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

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The salt would raise the boiling temperature a bit.

 

[Prester John]

The salt would raise the boiling temperature a bit.

That's okay. I salt everything. Except pizza. And sushi.

 

[5K Qs]

I seem to have developed a tradition of ordering some knives on Black Friday that serve as Christmas/birthday gifts for me. I did it again this year, and one of the knives I ordered was a Joker stag lockback. The box arrived, but it did NOT contain a knife. It DID contain the object pictured below; anyone know what it is?? Thanks!



- GT

 

[Prester John]

I seem to have developed a tradition of ordering some knives on Black Friday that serve as Christmas/birthday gifts for me. I did it again this year, and one of the knives I ordered was a Joker stag lockback. The box arrived, but it did NOT contain a knife. It DID contain the object pictured below; anyone know what it is?? Thanks!
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- GT

This is not a joke, is it?

 

[1066vik]

looks like a sight base for a pistol or rifle.

 

[meako]

i grew up on the BHBs ...to this day I have never known what grits are...nor vittels for that matter..so tell me.

 

[meako]

scope mount? Looks like someone has "rifled" the packages at the store and got themselves a nice Joker knife and replaced the box with something of approximately equal weight. NOT cool.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

i grew up on the BHBs ...to this day I have never known what grits are...nor vittels for that matter..so tell me.

Grits is basically ground corn boiled, a southern U.S. staple. I personally don't care for grits actually ( blasphemy for a southerner ) Ain't nothing but boiled chicken starter feed to me lol. Vittles is just slang for food in general. A corruption of the word victual. An old word for prepared food again mostly a southern U.S. thing

 

[meako]

whhheee doggies Hillbilly thank ye Sir.

 

[Prester John]

whhheee doggies Hillbilly thank ye Sir.

Was about to answer you, but a real hillbilly beat me to it!
I think Jed was saying "well, doggies!", stretching out the "well." Unless David knows better!

 

[WhittlinAway]

Happy Independence Day to our members in Finland.

 

[Peregrin]

Happy Independence Day to our members in Finland.

I'll echo that sentiment! Happy Independence Day! 101 years, if what I read is accurate.

 

[Grateful]

Grits is basically ground corn boiled, a southern U.S. staple. I personally don't care for grits actually ( blasphemy for a southerner ) Ain't nothing but boiled chicken starter feed to me lol. Vittles is just slang for food in general. A corruption of the word victual. An old word for prepared food again mostly a southern U.S. thing

I didn’t like grits the first time I tried them but after spending a few months in Mississippi I learned to love them. That was years ago and I still really like them.

 

[r redden]

Grits is basically ground corn boiled, a southern U.S. staple. I personally don't care for grits actually ( blasphemy for a southerner ) Ain't nothing but boiled chicken starter feed to me lol. Vittles is just slang for food in general. A corruption of the word victual. An old word for prepared food again mostly a southern U.S. thing

whhheee doggies Hillbilly thank ye Sir.

Was about to answer you, but a real hillbilly beat me to it!
I think Jed was saying "well, doggies!", stretching out the "well." Unless David knows better!

David I'm here for you son don't let this bunch push you around. Being born, raised and still living in the southern Appalachian Mountains right or wrong I'm on your side we got to stick together and yes we do tote shotguns and drink "licker" around here.
Here's some pictures of your sophisticated back up around here but we are a little south of WV.

 

[sunnyd]

I didn’t like grits the first time I tried them but after spending a few months in Mississippi I learned to love them. That was years ago and I still really like them.

A little salt & pepper is the way I take my grits and I mean real southern grits, not the instant kind..

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

David I'm here for you son don't let this bunch push you around. Being born, raised and still living in the southern Appalachian Mountains right or wrong I'm on your side we got to stick together and yes we do tote shotguns and drink "licker" around here.
Here's some pictures of your sophisticated back up around here but we are a little south of WV.

Thems my kinda people! Guns,jeeps and family, don't get no better

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Happy independence to our Finnish friends

Edit: One of my favorite YouTube channels is Finnish ,Hydraulic Press Channel & their other channel Beyond The Press. Warning Luari's english slang is a bit salty lol

 

[5K Qs]

This is not a joke, is it?

It sure wasn't a joke to me, Vince, when I opened the box and found unexpected contents!

looks like a sight base for a pistol or rifle.

scope mount? Looks like someone has "rifled" the packages at the store and got themselves a nice Joker knife and replaced the box with something of approximately equal weight. NOT cool.

Thanks for the info, guys. I know little about guns, and nothing about scopes, but one of my conjectures was that the thing was some kind of mounting bracket, and gun sights/scopes crossed my mind. meako , I agree it's not cool at all, and the switch wasn't even close in weight. When I pulled that Joker box out of the USPS flat-rate box, I immediately thought, "There's NOT a knife in this box!" It felt empty to me; I'm a little surprised the person filling the order didn't notice anything fishy when he/she grabbed that box.

- GT

 

[r redden]

A little salt & pepper is the way I take my grits and I mean real southern grits, not the instant kind..

I've been eating grits all my life and love them with salt, pepper and butter some folks like them with butter and sugar. Sometimes I indulge myself with my favorite breakfast from my childhood eggs, country cured ham, biscuits, redeye gravy and grits. I just decided what to have for breakfast tomorrow.

 

[sunnyd]

I've been eating grits all my life and love them with salt, pepper and butter some folks like them with butter and sugar. Sometimes I indulge myself with my favorite breakfast from my childhood eggs, country cured ham, biscuits, redeye gravy and grits. I just decided what to have for breakfast tomorrow.

Now that is a mess of great eat'n vittles!.