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

[meako]

Sorry bout that.
Operator error.

 

[screened porch]

The liver might need some food-coloring.

 

[5K Qs]

Hmm all this talk about soup makes me hungry Can I pick two favorites? Mustard soup and Snert ( a version of split pea soup), the latter especially when the days are getting colder, like today
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The Snert looks fantastic, Mark!

This morning I am thankful for rain.

Very understandable, Greg.

For many years now, my little California town of Loomis hosts The Day Before Thanksgiving Day Parade. it's a beloved town tradition. It's so much fun and filled with local merchants, dancers, floats, and of course the World Famous Del Oro Golden Eagle Marching Band. Thought you might all like to see a few of the sites going into this holiday...
Hope you enjoyed the pictures and I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

I certainly enjoyed the pics, John; thanks for the "pure Americana"!

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I've got to make the traditional Thanksgiving chopped liver. I'm drawing a blank as to how to sculpt it this year. Any suggestions?...

The problem is, I don't want to repeat myself. I've done pilgrim's hat, cornucopia, turkeys both live and dressed, pretty much all the Thanksgiving themes. Sphinx might work...we can start eating from the nose....

Rachel the photos you've actually posted here, while impressive, have NOT been holiday themed IMHO. Do you have the freedom to express yourself through representations of whatever you choose, with no preconceptions on the part of your fellow celebrants? If so, may I suggest one or more of the five Platonic solids (or regular polyhedra)? I have my students build models of these each semester, and suggest to fall semester students that the models can be used as Christmas tree ornaments at the end of the semester. They just seem to me (and to Plato) to be all-purpose party polyhedra!

...We don't have Thanksgiving Day here (just Black Friday ), but I am certainly thankful for all the great friendships here, and for all the great new members we've had over the past year. I hope you and all your families have a wonderful Thanksgiving

+5K!! Well-said, Jack!

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Thanks, Jack. Same to you. The years do seem to fly by faster and faster, don't they?

They say life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer it gets to the end the faster it goes.

I was going to explain the perceived acceleration of the years as we age in terms of the shrinking percentage of our lifetimes that each year represents as we get older, but Dave's "word picture" is worth a thousand calculations!

- GT

 

[dc50]

I was going to explain the perceived acceleration of the years as we age in terms of the shrinking percentage of our lifetimes that each year represents as we get older, but Dave's "word picture" is worth a thousand calculations!

 

[Jolipapa]

r8shell may I suggest an all Aussie chopped liver in the form of Uluru or Ayers Rock....the largest single stone monolith in the world...or to put it simply...a big rock.
Educational and... time consuming to sculpt with all those details to be added...just a thought...Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving all my American buddies.

The Mount Rushmore... ?

 

[Prester John]

r8shell..How about Uluru for a liver sculpt?
The worlds largest single stone monolith...or put simply the worlds biggest rock.

• Look at the detail, the nuances of colour and erosion....it could take hours to sculpt .
• And itooks like liver.
• Yum.

But who would recognize it? Everyone knows la Tour Eiffel.

 

[Prester John]

Hey! I resemble that remark (see writing on bottom--no pun intended--of poster). Men know how to change the toilet paper roll.

 

[dc50]

Hey! I resemble that remark (see writing on bottom--no pun intended--of poster). Men know how to change the toilet paper roll.

All I know is it should be hung so the paper comes from the top.

 

[Prester John]

All I know is it should be hung so the paper comes from the top.

But I can't remember whether to leave the seat up or down.

 

[dc50]

But I can't remember whether to leave the seat up or down.

I'm thinking we should let 5K Qs answer that, he may have some insightful answers to this age-old question.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Well, it certainly looks interesting! I'm the potato-peeling turkey stuffer in my family, and I love it. Happy Thanksgiving!

My Bro'n'law found out one year, (while cooking a turkey on top of a homemade 55gal drum stove, in deer camp) that a turkey stuffed with regular spuds and sweet 'taters makes a turkey so moist and juicy the meat falls off the bone. We had put the taters around the bird in the roasting pan, but at the last minute he decided to quarter up some and stick them in it to. When we opened the pan that evening after returning to camp the bird was golden brown. I was on knife sharpening duty(as usual I'm THAT guy in my family lol) so I hand off the freshly hair poppin sharp old hickory and the big fork to him. When he went to slice into the breast, that whole side just slid off the bone. The knife I'd made sure was "split atoms" sharp barely cut into the skin. We figured out as the potatoes inside cooked, they in turn steam cooked the bird from the inside. Now its tradition to stuff it with potatoes. They are in Bath county Virginia now, unfortunately I'm in North Carolina. But its all good as I told them to go. They'd offered to miss their favorite hunting time to stay home so I could drive up and visit. They live 3 hours from me, but Bath co. just to far at this time. Anyways, I've developed a serious head cold anyhow barely could talk today. I'm probably spending most of tomorrow at home doing some R&R .Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, and be safe

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

I'll give the seat up or down a go. Answer is down, however lower the lid as well.

 

[JohnDF]

Seat down at home
Seat up in public (guys are pigs)

 

[WhittlinAway]

I love dividers. I wish I’d learned about them in my high school shop class rather than in my late 30s from a computer programming conference talk of all places. It would have saved me so much grief and frustration laying out woodworking projects.

I use them now for a lot of whittling project layouts and when cutting down practice sticks into smaller pieces. The other day I wanted to divide a 12” stick into 7 equally sized pieces. No sweat with a pair of dividers. But, try it with a ruler.

Tonight they paired up with a Camillus punch as a tag team while I was on picture hanging duty.

The dividers located and marked the positions for screws, copying from previous frames, and the punch started the holes. After that I used the dividers to duplicate the spacing of an existing grid pattern as I added three new frames. Dividers, punch, level. Quick, easy, and no ruler necessary. Doesn’t get much more traditional than that.

If you’ve never used them, treat yourself to an inexpensive pair and learn to use them. I’m pretty sure most folks who hang out on the porch would appreciate their simplicity and versatility.

Incidentally, if you are trying to hang a bunch of pictures in a grid layout, the beehive picture hangers are a lifesaver.

 

[meako]

Suddenly Im imagining r8shell constructing a life sized Uluru in the backyard ala Richsrd Dreyfuss in Close Encounters with the Devils Tower....and thats a lot of liver.

 

[r8shell]

A "Peace" symbol seems appropriate

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I like the idea.

Rachel the photos you've actually posted here, while impressive, have NOT been holiday themed IMHO. Do you have the freedom to express yourself through representations of whatever you choose, with no preconceptions on the part of your fellow celebrants? If so, may I suggest one or more of the five Platonic solids (or regular polyhedra)? I have my students build models of these each semester, and suggest to fall semester students that the models can be used as Christmas tree ornaments at the end of the semester. They just seem to me (and to Plato) to be all-purpose party polyhedra!

Suddenly Im imagining r8shell constructing a life sized Uluru in the backyard ala Richsrd Dreyfuss in Close Encounters with the Devils Tower....and thats a lot of liver.

The Mount Rushmore... ?

Thanks for the compliments and suggestions, guys.
The limiting factor is that it needs to be a bas relief. I'm too much of a purist to use any armature, so it can't be too three dimensional. In fact, I'm leaning toward doing a depiction of the flat earth.

 

[Henry Beige]

I like the idea.





Thanks for the compliments and suggestions, guys.
The limiting factor is that it needs to be a bas relief. I'm too much of a purist to use any armature, so it can't be too three dimensional. In fact, I'm leaning toward doing a depiction of the flat earth.

With special attention to the outer edges. “There be dragons.”

 

[veitsi_poika]

Thanksgiving Limerick

Often we feel our life is stressed,
each day we're feeling hard pressed.
Well when a day like today
is spent in a good way,
you might just see that your blessed

Thanks to all my Porch Friends around the world

 

[zolthar]

The Snert looks fantastic, Mark!
- GT

Thanks GT!

 

[jc57]

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving, porch friends! I don't drop in and post as much as I used to, but I still lurk around. Hope everyone who celebrates today as a holiday has an enjoyable time with friends, family, or just a day off from work.

I'm off today and spending the day at home with my wife and cats. Since we're only cooking for the two of us, we're just roasting a chicken and having a few side dishes to go along with it. It's a beautiful sunny day here in the southern US with a high expected to be around 60° F. I'm having morning coffee right now after a light breakfast, and may go out for a 2-3 mile walk in the nearby park.

The holiday season is the busiest time of year where I work and I pulled the worst possible week to be on 24x7 call for my team (starting tomorrow) so I am going to relax and enjoy today because the next week is going to be full on HECK (that's for Frank). It won't let up again until Dec 23rd when we get Santa's sleigh fully loaded for the last deliveries. Being one of his elves is not a picnic this time of year.