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

[veitsi_poika]

And here in Southern Wisconsin , we have seen that any bird that goes to our seed feeders has also gone for the Grape Jelly that we have out for the Orioles except the Robins , Turtle Doves and Humming Birds .

Harry

Really? That is interesting Harry... the House Finches are the only other bird I've seen hit the jelly but they aren't in there much. The Robins and Orioles were battling for the Smucker's today LoL.

 

[btb01]

These posts in the “knives and records” thread reminded me of the blues, and an incident from the early to mid 1980s. BB King and Bobby “Blue” Bland were playing at Constitution Hall downtown, and a friend and I got tickets. We showed up, 2 scruffy-looking white suburban kids in jeans and t-shirts, to find the entire venue packed with middle aged and older black folks, dressed up like they were going to church or something - the ladies were wearing hats and everything as I recall. It was a great show, but the whole time I felt so embarrassed about being so under-dressed. In our defense, this was pre- internet days, so I couldn’t exactly google “what is appropriate attire for a BB King concert”.

I saw B.B. King play in Fayetteville, AR when I was in high school or college (can’t remember the exact year, but it would’ve been early 2000’s). It was an outdoor concert at the local air field, part of the Bikes Blues & BBQ motorcycle rally. Needless to say, the general attire of the attendees was a bit more… casual.

 

[Henry Beige]

Are those canes or umbrellas in the upper left corner? Supposed to receive a cane via Fed Ex today. Right knee giving me problems, and I want to forestall surgery as long as possible.
Thought about getting a sword cane or brandy cane, but ended up ordering a plain cane. (Was reluctant to order one, but I've already got hearing aids, so I figured what the heck.)

You your own knees better than anybody, so I won’t presume to give advice, but as a guy who has had a lot of trouble with my knees over the years, and a couple of surgeries on the right one, if I had it to do over again, I would have had both surgeries done a lot sooner. Putting it off has never done me any good, whether it was as simple as a meniscectomy or as radical as a knee replacement.

One good reason is that gimping around on one knee only puts more stress on the other; instead of one bad knee, I have two bad knees, and wil probably have to have the second one replaced as well, something I might have avoided if I had been able to do the first one sooner.

 

[Prester John]

You your own knees better than anybody, so I won’t presume to give advice, but as a guy who has had a lot of trouble with my knees over the years, and a couple of surgeries on the right one, if I had it to do over again, I would have had both surgeries done a lot sooner. Putting it off has never done me any good, whether it was as simple as a meniscectomy or as radical as a knee replacement.

One good reason is that gimping around on one knee only puts more stress on the other; instead of one bad knee, I have two bad knees, and wil probably have to have the second one replaced as well, something I might have avoided if I had been able to do the first one sooner.

I appreciate the advice. The cane came today, and it does seem to help keep some weight off the bad knee. But maybe I will see the doc after this craziness is over.

 

[screened porch]

I would have had both surgeries done a lot sooner. Putting it off has never done me any good, whether it was as simple as a meniscectomy or as radical as a knee replacement.

One good reason is that gimping around on one knee only puts more stress on the other;

You hear that "should have done it sooner" a lot. It's encouraging. I haven't heard it for hips, but there aren't as many hip replacements out there, I think.
I found when I was leaning on a stick for gout or that internal hamstring bleed (the worst pain I ever had, and most prolonged), the crookedness hurt my lower back, too.

I appreciate the advice. The cane came today, and it does seem to help keep some weight off the bad knee. But maybe I will see the doc after this craziness is over.

So I'm going to cheer you up by suggesting two canes to minimize the crookedness.
What kind of handle did you get?

 

[screened porch]

I hereby invent a double cane that slots together like the kung fu weapons that are flat on their mating sides to fit into a single sheath.
Or a tubular cane that acts as a sheath for the thinner, solid cane. I hereby invent that too.

 

[Prester John]

You hear that "should have done it sooner" a lot. It's encouraging. I haven't heard it for hips, but there aren't as many hip replacements out there, I think.
I found when I was leaning on a stick for gout or that internal hamstring bleed (the worst pain I ever had, and most prolonged), the crookedness hurt my lower back, too.

So I'm going to cheer you up by suggesting two canes to minimize the crookedness.
What kind of handle did you get?

Derby. Seemed practical.

 

[knarfeng]

I hereby invent a double cane

um...I think that's called a "walker".

For years I ran 3 miles every morning on concrete and asphalt. And I have the bad knees to prove it.

 

[screened porch]

Derby. Seemed practical.

I think Derby's a good choice. Ergo/osteo plus a hook to hang on your wrist.

All of the knee replacements I know were people of my parents' generation who misspent their youth playing tennis.

 

[Just Tom.]

Am just coming down from about 2 weeks of excruciating lower back pain. I have something which flares up once or twice a year and makes it difficult to walk or stand upright for a few weeks. Every time it happens I say to myself: “self, you should find a nice piece of wood and carve yourself a cane for the next time this happens”. As my wife can attest, I never listen...

 

[Jolipapa]

Lots of grape to come this year, if blackbirds and sparrows don't eat all


I wonder if this year we will celebrate the harvest and how...

 

[r redden]

I had just graduated tech school in 1976 and a few of us celebrated by going to Cincinnati to the Ohio Jazz Festival we not only saw B.B. King but also the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, the Chi=Lites and a bunch of others. One of the best shows I ever saw.
I could be wrong that was a long time ago but I think it was $11 dollars for both days.

 

[Jack Black]

I had just graduated tech school in 1976 and a few of us celebrated by going to Cincinnati to the Ohio Jazz Festival we not only saw B.B. King but also the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, the Chi=Lites and a bunch of others. One of the best shows I ever saw.

That must have been quite a time Randy Here's a pic of an old pal of mine with Marvin Gaye.

I first met him when he came to Sheffield to run a cinema. I remember him once telling me, in his really camp accent, "The Temptations are in town tonight, they're such lovely boys, they always leave me a couple of tickets on the door." I didn't take much notice, I thought he was either making it up, or I'd misheard him!

 

[knarfeng]

Happy Father's Day, Fellers!

 

[waynorth]

Happy Father's Day to you , and all the Dad's on the Porch, Frank!!

 

[Peregrin]

Happy Father's Day, everyone!

 

[joeradza]

Happy Father's Day, Fellers!

Happy Father's Day to you , and all the Dad's on the Porch, Frank!!

Happy Father's Day, everyone!

Thank you gentlemen and to you and all the dads on the porch.

 

[r redden]

I didn't log on here yesterday so a belated happy fathers day to all of our papa's here.
I spent the day with my daughter and her family. It was a great day her youngest is 9 the oldest is 14 and way to cool to hang around with adults until she saw the herb garden I had bought them and the younger one and I putting it together she decided to join us and it wasn't long until she was right in there with us laughing, giggling throwing soil at each other and me. The thing holds up to 23 different herbs (we had 9} and mounts to the wall so we installed it in the kitchen.
Isn't it funny when kids think they're to old to have fun and just want to stare at there phones until they actually start doing things then the kid comes out and the real fun starts..

 

[Jolipapa]

I bought this 1989 059L SSP a year ago or more. At the time I had no idea what I might use it for because the blade is very thin and delicate. But, for $12 I figured it was worth picking it up since it is a somewhat unique design. Well, during the recent unpleasantness I've been trying to learn how to draw. I needed a way to sharpen my pencils so bought a package of single-edge razor blades, but then I thought, "Why not put the little Case to use?".
Sharpening pencils is kind of fun! It's relaxing like whittling, but not nearly as challenging. (I use medium grit sandpaper to put the finished point on the lead.)
This barn is one I've photographed many times. It's located not too far from where my great-great and great-great-great grandparents once lived.

Dad was a welder when I was born, but to get better wages he attended evening classes to work as draftsman. The company gave tools to get the sharpest of his pencils. I still regularly find a sandpaper board, he had many and used them (2 sided, coarse and fine), but kept them away from me (pencils and erasers as well!)

 

[r redden]

My father was a machinist by trade and when he passed Mom treated his tools as a shrine and nobody was allowed near them. I still have them well my son has them now as well as a ton of other things due to my 600 sqft apartment is too small to store anything else. The calipers have a D'Arsonval meter movement attached to them in fractions no metric at all and I'm sure they were very accurate as well as really expensive in their day.
Now I have these that I use for guitar repair they are digital as well as very accurate and display the measurement in fractions, percentages or metric your choice and only cost about $30.