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

knarfeng said:
We both have dogs which are 1/2 German Shepherd and 1/2 Australian Shepherd.
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That makes the three of us. Rowdy, on the left there, is half and half as well. Neither of these guys are "shelter dogs" but were both unwanted by their owners and I snagged them before they were brought to the shelter. I got Rowdy at four months, he was living on a horse farm and he did not get along with the horses. He'll be six years old on Xmas. Carat is a chow something mix. Picked him up at four weeks old from a firehouse. Someone had abandoned a box with a 14 puppy litter there as well as the mom(who was a miserable vicious mean chow momma, stopped feeding them after two weeks). He was incredibly cute. He's six months younger than the Roo.
An early on pic of Rowdy and Carat.
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And four week old carat.
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knarfeng said:
Well now, Ed, there's another thing we have in common.
We both have dogs which are 1/2 German Shepherd and 1/2 Australian Shepherd. And both dogs have the size of the German.

But ours looks pretty much like a very large Australian Shepherd.
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Very nice looking pup Frank. Funny how the coloring runs in the mixed breeds. Sometimes there's no rhyme or reason but they're all beautiful.
 
Jack Black said:
Great pics Kris :thumbup: You can't beat it can you? :)
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And to think I used to enjoy winter camping, backpacking and climbing. I don't even want to know where my old Dachstein mitts and covers are. LOL!

Looks like a fun time, Kris. Nowadays my carabiners are used to secure the dog's crate. :p
 
Blues said:
And to think I used to enjoy winter camping, backpacking and climbing. I don't even want to know where my old Dachstein mitts and covers are. LOL!

Looks like a fun time, Kris. Nowadays my carabiners are used to secure the dog's crate. :p
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Yes indeed Elliott! :D You're lucky, I've still got a whole bedroom full of climbing equipment gathering dust! :D Let me know if you ever need any new crampons Kris! ;)
 
Definitely hard to beat, thanks for your generosity Jack.

Thanks Elliot, we use carabiners (and retired rope) for all sorts of things around our house. :)
 
Jack Black said:
Yes indeed Elliott! :D You're lucky, I've still got a whole bedroom full of climbing equipment gathering dust! :D Let me know if you ever need any new crampons Kris! ;)
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MT Damascus said:
Definitely hard to beat, thanks for your generosity Jack.

Thanks Elliot, we use carabiners (and retired rope) for all sorts of things around our house. :)
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I've got a closet full of what is now essentially memorabilia. Every now and again I pull out some gear bags and think about what I might use that Sticht belay plate or figure 8 descender for. LOL!
Mostly it's the paracord and biners that get use. They're handy for everything around the house and property from dog crates to bird feeders. Kind of like duct tape.

I've got crampons I don't use anymore either, Jack. I just can't bring myself to get rid of most of this stuff, however. (Though I've given some of my chocks and stoppers to local climbers.)
 
Blues said:
I've got crampons I don't use anymore either, Jack. I just can't bring myself to get rid of most of this stuff, however. (Though I've given some of my chocks and stoppers to local climbers.)
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I'm the same Elliott, I'll give stuff away in an instant, but just can't bear to throw anything out! :D

PM sent Kris ;)
 
Wow...! I've just been catching up on this thread (haven't touched a computer for 4 blessed days! Ahhhh! ;) ), and there are some really great shots posted here. Thanks for sharing, you all. I'll post up a few myself after the clan reunion(s) this week. :D

Carl, anybody ever tell you that you look a lot like Clive Cussler?

Happy Thanksgiving, folks, in case I don't get on again until after the holiday. :thumbup:
 
A question for our English cousins;

When you make a pot of tea over there in the old country, do you still use loose tea, or has the 'tea bag' made it's way over to you all?

I only ask this because, years ago, when Ihad a friend that was from your island, and I made tea, he made great fun of the fact that American's used a little bag to contain the tea. He found it very amusing. I only wonder if the shrinking world production technology has infiltrated the British tea industry?

Carl.
 
jackknife said:
A question for our English cousins;

When you make a pot of tea over there in the old country, do you still use loose tea, or has the 'tea bag' made it's way over to you all?

I only ask this because, years ago, when Ihad a friend that was from your island, and I made tea, he made great fun of the fact that American's used a little bag to contain the tea. He found it very amusing. I only wonder if the shrinking world production technology has infiltrated the British tea industry?

Carl.
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I can't speak for any of our other regulars, but I have to admit I can't remember the last time I bought loose tea. When the tea-bag arrived in our house in the 1960's it was a blessing, as for some reason, we didn't own a tea-strainer, so you would always get a mouthful of tea-leaves at the bottom of the cup. People used to leave the last drop in the cup as a result, and to this day I (and some others of my generation) still haven't overcome the aversion to drinking the very last part of a hot drink.

Of course fortune-telling really isn't the same ;)
 
Jack Black said:
I can't speak for any of our other regulars, but I have to admit I can't remember the last time I bought loose tea.
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We have loose leaf tee in pint Ball mason jars as well as the ubiquitous bagged stuff. We steep is and strain it through mesh in a drain cup made just for that purpose. It's atea cup with a drain mechanism that strain the tea into your cup when you set it atop your cup.

And looky-there, it's time for low tea/afternoon tea. :)
 
Snowing like crazy here. Thankfully the air and ground temps are well above freezing. I hate the stuff. It's right up there with neckties and shaving on the list of things I love to hate.
 
Tea bags without a doubt. My mother however uses regular teabags in the teapot and then puts a spoonful of Earl Grey in with it. She's pretty old school however and doesn't hold with such mod-cons as mugs, and insists on having cups and saucers in her house. I couldn't fit my fingers in the handles so she went and found tea cups with large ones for when I visit... Sigh. I'm not right until I've had a mug of tea in the morning.

Paul
 
I can't have caffeine, and, well, decaf coffee is horrible except when you get it at a gas station chain over here called Sheetz. So, I drink decaf orange pekoe, or decaf green tea. Always use a tea bag, and I usually buy whatever is cheapest. Heresy, I know, but I feel better knowing that you guys across the pond use teabags too.

I thought you would get lynched in the British Isles for not using actual tea leaves :D.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I thought you would get lynched in the British Isles for not using actual tea leaves :D.
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I worked with a guy years ago who used to use 'instant tea'! It came in granule form. I have to say, I didn't think it tasted THAT bad, but tea in a bag is pretty 'instant'! :D
 
Jack, several years ago I became enamored with Yixing Chinese teapots, and have several in my collection.
Loose teas are the only way to go with these for warm tea. I do use tea bags to make iced tea in the summer, though.
 
Jack Black said:
I can't speak for any of our other regulars, but I have to admit I can't remember the last time I bought loose tea. When the tea-bag arrived in our house in the 1960's it was a blessing, as for some reason, we didn't own a tea-strainer, so you would always get a mouthful of tea-leaves at the bottom of the cup. People used to leave the last drop in the cup as a result, and to this day I (and some others of my generation) still haven't overcome the aversion to drinking the very last part of a hot drink.

Of course fortune-telling really isn't the same ;)
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Good to know. I remember time when I was stationed at an air force base in eastern England, and I was going to make a pot of tea for a friend who was a local. I had bought my groceries of course on base at the exchange, and it was all U.S. brand stuff, including Lipton tea bags. I broke out the tea bags, and you'd have thought I'd spoke treason against the Queen!:eek:

Always wondered if things had changed much. I never liked having tea leaves between the teeth.:D

Carl.
 
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