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

This is random but being a huge dog (animal) person I wanted to see if any of you guys have pets and what they are.

Ill start with my dog, Duncan is my Irish wheaten terrier, pardon the mess of a yard we are in the middle of a project.
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My wife and I haven't had a dog for a few years now. The picture is of our son and daughter in law's dog, Molly. She's a Vizsla (Hungarian pointer/retriever breed), about one year old now.

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This is our 5 yr old Maltese, Giada Girl. My wife named her after Giada di Laurentiis, the cooking show lady.
This photo was taken at Christmas time, and yes, she has her own chair.
She has to share it with our 2-1/2 yr old grandaughter when she comes over.

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I love animals. One of the numer one sources of happiness in my life. Later I will post up some photos.

I picked out a knife out of my drawer of 60 or so GEC knives. I want to give my friend one for helping. We were at the depot and a young lady asked him if he had a knife and he looked ashamed to say no. I had to cut her rope with my 85.

He is a simple hard working guy. Here is what I grabbed. A perfect example with zero issues.

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What do you guys think?
 
This last Jan. we lost our 9 1/2 year old Shepherd to illness

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and replaced(not the best term to use, I considered Candi irreplaceable) her with

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My wife Nettie fell in love with this little rug rat while I was at the Badger knife show this spring. I kinda like her also:D
 
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My constant companion...


Great dogs all...no matter the size or shape. :thumbup:
 
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Its coming along. 16" centers. Level and true. The last 5" of ramp will be connected with pivots and latches to be able to be folded out of the way for basement access.
 
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I have a dachshund (dapple long hair) and my kitty that I brought all the way from Australia with me. When I take him out to the woods and such he acts like a hunting dog lol
 
Hi Robert B.!

The Dachshund or dapple long hair (we in Germany call them Dackel) are pretty popular here. I don´t have a dog at all. Here they were used as home dogs and guard dogs (though they are small). But their main "field" to work was for hunting. In Germany they were used to hunt the European Badger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_badger Pretty big for such a dog. But they caught them. Really tough dogs. (I got bitten by an old Dackel at the age of 10 years - my aunt had a really old one. He was already 14 years old and deaf and blind.)

:)

Kind regards
Andi
 
Finished up last night around 11:30. The three 4x4's connected to the main deck are connected with 1/2" lag bolts. The last 4x4 at the end of the ramp is tamped three feet deep and is independent from the ramp. The last 5 feet of ramp are also independent and connected with bolts for easy removal to access the basement. All of the rough construction is done. The wood needs to dry before I move forward.

Here is it, solid as a ROCK.

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The best part is my grandmother's reaction! She called me this morning in the BEST mood! She went on and on and it could not have been a better reward. She has used it and loves it.

My buddy loves his knife and says it will be appreciated greatly.

Not bad for a couple kids just messing around huh ;)

Kevin
 
Hi Kevin!

Respect! That´s really nice. The function it will give to your grandma is the best at all.

"Not bad for a couple of kids just messing around..." is not the correct term, imo. I would tell it "Men did a great work!" :)

Well done!

I remember when I made something like this for my own grandma (died last year at the age of 92 :( ), she was pretty happy going around the house without stairs that would make the coming forward pretty difficult. When I´m old, I hope someone will build something like this for me.

Kind regards
Andi
 
Thank you Andi! I'm sorry about your grandma. You must miss her.

I think it will hold up well. Its all screw construction (4" coated) must have used close to 1000. We made it strong enough for a truck to drive on in the event she would end up in an electric wheel chair. The bricks under the main ramp are not for structure but to keep her daschund out from under :)

I thank you for the kind words Andi. I know you are very skilled so it means a lot.

Kevin
 
Picture of your cat is exceptional! (sorry for your loss) Like your dogs also
 
Drink lots of water!

Okay, since I have come to know and care about many of you as sort of an on line extended family, I have to pass on a warning from what I've been having a very painful lesson in. Kidney stones.

A month and a half ago I had a kidney stone incident, and had to have a surgical procedure to get it removed. It was too big to pass, and it became lodged in the utterer tube between the kidney and bladder. A 5mm by 7 mm stone. I guess I've never been one to do things in half measure. On the 29th of march they tried to get to it via the urinary tract with a laser, but it was a no go, so they put a stent in, and I went back on the 13th. This time they got it.

But...

Having went through all this, and going back on MOnday to have this last stent removed, I just want to preach to you all; DRINK LOTS OF WATER! Not coffee, ice tea, sodas, but water. I don't want any of you to go through what i've been going through for the last couple of weeks. It ain't worth it. I'd say it was a giant pain in the a$$, but that ain't the part of the anatomy that suffers. Opposite side. Anyways, it's been educational in what I've learned from the docs at the VA hospital. I thought I was doing myself a favor by drinking large quantities of ice tea, but now I learn that tea, in large amounts can contribute to kidney stones. So can a large amount of animal protean in the diet. Now that breaks my heart, because i love good BBQ, but I'm cutting back on all meat products in my diet, as well as tea.

I go back on Monday to have this last stent removed, (thats gonna be fun!:eek:) and hopefully I'll be done with this. But you all need to drink more water. Man, you don't want to be where I've been the past few weeks. Really!

Lots of water folks!

Carl.
 
Carl, I am glad you are doing better. Did they tell you what vegetables you stick to? Stay away from red meat?

I drink lots of water, but lots of diet flavored water also, gotta stay away from that. As far as iced tea goes, I was drinking about a half gallon a day of the Turkey Hill or Rutters diet tea. Glad I gave that up.

On another note, I have to put up some pics of my Three Stooges. I think they are in this thread somewhere, like page ten?
 
Hi Carl!

Bad to hear that! I hope, you´ll be very fine again, soon.

As you said - a lot of water! 100 % agreed. I use to drink roundabout 3 - 3,5 litres of water each day. And in the evening while writing here in BF or watching TV, I use to drink a beer or two ... ;)

I think, I add enough liquid to my body...

In summer it can be really hot in my job under that antiballistic vest I sweat very much. I use to drink much more.

Kind regards
Andi
 
Hi Robert B.!

The Dachshund or dapple long hair (we in Germany call them Dackel) are pretty popular here. I don´t have a dog at all. Here they were used as home dogs and guard dogs (though they are small). But their main "field" to work was for hunting. In Germany they were used to hunt the European Badger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_badger Pretty big for such a dog. But they caught them. Really tough dogs. (I got bitten by an old Dackel at the age of 10 years - my aunt had a really old one. He was already 14 years old and deaf and blind.)

:)

Kind regards
Andi

He is a real badger dog! the town I live there are at least 25 Dachshunds and a lot are not full breeds...even my mother in laws which has papers proving its lineage has very tame Dachshund features. Mine has massive front paws and can dig a hole over a foot deep in minutes! its crazy but I tell him to "get the badger" and he starts digging. :D He's only a baby at the moment and was the biggest of the litter, he's already bigger than his mother.

On another note here are some quick cell pics I took of some newspapers I found in the attic...these are from 1926 but so far I have found old magazines from 1910 and I am sure there are some from earlier. Problem is they sprayed in that fluffy insulation and I am slowly getting it all out, I uncovered a nice hardwood floor and many items from the early 1900s (house was made around 1890 - 1900 according to county records). I will try and get some better images up of the interesting articles and advertisements for "new" spring fashion which is from my favorite era.

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I am hoping I can find some advertisements for knives from that period but I have to go slow, they are so brittle and some have just turned to piles of dust almost. Time isn't forgiving.
 
Hi Robert!

I believe you in every word you say. I saw a Dackel in struggle with a Muskrat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat (we call them a Bisamratte). It took one minute and the muskrat was history. I say a shepherd dog (Deutscher Schäferhund) in struggle with the same animal - no chance. I´m glad these small guys are over the great ocean and protect your homes from invaders. They are hard to beat.

Kind regards
Andi
 
This is Kaya, my daughter's Australian Shepherd / German Shepherd mix, sitting in my wife's lap...sort of.
I call her "Thunderdog", because when she runs down the stairs, the entire house vibrates.

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