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

My nephew on the Colorado River/Grand Canyon

What he had to say about it --- "Go left get beat down, go right get beat down, and ooooh you don't want to be in the middle" ...strategically edited to make it appear I was in control the whole time.---

His aunt, one of my sisters, did the same 30+ ago. Met her husband there.

[video=youtube;6b997j8SnxU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6b997j8SnxU[/video]
 
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Here he is in Costa Rica earlier in the year. He's living life the fullest he knows how. Good on him!

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Another at the canyon.

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The kid's a post doctoral fellow at Emory. Well, not really a hid anymore. He's 31.
 
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Thanks for sharing Leghog

although only 36 my life has developed in such a way that such things are "PROBABLY" behind me. Not that I am sad or unhappy with how my life turned out, but, well you know

but i hope one day that i will be posting pics like this of MY nephews (or niece) and it will be even more special if they get their interest in such things from me, or i can at least help nurture such interests in them :)
 
leghog said:
Here he is in Costa Rica earlier in the year. He's living life the fullest he knows how. Good on him!

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Very cool! :thumbup: Brings to mind the stock advice that I give here on Bladeforums each time I read a post by some college kid asking what $300 knife he should buy: I say, get a $25 SAK, then spend then rest of the money going out and having some adventure, doing something!

-- Mark
 
The system is not real good about telling you your inbox is full.
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Oh. Thanks, Andi.

A couple of folks were trying to PM me yesterday and my inbox was full. They have since made contact.
 
It's the little things that keep us happy. I have a new knife, a Moore Maker small trapper in smooth green bone which was very generously gifted to me by addylo. I've had it in my pocket and been using it for almost a week now and love it. Today I had one of those moments which many hate but I love; I sat quietly and cut an apple. It was the patina break in. As I slowly cut thin slices of apple I watched the 1095 change colour and my nostrils filled with that unmistakable smell of citric acid meeting carbon steel. Ahh... Bliss!
 
I thought you folks might like to see some pics of this car I came across on my travels. The Swedish owner was driving round North Yorkshire looking for the home of a guy who had some vintage motor parts. He didn't have the guy's name or address, but reckoned he would know the house when he saw it! :)













 
In the literature of the twenties and thirties they would call such a vehicle a “long-bonneted monster.”

It’s the sort of thing Lord Peter Wimsey used to drive. Except that Wimsey fancied Daimlers.
 
JB in SC said:
The axe on the side is a nice touch, never know when you're going to need to chop down a tree :)
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I thought it might have been a nice touch to completely ignore the car, and just say "Nice axe"! :D

Raymond1000 said:
In the literature of the twenties and thirties they would call such a vehicle a “long-bonneted monster.”

It’s the sort of thing Lord Peter Wimsey used to drive. Except that Wimsey fancied Daimlers.
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I see quite a lot of nice vintage cars on my travels, but I think that beast is certainly the biggest!

Parke1 said:
THAT... is awesome!
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:)

jackknife said:
I thought maybe it was John Steed's younger brother!
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:D :thumbup:
 
The word is Behemoth! It dwarfs even modern cars.

Now I know why Ettore Bugatti allegedly called Bentleys "The world's fastest lorries":cool:

Yes that axe is hefty looking too, last rites for big road kill perhaps? :eek: Underneath appears to be an ammo box ha!ha!:D

Notice the fuel consumption, which like all official figures is likely wildly optimistic 17 litres/100 km which is around 16 miles per gallon(imperial) probably consumed as much fuel as a plane to get from Sweden:eek::eek: There's something else I noted, that green sticker on the other side literally means 'learner driver' or 'driver under instruction '!! No room on board for the teacher, or names or addresses it seems. Nice one Jack.:thumbup:
 
JB in SC said:
The axe on the side is a nice touch, never know when you're going to need to chop down a tree :)
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It actually looks like a broad axe, which isn't used for chopping down trees. It is used for hewing timbers square or into other shapes. You could say that it is a device for carving large pieces of wood. What on earth would the driver of that car ever need it for? People that hew wood drive pickup trucks.
 
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