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

Robert - I hope your wifes treatment continues to go well and you manage to overcome that hurdle and the financial one. Best wishes from Blighty.

Jeff - Getting so far down the interview process is a good thing. Hopefully they will recongnise your the right guy for the job and you will be sharing some good news soon. Good luck!
 
Thanks a lot for the support guys, when we see results I'll be sure to post it up!

Sowbelly270 said:
Please wish me luck today. I have been out of work for a while now and things are pretty tight and are only going to get tighter if I don't find something in the near future. I have an interview today, for a good job, and I am starting to get nervous. I don't know how many people they are going to interview, this is the third stage of the hiring process, but I know that there were a lot of people apply to start with. This is the only good prospect I have at this time and I really hope it works out. Thanks for letting me ramble and for your thoughts.


Have a great day,
Jeff
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Good luck with the job search, dont know what part of KS you're in and what line of work but I could keep my ear to the ground for you if I hear of any work that you can do.
 
Jeff, if you've made it to the third interview, that's a good signal that the employer is interested (or at least thinks you're a good prospect). They're narrowing it down, and you're still in the running; so, good luck! Hope it goes your way today! :thumbup:
 
I hope your wife will be well, soon Robert. Prayers sent.

Jeff, good luck on that interview.
 
Ed and Robert, I send my best wishes to your wives.
Jeff, good luck for your interview.

The weather went from snow on Easter straight to summer, now it's been 24 degrees and sunny for three days :). On Monday it was a local holiday and I drove around a bit with my bike, taking some pictures as well.
This is a natural cave, a couple of minutes away from where I went to elementary school (just at the bottom of the valley). On St. John's Eve (summer solstice) the whole school (well, generally we were about 15 children ;)) would make a huge bonfire on top of the cliff and then sleep in the cave.
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On the far left, halfway up the cliff there's a secret small cave.
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Climbing up the very steep side you reach a small hole, about three meters long. Now I hardly fit through there anymore, crawling on all fours.
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It's quite high up and you can see over the tree tops. My best buddy in school lived just over there.
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This little lizard stood still long enough for me to take a picture :)
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Another knife picture can't hurt :). Occasionally we grabbed the climbing gear and rappelled down, it's about 30 meters high just above the cave.
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On the way back I stopped at a lookout tower.
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The alps are just visible in the distance.
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There's also an entrenchment nearby, dug out probably around 1000 B.C.
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As you can imagine, we loved to run up and down these things as kids :)
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I hope you enjoyed the pictures, otherwise please don't be angry about clogging up the thread :D
 
Nice places you guys have there in Switzerland.

Thanks for sharing the pics from the "west part" of the Alps. :)

That natural cave is really a great looking place as well as the views from above and the beautiful landscape reminds me to the south part of "Allgäu" in Bavaria.
 
Sturzi I bet that is an amazing view from atop that tower. Thanks for sharing the country side with us.

Thank you all for the kind thoughts. I think the interview went well today. I won't know anything for a few days. I, did however, find out that there were over 90 people apply for this and that they we interviewing 15. I guess, if nothing else, I can take comfort in knowing that I made it into the top 15. Thanks again for your thoughts.


Have a great day,
Jeff
 
My father and several of his brothers were working together on one job. Come quitting time one uncle started to drive, and heard a rattle. He found his battery connected to the car only by its cable. His brothers got out their toolboxes. In those days many toolboxes had wire handles running from one end to the other. Wood in the middle made a grip. They used a couple toolbox wires to fasten the battery to the car. The same wires were supporting the battery when he sold the thing.
 
Glad to hear your interview went well Jeff.

Lovely photos sturzi, thank you for sharing them with us.
 
We will continue the positive flow, Jeff.
 
I had to travel a long way to a funeral yesterday. The funeral was for someone I've known much of my life, I was the best friend of his oldest son, who died himself in 1988. He was the descendant of Russian Jews who came to Sheffield to learn about the steel trade in the 19th Century, and his own father, being less than literate mistakenly named him Lois instead of Louis. He left school at 14 and got a job as a cub reporter on the local Sheffield paper, but due to WW2 breaking out and most of the men being called up to fight, ended up covering major stories at an age when he would have otherwise been making tea. After his own National Service in the Royal Air Force, Josh, as he was knoiwn to his friends, became a teacher and later headmaster. He was an avid climber and mountaineer, and a founder member of Kendal Mountain Rescue Team. He was also a a morris man, and his old pals and their accordions were the joyful musical accompaniment to the funeral yesterday. Instead of a hymn, they played this (below), which was originally a satirical take on a British bread commercial, and actually written and performed by another old Sheffield lad (also deceased) who both Josh, and myself and his deceased son, knew. There was dancing and stories, and a few pints afterwards.

[video=youtube;I2AcJSkUw6M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2AcJSkUw6M[/video]
 
Jack, sounds like it was a long day but you saw the old lad off well.

I'm sure there were tears of sadness and joy after playing that Capstick skit.
It really makes me chortle.

May he rest in peace.
 
scruffuk said:
Jack, sounds like it was a long day but you saw the old lad off well.

I'm sure there were tears of sadness and joy after playing that Capstick skit.
It really makes me chortle.

May he rest in peace.
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Thanks pal, yes it would certainly have made the old lad chuckle. His ashes will be scattered at Stanage Edge, the famous Peak District climbing ground, and the scene of many happy days for him and his family, and for me as well.

By chance, I got on the train back home, with my old friend's nephew, and Josh's grandson, and got a chance to tell him about his uncle, who died a few years before he was born :)
 
Thanks Jeff. He was an old feller who lived a full life and died peacefully in his sleep with his wife of 60 years besides him. If I go like that, I think I'll die content :)

Jack
 
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