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

Our town is a small town - just at 2,000 and our county while quite big has a population of just under 10,000. We have one blinking red traffic light at the intersection of two major roads - California State Highway 299 which runs East to West across the state and U.S. Federal Highway 395 which runs South to North from the Mexico border to the Canadian border. Why I am telling y'all about this? Because that's why I think Tesla has installed nine (9) fast chargers for E-Vehicles in our town - two major highways that are heavily traveled.

To get to the nut of it, seven (7) of those Tesla fast chargers are installed at the Holiday Market Grocery Store. When Cindy and I pulled in to the Holiday Market yesterday, there was a Tesla E-Vehicle backed into one of the charger stations and standing around it were three guys - Kenny the best mechanic in our town with one of his mechanics and a guy in khaki shorts wearing a Hawaiian print floral shirt. Standing off to the side was the family of the guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print floral shirt. The guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print floral shirt and his family had been charging their car for about two hours and when they all piled into their car to leave, the car wouldn't go. They tried and tried by no go. One of our police officers put them onto Kenny the mechanic and Kenny couldn't get it to go either - had no clue as a matter of fact. They even called Tesla but even with trouble shooting ideas from Tesla it was still a no go.

The closest Tesla Service Center to us is in Reno, Nevada - 200-miles away. And our town tow truck charges $10.00 a mile for a tow. The guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print floral shirt and his family didn't have an emergency highway plan for towing, out of gas, low battery, etc. problems so they were in for an expensive ride to Reno. The last I heard the Tesla was headed to Reno on the back of a flat bed tow truck with the guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print flora shirt and his family following along in a car rented from Kenny. That's an expensive break down - $2,000 for the tow and a rental car fee. Yikes!!!

I'm just gonna stick to internal combustion engines in all our vehicles. At least there's a fighting chance to get one started in case of a break down.
 
Modoc ED said:
Our town is a small town - just at 2,000 and our county while quite big has a population of just under 10,000. We have one blinking red traffic light at the intersection of two major roads - California State Highway 299 which runs East to West across the state and U.S. Federal Highway 395 which runs South to North from the Mexico border to the Canadian border. Why I am telling y'all about this? Because that's why I think Tesla has installed nine (9) fast chargers for E-Vehicles in our town - two major highways that are heavily traveled.

To get to the nut of it, seven (7) of those Tesla fast chargers are installed at the Holiday Market Grocery Store. When Cindy and I pulled in to the Holiday Market yesterday, there was a Tesla E-Vehicle backed into one of the charger stations and standing around it were three guys - Kenny the best mechanic in our town with one of his mechanics and a guy in khaki shorts wearing a Hawaiian print floral shirt. Standing off to the side was the family of the guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print floral shirt. The guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print floral shirt and his family had been charging their car for about two hours and when they all piled into their car to leave, the car wouldn't go. They tried and tried by no go. One of our police officers put them onto Kenny the mechanic and Kenny couldn't get it to go either - had no clue as a matter of fact. They even called Tesla but even with trouble shooting ideas from Tesla it was still a no go.

The closest Tesla Service Center to us is in Reno, Nevada - 200-miles away. And our town tow truck charges $10.00 a mile for a tow. The guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print floral shirt and his family didn't have an emergency highway plan for towing, out of gas, low battery, etc. problems so they were in for an expensive ride to Reno. The last I heard the Tesla was headed to Reno on the back of a flat bed tow truck with the guy in the khaki shorts and Hawaiian print flora shirt and his family following along in a car rented from Kenny. That's an expensive break down - $2,000 for the tow and a rental car fee. Yikes!!!

I'm just gonna stick to internal combustion engines in all our vehicles. At least there's a fighting chance to get one started in case of a break down.
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That's pretty bad (you still need AAA!). But I'd still love to completely be done with the gas pump. I love my old F150 4x4, but I would really love to have an F150 Lightning. Charge it from solar, then I'm not paying anybody to drive (at least, when I'm around town, which is 90+% of my driving). I work from home - I don't drive a lot, so vehicles upgrades are pretty low priority for me. But someday...
 
Happy Independence Day to all Americans!! Our brave ancestors declared us free of the King, and the ruling class, on the 4th of July!!4thOfJulyKnife.jpg
We must keep fighting to Maintain our Independence, our Freedom from Tyranny!!!
 
Well. I am still alive

The past 18 months have been the worst in my life.
Lost my father last January, then my Toyota tacoma blew up at about 195k miles. Necessitating a new vehicle and new vehicle payments.

The wife who is handicapped got moved to part time status (thus losing her insurance). Which lasted a few months before they started coming up with BS reasons to start writing her up and so she left moving us to a one income household.

Then I lost my mother, back in October.

So we lost 40ish% of the household income. Picked up a new vehicle and new payments (actually had to borrow against my 401k for the down payment). And both parents.

I have picked up extra hours at work and have been working myself to the bone. Pulling from my 401k to keep current on the mortgage payments.

Soooo yeah
Y'all hadnt seen me in awhile, but I am alive.

Hopefully, we applied for disability for my wife and should have an answer over the next few months. Then we can talk about a lawyer for treatment of my wife by her former employers. (State law says you can't apply for disability if you are currently involved in any litigation). I think once we get her settled and I get an opportunity to cut my hours back to normal I will go see the VA about some stuff from my time in active duty (can't hurt right?)

I don't know why I am sharing all this or unloading all this here. But I wanted to share.
An explanation as to why I've disappeared for so long
 
On the bright side
I took this week off in vacation and I drive out in the morning to go visit my sister who lives about 3 hours away for the weekend

Oh and to keep it on topic
I have carried my buck 112 slim basically every day since I left
So useful
 
knarfeng said:
Thanks, Jack.
Elections in UK tomorrow I think? I wish everyone in the UK well as they vote.
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Peregrin said:
Thanks, Jack! Enjoy the day between the 3rd and 5th of July my friend!
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Thanks a lot gents 🙂👍
Rsmith_77 said:
Well. I am still alive

The past 18 months have been the worst in my life.
Lost my father last January, then my Toyota tacoma blew up at about 195k miles. Necessitating a new vehicle and new vehicle payments.

The wife who is handicapped got moved to part time status (thus losing her insurance). Which lasted a few months before they started coming up with BS reasons to start writing her up and so she left moving us to a one income household.

Then I lost my mother, back in October.

So we lost 40ish% of the household income. Picked up a new vehicle and new payments (actually had to borrow against my 401k for the down payment). And both parents.

I have picked up extra hours at work and have been working myself to the bone. Pulling from my 401k to keep current on the mortgage payments.

Soooo yeah
Y'all hadnt seen me in awhile, but I am alive.

Hopefully, we applied for disability for my wife and should have an answer over the next few months. Then we can talk about a lawyer for treatment of my wife by her former employers. (State law says you can't apply for disability if you are currently involved in any litigation). I think once we get her settled and I get an opportunity to cut my hours back to normal I will go see the VA about some stuff from my time in active duty (can't hurt right?)

I don't know why I am sharing all this or unloading all this here. But I wanted to share.
An explanation as to why I've disappeared for so long
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I'm so sorry to read of what a hard time you've been having, and all your troubles and travails ☹️ I sure hope things start to get better 👍👍
 
Rsmith_77 said:
Well. I am still alive

The past 18 months have been the worst in my life.
Lost my father last January, then my Toyota tacoma blew up at about 195k miles. Necessitating a new vehicle and new vehicle payments.

The wife who is handicapped got moved to part time status (thus losing her insurance). Which lasted a few months before they started coming up with BS reasons to start writing her up and so she left moving us to a one income household.

Then I lost my mother, back in October.

So we lost 40ish% of the household income. Picked up a new vehicle and new payments (actually had to borrow against my 401k for the down payment). And both parents.

I have picked up extra hours at work and have been working myself to the bone. Pulling from my 401k to keep current on the mortgage payments.

Soooo yeah
Y'all hadnt seen me in awhile, but I am alive.

Hopefully, we applied for disability for my wife and should have an answer over the next few months. Then we can talk about a lawyer for treatment of my wife by her former employers. (State law says you can't apply for disability if you are currently involved in any litigation). I think once we get her settled and I get an opportunity to cut my hours back to normal I will go see the VA about some stuff from my time in active duty (can't hurt right?)

I don't know why I am sharing all this or unloading all this here. But I wanted to share.
An explanation as to why I've disappeared for so long
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You've had about as tough a go of things as a person could have, sorry to read all that you are going through
 
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