wireless, Satellite Service is not what it's advertised to be.

If I don't keep my page moving I get dropped like a hot potato. :-(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad to meet you, LAN Doctor. Thanks for joining us in honoring our troops.

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off Drudge site

Report from ESPN Sportcenter Rush Limbaugh has volunteer resign from ESPN GIG

YEAH why they don't get rid of Joe Thieseman that one guy that I don't want hear jack from

Hey this same dude that got his leg broken on Monday Night football

LA Times in Thursday runs going reported expose on Arnold

Gee LA Times getting nervous

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi Aeronaut. The "s" got all washed away today. All day chinook!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Beach, I've missed you 2 days in a row. I was posting to you when all the power went out around the city. Did you get all your storm damage cleaned up?

[Kathy in Alaska]

ms feather.....HOW BE YA?