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

It does. But it's a bit funky.
If I'm looking for something really specific on the forums, I usually use Google Advanced Search and limit the search site to www.bladeforums.com. That's a more powerful search tool.
 
Please stay safe. We are praying the flooding is miminal where you are, and for your safety.
 
Definitely, ladies and gents! I'm in SC and I'm not in an area where it's bad. However, I just got word that one of my coworkers was killed in a 1 car accident. Please don't go out of you don't absolutely need to.
 
Free, disposable, handy EDC items..... A lunch joint that I go to has really nice, heavy duty paper hand towels in the men's room. Whenever I go there, I take a couple and fold them up and put 'em in my jacket pocket. On the way out of the restaurant, I'll add two or three plastic-wrapped toothpicks from the basket by the door. Those, plus my knife and harmonica and phone and a little dough in my wallet, the safety pin on my keychain, and there's nothing I can't tackle. YMMV.

-- Mark
 
I have lived through several hurricanes and this rain is unprecedented in this area. My family and I are safe but many in this area are not. Two of the three roads to get out of our neighborhood have washed out and we are hoping the third does not or else we are stuck!
 
Alchemy1 said:
Definitely, ladies and gents! I'm in SC and I'm not in an area where it's bad. However, I just got word that one of my coworkers was killed in a 1 car accident. Please don't go out of you don't absolutely need to.
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Very sorry to hear of your loss.
 
Very sorry for your loss Alchemy, stay safe folks :thumbup:
 
Sorry for the loss of your co-worker Alchemy. Anyone SE be careful. 1st time ever heard 1,000 year used for a rain or any kind of storm. Can't imagine how bad that is.

Don
 
JustinR said:
I have lived through several hurricanes and this rain is unprecedented in this area. My family and I are safe but many in this area are not. Two of the three roads to get out of our neighborhood have washed out and we are hoping the third does not or else we are stuck!
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I have watched the rainfall and reported flooding mostly via the Weather Channel. The thing that was never explained is WHY did a constant stream of precipitation mostly go through SC?? I realize that the hurricane was fairly stationary. The rainfall totals are amazing considering no land fall of the hurricane or even being in close proximity to the coast.

Anyway, I hope you continue to be safe and secure.

Yesterday was the first day without rain in almost a week in my area. Think it's wet enough.... I am going to keep an eye on TVA water releases as this is the time of the year that they drop the lake levels and increase storage capacity for storm events.
 
Alchemy1 said:
Definitely, ladies and gents! I'm in SC and I'm not in an area where it's bad. However, I just got word that one of my coworkers was killed in a 1 car accident. Please don't go out of you don't absolutely need to.
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Sorry to hear the bad news.
 
22-rimfire said:
I have watched the rainfall and reported flooding mostly via the Weather Channel. The thing that was never explained is WHY did a constant stream of precipitation mostly go through SC?? I realize that the hurricane was fairly stationary. The rainfall totals are amazing considering no land fall of the hurricane or even being in close proximity to the coast.

Anyway, I hope you continue to be safe and secure.

Yesterday was the first day without rain in almost a week in my area. Think it's wet enough.... I am going to keep an eye on TVA water releases as this is the time of the year that they drop the lake levels and increase storage capacity for storm events.
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there was a stalled out high pressure system in the area that held most of the wet in the air over the area -- I was in TN most of the week and the part I was in got several rounds of showers, but nothing like SC. also - the TVA dropped lake levels about 30 feet last week just in case.
 
I noticed today that the Weather Channel and AccuWeather tried to explain why this all happened and the circumstances that created the huge continuous flow of rain into SC. We got our share too. I measured 1 to 3" a day on my rain gauge at my house which is nothing compared to what happened in SC. The grass is a growing.
 
The heebi-jeebi's.

For the very first time, today was the first time I got a case of the heebi jeebis. The house is starting to look a bit empty now, with a lot of stuff over in a storage unit, and more stuff given to son John who has a three bedroom apartment down the road. A lot of stuff has gone to the Salvation army. Karen and Ihave rally looked at everything questioning "do we really need this?" But for the fist time, I got a case of forboding, like the unbidden thought "What have I done" kind of thing. Selling the house and moving to Texas. Then it passed, but I look around and think how many years I've lived here, and that I'm leaving for good and never coming back. Growingup in Maryland, I've spent my whole life here, except for the time in the army. Raised a family here, had lifelong friends here. Now I'm going halfway across the country and I know that I will never come back again. ON the whole, I'm okay with that, as most of my family is either gone or living someplace else. Most of my friends have passed on, and that's kind of depressing.

But it passes, then I get optimistic about living in Texas, with a warmer climate and more friendly attitude toward the second amendment and other things. I won't have to own a snow shovel or ice scraper. But on the bright side, warmer climate means more time for fishing, scootering, hiking, outdoor shooting. But I get these little interludes of darkness when I stop and think of the fact that I'm leaving what has been my home for decades. Very weird feeling. I guess I'll just deal with it and keep on going. The Penske truck is reserved for the 30th and we'll be on the road. I guess it's an adventure, so I'll look at it like that. But it's a weird feeling knowing that until I end another house in Georgetown, we'll actually be homeless for a while, living with Karen's sister.

Guess I have to start memorizing the words to Deep In The Heart Of Texas!:eek:
 
I can relate to what you're saying from past experience Carl. Hope that the move goes well for you and Karen, and that you'll grow to love Texas. I'm also looking forward to hearing about your adventures :thumbup:

Jack
 
I think you'll be surprised how soon the new house feels like home, and how little you miss the extra stuff. Though your autopilot may never get over reaching for things that aren't in the same place anymore (light switches, etc.).
 
Carl - wait until your first Texas summer and see how you like the warmer climate.
 
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