2015, the snarkiest year yet!

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Mike that thing is awesome bud!! Any stamps on the bottom or anything? Just say made in mexico? Really cool lighter man!!

Staying lit without having to hold a button is always a plus. There's no telling how many times i have burned myself with a Bic, but thats not an issue with this old boy. Or a zippo either for that matter LOL
 
worldwood said:
You should see what i can do with full sized tools.
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Eh, overrated.

This mini-stein, for example, is utterly beerish. Reminds me of drinking in McSorley's in NYC minus the peanut shells, wrecked old furniture, and grumpy service. So lookit that: mini stein even improves McSorley's! Got a whole set that are usually forgotten behind other stuff. And being mini, I get to fill it twice for every beer. Double your fun. Love it.

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worldwood said:
Mike that thing is awesome bud!! Any stamps on the bottom or anything? Just say made in mexico? Really cool lighter man!!

Staying lit without having to hold a button is always a plus. There's no telling how many times i have burned myself with a Bic, but thats not an issue with this old boy. Or a zippo either for that matter LOL
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Stamp on the bottom reads:
STERLING
MEXICO

It is pretty cool, thanks.The gasket for the filler plug is a little dried out, but hey - it still works. The fluid will evaporate out if I don't use it....and I finally put a new flint in it - the other one was in it when I got it 25+ years ago, IIRC - but it still amazes me every time I use it. Probably wasn't even that expensive, relatively speaking, because my grandmother was also pretty frugal. Sometimes I wonder at the places it's been. My mom was born in Germany, moved to France, then Switzerland before leaving from Portugal for the U.S., stopped in Havana (used to be an entry port for the States!), were denied entry and lived in Mexico City waiting to immigrate, which they finally did when my mom was 7 years old! She knew how to speak 4 languages by the time she came here, but quit speaking German the day they set foot in the country. Certainly gives me pause to think....
 
That's awesome GSOM!

Really looking forward to this weekend. Every year my scout troop goes to a thing called trappers rendezvous in Harvy county Kansas. It's a camp out with almost 7000 scouts were everyone gets together and trades for anything from knives to beaver fetuses ( not even joking, friend got one a couple years ago) it's were I got my SAK farmer. They also have scout masters who will dress up as famous mountain men and tell their stories, such as Hugh glass and john culter. They also have tents set up where they sell traditional hawks , knives flintlocks and other items
 
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?? What are beaver fetuses used for? Or maybe it's better if you just don't tell me? Either way, ewwww...
 
gmoneyluv said:
Agreed! I think it will be easier if I don't have to drive to a motel room!
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Last year, Ang found a good deal on a hotel that included shuttle service to/from the convention center. Getting picked up on schedule and driven safely/soberly back to one's hotel has a lot of advantages. Mostly, not getting lost and winding up in jail.

I strongly recommend that kind of service, especially if you're the kind of lunatic who routinely carries several knives and not one, but two bottles of 100-proof bourbon.
So, there's that...

FFS, do not ever, I mean EVER ask Moose or Guyon for directions. I love 'em dearly but gawwwddang... they're both more useless than brass tits on an iron bull in a lightning storm when it comes to that ... In fact, they're even worse than useless - they're sincerely dangerous. Those dicks had me wandering around lost in a neighborhood that... let's just say, I was sincerely uncomfortable. :grumpy:

I nearly had to fight mano-a-mano with a whole bunch of very rowdy Busse reps and fanboys who really did not want me at their private party. They seemed kind of pissed-off that I chunked my face and pockets full of the shrimp and crab-legs they had laid out on the buffet.

Anyhoo, I escaped that fiasco without getting my legs handed to me, and finally made it to the party in the Pit, thanks mostly to my navigator. That's a whole other story... a greasy, loud, disturbing story that civilized human beans really don't need to hear.

Put your faith in the local cab/shuttle guy.
 
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Doc_Savage said:
Can't be too strict... They let Murph stay in the hotels... I think. Hell, Todd may just pitch an old dirty shirt outside his room for Murph to curl up on, now that I think about it.


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Lol, I have a cousin that has a 5,000 square ft. house 3 miles away from the Blade show. He travels a lot and even if hes not there gives me to keys to the place for Blade weekend, pretty sweet deal. Its about a $5. Taxi trip, so Gus, thats something you might want to consider is getting a place close enough that you can get a cab so you can strap one on at night.
Might also consider a doggie day car type of place, im sure Atlanta is filled with them.
I would be happy to take Oz in at my cousins place, but I already have Murph and Erik (1066Vik) with me so I've already at my wild animal quota.

Actually, true story, the first year we went to Blade, I had to stop Murph from shooting my cousins trash can...... no shit! I guess us cornfed Indiana country boys aren't used to seeing automated trash collectors. :confused:

However, I cant give him too much crap, the next morning I wanted to shoot the coffee maker. I couldn't figure that bastard out to save my life. Too high tech for me.
 
TMHunt said:
Actually, true story, the first year we went to Blade, I had to stop Murph from shooting my cousins trash can...... no shit! I guess us cornfed Indiana country boys aren't used to seeing automated trash collectors. :confused:

However, I cant give him too much crap, the next morning I wanted to shoot the coffee maker. I couldn't figure that bastard out to save my life. Too high tech for me.
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In my defense, the trash can was some kind of R2D2 type automatic contraption.
 
TMHunt said:
Lol, I have a cousin that has a 5,000 square ft. house 3 miles away from the Blade show. He travels a lot and even if hes not there gives me to keys to the place for Blade weekend, pretty sweet deal. Its about a $5. Taxi trip, so Gus, thats something you might want to consider is getting a place close enough that you can get a cab so you can strap one on at night.
Might also consider a doggie day car type of place, im sure Atlanta is filled with them.
I would be happy to take Oz in at my cousins place, but I already have Murph and Erik (1066Vik) with me so I've already at my wild animal quota.

Actually, true story, the first year we went to Blade, I had to stop Murph from shooting my cousins trash can...... no shit! I guess us cornfed Indiana country boys aren't used to seeing automated trash collectors. :confused:

However, I cant give him too much crap, the next morning I wanted to shoot the coffee maker. I couldn't figure that bastard out to save my life. Too high tech for me.
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Good advice, Todd! Will look into those options.
 
So who's gonna try this pank on people, LOL.
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Ha! Idea #3 that I've read today that would get me fired!
 
I haven't been round to the local gun shops is some time. Think I might make my rounds and see if I can rustle up a deal or two.
 
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