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

Photobucket or as my other half calls it - phocket can be temperamental. I find if I use the app on my phone it works flawlessly, but the desktop - which should be quicker - is actually a lot worse.

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I just got a call from FedEx telling me that the parcel I was expecting from Oregon is awaiting duty payment at UK Customs. £119.74! Holy bumcheeks! I'm rather ticked off about that!
 
jc57 said:
I'm a former civilian cop in the US, but it's not an automatic excuse. In fact, the one time I was called up no one ever asked me about my former career. They wanted to know my current job title, which happens to have the word "Engineer" in it, which doesn't seem to be an automatic exclude either.

The main value from being on the jury (to me anyway) was a first-hand experience of exactly how law and justice is meted out in society, at the nuts and bolts level. Your financial future (in a civil case) or freedom (in a criminal case) is entirely in the hands of 12 randomly selected strangers. The inner workings of a jury room are a fascinating view into how people in groups come to decisions, how leadership forms, how factions and cliques form, and how much or how little people will sacrifice their own well being (getting it over with and getting home) versus fighting for justice for a stranger (standing up if you think the majority of the jury is wrong).

There's a reason why lawyers spend so much time on jury selection.
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well, its finished
i WAS selected for the jury, despite being a former military cop (color me surprised)
so we went to trail and finished today.
it was a murder trial. Pardon me in advance, but it was a hell of a thing, it really was
but its a life experience, i can say that
 
Rsmith_77 said:
well, its finished
i WAS selected for the jury, despite being a former military cop (color me surprised)
so we went to trail and finished today.
it was a murder trial. Pardon me in advance, but it was a hell of a thing, it really was
but its a life experience, i can say that
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Thanks for doing it!

- GT
 
pmew said:
Photobucket or as my other half calls it - phocket can be temperamental. I find if I use the app on my phone it works flawlessly, but the desktop - which should be quicker - is actually a lot worse.

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I just got a call from FedEx telling me that the parcel I was expecting from Oregon is awaiting duty payment at UK Customs. £119.74! Holy bumcheeks! I'm rather ticked off about that!
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:D It's the same with me Paul, and with my Ipad, pics load up almost instantly, whereas they can take 30 minutes on my PC :thumbdn:

:eek: That's an unpleasant surprise! I've been hit quite a few times, the worst was over £150! Anything that the sender has valued at over about $70, you basically pay for twice :grumpy:
 
Jack Black said:
:eek: That's an unpleasant surprise! I've been hit quite a few times, the worst was over £150! Anything that the sender has valued at over about $70, you basically pay for twice :grumpy:
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I was trying out a re-mailing service for the first time. Quite possibly the last time.

On a different note, tomorrow is our anniversary so Claire and I went out to a celebratory meal this evening (couldn't do tomorrow because of a work conflict). I took my ebony conductor whittler which is of special significance. - got me thinking about getting a significant knife for Rory to be put aside until he can use it.

Now then, he was born on 15-12-14, I wonder what should I get....?
 
Yes Paul happy anniversary mate.
And I tried uploading to phocket earlier and it froze the pc
.bugger.maybe they are angling for a payment.
 
Happy anniversary, Paul (& Claire as well, of course)!

I hope you enjoy the day as it deserves :)

I got Baby Max also one knife, a Black Alox Pioneer, I bought it before he was born.
 
PASSING THE BUCK / THE BUCK STOPS HERE
Most men in the early west carried a jack knife made by the Buck knife company.
When playing poker it as common to place one of these Buck knives in front of the
dealer so that everyone knew who he was.
When it was time for a new dealer, the deck of cards and the knife were given to
the new dealer.
If this person didn't want to deal he would "pass the buck" to the next player.
If that player accepted then "the buck stopped there".


SHOT OF WHISKEY
In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun cost 12 cents; so did a glass of whiskey.
If a cowhand was low on cash he would often give the bartender a cartridge in
exchange for a drink.
This became known as a "shot" of whiskey.


THE WHOLE NINE YARDS
American fighter planes in WW2 had machine guns that were each fed by a belt of
cartridges.
The average plane held belts that were 27 feet (9 yards) long.
If the pilot used up all his ammo he was said to have given it the whole nine yards.


BUYING THE FARM
This is synonymous with dying.
During WW1 soldiers were given life insurance policies worth $5,000.
This was about the price of an average farm so if you died you "bought the farm"
for your survivors.



RUNNING “BALLS OUT”
A term from steam engine days.
If the steam engine was running at maximum speed or RPM, the governor balls would be forced to their outermost position allowing no more throttle opening; maximum allowable output.
Hence: “Balls Out,” or full throttle, or maximum effort.



SLEEP TIGHT
Early beds were made with a wooden frame.
Ropes were tied across the frame in a crisscross pattern.
A straw mattress was then put on top of the ropes.
Over time the ropes stretched, causing the bed to sag.
The owner would then tighten the ropes to get a better night's sleep.
 
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I knew about the buck knife but not about the shot of whiskey. Wow...12 cents for one cartridge. Seems like a lot in those days.
 
It's a great story, but the first Buck Knife brand "jack knives" weren't sold until the 1960's. OH
 
I have seen most of these and they are interesting, however there have been more knockdown drag out internet fights about "The whole nine yards" than possibly any other common phrase in the English language. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_whole_nine_yards As one can see from the Wiki article, there are a lot of hypothesized origins for this phrase. The phrase goes back to the time around WWI and most probably started out as "The whole six yards".


As a replacement for this let me add another phrase, "To get your goat". The saying "Get Your Goat" supposedly originated from the early horse racing days, where goats were kept with nervous race horses to keep them calm before the race, and if you wanted to beat the competition you would get their goat causing their horse to become agitated and unable to race.
 
Old Hunter said:
It's a great story, but the first Buck Knife brand "jack knives" weren't sold until the 1960's. OH
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The explanation I have seen was that the "Buck" was short for "Buck Handled Knife" Thus a knife with a deer antler handle was used as the marker for the dealer in the poker game.
 
Mort, that is much more plausible explanation for the term in old western usage than a Buck branded knife. OH
 
Very interesting, Rick! I think it'll play better in the Lounge, off it goes!
 
comoha said:
I believe there is a higher standard of manners and friendliness in Trad Town that exceeds even the other subforums here. Check out some of the bickering and berating that some folks get into and you'll come running back here in a hurry.
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Your not kidding on that one.
 
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