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

LOL! Yeah, I can remember randomly mixing chemicals to try and get the most violent reaction possible! :D Also making stink bombs of course! :D :thumbup:
 
leghog said:
Fun indeed! And this is sitting here in my study with me. Was supposed to go to the range with it yesterday, but that plan was overcome by other events.

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Nice Winchester, leghog. I learned to shoot on my granddad's Winchester Model 1906 back in the 1960s. I wish I had that gun. One of my cousins ended up with it.
Here's a pic from the web of what I remember it looking like.
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I'm really working hard to give my kids these types of experiences. Of course they like playing video games, but they also really get into imagination games. They'll go weeks at a time without picking up a video game even though the tablets and computers are sitting right there. I really think it's just a matter of engaging the kids and giving them an alternative.

We haven't gotten into the chemical sets yet, but we're looking into picking up a microscope in the near future. The kids are already very into camping and the outdoors. They're explorers, like I was as a kid. They're very good at wandering into the woods and coming back with some discovery that they've made that we can investigate and learn about. They're also both pretty good shots with a Red Ryder. We're going to be venturing into .22lr territory soon.

As a scout leader I have taken my boys on a couple outdoor adventures already. You can tell that for some of these boys it's the first time they've really spent any appreciable time in the woods. They really get a kick out of the idea that we're walking out into nowhere and don't really have a goal or destination. We're just seeing what we can find and learning about it. The running joke is for a boy to yell out "I found moose poop!" and the rest of them to go running to see the "moose poop" despite the fact that they all know that there are no moose in our area. We have found some deer scat this way and were able to track the animal for some distance. I can't imagine a childhood without these types of experiences.
 
I'm definitely going to use that link to fill some down time at work, thanks Jack.

I was lucky to have the family I did. Growing up on my grandpas dairy farm, all we did as kids was shoot guns, walk the woods and fields looking for artifacts like antlers and arrowheads. I never was a Boy Scout but I didn't need it, we just went outside and learned for ourselves.
 
Cory Hess said:
I'm really working hard to give my kids these types of experiences. Of course they like playing video games, but they also really get into imagination games. They'll go weeks at a time without picking up a video game even though the tablets and computers are sitting right there. I really think it's just a matter of engaging the kids and giving them an alternative.

We haven't gotten into the chemical sets yet, but we're looking into picking up a microscope in the near future. The kids are already very into camping and the outdoors. They're explorers, like I was as a kid. They're very good at wandering into the woods and coming back with some discovery that they've made that we can investigate and learn about. They're also both pretty good shots with a Red Ryder. We're going to be venturing into .22lr territory soon.

As a scout leader I have taken my boys on a couple outdoor adventures already. You can tell that for some of these boys it's the first time they've really spent any appreciable time in the woods. They really get a kick out of the idea that we're walking out into nowhere and don't really have a goal or destination. We're just seeing what we can find and learning about it. The running joke is for a boy to yell out "I found moose poop!" and the rest of them to go running to see the "moose poop" despite the fact that they all know that there are no moose in our area. We have found some deer scat this way and were able to track the animal for some distance. I can't imagine a childhood without these types of experiences.
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scouts is a great experience! growing up in the concrete jungle, we dont get to see things like moose poop or shoot guns or walk in the woods. Didnt fully finish the scouts tho, got the hat and the neckerchief around somewhere. sitting for a cub scout meeting was one of the earliest times that sparked the interest in knives for me. planning for camping trips with the pack
 
Peregrin said:
Nice Winchester, leghog. I learned to shoot on my granddad's Winchester Model 1906 back in the 1960s. I wish I had that gun. One of my cousins ended up with it.
Here's a pic from the web of what I remember it looking like.
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Lots of Winchester ads in those old magazines Gary :thumbup:

Cory Hess said:
I'm really working hard to give my kids these types of experiences. Of course they like playing video games, but they also really get into imagination games. They'll go weeks at a time without picking up a video game even though the tablets and computers are sitting right there. I really think it's just a matter of engaging the kids and giving them an alternative.

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As a scout leader I have taken my boys on a couple outdoor adventures already. You can tell that for some of these boys it's the first time they've really spent any appreciable time in the woods. They really get a kick out of the idea that we're walking out into nowhere and don't really have a goal or destination. We're just seeing what we can find and learning about it. The running joke is for a boy to yell out "I found moose poop!" and the rest of them to go running to see the "moose poop" despite the fact that they all know that there are no moose in our area. We have found some deer scat this way and were able to track the animal for some distance. I can't imagine a childhood without these types of experiences.
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Good for you my friend :thumbup: My father barely left his armchair, but even before starting school I was climbing the quarry behind our house, and playing in the woods, I have always loved the outdoors, and so did my own kids :) When I was in my early 20's, I was a youth-worker, and used to take gangs of inner-city kids out camping, hiking, and kayaking, most of them had never left the city before. I know it meant a lot to them because I still occasionally bump into one of them :thumbup:

Jsega51 said:
I'm definitely going to use that link to fill some down time at work, thanks Jack.

I was lucky to have the family I did. Growing up on my grandpas dairy farm, all we did as kids was shoot guns, walk the woods and fields looking for artifacts like antlers and arrowheads. I never was a Boy Scout but I didn't need it, we just went outside and learned for ourselves.
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A lucky find Jake :) That sounds like a great childhood :thumbup:

scrteened porch said:
I remember my brother's successful rotten egg smell experiment.
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It's one of those smells that kind of stays with you! :eek: :D
 
Jack Black said:
I spend a lot of time researching 'stuff' on the internet, and often come across things I 'bookmark' to look at at some later point. I was clearing out some old bookmarks today, and came across this link - https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2ThyM-8T1J4C&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1 - An archive of copies of 'Boy's Life', starting from the first issue in 1911. It allows you to read them all online. Hope this may be of interest to some of you folk :thumbup:
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Robert A. Heinlein (Science Fiction writer) wrote several of what were called Juveniles. These were SF stories for young people. One of them, with its original title, premiered in Boy's Life in the Aug 1950 through November 1950 issues. It was eventually released in book form with the title Farmer in the Sky. The main character is a scout on Earth and later goes to Ganymede. Great story and suitable for younger teens without having to worry about language or themes that are explicit (although there are some characters who are referred to as dying). It was memorable when I read it as a youngster.
 
Cory Hess said:
This is definitely of interest to me. I recently snagged copies of The Dangerous Book For Boys and The Daring Book For Girls for my kids and we're really excited about them. It's a lot of the same stuff you'd expect to find in these old Boys' Life magazines. Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Good books those. My daughter and I will be reading them together as she gets older.
 
My parents stopped by this afternoon and my dad and I spent some time enjoying some of those old Boys' Life magazines. We especially liked the March 1940 issue which had ads like "Candy is a delicious food enjoy some every day!" (This ad says nothing else, so I don't know what it's purpose is other than to ensure that children are getting their daily requirement of candy) and "being rich in Dextrose, Baby Ruth is a real food, as nutritious as it is delicious. Enjoy a bar of Baby Ruth today - and every day.". And then there's the Johnson Outboard ad that proclaims that a 1940 Sea-Horse Outboard Motor fires over 10 times faster than a modern machine gun. We thought that that was a peculiar way to advertise a boat motor, especially to children.
 
Hey Guy's and Gal's It won't be long until I hit a Thousand post and thinking about doing a Gaw to thank everyone for the knowledge I have obtained and the way I have been made welcome here on the Porch. I want to do something a little special and was thinking about ordering 8 or 10 new Rough Riders in different patterns with a knife roll for a decent starter collection. What do you think about this as a GAW prize. I could do a gift certificate to one of our member dealers or just order a new GEC knife of some kind. I need to keep this around $100. Anyway I want this to go to one of the folks here on the porch so I will be posting some rules to try and keep the freebie chaser's and the I'm only on the porch for a chance to win type people out of the GAW. So let me know what you think because I do want this to be special. Thanks in advance for your input.
 
I like the idea of a GC from Charlie or Gunstockjack, although 8 different RR patterns and a knife roll wouldn't be bad either.
 
r redden said:
It's a very difficult path to go down if I had unlimited funds I would have to buy another house to use as a knife display.:D
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it is tough man, i just got back into another hobby of mine, watch/time piece collecting, and have shifted focus temporarily. there goes all my knife money for the month, good thing i got overbid on that schatt and morgan :rolleyes: almost time for me to do GAW time for 1000 posts too i think
 
Cory Hess said:
My parents stopped by this afternoon and my dad and I spent some time enjoying some of those old Boys' Life magazines. We especially liked the March 1940 issue which had ads like "Candy is a delicious food enjoy some every day!" (This ad says nothing else, so I don't know what it's purpose is other than to ensure that children are getting their daily requirement of candy) and "being rich in Dextrose, Baby Ruth is a real food, as nutritious as it is delicious. Enjoy a bar of Baby Ruth today - and every day.". And then there's the Johnson Outboard ad that proclaims that a 1940 Sea-Horse Outboard Motor fires over 10 times faster than a modern machine gun. We thought that that was a peculiar way to advertise a boat motor, especially to children.
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I'm glad they proved of interest my friend :) I have quite a lot of old books and magazines, and for me, the old adverts are one of the best things, and often give you a chuckle! :D :thumbup:
 
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