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

See now, here in Australia that runaway trolley thing just wouldn't happen.
Our trolleys are equipped with state of the art computer designed and engineered runaway proof wheels. Yes Sir our rolling stock is built to prevent accidents such as this from ever occurring.
"You Aussies are sooo smart
and innovative !"
I hear you say (in American accents obviously)" how do you achieve it?"
Well its not simply a matter of avoiding lightweight plastic carts .Ours are overbuilt from solid steel mesh,making them heavy and awkward to push.This prevents the elderly ,disabled or pregnant women with toddlers from ever reaching what we call "forward motion".Even during that often tricky descent down the ramp to the carpark our trolleys remain firmly inert, often requiring the help of a security guard,trolleydog or stray husband or scrum formation of all three to assist.
Our stringent quality controls ensure that no trolley leaves the factory with four working wheels. Each trolley must have at least
three wheels comprising two wobblers ,one that is seized and one that must never touch the ground.
Our trolleys are fully guaranteed never to runaway nor move at all in a forward direction until slammed as hard as possible into the other trolleys in the cart corral conveniently located in the carpark a minimum of 50 metres away from your vehicle.
AUSSIETROLL PTY.INC.
"Leading the world sideways down a ramp "
 
meako said:
See now, here in Australia that runaway trolley thing just wouldn't happen.
Our trolleys are equipped with state of the art computer designed and engineered runaway proof wheels. Yes Sir our rolling stock is built to prevent accidents such as this from ever occurring.
"You Aussies are sooo smart
and innovative !"
I hear you say (in American accents obviously)" how do you achieve it?"
Well its not simply a matter of avoiding lightweight plastic carts .Ours are overbuilt from solid steel mesh,making them heavy and awkward to push.This prevents the elderly ,disabled or pregnant women with toddlers from ever reaching what we call "forward motion".Even during that often tricky descent down the ramp to the carpark our trolleys remain firmly inert, often requiring the help of a security guard,trolleydog or stray husband or scrum formation of all three to assist.
Our stringent quality controls ensure that no trolley leaves the factory with four working wheels. Each trolley must have at least
three wheels comprising two wobblers ,one that is seized and one that must never touch the ground.
Our trolleys are fully guaranteed never to runaway nor move at all in a forward direction until slammed as hard as possible into the other trolleys in the cart corral conveniently located in the carpark a minimum of 50 metres away from your vehicle.
AUSSIETROLL PTY.INC.
"Leading the world sideways down a ramp "
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:thumbsup: OK! Until now I never have been able to read the little letters after "built under license..." on those we use here. Now I know, many thanks! :rolleyes:
 
meako said:
See now, here in Australia that runaway trolley thing just wouldn't happen.
Our trolleys are equipped with state of the art computer designed and engineered runaway proof wheels. Yes Sir our rolling stock is built to prevent accidents such as this from ever occurring.
"You Aussies are sooo smart
and innovative !"
I hear you say (in American accents obviously)" how do you achieve it?"
Well its not simply a matter of avoiding lightweight plastic carts .Ours are overbuilt from solid steel mesh,making them heavy and awkward to push.This prevents the elderly ,disabled or pregnant women with toddlers from ever reaching what we call "forward motion".Even during that often tricky descent down the ramp to the carpark our trolleys remain firmly inert, often requiring the help of a security guard,trolleydog or stray husband or scrum formation of all three to assist.
Our stringent quality controls ensure that no trolley leaves the factory with four working wheels. Each trolley must have at least
three wheels comprising two wobblers ,one that is seized and one that must never touch the ground.
Our trolleys are fully guaranteed never to runaway nor move at all in a forward direction until slammed as hard as possible into the other trolleys in the cart corral conveniently located in the carpark a minimum of 50 metres away from your vehicle.
AUSSIETROLL PTY.INC.
"Leading the world sideways down a ramp "
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Thanks for the laugh :D:D:thumbsup:
 
Laugh? LAUGH???
You think this is funny?
Maybe you think this is funny too...smart guys...
Our bus stops are specifically designed with passenger safety foremost.
We consulted with former members of committees involved in escaping from ww2 prisoner of war camps. These battle hardened tacticians instructed that the stops be constructed in such a way that no body should linger suspiciously in one place. They simultaneously appear to be a shelter and yet completely exposed to the elements.
Lighting is also important. Maximum darkness is paramount. All stops are positioned at optimum distance between any annoying streetlights. A baffling array of other signage, lifesized portraits of real estate agents or lawyers ,telegraph poles, bins etc provide excellent cover for the wannabe passengers to remain undetected.
Simply brilliant.
 
meako said:
See now, here in Australia that runaway trolley thing just wouldn't happen.
Our trolleys are equipped with state of the art computer designed and engineered runaway proof wheels. Yes Sir our rolling stock is built to prevent accidents such as this from ever occurring.
"You Aussies are sooo smart
and innovative !"
I hear you say (in American accents obviously)" how do you achieve it?"
Well its not simply a matter of avoiding lightweight plastic carts .Ours are overbuilt from solid steel mesh,making them heavy and awkward to push.This prevents the elderly ,disabled or pregnant women with toddlers from ever reaching what we call "forward motion".Even during that often tricky descent down the ramp to the carpark our trolleys remain firmly inert, often requiring the help of a security guard,trolleydog or stray husband or scrum formation of all three to assist.
Our stringent quality controls ensure that no trolley leaves the factory with four working wheels. Each trolley must have at least
three wheels comprising two wobblers ,one that is seized and one that must never touch the ground.
Our trolleys are fully guaranteed never to runaway nor move at all in a forward direction until slammed as hard as possible into the other trolleys in the cart corral conveniently located in the carpark a minimum of 50 metres away from your vehicle.
AUSSIETROLL PTY.INC.
"Leading the world sideways down a ramp "
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Jolipapa said:
:thumbsup: OK! Until now I never have been able to read the little letters after "built under license..." on those we use here. Now I know, many thanks! :rolleyes:
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I'm headed to the grocery store this morning, and always fear that I'll get one of the carts imported from Australia! :(:thumbsdown:

- GT
 
Given the option, I would not choose to roll back the clock, but age does take its toll. I just picked up my first pair of progressive focals from the eye doctor. I’m looking forward to having the option of avoiding the on-off-on-off routine with my reading glasses and think they’ll be great for whittling and other projects, but, woah, they are going to take some getting used to. Hopefully that won’t take too long....

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WhittlinAway said:
Given the option, I would not choose to roll back the clock, but age does take its toll. I just picked up my first pair of progressive focals from the eye doctor. I’m looking forward to having the option of avoiding the on-off-on-off routine with my reading glasses and think they’ll be great for whittling and other projects, but, woah, they are going to take some getting used to. Hopefully that won’t take too long....

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Was in my early 40s when I first got progresssive lenses [Optometrist: "You're at that age....". Me: "What do you mean?"] You should get used to them in a couple of days. ;)
 
WhittlinAway said:
Given the option, I would not choose to roll back the clock, but age does take its toll. I just picked up my first pair of progressive focals from the eye doctor. I’m looking forward to having the option of avoiding the on-off-on-off routine with my reading glasses and think they’ll be great for whittling and other projects, but, woah, they are going to take some getting used to. Hopefully that won’t take too long....

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I got my first pair of progressives a couple of months ago. I find them much more useful than the old bifocals, the lower pane of which never seemed to be in focus with anything.
 
scrteened porch said:
I got my first pair of progressives a couple of months ago. I find them much more useful than the old bifocals, the lower pane of which never seemed to be in focus with anything.
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I agree with Jer. :thumbsup::thumbsup: The old line-in-the-middle bifocals were a nightmare for me that I could never get used to. :( When I switched to progressives, it was a life-changer :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup: whose only negative was the loss of some peripheral acuity. (Back when I got my progressives, I was playing golf fairly frequently in the summer, and the new lenses helped my golf game, too. I think I did a better job of "keeping my head down" because I HAD to to get the ball in the upper part of the lenses where it was in focus.

Greg, just be careful on the stairs for a couple of days! ;):D

- GT
 
First i just have tell you meako meako I love reading your post.
I've been busy the last couple of weeks and haven't posted much here but I think things have slowed down well at my age things actually just stop. My daughter and her family came over tonight with a Christmas tree and put it up. Her oldest daughter turned 13 today they sure grow up fast.

I bought a couple of knives from Andrew (@traumkommode) today he had listed on the exchange. He lives within a couple of miles from me so we met this morning it was a 99 and a Cattaraugus Sleeve Board Whittler model# cm-14.
The Cattaraugus is an unbelievably nice knife. It was made in Japan in 1990 and from the quality of the knife my guess is Seki. They have a long tradition of sword makers and now their descendants are making some incredible knives. These were commissioned by AG Russell for The Knife Collectors Club from what I've read AG Russell started this club in 1970 and has been commissioning premium knives for them for years.. I'm not positive about the blade steel other than it is some type of stainless. The covers IMO are gorgeous and the acorn shield is pretty cool I have to say the fit and finish are flawless. I'm going on the hunt for some more of the Knife Collectors Club knives. This is Andrew's picture I took from his exchange post.
Oh yea I liked the Wall Street also. :D

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I've worn standard bifocals for the last 25 years or so. Due to my astigmatism the "closeup" focus area of progressive lenses would be so small as to require me to sweep my head back and forth when reading a printed page.

Hmmm... "age hath its privileges." pppfffttt. Forget that stuff, let's turn back the clock instead.
 
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