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

Happy Veterans Day!
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RIP U.S. Penny!
I read this morning that the last pennies were minted in Philadelphia yesterday.
I don't regularly stay up to date on coins, so there were some facts in the article I read that were new and surprising to me.
Pennies currently cost 3¢ each to make (and nickels currently cost a dime to make).
Since 1982 (that's over 40 years!), pennies have consisted of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper plating. (How could I NOT know that?)

I'll miss them. Here's a photo of some birth year pennies for me (thanks, Bob)>
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- GT
 
Rookie82 said:
You can be thankful no matter which country you reside. I don't consider Thanksgiving an American holiday. I hope all my knife friends, wherever you live, have a wonderful day surrounded by good food and loving friends/family.
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Lovely sentiments, Carl. Up here in Canada we had our Thanksgiving back on October 12. And I, personally did have a great day with lots of family and friends.
Wishing everyone down south of the border (Canadian/US) a very happy Thanksgiving.
 
5K Qs said:
RIP U.S. Penny!
I read this morning that the last pennies were minted in Philadelphia yesterday.
I don't regularly stay up to date on coins, so there were some facts in the article I read that were new and surprising to me.
Pennies currently cost 3¢ each to make (and nickels currently cost a dime to make).
Since 1982 (that's over 40 years!), pennies have consisted of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper plating. (How could I NOT know that?)

I'll miss them. Here's a photo of some birth year pennies for me (thanks, Bob)>
ypmKst7.jpeg


- GT
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dont forget the steelies! and the rare aluminum cent that was a test run in the 70s. Unfortunately there were concerns that xray would not be able to find them should the curious child swallowed it, which nixed the aluminum cent. Japan however does have an aluminum 1 yen coin.
 
This date was my mother's birthday. She once made a shirt for me, back in the 1970s. I didn't really like the shirt very much, but when I was still teaching, I'd wear it to class every November 29 in her honor. Now that I'm retired, I don't have a good place to wear it in public to honor her memory. So I'm going to post it here.
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- GT
 
5K Qs said:
This date was my mother's birthday. She once made a shirt for me, back in the 1970s. I didn't really like the shirt very much, but when I was still teaching, I'd wear it to class every November 29 in her honor. Now that I'm retired, I don't have a good place to wear it in public to honor her memory. So I'm going to post it here.
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- GT
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Snazzy!!!😁 She made a good shirt!!!👍
 
waynorth said:
Snazzy!!!😁 She made a good shirt!!!👍
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Thanks, Charlie. :)
The shirt is definitely well-made. But it's 100% polyester, which is quite wrinkle-free but has always felt weird to me. And the styling seems strange to me, with kind of a "cowboy" structure with the different-colored yoke on the shoulders and the fake pearl snaps mixed in with sailing ships print on the rest of the fabric. My students rarely said much about the way I usually dressed, but this shirt always inspired lots of comments. 🤓

- GT
 
I did something clever by my standards a couple of hours ago.
This knife is nice and pinchable, but strongly sprung and slippery. Since it's already been broken and reshaped, I saw no harm in roughening the pinching surfaces so my fingers don't slip on them.
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I'm glad I didn't try my fancier ideas. You can see I had enough trouble with my roughest dremel sanding drum.
If I were still a drinking man, I'd go back and try to roughen the rest of the flats without grinding into the handle.
Duh! I can do that with some rough sandpaper on a block!
I might get to that someday, but there's no rush, since I can't do much damage that way.
 
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