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

RayseM said:
As quoted from a post by @Insipid Moniker - "If it was Corvid it would be a plague of crows, which would be much more interesting." :D

I had said the same to my wife but she didn't hear the R (me with my Mainah accent :confused:) and so missed the joke. BUT, I reminded her of a favorite CORVID related painting we got to see in person at the Tetryakov Gallery, in Moscow Russia


The ROOKS HAVE RETURNED by Alexei K. Savrasov 1871

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It is more interesting :thumbsup:
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This one crow was eagerly watching my knife, expecting when he could catch it! He left only when I put her back in my pocket! ;)corneille.jpg
 
Jolipapa said:
This one crow was eagerly watching my knife, expecting when he could catch it! He left only when I put her back in my pocket! ;)View attachment 1306346
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Jardin du Luxembourg? If you carried your KeenCutter stockman, then i do understand the crow.

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Dan.
 
RayseM said:
Sorry - one more point :( - If we choose to dismiss the warnings and blithely go on about our daily activities we are ensuring the worst case. Even if you are strong and vital - if you carry the virus you could infect scores of others who do not share your basic good health and strong immune system. That is utterly irresponsible.

Rather - Take the warnings seriously but don't despair. Yes, @The Tourist, depend on yourself. If we each choose to isolate ourselves from physical contact, as much as humanly possible for 20 days, we are all contributing to minimizing the worst potential of this virus. 20 days off from the hectic pace of normal life can be a huge relief and healing period even if the impetus is a global pandemic. Love your family and friends through phones, blogs, social media and keep them and yourself safe.

Hopefully I am not being simplistic :rolleyes: Admittedly, I don't know anymore than the next guy.
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Ray: It seems you and I are pretty much on the same page on this. I will add one more commentary and then turn to happier, more hobby-related topics. Sorry if my tone seems a little harsh, but here goes:

I imagine most of you would like to think you would be the first to go to war against some human “other” on the command of your government, so why not now do you civic and patriotic duty to obey public health guidelines?

Self-reliance will only get you so far. In the event of a general societal collapse, you might be ok in the short term (and who cares about everyone else, right?), but when the first drought, fuel shortage, medical emergency, whatever, hits, you are out of luck. Do what you can and be prudent, yes, but now is more the time to be cooperating with others, setting up informal systems to get people what they need, looking out for others and sometimes putting their needs above your own, and yes, obeying the government when it comes to things like maintaining physical separation.

And to those stocking up on ammo or whatever, I for one would far prefer meeting my maker having perished on some errand of mercy than having perished defending my hoard of toilet paper.
 
r8shell said:
I understand what you're saying. A couple weeks of quarantine is an inconvenience, but wouldn't be a terrible hardship. (boredom can be a luxury) Months of all business shutting down, millions out of work for who knows how long is another story. Stress can be a killer. Many of us are looking towards a summer with no money coming in. People are complaining about the stores having trouble keeping the shelves stocked, but I'm starting to worry about what happens when there's food in the stores, but no money to buy it.

Sorry to be such a bummer today, I think I need to go out for a long walk tomorrow morning and get some fresh air and exercise. Take care, everyone!
And on a happy note: Tower Girl has four eggs in her nest!

https://biodiversity.utexas.edu/resources/falcon-cam

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We're going a little stir crazy here too. Might take your advice and go for a walk today. Tower Girl is beautiful!

My wife and I have also really been missing the yoga studio, so we decided to try some YouTube yoga this morning. Our home office/break room/yoga studio/living room is getting out of hand ;)

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Stay safe and healthy, friends!
 
Prester John said:
I recently read The Plague. It's harder to quarantine a city, nowadays. Hopefully the panic will die down soon.
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The population the Plague is talking of is very distant of today's US citizens (and metropolitan French as well btw).
Camus once replied to Roland Barthes (who thought he knew better than the author himself - a too common phenomena...:() that even if there were several meanings, the unnamed plague he was referring to was the brown plague.-ie Nazism.
He reminded that a great deal was published during clandestinity in the Resistance's newspaper "Combat" and further "La Peste, dans un sens, est plus qu’une chronique de la résistance. Mais assurément, elle n’est pas moins.( The Plague, in a way, is more than a column about the résistance. But assuredly it was no less.)
Even if the name may be confusing, it is always time to read such a great book, though, IMHO (that's just worth that :)) the Stranger is a stronger book.
Don't ask me why, but each time I evoke Camus, Roger Vailland springs to my mind. Really worth reading!

While I'm spreading my culture like jam on bread, can I warmly recommand the wonderful Roger Corman's Mask of the Red Death.
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dantzk8 said:
Jardin du Luxembourg? If you carried your KeenCutter stockman, then i do understand the crow.

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Dan.
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No, Jardin des Plantes, my 15 Ancient for picnic, another fine one as well!). :)
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Jolipapa said:
The population the Plague is talking of is very distant of today's US citizens (and metropolitan French as well btw).
Camus once replied to Roland Barthes (who thought he knew better than the author himself - a too common phenomena...:() that even if there were several meanings, the unnamed plague he was referring to was the brown plague.-ie Nazism.
He reminded that a great deal was published during clandestinity in the Resistance's newspaper "Combat" and further "La Peste, dans un sens, est plus qu’une chronique de la résistance. Mais assurément, elle n’est pas moins.( The Plague, in a way, is more than a column about the résistance. But assuredly it was no less.)
Even if the name may be confusing, it is always time to read such a great book though, IMHO (that's just worth that :)) the Stranger is a stronger book.
Don't ask me why, but each time I evoke Camus, Roger Vailland springs to my mind. Really worth reading!

While I'm spreading my culture like jam on bread, can I warmly recommand the wonderful Roger Corman's Mask of the Red Death.
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No, Jardin des Plantes, with my 15 Ancient for picnic another fine one!). :)
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The Stranger is a great book. Wish I'd kept the Stuart Gilbert translation--I prefer it to Matthew Ward's, which is all you see in the bookstores now.
 
Just Tom. said:
And to those stocking up on ammo or whatever, I for one would far prefer meeting my maker having perished on some errand of mercy than having perished defending my hoard of toilet paper.
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I can only wonder if, when Alaric and his Visigoths were overrunning Rome, if the legions were ordered to defend the toilet paper to the last man? o_O
 
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Prester John said:
I recently read The Plague. It's harder to quarantine a city, nowadays. Hopefully the panic will die down soon.
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I just downloaded Boccaccio's The Decameron. Gotta keep the brain somewhat stimulated while being cooped up. Also a way to balance out the movies and shows we've been watching recently.

Outbreak
Contagion
Train to Busan
Containment
I Am Legend
World War Z

:eek:;):D
 
kamagong said:
I just downloaded Boccaccio's The Decameron. Gotta keep the brain somewhat stimulated while being cooped up. Also a way to balance out the movies and shows we've been watching recently.

Outbreak
Contagion
Train to Busan
Containment
I Am Legend
World War Z

:eek:;):D
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My younger daughter made me watch Train to Busan with her when she went through her K-Pop-and-all-things-Korean phase. It was actually pretty good. The other Korean movie I really liked was Okja.
 
Hope you all are faring well in these challenging times. I am doing pretty much what I do any weekend - relaxing at home with my wife and our cats. I think we are provisioned adequately to ride out a few weeks here. I am in a work-from-home mode, but my wife, who is a nurse, is still going to work every day.

Our area is not under any full lockdown, so other than things like bars, dining areas of restaurants (take out OK), zoos, museums, movie theaters - other things are open. Grocery stores, pharmacies, pet food stores, department stores like Target, Wal-mart, Best Buy, all open. No major shortages of things. My wife stopped by Walgreen's to pick up a few things this morning and she said things were quite normal, and they had paper towels and toilet tissue normally stocked.

I think the next two weeks will tell the tale for how this plays out, as the exponential growth alluded to in earlier posts makes itself manifest.

There are plenty of people who are going to feel the impact of missing a paycheck or two in a row. I am hoping that there will be assistance for those folks, and that society will remain mostly civil and peaceful. I know I am trying to show extra courtesy and forgiveness when driving and interacting (at a safe distance) with others when I do venture out.

Pocket knife-wise, I have pulled out a few that I haven't carried in a while. Nothing fancy - Case Trapper in Amber Bone SS, and a Mini Trapper in Chestnut Bone CV. They are sitting on the desk nearby for fondling and admiration, along with the Medium Stockman and Sod Buster Jr that were already out. Not that I have that much that needs cutting at the moment, but nice to have some of my collection out just to look at.

The weather has been miserable here - mostly rainy, so it's not like I can even enjoy getting out in the yard and doing things around the house.

Right now I am sipping a little bourbon, hoping that my stock of it doesn't run low. I have four 1.75 L bottles of it, so ideally I can stretch that out for a while. During normal times that would last me several months. :)
 
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