USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 15 October 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Radix]

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday October 15, 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.

SISYPHEAN

Of or relating to an endless and ineffective task.

This one comes straight out of Greek myth. Sisyphus was a king of Corinth, a son of Aeolus (the ruler of the winds, hence our word aeolian for something produced by or borne on the wind). In later legend he was the father of Odysseus or Ulysses. His name actually meant “crafty” in Greek: he was noted for his deception and he’s the equivalent in Greek folklore of the master trickster who turns up in many folk beliefs, such as Coyote in American Indian mythology. He even managed to cheat Death the first time around, surviving the experience to live to a ripe old age. In Greek legend Sisyphus was punished in Hades for his misdeeds in life by being condemned eternally to roll a heavy stone up a hill. As he neared the top, the stone rolled down again, so that his labour was everlasting and futile. The word first appeared in English in the middle of the seventeenth century. It isn’t used much these days because so few people understand the reference to classical literature.

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Happy Birthday

Virgil 70 B.C.

Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate,
  And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate,
  Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore.
  Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore,

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Happy Birthday

Friedrich Nietzsche 1844

Thus Spake Zarathustra.

2001 a Space Odyssey.

more.

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Happy Birthday

Mario Puzo 1920

Godfather.

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the
on-line pumpkin carving site

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Happy Birthday

Lee Iacocca 1924.

I am an excellent driver.

Lee Iacocca's next venture into electric vehicles, the Lido NEV, offers both style and function in a proven platform.

 

 

 

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Proglottids

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Happy Birthday

Jim Palmer 1945

We are counting cards.

3-time Cy Young Award winner (1973,75-76); won 20 or more games 8 times with Baltimore; 1991 comeback attempt at age 45 scrubbed in spring training.

Ball Four.

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Would you like a Halloween Screensaver with your pancakes?

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On this day:

1968 - Led Zeppelin made its performance debut in England.

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1860 - Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.

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1917 - Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad. Hari was a Dutch dancer that had spied for the Germans.

The very name of Mata Hari has become synonymous with spying, espionage, intrigue, and sensuality.

 

Excuse me, but her top reminds me of pancakes!

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Sin, cosin, every where a sin.

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1998 - James Woods received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

One of Hollywood's most intense supporting and leading actors, James Woods has built a distinguished career on stage, screen, and television. Early in his career, Woods, with his lean body, close-set eyes, and narrow, acne-scarred face, specialized in playing sociopaths, psychopaths, and other crazed villains.

I honestly admire you James Woods.

"It's just a bunch of old shit - all these guys pretending to be a radish."

Just in case you missed it, the James Woods quote site is here below linked.

http://www.hillebrander.de/woods/quotes.htm

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[minor49er]

Good Morning everyone!!! Good Morning troops!!! Here is today's humor attempt!!


Gerrad bought a computer, even though he had never even used a typewriter before. After investigating the computer, he decided to call the help line. A friendly voice explained step by step how his new machine worked. All went well until the voice told him to press the space bar. After studying the keyboard, Gerrad said; "I've got the latest model and it doesn't have a space bar." But after further explanation, he managed to find it.

A week later, Gerrad again had problems and called the help line. An instructor was then sent to his house for training. But after a few minutes, Gerrad's head was spinning. "You don't need to go any further," he sighed, I don't understand a thing."

To cheer him up, the instructor said: "Hey, there are people who understand a lot less than you. Last week we had someone on the phone who didn't even know where the space bar was!"

[Kathy in Alaska]

[minor49er]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!
WOO HOO!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ppaul, for bringing more pancakes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, TM, for leaving coffee in the good china before you leave. Have a safe trip.

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

 

 

[tomkow6]

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

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good job with humor this morning, minor. I'm headed to bed for a couple hours here shortly.

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

An older couple is lying in bed one morning, having just awakened from a good night's sleep.

He takes her hand and she responds, "Don't touch me!"

"Why not?" he asks.

She answers back, "Because I'm dead."

The husband says, "What are you talking about? We're both lying here in bed together and talking to one another."

She says, "No, I'm definitely dead."

He insists, "You're not dead. What in the world makes you think you're dead?"

"Because nothing hurts."

[Kathy in Alaska]

[tomkow6]

 

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[minor49er]

Thanks. Thank you for helping to keep the canteen alive.
Good Night!! Or..er..Good Morning.
Whatever!! Sweet Dreams!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

 

Bless this house O Lord we pray; 
Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out: 
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, 
Let thy peace lie over all;
 Bless this door, that it may prove 
ever open to joy and love. 

 

Bless these windows shining bright, 
Letting in God's heav'nly light; 
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, 
with smoke ascending like a prayer; 
Bless the folk who dwell within, 
keep them pure and free from sin; 
Bless us all that we may be 
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee; 
Bless us all that one day we 
May dwell O Lord with thee. 

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[tomkow6]

For our Canteen WAFFLE Specialist, MR. RADIX,
Catch 

Pancakes on Wednesdays

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!

[Fawnn]

Kathy in Alaska!!! #50!!!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Kathy.(HUGS)How are things in Alaska?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Pancakes morning, Tom! Good Pancakes morning Patriotic Pattie!

[tomkow6]

Morning, Ma! Thought you were going to bed?