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

Duncan, I'm sorry to hear of this second loss.
 
Duncan, so very sorry to hear of this second tragedy. My heart goes out to you and I hope that you could can find peace in the coming days.
 
Thank you for the kind comments everyone - theres no need to say anything on how Great our Traditionals are here on the Porch.
Im visiting Hamish This morning - he is at his house and the undertakers are to take him away at 2pm, so not a nice morning,

But ...Hamish was a realist - he would say - "well mate- what are doing feeling all sad - if you were man enough I'd tell you to get on your Bike and go for a good blast - but because your such a pussy ..." lol thats how we treated each other, I never got into the Motorbike scene - both Gary and Hamish were fanatical bike riders - all I did was paint them all the time for them.

I laughed yesterday - Thinking back to a moment in hospital When Gary passed away - I guess I just flopped my head on Gary a bit - and its strange under those circumstances - theres little difference between laughter and tears as emotions are everywhere - and Hamish cursed me because he reckoned he was doing ok holding himself together until I started lol....so yeah...it was always a ribbing session

Robertj1 - I hope you and the family are doing ok, loosing a Dad ...... well thats a tough one - I hope you are seeing just how the guys here are thinking of you.
 
Duncan...I'm sorry for your loss. All we can do is remember the great times and remember our loved ones as they were. I thank you and everyone here for all of the kind words for both you and I. Losing my father at this point in my life has not sat well with me. I watched my mother pass away at home when I was 14.5 years old. And I never would have thought that my father would pass this early on. He didn't even get to meet his granddaughter yet. That makes me tear up so much. I wish he could've met her and been a part of her life growing up. I'm very disappointed in myself that I couldn't make it out there to see him before he passed. I hadn't seen him in going on 9 years. It hurts so much. Thank you again.
 
Robert and Duncan, I'm very sorry for your loss. It seems the last several years I've buried too many people I loved dearly. My Dad's best friend was one who I'd come to know as a second father. His wife and daughters were family to us as well, and when he passed they asked me to speak at the funeral. for hours I tried to find the words to pen for my eulogy. Then it hit me. I was looking at it all wrong. I was looking at it as a loss, when I should have been looking at the time I spent with him as a gift. That change in view helped me deal with each passing since, including my father's.

I hate that the both of you are feeling that empty space in your hearts, but I'm very glad you got to experience the gift of making that space available to them.
 
I have two granddaughters that have lived with my wife and I all their lives. They are now 15 and 17 one a senior in high school the other a sophomore. They have grown up loving the same things my wife and I hold dear including the outdoors, fishing, hunting, camping and of course knives. They are both in ROTC and last week attended their Military Ball with two new #25 Little Jack's I bought for them. As we were taking pictures I realized they had grown up and just hope we have given them the foundation to make the right choices as they begin their lives.


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Well done Randy, to you and your wife, sounds like you've given your girls a great start in life :) Thanks for sharing your story with us :thumbup:
 
btmccutcheon said:
Robert and Duncan, I'm very sorry for your loss. It seems the last several years I've buried too many people I loved dearly. My Dad's best friend was one who I'd come to know as a second father. His wife and daughters were family to us as well, and when he passed they asked me to speak at the funeral. for hours I tried to find the words to pen for my eulogy. Then it hit me. I was looking at it all wrong. I was looking at it as a loss, when I should have been looking at the time I spent with him as a gift. That change in view helped me deal with each passing since, including my father's.

I hate that the both of you are feeling that empty space in your hearts, but I'm very glad you got to experience the gift of making that space available to them.
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I think that's a very helpful, comforting insight, Mac! :thumbup:

r redden said:
I have two granddaughters that have lived with my wife and I all their lives. They are now 15 and 17 one a senior in high school the other a sophomore. They have grown up loving the same things my wife and I hold dear including the outdoors, fishing, hunting, camping and of course knives. They are both in ROTC and last week attended their Military Ball with two new #25 Little Jack's I bought for them. As we were taking pictures I realized they had grown up and just hope we have given them the foundation to make the right choices as they begin their lives.
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Lovely young ladies, Randy! :cool: When my daughter was growing up, I often tried to comfort her when she was disappointed about her performance at some task, or how she compared to others, by letting her know that all I (or anyone else, for that matter) could ever ask of her is that she do her best. It took me quite a while to realize that I should hold myself to that same standard when it came to parenting. All I could do was take my best shot at raising our daughter, and pray that that's good enough. :o What's that line from the Book of Proverbs in the Bible? "Train up a child in the way she should go, and when she's old, she won't depart from it."

- GT
 
Thanks for the kind comments for my girls guy's. Gary that passage is from Proverbs 22:6. Thanks for referencing the Bible I am a believer and try my best to live my life by it's teachings. I know that is not popular with many folks these days but I for one am not ashamed of my belief in God. Kind of like our love for traditional knives regardless of what the tacticool folks think traditional knives are the absolute best bar none. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :D
 
r redden said:
Thanks for the kind comments for my girls guy's. Gary that passage is from Proverbs 22:6. Thanks for referencing the Bible I am a believer and try my best to live my life by it's teachings. I know that is not popular with many folks these days but I for one am not ashamed of my belief in God. Kind of like our love for traditional knives regardless of what the tacticool folks think traditional knives are the absolute best bar none. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :D
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Yet again the love and friendship of the porch amazes me and makes me proud. Warm wishes to you all, godspeed in your endeavors, and a clear mind in your thinking.

I have begun working for a charity a friend of mine (16 years old :eek:) started here in Detroit that refurbs old homes and houses the currently homeless while helping them become productive and self supportive. I am calling lumberyards and supply houses to look for sponsorship's/donations. The charity is non profit (name removed per mods suggestion)[\B].
If anyone has any experience in telemarketing or charity work like this or human relations (?) please send me an email, I have had success so far but am in no ways a professional and anyone with advice on building business relationships would be helping not only me, but my community as well.
Here's a proverb that I like quite a bit, I'm not religious but I know holy writings have a lot of good things to say: "Many hands make light work"
Bonus for the snarky from John Heywood,
"Yes yes, said she, for all those wise words uttered,
I know on which side my bread is buttered."

Have a great day all,
Connor
 
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Depressed!

Okay, I have to admit I'm a bit down. Just realized Saint Patricks day is almost upon me, and here in my new digs in Georgetown Texas, there's not single Irish pub. Not one. Zip. Nada!

No cool dark mugs of Guinness on tap, no singing the old Irish rebel songs, a pot of simmering Shepherds pie or even corned beef and cabbage! Back home we'd go down to the Dubliner in D.C., or Murphy's Pub, and have a great time. I guess here in Texas I'll settle for a Shiner Boch and some good BBQ. Not quite the same.

Maybe drown my sorrow and depression with some Bushmill's!:(
 
I've just had a real jaw-dropping moment! :eek: I was watching a film made by Rank, one of a series about Britain in the 60's, when an old friend of mine, whose been dead 20 years, suddenly appeared on screen! He's shown walking along, swimming in the open air, and then walking to work at his London bookshop. Absolutely incredible footage, which I don't think any of his friends are aware of! :)
 
Hard to believe there's ANYWHERE without an Irish bar Carl! :eek: :(
 
jackknife said:
Depressed!

Okay, I have to admit I'm a bit down. Just realized Saint Patricks day is almost upon me, and here in my new digs in Georgetown Texas, there's not single Irish pub. Not one. Zip. Nada!

No cool dark mugs of Guinness on tap, no singing the old Irish rebel songs, a pot of simmering Shepherds pie or even corned beef and cabbage! Back home we'd go down to the Dubliner in D.C., or Murphy's Pub, and have a great time. I guess here in Texas I'll settle for a Shiner Boch and some good BBQ. Not quite the same.

Maybe drown my sorrow and depression with some Bushmill's!:(
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Carl, I'll be sure and raise a green beer to you at Coleman's Pub in Syracuse, NY. The Dubliner in DC is owned by another member of the Coleman family. The wife and I stopped in there to watch some March madness basketball, down a few pints and dine on some Irish stew a few years ago. Nice place!
 
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