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

pmew said:
Right. I think I'll be out of the game for a while, as in; my wife just handed me a list of "things we have to have for the baby". So no forum knife for Paul. No almost forum knife either (Eriks jack) and no more random fanciful buying. I have my first custom folder on the way and then that'll be me until wee pmew/pmewette arrives. Let's be honest though, a wee'un is far more important. :)
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Paul - Congrats on the baby!!!! Send me a PM around Christmas...if you still don't have a forum knife, I'll make you an offer you can't refuse. :)
 
Forty-five years ago we were glued to the TV.

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I was 14 years old and visiting my aunt and uncle in San Diego CA.Yes we were glued to the TV, What a flood of memories.

Stan
 
Congrats Pmew! My condolences go out to the passengers shot down over Ukraine. Also, RIP to James Garner. A good actor, a veteran and recipient of the Purple heart twice. I also did not know his grandfather was full blooded Cherokee and he grew up on the rez.
 
The festival is over! I can finally get some sleep.

silenthunterstudios said:
Congrats Pmew! My condolences go out to the passengers shot down over Ukraine. Also, RIP to James Garner. A good actor, a veteran and recipient of the Purple heart twice. I also did not know his grandfather was full blooded Cherokee and he grew up on the rez.
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Thanks SHS, we're very excited.

Likewise, prayers sent for the souls of all on board and their families.
 
Well... I was out on a short trip with Sandra and Baby Max in Burghause (one of the places sturzi has almost shown off here) at the big fortress from the medivial times.

Here are some pics of the inner rim of the whole castle constrution







and some wildlife :D (for bastid)



While we drove home, something happened to the car. It didn´t work correctly. So stopped at a parking lot and took a quick look. The car didn´t start again. So tried it again and again. The battery was changed one year ago. So I called a mechanic I knew and who doesn´t life to far away. He came and took a look and said the head gaskets are broken down. This will cost me a big big bunch of money - he thinks roundabout 3k EUROS to repair. I could curse like a bavarian lumberjack .... No more new knives and no gun in autumn!!
 
Head gasket job! Yuck, what car are you driving Andi? I picture you in a German car but head gasket failure isn't that common on those unless it's a V.W. or Audi possibly.
 
Thanks for the great pics Andi, but sorry to hear about your car. €3000 sounds a lot for new head gasket, are there other problems?
 
It´s a Ford Focus, made in Rüsselsheim, Germany I think. The car has roundabout five years on its back at roundabout 90k km. So not that much of distance driven, but it doesn´t help and this kind of defect just sucks. Because the products of other makers are not that good (dont fix that well) on that kind of car. Good labour seems to cost its price (aka - being shot through the roof!)

There are no other problems. But 3k EURO with all the labour behind the exchange car during that time... it´s a great bunch of bucks but well worth, at least for this great car.

Now we just have "my" car I use to drive when I drive to work - a VW Polo. But this car is way too small for a baby and all the things you have to take with when just visiting friends or my parents.
 
Sorry to hear about your car Andi. 3K Euros is a lot of money for head gasket change. Suddenly car repair prices in Singapore do not seem so scary.

Linus
 
Wow 3k euros is a lot of money for a head gasket on a focus. Here in the states that is a sub 1k job unless the actual head is cracked.

I feel for you.
 
It's more than 35 years since I was an apprentice mechanic, and I know automobiles are much more complicated than they used to be, but from my recollection, changing a head gasket was a relatively straightforward and inexpensive operation. It was certainly something I would have done myself. Good labour isn't cheap, but I'm amazed it costs so much. Hope you get it fixed OK my friend :thumbup:
 
Jack Black said:
It's more than 35 years since I was an apprentice mechanic, and I know automobiles are much more complicated than they used to be, but from my recollection, changing a head gasket was a relatively straightforward and inexpensive operation. It was certainly something I would have done myself. Good labour isn't cheap, but I'm amazed it costs so much. Hope you get it fixed OK my friend :thumbup:
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Yeah, I helped my old man change a head gasket on mom's old Ford Falcon with the 170ci six. Took about an hour and a half. Bu that was the early 60's. Now the cars have become soooo darn complicated, it may take 4 to 6 hours of labor just to break it down to get to the problem. I've got a buddy who is a car mechanic, and he regular has a couple hundred bucks in just taking stuff down and putting all back. That's just to get to the problem. They don't build these new cars to be worked very easily at all. I really wonder if we're better off????:confused:

I wonder if we would be better off to bring back the cars of the 60's? The old VW bug, the ORIGINAL Mini, the Ford and Chevy strait sixes that you could rebuild over the weekend.
 
jackknife said:
Yeah, I helped my old man change a head gasket on mom's old Ford Falcon with the 170ci six. Took about an hour and a half. Bu that was the early 60's. Now the cars have become soooo darn complicated, it may take 4 to 6 hours of labor just to break it down to get to the problem. I've got a buddy who is a car mechanic, and he regular has a couple hundred bucks in just taking stuff down and putting all back. That's just to get to the problem. They don't build these new cars to be worked very easily at all. I really wonder if we're better off????:confused:

I wonder if we would be better off to bring back the cars of the 60's? The old VW bug, the ORIGINAL Mini, the Ford and Chevy strait sixes that you could rebuild over the weekend.
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I hear you Carl, on the rare occasions I see a car engine these days, I'm barely aware what I 'm looking at, and everything seems designed so you have to go through an approved dealer to get the smallest thing fixed. I'm not sure the cars run any better than they did 50 years ago though :thumbup:
 
Jack - your words in God´s ear (as we use to say here).

My first car was a VW Golf III, I was gifted by granddad who was almost too old to drive himself. We went with this car to Croatia and it broke down. We went to a garage and the man working there said, "alright I have the parts here" - one hour of work some EURO and everything was alright again. :eek:
Nowadays a car is more a computer than a vehicle. IMO. Not even a lamp can be changed when it´s burned out - except to demontate half of the vehicle. On my old Golf III that was a fix within ten minutes.

I would really wish the old car were built once more. I mean, I don´t need a rain detector; looking out the window and I know if it is raining :foot:
 
LOL, Good stuff Andi, hope you can get it fixed OK my friend, I can see we all share your pain here :)

When I was a boy, I worked for Sheffield City Council In a large garage. We worked on various lorries, all kinds of plant machinery, JCBs, diggers, etc, etc. Also Minis, Escorts, Marinas, Landrovers, and a few other cars which were part of the Council fleet. Wouldn't you know, all the guys who worked there all drove Minis, Escorts, Marinas, or Landrovers! :D

Me, I had a motorbike ;)
 
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