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

Peregrin said:
I always get a kick out of seeing your operation. The sap is running in Central New York too. My son makes some syrup for the family.
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It's becoming more and more popular around here. I know of probably 20 new syrup makers in my area that got started from scratch in the past 5 years. We have had a good season so far, got about 2000 gallons of sap hauled in over the past 6 days. Dad is out tapping more trees today to get ready for the next cold spell and warm up. So far the sap has been weaker sugar content that average for this time of year, but it is picking up quickly.

The redwing blackbirds are back. Usually that is a sign that syrup season is finished. And I see the red maple buds are swelled up, so I know the sugar maple trees are not far behind. I'm hoping we get 7-10 more days of weather that cooperates before Mother Nature shuts us down for 2026.
 
Friday 13 had a great day. ....got some extra work bussing primary school kids to the swimming pool...back and forth ...a 5 minute trip....for 3 hours...they were all very polite thanking me as they alighted..
Wednesday however....crashed the bloody thing going into the depot....nothing major but not a good feeling......maybe I have a chronic case of Sideswipercoacherguttermuncherphobia.
Or just bad Busmanship.
 
JB in LV said:
Peregrin Peregrin , "Beware the Ides of March" after that.
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This is quite a streak of "special days": Friday the 13th, then Pi Day, then Ides of March, then a day to relax on Monday, and finally St. Patrick's Day (or as I'll personally celebrate it, the 75th wedding anniversary of my dear departed parents - is 75th anniversary the semisesquicentennial – semi=half, sesqui= and a half, centennial=100th anniversary, so half of (a century and a half (century)), or 1/2 (150) = 75).

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
This is quite a streak of "special days": Friday the 13th, then Pi Day, then Ides of March, then a day to relax on Monday, and finally St. Patrick's Day (or as I'll personally celebrate it, the 75th wedding anniversary of my dear departed parents - is 75th anniversary the semisesquicentennial – semi=half, sesqui= and a half, centennial=100th anniversary, so half of (a century and a half (century)), or 1/2 (150) = 75).

- GT
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I must object your casual dismissal of March 16th, the Lithuanian Day of Book Smugglers.
 
5K Qs said:
This is quite a streak of "special days": Friday the 13th, then Pi Day, then Ides of March, then a day to relax on Monday, and finally St. Patrick's Day (or as I'll personally celebrate it, the 75th wedding anniversary of my dear departed parents - is 75th anniversary the semisesquicentennial – semi=half, sesqui= and a half, centennial=100th anniversary, so half of (a century and a half (century)), or 1/2 (150) = 75).

- GT
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Semisesquicentennial is a great term for it. A perfect sesquipedalian!
 
knarfeng said:
Rut Roh. Apparently multiple outfits have adopted March 16th for their own celebrations.
www.daysoftheyear.com

National Holidays on March 16th, 2026 | Days Of The Year

Celebrate Black Press Day, National Agriculture Week, Adelaide Fringe and much more!
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That's true for just about every day of the year, really.

I'm not Lithuanian, but I love that people were smuggling books in to defy the empire that was trying to eradicate their language and culture. That's a kind of smuggler I wholeheartedly endorse.

Wilipedia's front page always has an 'On This Day' section listing some of the commemorations, big events, and births and deaths for each day. That's where I first learned about the Day of Book Smugglers.
 
Tyson A Wright said:
I must object your casual dismissal of March 16th, the Lithuanian Day of Book Smugglers.
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knarfeng said:
Rut Roh. Apparently multiple outfits have adopted March 16th for their own celebrations.
www.daysoftheyear.com

National Holidays on March 16th, 2026 | Days Of The Year

Celebrate Black Press Day, National Agriculture Week, Adelaide Fringe and much more!
www.daysoftheyear.com www.daysoftheyear.com
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Yikes! March 16 is FAR more notable than I realized. Another example in which, for me, ignorance was bliss. :rolleyes:🤓

Mens Abdita said:
Semisesquicentennial is a great term for it. A perfect sesquipedalian!
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Thanks for the confirmation. :thumbsup::)
I had recently spent some time online trying to make sense of the various terms applied to the USA's 250th "birthday", and found out that brushing up on my Latin classes from high school almost 60 years ago was very helpful for seeing the similarities and differences between, say, semiquiNcentennial and bisesquicentennial - that N in the first word makes a huge difference!

Speaking of birthdays and anniversaries, here's a related knife photo showing a Rough Ryder 30th Anniversary stockman:
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- GT
 
r8shell said:
Isn't March supposed to "come in like a lion and out like a lamb"?
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Thanks to the influence of Jack Black Jack Black , EVERY month enters and leaves like a lambsfoot for me. ;)
Here are 3 thrifty knives I bought in December that I claim have lambsfoot blades, even though the seller's descriptions call them sheepsfoot, sheepsfoot, and Wharncliffe (top to bottom). (The graph paper background is intended to make clear the "distal taper" of the height of each blade.)
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- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Speaking of Ides of March, I remember a horn-heavy one-hit-wonder band of that name from my youth. The lyrics in their hit mention a black sedan, like a Ford Focus I once owned, which allows me to get a knife photo in here. Bonus: the knife is a canoe, another type of vehicle.


- GT
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Huh 🤔
I always thought Blood, Sweat and Tears did that. Learned something new today 🤓
Mostly useless, but new nonetheless 😛
 
Dia duit! Sure, and a Happy St. Paddy's Day to you all! (to be read with an Irish Lilt to your internal voice.)

I married a red-haired gal of 100% Irish origin. She makes an awesome Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner. So you can guess what's on the menue tonight.
 
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