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Sourdough Pancakes 
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. ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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. 
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 
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