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

In Afghanistan, kites and kite fighting are traditions. One of the Afghan born USA terps here had local man known for his kites make me a couple. They are beautiful and colorful but quite fragile. Bamboo and onion skin paper. I received the kites yesterday afternoon and leave country this morning so had just enough time to build a box and get some styrofoam and bubble wrap and get the box through the postal inspection and on its way home this evening. Hope the kites make it home safely. I'll know in about ten days. They'll be art work on the wall.
 
jackknife said:
I'm not surprised and am interested in what happens when Rory starts to walk. Finlay is a herding group dog.

When our youngest child was born, we had a Cardigan Welsh Corgi named Samy. When Matt started to stagger about, it was okay as long as he was in the crib/living room area. If Matt started down the hall or into the kitchen, Sammy would get in his way and bark at him to herd Matt back into the immediate area of his crib. It was actually hilarious that Sammy would herd Matt, and keep him out of trouble. Better than a nanny, Sammy would work for just bacon treats.!:D

Herd dogs are so darn smart. They know what to do. :eek:
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Carl, our boy's are both grown and out of the house, both were raised with Shelties in the house and what you described is so true:thumbup: My wife Nanc did in home daycare for seventeen years and our Shelties alway's hearded the kids back to the yard if they strayed to far while playing outdoors.

Super smart dogs:thumbup:

@ Paul, Rory is flat out a handsome young man and Finlay is a great looking best friend. Our Shelties were always by our boy's side and slept in their room until they both moved out.
 
pmew said:
Well my start to 2015 was a bit nuts. We had a passenger plane with 26 passengers crash on take off at Stornoway airport on my first day back from paternity leave...

The crazy was just beginning.

On another note, at home Finlay has become very protective of wee Rory and hardly leaves his side. This surprised us, we thought Jess would be playing mother hen.

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Glad nobody was seriously hurt Paul :thumbup:

Great pic of Rory, and Finlay, my friend :)

Jack
 
jackknife said:
I'm not surprised and am interested in what happens when Rory starts to walk. Finlay is a herding group dog.

When our youngest child was born, we had a Cardigan Welsh Corgi named Samy. When Matt started to stagger about, it was okay as long as he was in the crib/living room area. If Matt started down the hall or into the kitchen, Sammy would get in his way and bark at him to herd Matt back into the immediate area of his crib. It was actually hilarious that Sammy would herd Matt, and keep him out of trouble. Better than a nanny, Sammy would work for just bacon treats.!:D

Herd dogs are so darn smart. They know what to do. :eek:
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I've been a professional dog trainer for over 10 years now and am always to this day amazed by the herding breeds. My German Shepherd, Scout (i use him as my avatar) Has been the best dog I've ever had. Unfortunately, hes coming up on 13 years and can no longer hear the low tones of my voice, and his eyes are failing. However he does live a very comfortable life. I'm going to miss him when he's gone. I guess I need to find an ebony Scout, or even better an ebony Beer Scout to carry with me when he's gone.
 
I got my first gun last year (except from the semi-auto pistol I had carry when I was in border control service). A lever-gun Marlin in .22lr. I like that little rifle; and it shoots like poison (as we say here)

My dad will give me one of his double barrel shotguns in 12/70 made in the 60s. This makes me proud as he cherishes his few guns like a treasure. If you search for Konrad Wirnhier you will find who made this special gun. :D Makes me proud, really. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Wirnhier Mr. Wirnhier was also a gunsmith in german we call this a Büchsenmachermeister.
 
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safe travels leghog. When I was much younger in my 20s a group of us would gather at a nearby seaside park and fly our stunt kites-the type with two hand reels and two strings.
One of our group thought it most amusing to land his kite strings on top of ours and slice through them.It was especially hilarious when he would cut both strings and someones kite would sail hopelessly over the cliff edge into the sea or get stuck in the rocks halfway down. ...yeah....at 50 bux a pop it was becoming a rich mans sport.
I went out and bought 8 ply twine-3 times thicker than the standard issue twine that came with the kites. One of the boys tried extra strong fishing line "the stuff they catch sharks with!" it was a bit too heavy unless gale force winds were blowing.We installed swivels on our lines at the same time.
Old mate never stood a chance after the upgrades and naturally we didn't mention it. His snickering, twine sawing ,kite destroying fun came to an abrupt halt after he sawed through his own lines whilst trying to cut mine one day and his kite became entangled in the power lines across the road from the park.
Some kites are better on the wall.:)
 
Humppa said:
I got my first gun last year (except from the semi-auto pistol I had carry when I was in border control service). A lever-gun Marlin in .22lr. I like that little rifle; and it shoots like poison (as we say here)

My dad will give me one of his double barrel shotguns in 12/70 made in the 60s. This makes me proud as he cherishes his few guns like a treasure. If you search for Konrad Wirnhier you will find who made this special gun. :D Makes me proud, really. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Wirnhier Mr. Wirnhier was also a gunsmith in german we call this a Büchsenmachermeister.
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That's great those things that are passed down are treasures. I had to look up what a 12/70 was (12 gauge 2 3/4" chamber). I have my dad's rifle and a couple of shotguns that he had, they are not in the same league as your shotgun, but treasured none the less. Glad you like your Marlin, is it the model 39A?
 
You all are going to like this one. This is my first time seeing this. Cool little blade and really neat trick.


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After work I like to walk in the park by the bay.
It's good for my back.
It's good for my waist line.

And it has fringe benefits...

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Awesome picture ^

I know it was a while back, but I just want to say, wow that's a doozy of a holiday Dan! I'm glad you're doing better. I'm loving this 66.

Congratulations on your Marlin Andi, those are nice guns!
 
Bah!:mad::mad:

Got dot 'defended' this morning. The only way I could get in was via Googling dot def probs on the forum. A security device that stops contributors from reading or contributing??? That's out of the pages of Kafka:eek::eek:
 
Glad you got in Will K! ;) The same happened to me yesterday, had to clear my browsing data before I could regain access :eek:
 
Frank - Great picture. My sister in law and four of her friends all moved to San Diego from Louisville pretty much fresh out of high school around 1985. Only one of them had a job and they had enough money to stay in a hotel for a few weeks while they gave it a go. A few of them are still in California now. Your beautiful picture give us an idea why they thought it was worth a try, what a great area, Coronado, Cabrillo, Mission bay, Balboa park, the list goes on and on.

P.S. - It's 2 degrees here this morning!
 
oldrifleman said:
That's great those things that are passed down are treasures. I had to look up what a 12/70 was (12 gauge 2 3/4" chamber). I have my dad's rifle and a couple of shotguns that he had, they are not in the same league as your shotgun, but treasured none the less. Glad you like your Marlin, is it the model 39A?
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Thanks for the kind comment. :)

My Marlin in .22lr is the modell 39AS - but it could be also called 39A for the american market.
I gonna get a Marlin .30-30 as well.
You need to know that lever guns are not that common here in Europe, people prefer bolt action rifles. Great as well, but for me as a lefty always a little strange to repeat and the action uses to work for right handed people only. On lever action guns it actually doesn´t matter that much. Ok, bolt action guns are great to shoot, when I have time. Swedish Mauser or the Good Ol' K98 are wonderful, as is the russian Mosin Nagant. I don´t wanna shoot them under time pressure, as repeating might cause some problems. :)
 
Humppa said:
Thanks for the kind comment. :)

My Marlin in .22lr is the modell 39AS - but it could be also called 39A for the american market.
I gonna get a Marlin .30-30 as well.
You need to know that lever guns are not that common here in Europe, people prefer bolt action rifles. Great as well, but for me as a lefty always a little strange to repeat and the action uses to work for right handed people only. On lever action guns it actually doesn´t matter that much. Ok, bolt action guns are great to shoot, when I have time. Swedish Mauser or the Good Ol' K98 are wonderful, as is the russian Mosin Nagant. I don´t wanna shoot them under time pressure, as repeating might cause some problems. :)
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I had a 39A golden trigger that belonged to my Dad. Then I had an opportunity to move to Los Angeles, and couldn't take it with me, so I sold it to someone who would take care of it. That one and several others. Los Angeles didn't pan out as I had hoped. Boy I miss that rifle.
 
Andi, I'm a lefty as well :thumbup: it does present a different set of problems. I transitioned to left hand bolt actions in the early 80's after struggling with right hand bolts for years. I owned quite a few before I had to quit hunting. Some really fine Ultra Light Arms, Cooper, and Anschutz rifles have passed through my hands over the last thirty or so years.
 
fringe benefits-that Sir is what it's all about.:D
dot defender -schnot schnefender.
 
willgoy said:
Bah!:mad::mad:

Got dot 'defended' this morning. The only way I could get in was via Googling dot def probs on the forum. A security device that stops contributors from reading or contributing??? That's out of the pages of Kafka:eek::eek:
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I am getting Dot defender all the time now - its becoming a real problem.
 
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