"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Seriously though. Spread across several generations over the decades going way back to the early comic book days.
 
Oh no! Talk about a major influence in my life...Stan Lee RIP.
My user name was picked pretty much on a whim. Was looking for something a little obscure because my first two tries at a username/handle were taken. I remembered the old legendary king and priest (Prester =presbyter= priest) from the East around the 12th or 13th century. But I probably first heard a reference to him in a Stan Lee written issue of "The Fantastic Four" from 1966.
May he rest in peace.
 
My user name was picked pretty much on a whim. Was looking for something a little obscure because my first two tries at a username/handle were taken. I remembered the old legendary king and priest (Prester =presbyter= priest) from the East around the 12th or 13th century. But I probably first heard a reference to him in a Stan Lee written issue of "The Fantastic Four" from 1966.
May he rest in peace.

As someone who has been interested in Ethiopian history and pre-history, I had wondered if your name might be a reference to the Solomonic Line of kings. I know that Europeans at least by the 1500's referred to the Ethiopian ruler as Prester John as a kind of generic term. I have certainly read older books on the archaeology of Ethiopia that claim that Prester John was originally an Ethiopian king, but it seems like there is no real agreement on the topic.
 
As someone who has been interested in Ethiopian history and pre-history, I had wondered if your name might be a reference to the Solomonic Line of kings. I know that Europeans at least by the 1500's referred to the Ethiopian ruler as Prester John as a kind of generic term. I have certainly read older books on the archaeology of Ethiopia that claim that Prester John was originally an Ethiopian king, but it seems like there is no real agreement on the topic.
I have also heard he was king of Abyssinia or India. He may be mentioned in "The Travels of Marco Polo"; I can't remember. I should do some research, as it is an interesting topic.
 
Weird weather. Usually a map like this could happen in September. But I've never seen this in November. No rain in the forecasts, either.

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Congrats on the posting milestone, Darren! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:
Hard for me to believe that you've only been on The Porch for 4 months! :eek:;)
Let's see, at the rate you're going, you'll have about 3K posts per year. This week Jack Black Jack Black hit 30K posts and I think that took him almost 13 years. You're on pace to hit 30k in 10 years!! :cool::thumbsup::D
Thanks for all your fine contributions, Darren! Your GEC database you started as a stats class project is phenomenal. Your photoshop thread is very entertaining (and as close to custom folders as I plan to come ;)). You've had a couple of very creative and interesting GAWs already, too IIRC. :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup::cool:

Greg was right in pointing out your palindromic achievement, too! :thumbsup:;) Palindromes are very interesting. I like 1991 and 2002 quarters; not many people in history have the privilege of living during TWO palindromic years in their lifetimes. (@btb01 pointed out to me that some 2002 quarters have Indiana as the state on the back, with an engraving of a RACECAR - get it?? Makes the hair on my arms stand up! :rolleyes:) I think if I ever buy a GEC knife, it will have to have a special release date (like my birthday or anniversary) or a special tang stamp, like a palindrome (if the Bull Nose from 2017 had a clip blade instead of a drop point it would have been 711117 - how cool is that?) or a special date (my birthday is December 19, and I expect there may be quite a number of 2-blade GECs with clip main made next year that will have a stamp xx1219 - be still my beating heart!!)

Anyway, keep posting, Darren!

- GT
I've always been disappointed in the word "palindrome" itself... palinilap seems to make more sense o_O
 
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