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

Hi,

Did you know you can buy a solid epoxy OTC to temporarily fix a broken tooth crown? I didn't. I had a crown break Wednesday afternoon and the Dentist can't see me until Monday morning. I was considering the use of Riffler files or even a Dremal tool to remove a very sharp edge on the tooth until my Wife came home with this stuff. At least I can eat something now. Not that this fat old Grandpa couldn't stand to lose a few pounds.

For a knife related tie in, I did use my new Case Soddie JR to open the package. :)

Dale
 
Woke up to find my 15 boys knife was full of gunk and the blade scratched to hell and back. I didn't use it, who did? My father used it to cut some carpet.

Thanks dad, now I have to carry it and get a patina going to cover up the scratches.

:D
 
^^Ouch! I'd think about stropping the entire blade surface first, to polish out/reduce some of those scratches.
 
I'll do that, I am also going to see if Scott Gossman can polish the blade on a belt. It's just scratches, the edge is fine. I stropped that, and it cuts fine. I just blew out the crud in the handle, might get in there with a pipe cleaner or qtip. Half stop and walk and talk are fine.

A Spyderco Starmate (2012 version), and a Gossman fixed blade were sitting on the shelf right next to the Tidioute jack, whew. My father wouldn't use a liner lock if it was the only knife in the house though, he prefers the old timey knives through and through.

Well, at least it passed the test with flying colors :D.
 
The most interesting man in the world says, "I don't always take a dog with me on a hike, but when I do, it's always a Corgi!"
:D

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A blizzard is coming to Pennsylvania, Virginia and my home state of Maryland. Quick, what knife do you have with you?
:D
I need something to whittle with while I watch the weathermen tell me it's snowing, as I look outside and see that it's snowing.

I need to get to the grocery store and make sure I have...

Nope, I'm all good. I have tea. Maybe I'll just drive past all the hysteria.

Hot tea? Check.
Hard cider? Check.
Firewood scraps for whittling? Check.

Now, we may get anywhere from an inch of snow to 300 ft of snow, according to the news. :confused:
 
When did "snow" begin a newsworthy, National Emergency, regardless of potential amount?

I don't remember all this Drama even five-ten years ago...?



~ P.
 
pertinux said:
When did "snow" begin a newsworthy, National Emergency, regardless of potential amount?

I don't remember all this Drama even five-ten years ago...?



~ P.
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It's "Media Gone Mad" Sarah. The more sensational they can make it, the more widgets we buy. :D
 
Peregrin said:
It's "Media Gone Mad" Sarah. The more sensational they can make it, the more widgets we buy. :D
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The more widgets someone must buy, eh? Good grief.

One of the saddest headlines I read in the build-up to Hurricane Sandy was to an article detailing essential "Gadgets and Apps" to help people survive the storm.

Because nothing says "Survive a Hurricane!" like gadgets and apps....

~ P.
 
pertinux said:
When did "snow" begin a newsworthy, National Emergency, regardless of potential amount?

I don't remember all this Drama even five-ten years ago...?



~ P.
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What is this "snow" that you're talking about? Is it that fluffy white stuff that occasionally covers the ground?

I love living in a Mediterranean climate!

:D

- Christian
 
pertinux said:
The more widgets someone must buy, eh? Good grief.

One of the saddest headlines I read in the build-up to Hurricane Sandy was to an article detailing essential "Gadgets and Apps" to help people survive the storm.

Because nothing says "Survive a Hurricane!" like gadgets and apps....




~ P.
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I heard someone lamenting that, if the power goes out, they might have to read a book or clean up around the house. Or, heaven forbid...

SHOVEL SNOW!

It's not the end of the world, but people sure make out like it is. I'm just glad I'm not working a 36 hour shift in the snow plow.
 
Ha ha. This all sounds too familiar.

We are 'crippled' by the mere whiff of snow in the UK. It's quite pitiful.
 
scruffuk said:
Ha ha. This all sounds too familiar.

We are 'crippled' by the mere whiff of snow in the UK. It's quite pitiful.
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Yes, the words 'apocalypse' and 'snow' are kind of interchangeable here for some reason! A few inches and the country comes to a standstill. Anyone would think that, rather than being in Northern Europe, the British Isles had recently drifted in from the Caribbean! :D

Now when I was a boy, children were sent out in snow and freezing temperatures wearing short trousers (as long trousers were just for grown-ups)! If you did that today, you'd have your kids taken away by Social Services! Those weren't 'stiff upper lips', that was frost-bite! :eek: :D
 
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