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

It's a good day for a pint! ;)

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And if you fancy a sing-song ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Ilkla_Moor_Baht_'at
 
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I confess I don't know anything about Yorkshire day, but I wish all my Yorkshire knife nut cousins a good one. Out of respect, I'll go watch the Four Yorkshire men, and have a drink. :thumbup:

Carl.
 
Jack Black said:
Put me down for one of those too please sir! :)

There was a most fortuitous coincidence in West Yorkshire this week, when, on the very same day, both ScruffUK and I received a gifted Charlow! Thom received his from Duane, and I from Charlie. We got the boys together today for a photo opportunity, but as it has been raining all afternoon, we had to stay in the pub! :thumbup:



Thanks for a very pleasant afternoon Thom, always great to see you, and thank you very much for the presents (a Victorinox Alox Bantam and a Taylor's Eye Witness British Army clasp knife), more will be heard of them in due course! :)
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What beverages are behind those pretty knives? My guess would be Guinness and Boddingtons, but I'm probably wrong.
 
wouldestous said:
we used to *dream* of livin in a corridor. woulda been a palace to us.
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jackknife said:
We lived in an old water tank in a rubbish pit!
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Very good chaps :thumbup:

Woodrow F Call said:
What beverages are behind those pretty knives? My guess would be Guinness and Boddingtons, but I'm probably wrong.
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*shakes head*

We were both supping some 'real ale'. I was supping the dark one, Moorhouse's Black Cat mild, Jack's I can't remember, probably something 'orribly hoppy.

Boddingtons tastes like sweaty socks and I refuse to drink it. Guinness is inevitably served too cold in pretty much every establishment you find it in these days, likewise, it's not worth having.
 
scruffuk said:
*shakes head*

We were both supping some 'real ale'. I was supping the dark one, Moorhouse's Black Cat mild, Jack's I can't remember, probably something 'orribly hoppy.

Boddingtons tastes like sweaty socks and I refuse to drink it. Guinness is inevitably served too cold in pretty much every establishment you find it in these days, likewise, it's not worth having.
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I've never tasted sweaty socks. :o
 
scruffuk said:
Very good chaps :thumbup:



*shakes head*

We were both supping some 'real ale'. I was supping the dark one, Moorhouse's Black Cat mild, Jack's I can't remember, probably something 'orribly hoppy.

Boddingtons tastes like sweaty socks and I refuse to drink it. Guinness is inevitably served too cold in pretty much every establishment you find it in these days, likewise, it's not worth having.
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I lived in Belfast for six years and there was a bar in the cathedral quarter that used to serve the most perfect pint of the dark stuff. Sigh. Been a long time since I had a decent beer pulled for me, I have to content myself with bottled stuff now.

Paul
 
Why does it happen every time? I order a new one, convinced this will be the last because it has the last possible combination of blade types that I don't have. So a couple of days ago a Tidioute Eureka with smooth calico bone arrived with its excellent Jack form and spear main with coping secondary. Oh it's gorgeous, came very sharp for once and I love that coping blade. So two days in and I'm worrying that lovely smooth bone in my hand thinking "wouldn't that coping 2nd go really well with a master sheepsfoot".

Argh! Why do I do this to myself!
 
Being honest, I´ve never tried Heineken. I think I don´t want to do that - I just opened a cooled Andechs Vollbier Hell - brewed at Kloster Andechs, Bavaria. When I came home today - I had two Wolferstetter Edel Hell with a friend of mine.

It will be my last today - I need to get up early tomorrow ;) (and drive by car)
 
pmew said:
Why does it happen every time? I order a new one, convinced this will be the last because it has the last possible combination of blade types that I don't have. So a couple of days ago a Tidioute Eureka with smooth calico bone arrived with its excellent Jack form and spear main with coping secondary. Oh it's gorgeous, came very sharp for once and I love that coping blade. So two days in and I'm worrying that lovely smooth bone in my hand thinking "wouldn't that coping 2nd go really well with a master sheepsfoot".

Argh! Why do I do this to myself!
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Rhetorical question.... but quoted for truth!

Getting a new knife that you enjoy,that is real excitement, but over there in the yonder blue......:cool:

Let's face it, the genuine buzz of a new knife needs constant fixing..:eek::D

As for beer on tap, what's all the fuss? Kind of odd fetish to my mind, decent bottled is always reliable! (Provided you pour it yourself!)
 
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Beer? I never acquired a taste for it, I guess because I grew up around Coors light and Natural Light!

Pmew, our support group meets every Tuesday in the church hall. Sales are encouraged ;)...
 
jackknife said:
I confess I don't know anything about Yorkshire day, but I wish all my Yorkshire knife nut cousins a good one. Out of respect, I'll go watch the Four Yorkshire men, and have a drink. :thumbup:

Carl.
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Thanks Carl, and the rest of you :) Apart from the disappointment of discovering my daughter has never even heard of the Yorkshire anthem On Ilkla Mor Bah t'at, having to instruct a posh southerner on the correct pronounciation of 'scone', and having spent the last four hours editing the photos I took at Sheffield's Kelham Island Industrial Museum (most of which you will get to see eventually), I had a pretty good Yorkshire Day. Met up with my daughter and grandaughter, nice pub lunch, couple of excellent pints in two great Sheffield pubs, a couple of hours in the museum, and my girlfriend surprised me with a Trevor Ablett knife (ie she bought me one, rather than anything less pleasant), which was actually sharp and well-ground!

scruffuk said:
We were both supping some 'real ale'. I was supping the dark one, Moorhouse's Black Cat mild, Jack's I can't remember, probably something 'orribly hoppy.
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Daleside Blonde :)
 
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