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

silenthunterstudios said:
I've been loading up my iPod with podcasts. BHK Outdoors radio, basic outdoors shows, regional history, Duck Dynasty/Duck Commanders interviews and, wait for it... Bigfoot shows. You cannot imagine how many bigfoot/sasquatch/yeti shows are out there. I've always liked cryptozoology since I was a kid, and found the show Coast to Coast AM about ten years ago. However, C2CAM is usually broadcast over night. You have to pay for podcasts, and while looking for C2C shows, I found the plethora of sasquatch shows. I was always fascinated by Bigfoot, and have heard stories from people in the MD/PA area that say they or others have seen the mythical beast. I don't put limitations on God, but I don't really see something such as sasquatch roaming around out there.

Anyway, there are some neat stories out there. Makes the time go by quicker at work. Best one I've heard so far has to be the Bigfoot Information Project, where the host supposedly went to an Oklahoma reservation casino to investigate a supposed incident caught on a security camera. I just get a kick out of stuff like this, especially Coast to Coast's call in segment. One call that stands out is a trucker talking about a large dog keeping pace with his rig on the highway. Sleep deprivation can cause some wild visions I guess.
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silenthunder, here’s a newsflash.

DNA analysis says the yeti is a polar bear-brown bear hybrid. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/17/dna-testing-suggests-elusive-yeti-could-be-polar-bear-hybrid-roaming-himalayas/
 
My first crap in Iraq. 2003.

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The Military Life:

Sweat, anger, boredom, laughter, and fears
Loneliness, joy, exhilaration, and tears
Travel, friends, and a mission to keep
Adventures lived whose memory’s sleep
Aversions conquered well rounding a man
Thinking you can’t but learning you can

Considered old when really still young
Brothers in arms won’t hold long their tongue
They’ll tell you you’re getting older and slower
But will still stand by you, shoulder to shoulder
Urging you on to get what needs to be done
Until the goal that is hard fought is hard won

Later in life you see where you’ve been
Once moving too fast to take it all in
Older and slower you see what once was
Through a misty haze when you rarely can pause
You’re busy again with a new life and adventure
Making more memories as has become your new nature
 
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In post WWII America, cars were hard to come by. Car sales plummeted during the depression. Converting factories from tanks to cars took time.

One of my uncles got a chance at a used Hudson. The add read, Come after seven. My Dad drove him to see the car. With the aid of a flashlight they found the house. Uncle Bob had to have it. “The Hudson is a good car. This is a good price. I’m going to buy it.” Dad urged caution, but Bob was determined. Cash went in one direction, paperwork in the other. Next morning Bob started his wonderful new car. Clouds of black smoke poured out of the thing. That Hudson needed a ring job, just for starters. Fixing it would get real expensive, real fast.

Bob ran an add. Hudson sedan. Good condition. Come after seven.
 
I showed a co-worker (a self-professed modest knife collector) the new GEC wharncliffe trapper. He proceeded to open the blades and arrange them in the usual fashion that you see in knife pics (one blade open to the half stop, the other halfway to the halfstop). I squirmed but didn't stop him. Of course he cut himself pretty good. I almost apologized, but I did nothing wrong...

He said, "You keep that really sharp!"
It was the factory edge. Good job GEC!

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Came across a 'new' superstition recently.

Sleeping with a knife under your pillow brings luck. (Just ensure it's closed first :eek::D )

Don't know if it's true but I like to believe it......
 
I was online shopping some time ago and (maybe) I was a little brain-off. However - on february my first child will be born and I ordered two shirts of my favorite hard rock / heavy metal bands.

I ordered a Motörhead shirt and a Ramones shirt in baby size. LOL! That was a very big surprise for my wife. But finally she thinks it´s funny (in a strange way). ;)

IMO you can never start early enough with Good Music :D



(the right one is one of mine for size comparison)
 
humppa, my son has a toddler size led zeppelin shirt. good stuff!

here is something i thought of that may be helpful. babies outgrow clothing very quickly. one thing you can try is to buy a patch of your favorite bands such as you might sew onto a backpack. sew the patch onto a shirt or cap that will fit your child. your baby can wear the garment until they outgrow the clothing and then you remove the patch and sew it onto something that fits. they wear that item until they outgrow it and then you move the patch to something else.
here in the u.s. a backpack patch that can be re-applied indefinitely is perhaps half the price of a t-shirt that will be outgrown in a year. it will save a significant amount of money over time and your child can have a rock-n-roll heirloom.
 
Since our beloved Smoky departed in July this year, the missus and I have been having a devil of a time finding a new companion for our home...and it's not for lack of trying.

Over the past weekend we got a call from the Foothills Humane Society, (we've dealt with them before), advising us of a dog they thought might be a good match for us...so, on Monday we drove on down the hour and a half it takes to get there but found that the dog wasn't suitable. While we weren't upset we were a little sorry to leave empty handed.

Just as we were getting ready to jump in the Explorer to head home, one of the staff/volunteers who had met us briefly in the past came over and asked if we had seen or met the dog she had just been out exercising. (Apparently this dog had not been listed on their site as yet.) We hadn't and both of us were pretty taken in by her nice looks and attentiveness.

The facility asked us if we would be willing to foster this pup as they had little info about her. She came in as a stray and other than neutering and getting her up to snuff on her inoculations, they really knew nothing about her training wise or even whether she was housebroken. They said if we liked her she could stay with us, otherwise we could return her to the facility for a future adoption.

Well, "Skyler" has been with us since Monday afternoon and so far, so good. She's a sweet girl of about 12 months, gentle but playful, strong and athletic.
As I told Sarah, this female ain't no lady. She's a Boxer mix of about 55 pounds and while she probably won't grow much taller, she may yet fill out some.

And here she is...please spare a good thought that Skyler will find a forever home with us. She's bonded to us as we have to her and if she will tolerate the occasional crating she will have to endure, she should have a loving home for the rest of her days if we have anything to say about it. (And thanks in advance for those good thoughts.)

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Positive thoughts sent for Skyler finding her forever people, and of course for you and the missus finding a companion:)
 
Good luck pal, really hope things work out. Sounds as if the Foothills Humane Society do a great job :thumbup:

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She's a good looking girl, Elliott. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
 
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