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

RayseM said:
FYI - Here is a COVID-19 discussion that tells you what is real and what ain't. Long listen - and, as I've said on another thread - I expected to blow it off after 10 minutes. Rather, I was drawn in for the entire 1-1/2 hours, fascinating and informative all the way through - just 2 guys talking but what they had to say...

CHECK IT OUT


Stay safe my brothers & sisters.

Wash your face and don't touch your hands. :thumbsup: o_O :D
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Michael Osterholm has been well-known in Minnesota for years, always making good sense about matters of public health.
 
Jack Black said:
Blimey! :eek: I imagine you're glad to have retired ;) :thumbsup:

In the 1980's Sheffield City Council decided they were going to dig up two thirds of the old General Cemetery, and grass it over. There were a huge number of objections, and it was even debated in the national press. Having ripped up the old graves and monuments, things turned farcical when the council sowed the wrong kind of seeds, and were visited with a plague of cabbages! :rolleyes:



Wise words :thumbsup:
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And who would want to eat corpse cabbages?
Well, actually, goths, maybe. Are there still goths?
 
Goths :)...and Emos:D:D:D:rolleyes:.
Havent seen any for a while ...but they tend to shun old seaside towns far away. This from a few years ago..
 
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Jack Black said:
Blimey! :eek: I imagine you're glad to have retired ;) :thumbsup:

In the 1980's Sheffield City Council decided they were going to dig up two thirds of the old General Cemetery, and grass it over. There were a huge number of objections, and it was even debated in the national press. Having ripped up the old graves and monuments, things turned farcical when the council sowed the wrong kind of seeds, and were visited with a plague of cabbages! :rolleyes:



Wise words :thumbsup:
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Har har!! - At least Cabbage is good for you!!:D
 
Governor Whitmer has closed our bars and restaurants!
We'll just have to do our first Mom's birthday dinner without Mom at a later date.

I think I missed some security at the hospital today. (I got my lipid panel a little early, in the hope of avoiding the stacks of bodies to come.) Somebody in the elevator said getting into the hospital was like getting into a night club. He was wearing a sticky paper badge, and I was not. I suspect the access from the top of the parking ramp was meant to be locked, but somebody miscounted the floors.

Anyway, I got out again, the same way I got in.

I'm hoping to get off the atorvastatin so I can eat grapefruit again.
 
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meako said:
Goths :)...and Emos:D:D:D:rolleyes:.
Havent seen any for a while ...but they tend to shun old seaside towns far away. This from a few years ago..
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r8shell said:
Big difference between Emos and Goths!
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Well, I learned something new- I'd never heard of emos.

I'm a Kierkegaard fan, though.
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Six of the nine counties that comprise the San Francisco Bay Area have ordered their residents to shelter in place until April 7th. No going out except for the essentials. The next measure taken is a full lockdown, where people are only allowed to go outside with government permission.

Unless you are a first responder, work in transit, grocery stores, hospitals, gas stations, or other infrastructure type fields you must work from home. My daughter's school is closed until April 13th at the earliest.

I've been witness to earthquakes, riots, and other civil disturbances, but I've never seen anything like this.
 
In response to the above post, I am in the San Francisco Bay Area and I’m an essential employee that works for a govt organization. Needless to say there was lots of chaos today.
I took an hour tonight, after dinner with my family, to take a breath and enjoy a break from the rain and a good cigar. Then I played legos with my son.
Lesson is this: drink your good wine, enjoy your fine tobacco, and carry your grail knife, because you never know what tomorrow will bring...
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kamagong said:
Six of the nine counties that comprise the San Francisco Bay Area have ordered their residents to shelter in place until April 7th. No going out except for the essentials. The next measure taken is a full lockdown, where people are only allowed to go outside with government permission.

Unless you are a first responder, work in transit, grocery stores, hospitals, gas stations, or other infrastructure type fields you must work from home. My daughter's school is closed until April 13th at the earliest.

I've been witness to earthquakes, riots, and other civil disturbances, but I've never seen anything like this.
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I guess I don't have anything useful to say; it's just that "like" didn't seem an appropriate response.
 
Went to the grocery store and bought some bread. They had it on sale, of all things. Picked up a few bottles of good wine, that was also on sale. Things seemed pretty normal. Not too many shoppers - some things sold out, but it's a small grocery and they tend to run low some days anyway. There was plenty of food available, unless perhaps you wanted pasta and potatoes. Those were pretty much sold out. Same with yogurt and almond milk for some reason, though they had plenty of regular old cow's milk.

I live in a big city, but not a super-sized city like NYC or SF. There was plenty of traffic out, people looked to be going about their day.

I happen to already be out of work sick with a mild chest cold anyway, but likely not the big C because no fever.

My survival knife choice of the day is a Victorinox Alox Cadet, silver.
 
Well, I'm very disappointed in my fellow Texans. They, like the rest of the country has lost their collective minds. The local HEB is out of most things in the way of bread, hand sanitizer, wipes, canned goods, dry goods, toilet paper, paper towels, aspirin, and a ton of other things.

Good news, lots of fresh foods like veggies and meats and the like. Okay, Karen and I have been on a get in shape for summer with lots of salad, so that is not problem. The grocery store had to shut off two of the three main doors with a uniformed guard on the main door and everyone had to go through a line to get in. The measure were taken because the stores employees were over whelmed by the semi hysterical mob of doomsday shoppers getting ready for being in a apocalypse movie and fighting over toilet paper.

I did stop by the liquor store and got a new bottle of Even Williams and then to Academy Sprorts for another bulk box of Federal .22 hollow points. I have a full pound bag of pipe tobacco, so I'm all set. I guess if its truly a disaster, Karen and I will be armed, drunk, and ready.

My survival knife in my pocket is what I've been carrying for over a year now, my Victorinox executive.
 
Yesterday I went to the bank to get some cash, then to the grocery to get some staples. They were out of TP, but I got some extra facial tissues and paper towels, so I guess we're ready for the siege. Plenty of food and ammo, and a powerful generator, just in case. And I figured, if the S is hitting the Fan, I'm gonna have a flippin' donut, keto or no keto. So I bought two! :cool:
 
jackknife said:
Well, I'm very disappointed in my fellow Texans. They, like the rest of the country has lost their collective minds. The local HEB is out of most things in the way of bread, hand sanitizer, wipes, canned goods, dry goods, toilet paper, paper towels, aspirin, and a ton of other things.

Good news, lots of fresh foods like veggies and meats and the like. Okay, Karen and I have been on a get in shape for summer with lots of salad, so that is not problem. The grocery store had to shut off two of the three main doors with a uniformed guard on the main door and everyone had to go through a line to get in. The measure were taken because the stores employees were over whelmed by the semi hysterical mob of doomsday shoppers getting ready for being in a apocalypse movie and fighting over toilet paper.

I did stop by the liquor store and got a new bottle of Even Williams and then to Academy Sprorts for another bulk box of Federal .22 hollow points. I have a full pound bag of pipe tobacco, so I'm all set. I guess if its truly a disaster, Karen and I will be armed, drunk, and ready.

My survival knife in my pocket is what I've been carrying for over a year now, my Victorinox executive.
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I guess you can't be more ready than that my friend .

Harry
 
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