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

Andi -hope you are feeling good despite the gloomy news.
I have had a bit of dealing with specialists (endocrinology)as I am Type 1 diabetic and I have only 2 major problems with them-

*1 -they have absolutely no "bedside manner" and will focus on worst case scenario everytime.
This means that even if you were an olympic standard triathlon runner they would still tell you that you are possibly suffering from a heart condition or that your knees could give out any day now.

*2- they are masters of vague,non commital jargon which nobody but highly qualified specialists such as they... understand.

To prove this I suggest you ask these questions on your next visit- it is likely the answer (if they have one) will be the same for both questions- "Yes you could"

Question 1-Will I die of a heart attack/stroke /kidney failure/?
Question 2- Will I live to a hundred years old?

Oh and don't forget to lie about how much beer you drink.
:D
apologies to any specialists who may read that-I'm sure you are not ALL the same.:p
 
A friend of mine sustained some nerve damage to his left arm, and it's currently almost useless to him. He saw a consultant a few months back, who told him that they could operate, but there was only a 50% chance the operation would be successful, and that even if it was, it'd be 4 years before he got full use of his arm back. He was pretty depressed, but decided to go ahead with the operation anyway. The next consultant he saw, at the same hospital, told him there's a 95% success rate for the op, and that he should be riding his motorbike again a couple of weeks after it!
 
My father has motor neurone disease. They haven't the foggiest idea what is happening to his nervous system, but they're actually good enough to say as much. He spends a lot of time at the University Hospital in Cambridge getting tests done.
 
In about an hour, the Western Isles will experience a 98% solar eclipse. There are bus loads of hippies descending on the standing stones at Callanish. :)
 
Here in Finland there was a partial eclipse, about 80%. Bright sunny day and it went dusk like for a while, eerie and interesting!
 
Thanks for the heartwarming wishes, fellows. Much appreciated!
It actually sucks when there is no visible cause for the issues - when it would be known it could be something done against it. However, I dont want to think too much about that all. In a couple of hours I gonna go to the fire range of our shooting club and free my mind with some shooting. The new gun I haven´t almost shot, so it is getting time that this lever action gun is getting some targets...
 
Enjoy the Range time Andi, that always works for me as well! Take care and always make sure the Dr has a plan on what to check. I have dealing with them on my daughter and if I don't ask what the next step is, we sit and wait. Maybe I am just impatient. Steven
 
It was very cloudy here in Leeds at 9.30am, so this was the best look I got at the solar eclipse. Ironically, the rest of the day was quite sunny, and a beautiful spring day :thumbup:

 
I don´t have a picture of the gun right now, but here is a pic (today´s EDC with the Queen DB Barlow) taken today.
The gun (.357MAG / .38Spec.) is new but it was tuned by a gunsmith with sport-iron-sights and a sporting-trigger, the barrel is a long one with 24 inch octagon barell. I just need to find the correct ammo. I was shooting with GECO and MagTech, both 158 grain flathead bullet. One partially lead and the other FMJ. The MagTech had the best results for today. The trigger is just amazing! Once pulled lightly, it breaks clear as glass. Not this lurking behind like on some handguns.



Gonna go there tomorrow, but I will use my Marlin 39AS in .22lr - ammo is for much nothing. 50 shots go for 3.50 EUROS. CCI Standart Velocity and a 40 grain lead bullet.
 
pmew said:
In about an hour, the Western Isles will experience a 98% solar eclipse. There are bus loads of hippies descending on the standing stones at Callanish. :)
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I was listening to some boffin on the radio a couple of days ago about this. We won't see it here "down unda" but there is no moon and all the stars are out brighter than usual.Enjoy and don't bust too many hippies or you'll have to feed them:p
 
philllll said:
Nice cowboy gun there, Andi!
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meako said:
I was listening to some boffin on the radio a couple of days ago about this. We won't see it here "down unda" but there is no moon and all the stars are out brighter than usual.Enjoy and don't bust too many hippies or you'll have to feed them:p
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I think they were all at Stone-Henge! ;) :D

meako said:
Great pic Jack.
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Thanks mate :thumbup: Here's the four I took, I'm afraid there's not much more too them, I just happened to be sitting outside a coffee shop with a camera in my bag at the appropriate time :D The guy I was meeting turned up shortly after, didn't know about the eclipse, and had no interest in it whatsoever, didn't even bother to look up! :rolleyes:







 
We had the same solar eclipse today ... but I was just waiting in the doctor while it happened. But ok. The one that appeared in 1999 was just amazing. The sun was covered for minutes. My wife remembers, she grew up on a farm. The chicken thought it would become night and went into their shag, thinking it was almost night. The sun came back and chicken went out again, totally disturbed. They didn´t any eggs for a couple of days.
The dogs, cats and sheep were disturbed as well. The sheep also went ahead and more confused than usual.

That´s all very strange when something like this happen. ;)
 
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