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

Seeing GEC temporarily shut down is okay! We want our knife makers to be safe and healthy. We all have plenty of knives....wish I had a 23 to skin some turkeys her in a couple weeks....

I wanna hear what some of you are doing to stay positive and sane during these times? I think tomorrow, I am gonna get more yard work done, get a work out in, organize my garage! Sunday I am gonna organize, oil and strop some knives and get take stock in some other things:thumbsup:. I may even make a menu for next week ya never know! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:

I haven't left my house sine Friday, since my wife has been on the front lines of this. I am concerned for our health professionals and having proper PPE in place. One of my old friends quit working for our local sheriff's department and is also a nurse in Oakland, he said they are ready and prepared for this and they have been studying Italy. That put me at ease a bit. Trying to keep my grandfather at his home is like keeping my daughter out of the Tupperware drawer in the kitchen though!!:rolleyes:

Again stay safe, healthy and sane!!! If any of my California friends need anything send me a DM. Let me see what I can do.

Taylor:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
It's a real blow to hear about the closure of Great Eastern in PA by the governor due to health restrictions etc . A blow not just for knife collectors & enthusiasts, but for the GEC firm and employees.

Some people might start barking at me, my bite's worse :D, but I'm beginning to find these ever increasing restrictions to be out of reason or perspective, I'm not referring to the US but to the whole Corona thing en masse. One of the cruise ships that was quarantined had 7 deaths out of thousands of passengers most of whom were elderly thus you would expect vulnerable, a very small percentage, no worse perhaps than the toll from colds or other similar viruses. The numbers of dead, so far, from infection rates is not yet high either, all deaths cause misery for those close by but these numbers are not vast and they APPEAR in all countries to be from those around median life expectancy with on going serious health issues, personal grief but not unexpected perhaps?

Meanwhile, experts, policy makers, officials etc come up with more edicts every day with dubious efficacy. Closing borders and particularly stopping tourism & non essential air traffic makes sense as a way of slowing potential contagion, urging people to avoid large public groupings-sport, culture probably advisable, curtailing mass education too. But to keep on finding more and more ways to control and contract everyday life could be useless or even counterproductive. To stop all businesses will cause permanent economic destruction, the like of which none of us have experienced-unless very aged indeed and this chain reaction will lead to permanent social dislocation. People cooped up in large housing developments, filled with fear of a potential virus and the economic nightmare engulfing them is a worrying prospect, our joking and disapproval of the recent ludicrous panic buying could be replaced by something much more sinister. Every day in Europe I watch the various politicians and officials having their daily media briefings and it seems to have gone to their heads, they seem to be entranced, every day means yet more clampdowns to fuel the dynamic. Giving people info about avoiding spreading viruses(it's amazing how unhygienic many people are:eek:) protecting the elderly or those with serious health problems and suspending mass travel ought to be enough-given the numbers of fatalities. But to allow the overall economies of Europe & N.America to be more or less suspended could be to put them and their social fabric on life-support, this is real Grim Reaper potential. Is the 'cure ' going to be more harmful than the disease? Time will tell, and quite quickly.
 
RayseM said:
Be well, @r8shell and all the rest of us too. Don't despair, your thoughts abet your health.
Here is some "positive effects" from this pandemic, perhaps to add perspective - localized environments are becoming healthier.

" As the world bands together to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the air and water quality in areas where it is normally polluted is improving considerably, authorities said.

Italy, which has the highest number of cases of the coronavirus outside of China, is seeing clearer water in Venice because the sediment from the normal traffic on the canals has ceased. Italy has mandated a full nationwide quarantine in order to control the virus spreading and due less people on the canals and walkways of the normally heavily tourist area.

"The water now looks clearer because there is less traffic on the canals, allowing the sediment to stay at the bottom," a spokesman for the mayor of Venice told CNN. "It's because there is less boat traffic that usually brings sediment to the top of the water's surface."

A dolphin was seen in the Venice canals for the first time in 60 years. ;)

We are giving the world a rest even as we are being asked to stay close to home for a change. I know - this SUCKS! I'm not glossing over BUT ...

Just sayin'.
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I tried to resist, having been such a sunbeam already, but I just have to point out, Venice is sinking.:D
 
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On a lighter note, my whole neighborhood smells like flowers. People are out walking in the nice warm weather, greeting each other cheerily from the prescribed 6-foot distance or greater. It almost has the air of a big spread-out block party.
 
Will Power said:
Every day in Europe I watch the various politicians and officials having their daily media briefings and it seems to have gone to their heads, they seem to be entranced, every day means yet more clampdowns to fuel the dynamic.
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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one alarmed by these developments.

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Unfortunately...

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.
- George Orwell
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tmd_87 said:
Seeing GEC temporarily shut down is okay! We want our knife makers to be safe and healthy. We all have plenty of knives....wish I had a 23 to skin some turkeys her in a couple weeks....

I wanna hear what some of you are doing to stay positive and sane during these times? I think tomorrow, I am gonna get more yard work done, get a work out in, organize my garage! Sunday I am gonna organize, oil and strop some knives and get take stock in some other things:thumbsup:. I may even make a menu for next week ya never know! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:

I haven't left my house sine Friday, since my wife has been on the front lines of this. I am concerned for our health professionals and having proper PPE in place. One of my old friends quit working for our local sheriff's department and is also a nurse in Oakland, he said they are ready and prepared for this and they have been studying Italy. That put me at ease a bit. Trying to keep my grandfather at his home is like keeping my daughter out of the Tupperware drawer in the kitchen though!!:rolleyes:

Again stay safe, healthy and sane!!! If any of my California friends need anything send me a DM. Let me see what I can do.

Taylor:thumbsup::thumbsup:
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You want to know what I am doing to stay positive and sane during these times ???? Stocked up on Rice . Shelves were about empty , but there were a couple of bags from 2 different companies . Both bags said they were 2 pound bags but one of them had 23 , 552 grains of rice and the other one only had 23 , 498 grains of rice . How in the world could that happen????
I also call my few friends more often .

Harry
 
Old Engineer said:
You want to know what I am doing to stay positive and sane during these times ???? Stocked up on Rice . Shelves were about empty , but there were a couple of bags from 2 different companies . Both bags said they were 2 pound bags but one of them had 23 , 552 grains of rice and the other one only had 23 , 498 grains of rice . How in the world could that happen????
I also call my few friends more often .

Harry
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Did you say 2 pounds bags? Amateur. ;):p:D You're supposed to buy them in sacks.

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No, that's not a typo. That sack holds 50 lbs. of the white gold. :thumbsup:

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Flowers, poetry, social change?? What's going on here??:oops::rolleyes::cool::D
I'm in the mostly positive school! We will see how we humans handle this!!
One thing that worries me is the huge budgets the politicians are putting into play!! Sure we need it, but they should have added the death penalty for any abuse!! We will be paying taxes for a long time to get through this, mark my words!!
 
waynorth said:
Flowers, poetry, social change?? What's going on here??:oops::rolleyes::cool::D
I'm in the mostly positive school! We will see how we humans handle this!!
One thing that worries me is the huge budgets the politicians are putting into play!! Sure we need it, but they should have added the death penalty for any abuse!! We will be paying taxes for a long time to get through this, mark my words!!
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Oh yes Charlie you are correct. The ramifications of this are huge, economically and in lives I'm afraid.... I did see this funny picture and might lighten the mood....
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Just Tom. said:
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On a lighter note, my whole neighborhood smells like flowers. People are out walking in the nice warm weather, greeting each other cheerily from the prescribed 6-foot distance or greater. It almost has the air of a big spread-out block party.
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Saw a sign at a plant nursery today: "Birds are singing, flowers are blooming".
 
Hello my old friends I thought I'd drop by and say I hope all of you are fairing well in this craziness that's come our way. I'm locked up in my apartment waiting to see what's next and I guess that's all any of us can do. Take care and keep low I'll be passing through more often.
Randy
 
r redden said:
Hello my old friends I thought I'd drop by and say I hope all of you are fairing well in this craziness that's come our way. I'm locked up in my apartment waiting to see what's next and I guess that's all any of us can do. Take care and keep low I'll be passing through more often.
Randy
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Great to see you Randy! Stay safe my friend! :)
 
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