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

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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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Whatever makes using your knife better!!! 😁
 
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How could anyone pass up this special deal?
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Wally World, of course.
 
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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Awesome shirt, Gary! Reminds me of one I wore with a pale green leisure suit around 1975.
 
Prester John said:
Awesome shirt, Gary! Reminds me of one I wore with a pale green leisure suit around 1975.
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I’m glad I wasn’t the only one! I had a crazy print polyester shirt that was all the rage. Little did I know that they’re highly flammable. I was having a smoke outside on a windy day and some ashes fell off onto my shirt and it burst into flames. Luckily I remembered to “stop drop and roll” and survived without getting burned. Needless to say the only other 100% polyester shirt I had went directly into the trash! 😜
 
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sf fanatic said:
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one! I had a crazy print polyester shirt that was all the rage. Little did I know that they highly flammable. I was having a smoke outside on a windy day and some ashes fell off onto my shirt and it burst into flames. Luckily I remembered to “stop drop and roll” and survived without getting burned. Needless to say the only other 100% polyester shirt I had went directly into the trash! 😜
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Holy $#I+!!! Glad you avoided getting cooked!!!!
 
btb01 said:
Still better than this deal on Eggo waffles I saw at Target last week. 2 for $10 or $2.99 each. 🤔

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Way back in the seventies I knew a guy who worked at the local A&P grocery store. They had some cookies they were trying to clear out at 25 cents per package. They weren't moving, so some brilliant manager changed it to three for a dollar and they all sold in a few days 🤪
 
btb01 said:
Still better than this deal on Eggo waffles I saw at Target last week. 2 for $10 or $2.99 each. 🤔

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At our convenience store in Iowa, TN., and KS., and liquor store in KS., when an item didn't sell for three months, we doubled, tripled, or quadrupled the price, put a large "CLEARANCE" or "SALE" sign above it.
It generally sold out inside 3 days. We did not reorder it. 😇

The BEST and the absolute WORST POSSIBLE day ever ... depending on your prospective:
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If you having a "bad" day, always remember ... It could be much worse!
 
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btb01 said:
Still better than this deal on Eggo waffles I saw at Target last week. 2 for $10 or $2.99 each. 🤔

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Barrett, I really object to the part of the sign that reads "Buy 2, get a discount"; seems like blatant false advertising to me. But I suppose the "store lawyers" would shut me right up by saying, "Come on! You never heard of NEGATIVE discounts??"

- GT
 
Prester John said:
Awesome shirt, Gary! Reminds me of one I wore with a pale green leisure suit around 1975.
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Thanks, Vince! :)
Mom never made me a leisure suit, but she made at least one for Dad, and I'll bet it was later than 1975. Like me, my mom really couldn't keep up with how fast fashions changed, so she just made clothes a couple of years behind "the cutting edge". I tended to just go for classic, traditional clothes that were never out of style (although I once had a red plaid sport coat that was probably NEVER in style :rolleyes:).

sf fanatic said:
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one! I had a crazy print polyester shirt that was all the rage. Little did I know that they’re highly flammable. I was having a smoke outside on a windy day and some ashes fell off onto my shirt and it burst into flames. Luckily I remembered to “stop drop and roll” and survived without getting burned. Needless to say the only other 100% polyester shirt I had went directly into the trash! 😜
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Sounds like a close call, Dan! :eek:
I've heard of the cutting edge of fashion, but not the flaming border of fashion. 🤓

DaveHS said:
Stay away from open flame 🔥 while wearing, but otherwise a sensational and priceless garment!
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Good advice, Dave, and thanks for the kind comments. :thumbsup:😁

Prester John said:
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Been busy with stuff that I probably don't need to talk about. But I am happy to report that, according to the Texas Penal Code, I am an "elderly individual".
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Uh-oh! Vince, I hope this talk of the Texas Penal Code doesn't mean you've been charged with contempt of court for wearing a 50-year-old leisure suit because of my shirt photo! o_O;)

- GT
 
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