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

Noises from the kitchen this morning:

Chop chop chop chop chop chop OW! …..chop……chop…. [silence]… sound of cabinet opening, sound of cardboard and paper packaging, chop chop chop chop chop…..

I did eventually get up from my coffee to express concern - I’m not THAT stupid.



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It was just a minor nick, so no worries, and yes, of course I went to check on her (though a little slowly- I am exhausted from dealing with some emergencies involving my parents) - the bit about being indifferent was just for comedic effect…
 
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I decided to make a johnboat this fall. Major life events are threatening to slow or even halt my progress, but I hope to be able to find a couple of hours a week to work on it. Today I put a bevel on the edges of the bow and transom pieces, where the 1x12 sides will attach. Hopefully next week I can assemble the sides on the center frame, bow, and transom.

I plan to use temporary braces to keep it aligned on a temporary keel while I plane the bottom of the sides flat to accept a plywood bottom.

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The model does not represent what I hope the finished project to be - I decided to make it 6” wider in the middle, 1’ wider at each end, and move the center frame slightly aft of the midpoint.

This won’t be any work of art like something CelloDan CelloDan would make - I don’t have the time to invest in it, nor the skill. I just want to get out on the river in the spring.
 
Hey Tom, that’s great about the johnboat 😊
Wish you all the best 👍 and would love the occasional update in a pm as to how it is progressing 😎

It is very rewarding to get on the water with a your own home built boat !

To quote a friend of mine 😊
Just Tom. said:
It is perhaps hackneyed, but this seems like an appropriate place to quote Water Rat from The Wind in the Willows:

”"Nice? It's the only thing," said the Water Rat solemnly as he leant forward for his stroke. "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing," he went on dreamily: "messing—about—in—boats; messing—"

"Look ahead, Rat!" cried the Mole suddenly.

It was too late. The boat struck the bank full tilt. The dreamer, the joyous oarsman, lay on his back at the bottom of the boat, his heels in the air.

"—about in boats—or with boats," the Rat went on composedly, picking himself up with a pleasant laugh. "In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not. Look here! If you've really nothing else on hand this morning, supposing we drop down the river together, and have a long day of it?"
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“there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” … with a traditional knife in your pocket 😊
 
CelloDan said:
Hey Tom, that’s great about the johnboat 😊
Wish you all the best 👍 and would love the occasional update in a pm as to how it is progressing 😎

It is very rewarding to get on the water with a your own home built boat !

To quote a friend of mine 😊


“there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” … with a traditional knife in your pocket 😊
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That's pretty much how I feel about motorcycles :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
CelloDan said:
Hey Tom, that’s great about the johnboat 😊
Wish you all the best 👍 and would love the occasional update in a pm as to how it is progressing 😎

It is very rewarding to get on the water with a your own home built boat !

To quote a friend of mine 😊


“there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” … with a traditional knife in your pocket 😊
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Sorry, Dan, I was so busy earlier that I didn’t have time to respond properly.

I am honored to be counted as one of your friends, and I will keep you up to date with any progress. I may also seek your advice if something goes awry.

Hopefully next spring I can post pictures of me messing around in my boat :D🚣‍♂️🎣
 
I was thinking about donning overalls and Shatners old mask...but wielding a large fire axe might have been a bit too scary....lol.
 
I think Johnnythefox Johnnythefox was talking about MG cars in the Carrying thread, so I thought I'd add a bit to it. MG was a famous marque of English cars- the name is now owned by a Chinese company. It was originally located in Oxford/Abingdon and part of the Nuffield Group. Lord Nuffield was a magnate/ tycoon what would now be termed oligarch and endowed an Oxford college, Nuffield College, I think just before WW II.

MG stood for Morris Garages the sporting arm of the more sedate Morris car company and was renowned for sports cars both pre and post War, also for sporting success and experimental cars on racetracks. See Lt.Colonel Goldie Gardner 1890-1958 exploits


Here in the local car museum I saw a beautiful MGA Hardtop c1961 back in the summer

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Germany is of course renowned for its sports cars and innovative models- Mercedes, Porsche, Auto-Union etc. But the car museum had an example of a more humble but I think interesting car VW Karmann Ghia sports car based on the lowly but ingenious Beetle/Kupfer.

Here a 1958 hardtop model, early Porsche in front of it another rear engined masterpiece.

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