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

Another favorite --- jjambbong.

Usually get a bowl every week or two.

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Congratulations pmew & all you other young Fathers.
Had an extended visit with my Son recently. He had just turned 34 & we went out to celebrate over dinner.
As I sat across the table from Him sipping a nice Mondavi Merlot I found myself looking at this young man & all I saw
for a moment was a little chubby tyke in a Pamper crawling around in a play pen.
Enjoy every moment with them, it makes for great Daydreaming.
 
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Found another good lunch place in Fredericksburg. This time with my oldest daughter. The Sunken Well Tavern on Littlepage Street. Ordered a Reuben and a Veggie Feta Wrap and split them. Food was good. Even better, I learned they have live Bluegrass on Sundays beginning at 7:00PM.

The patriotic Otter
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The meal
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That looks like a very delicious meal, leghog :)

I´ve tested Reuben, but it looks very well tasting - that wrap is nice as well!
 
I can remember growing up and hearing Dad's tall case clock strike the time. Somehow brought even more peace in the quiet hours. Missed that as an adult so I corrected that about 15 years ago in my own home.

Ingraham Calais from 1934
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Chelsea Babro 19 from 1928
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Nice combination that leghog, soothing clocks and tasty food!
Here's a tree that's been haunting me...What do you all see..? I find an OWL'S face I think :D
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Will, you better be careful sniffing those fungi ehrn you're out in the woods... :D
Back here after a few days away from the porch. I had a very nice work experience that I thought might interest some of you.
So last weekend the Italian round of the WRC (World Rally Championship) took place here in northern Sardinia. I know it might not be too popular in the US, but many people in Europe do enjoy this sort of car race. I've always preferred it to F1 and such; the "nature factor" plays a big role to me. So this year, I was recruited for the medical assistance, and had the chance to take a closer look to the whole thing, and I enjoyed it quite much. It was quite a hard thing to do as well, but I'd do it again with no hesitations.
We had a long meeting on Thursday afternoon with the FIA medical delegate and the medical chief of the whole event (and my former boss, for that matter). Usual stuff: logistics and protocols, short demo on pilot extraction and helmet/Hans collar removal, and such. Fifteen ambulances involved (most of them offroad models), and quite a bit of personnel working on them, including the rescue helicopter (no, I wasn't working on it, I had an offroad ambulance ;))
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Wake up early on Friday morning, and 45 minute drive to the starting point of the Coiluna/Crastazza stage (where I was assigned); a safehouse of the guardia forestale (the local rangers) with a great view over a forest of cork oaks and a small lake nearby:
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We had to wait for hours, since we were scheduled to get there at least four hours before the first stage, and there was a long delay (in another stage, a car took fire and so did a tree nearby), until the cars showed up:
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Now, I know that cars reach a higher speed on a track...but these guys are even crazier to bring these cars up to 200 km/h on a dusty road with trees on both sides and such. We ate huge quantities of dust, since every car lifted a cloud as it took off (the first 10 pilots of the WRC start as bullets out of a gun). The second stage also had a delay, so the whole event ended at night with some extra worries (no helicopter support, so things could get harder). Luckily enough, there was no major accident in my stage (just a few minor wounds and issues); I got back home at 2 am, tired but overall pretty satisfied with the experience; I had worked for rally car races before, but the world championship is obviously another level.
Back to knives...we were offered lunch in the caserma, ate as much as we could and probably more than we should :p and I was glad I had a couple blades around:
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Sorry for the bad cellphone pictures; I had no way of bringing my camera with me; yet, I hope some of you enjoyed the report :)

Fausto
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I enjoy watching WRC. It's not available on my cable provider so I have to follow snippets on the WRC website.
 
Fausto that is VERY cool! THANKS! for that awesome post.
Glad no one was hurt.
Your photos are better than mine, and I use a camera.

Concur 100% on the amount of gnarliness it would take to go that fast on a backwoods road.

But, oddly enough, driving backwoods roads escaping federal officers were the origins of NASCAR racing.
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Andi, you're right! :eek: Thanks for posting that link, those koboldmakis are called Spökdjur in Swedish and Kummituseläin in Finnish which if both literally translated mean Ghost animal/creature! Bizarre looking little things, forest spirits :eek: Here's some more of the facialtree but with Woodpecker in attendance:D Keep an eye out for that postman Andi.... Regards, Will
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Frank,
glad you liked the report. I had no idea of the story behind NASCAR races (to be honest, I've only watched a dozen or so - they're not that popular on this side of the Atlantic :p ). The interesting thing about these drivers is their ability to switch to the "race mode" in a heartbeat. The first stage where I was working was stopped ten seconds before Will's former neighbour :D would be the first to cover us with dust. After they were told what was happening (the stage would be suspended due to the fire accident in the former stage - another one from Will's breed :p) the first three drivers and their co-pilots walked out of their cars (it was pretty sunny and hot) and started chatting, then shaked hands of people around them, smiled for photographs, one of them even got down on the grass under a tree to enjoy the shadow. Then, when the time came, they just put their helmets on, got inside their cars and raced like bullets. Hats off to emotional control.

Fausto
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