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

Blues said:
Jack, Sarah wants me to remind you that when the time comes you have to click that link below in my signature to update your user status.
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This is true, if not exactly how I envisioned said reminder being delivered.

SmartyPants.

Jack Black said:
I'm looking forward to 'going Gold', a very kind and noble gesture :)
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:thumbup:

(Though I almost hesitate to encourage Elliott further, at this point.)

~ P.
 
'Tis nothing, Jack. I just don't want to incur her wrath. You know how she gets. :p;)
 
Sure are good folks around here :thumbup: Elliott, replace the element in your oven? what year are we in? :p I thought we just threw them away and buy a new one.


Kris
 
MT Damascus said:
Sure are good folks around here :thumbup: Elliott, replace the element in your oven? what year are we in? :p I thought we just threw them away and buy a new one.


Kris
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Kris, I actually thought that maybe I'd do that until I checked the prices. $1600 for a comparable range and $2500 for some hoity-toity version.

My range is electric (not propane) which are the two choices I have here. I looked online and the element is cheap enough so when it comes Wednesday or so, I'll give it a go.

If'n it doesn't work, the missus will get a new range. Of course that's starting to eat into knife money. Sheesh.
 
If you don't hear back from me I've electrocuted myself or burned down the house. ;)
 
sturzi said:
I do not envy you Jack, it sounds like you have to lead a secret life as an outcast on this nice island of yours :)

Here in Switzerland the situation regarding knife laws luckily is reversed. Until a couple of years ago almost anything one-handed was forbidden and fixed blades were a grey area ("if there's a good reason bla bla"), but now pretty much anything non-automatic and fixed blades are allowed. Apparently as a kid I was running around illegally with a Mora hunting knife or boy scout fixed blade :D

PS: Reading the law can be quite funny. Apparently you need a good reason to carry a screwdriver or scissors, which are considered "dangerous items" ;)
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It's crazy isn't it?

This is illegal:

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This is illegal:

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This is a ‘grey area’ (but will probably get you arrested):

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Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it?!

I understand that in Poland you can carry a 3 foot sword if you can give a reason for having it, but you need a license to own a baseball bat, have to be a member of a team, and can only carry it to and from games in a locked case!

Glad that the situation has improved in Switzerland, and that you can now keep a Mora under the bed next to your assault rifle! :)
 
Jack Black said:
It's crazy isn't it?

This is illegal:

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This is illegal:

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This is a ‘grey area’ (but will probably get you arrested):

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Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it?!

I understand that in Poland you can carry a 3 foot sword if you can give a reason for having it, but you need a license to own a baseball bat, have to be a member of a team, and can only carry it to and from games in a locked case!

Glad that the situation has improved in Switzerland, and that you can now keep a Mora under the bed next to your assault rifle! :)
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Hehe, so that's the worldwide known fact about Switzerland? The assault rifles are actually a political controversy, because there are plenty of nutters freaking out and shooting their families and whatnot :(
 
blues said:
oh, one of those...moving in on the grieving widow, eh? Why i oughta....

:p
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I keep nearly falling off my chair here! :D

If you do burn the house down, there's a place to stay here! Or I've got a great Gore-Tex bivvy bag I can mail you! :D
 
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On the literary front, I don't know if anyone around these parts has read "The Blackhouse" by Peter May but I am really enjoying it thus far. (Fairly early on.)
 
sturzi said:
Hehe, so that's the worldwide known fact about Switzerland? The assault rifles are actually a political controversy, because there are plenty of nutters freaking out and shooting their families and whatnot :(
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Yeah, I heard that the last time I was there! I don't think it's widely known outside Switzerland either.
 
Thank you Jack, your explanation was great. Answered all my questions. Apparently things are too similar around here. Slow insidious creeping laws, cops who actually don't kow the law, and increasing security in government buildings which in Washington D.C. are many. Aside from a few of my very old friends in the same age range as me, I'm one of the very few people that carry a knife. Makes me keep a low profile. If they have their way, soon being a knife knut will be like being some kind of sex pervert. We'll have to meet in the back of sleazy dark warehouses, and keep our dark secret to ourselves. The other day, Karen told someone I collected knives, and they gave me a very strange look. LIke I was going to go Jack Nickelson on them with the "Honey, I'm home!" thing.:D

Carl.
 
More rambles on the latest topics... :rolleyes:
Knife laws are a very delicate subject. The concept that leads you to need a "valid reason" to carry a knife, a screwdriver, or scissors, is valid here too (there's no other law concerning knife carrying). I find it completely non-sense. Fortunately, at least in Sardinia, knife culture is still quite common so no one will shout or call the police if I pull my Swayback jack out of my pocket to cut something. Still, this country (like many others) needs clear and smart laws.
As for Elliott's oven: old, good quality ovens (like refridgerators and such) usually have two features: they drain energy like leeches, and work perfectly as a truck on a highway. If your oven fits into this cathegory, I would surely try to fix it before giving up. I don't have much love for the widespread (in the US) gas ovens (even though I guess most people put much more use to the microwave than to the standard oven).
Finally...let's keep safe from Sarah's wrath, ok? :D

Fausto
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jackknife said:
Thank you Jack, your explanation was great. Answered all my questions. Apparently things are too similar around here. Slow insidious creeping laws, cops who actually don't kow the law, and increasing security in government buildings which in Washington D.C. are many. Aside from a few of my very old friends in the same age range as me, I'm one of the very few people that carry a knife. Makes me keep a low profile. If they have their way, soon being a knife knut will be like being some kind of sex pervert. We'll have to meet in the back of sleazy dark warehouses, and keep our dark secret to ourselves. The other day, Karen told someone I collected knives, and they gave me a very strange look. LIke I was going to go Jack Nickelson on them with the "Honey, I'm home!" thing.:D

Carl.
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Thanks Carl, I hadn’t realised things had gotten so bad over there, it’s crazy. A while back, I was chatting to a guy in the bar I was posting about earlier, a Russian guy (a chemistry teacher), who I knew only slightly. For some reason the subject of kitchen knives came up, we talked about cutlery, and I began to talk about steel and suchlike. Almost confessionally, testing the water, he said he also had some “other” knives at home. I told him, “Yeah me too.” Then he dropped his voice to a whisper, and said “But, I have around 50.” When I told him I probably had even more, and we began to talk about brands and stuff, he was so pleased and excited. We both pulled out our EDCs! He’d been in England two or three years, and never met anyone who had knives! Now, he occasionally leaves me a flyer for a militaria or antique fair behind the bar. It’s like we’re members of some secret society – or more like AA! :D

Jack
 
I'm still here. The oven part won't be here until tomorrow. Can't promise anything after that. :p
 
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