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

Knife Crazied said:
1st catch of the season 13" Large Mouth Bass
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Nice fish Ash! I've got to get out and do some river fishing soon. I completely missed the white bass run this year.

One thing though, it doesn't look like a largemouth bass to me. The mouth doesn't hinge past the eye plus I see red in the eye. I also see vertical bands along the side. Is this a light colored smallmouth or smallmouth hybrid or some other regional species?
 
Blues said:
Hoping everybody survived the furious weather systems wreaking havoc around the country.

We had really bad storms and high wind but fortunately nothing more serious than downed limbs and water in the garage.

Hope you all had even less aggravation than that.
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I see that North Carolina was especially hard hit. Gives pause to how precious life and loved ones are.
 
It does get your attention, Ken. Sounded like a freight train was running above the roof most of the night Friday and the driving rains were something else.
(You may recall something about the rain around these parts. ;))

We're fortunate that we're in the mountains which break up some of the tornadic activity though as you know we're surrounded by some pretty good sized trees. :eek:

I haven't heard anything dire regarding any of our members and I'm hoping it stays that way.
 
monday's coming! wish me a "good wind", pirates need it sometimes
night! , see you tomorrow crew!

Maxx
 
Blues said:
(You may recall something about the rain around these parts. ;))
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Not sure what your talking about Elliott:confused::eek: :cool:

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These pictures where taken about 36 hours after the Pisgah National Forest North Carolina camp grounds were CLOSED :mad: due to high waters! The falls was roaring with white water with a ton of debris/logs/trees floating along. Man did it rain and rain. All in all, still a good trip.
 
Well, Ken, at least the trout were probably happy. ;)
 
Ya know I hate when I misplace a knife, especially one as valued as the 2009 Barlow.

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I had it last night and I thought I threw it in my jean pocket before I went on a motorcycle ride this afternoon but it wasn't there when I got home, now the key phrase here is, "I thought I put it in my pocket."

I will now proceed to drive myself and my family insane as I retrace my steps and tear the house, the truck, my bike apart and redrive every inch of road I covered while out ridin'.:(:(:(:(

Thanks for lettin' me vent.
 
texasflyfisher said:
Nice fish Ash! I've got to get out and do some river fishing soon. I completely missed the white bass run this year.

One thing though, it doesn't look like a largemouth bass to me. The mouth doesn't hinge past the eye plus I see red in the eye. I also see vertical bands along the side. Is this a light colored smallmouth or smallmouth hybrid or some other regional species?
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Round here its what we call a large mouth bass. Been called that since I was little. :foot: We have large mouth, small mouth, rock, and striped bass here.
 
Beautiful fish Ash. My wife catches every fish in the water every time we go- it's as if they're attracted to her. She always wants to release them though. Me? I'd have grilled that guy up in a skinny minute- he's the perfect eatin' size! :)
Storms... the big tornado went about a half mile west of my shop, and about a mile east of the house. I was out all day working today, and it's pretty ugly. Huge tornado. I've heard we had 62 total in NC.
All fam & friends okay, so I'm a happy camper. Tornados scare the crap out of me. We knew it was headed toward us, but if you're familiar with NC, you know you usually can't see very far (not in the piedmont anyway. That pic is farther east where it's flatter). Pretty bad feeling when you have a family. You never know where they're going to hit, and we frequently get big storms overnight. Sleep lightly.
I guess you can't see much in this pic, but I took a car to the coast this afternoon, and this was about a mile east of I95, on I40. There's a tractor trailer flipped in that field probably a quarter mile from the road, and enough debris to fill a container ship.
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T. Erdelyi said:
Ya know I hate when I misplace a knife, especially one as valued as the 2009 Barlow.

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I had it last night and I thought I threw it in my jean pocket before I went on a motorcycle ride this afternoon but it wasn't there when I got home, now the key phrase here is, "I thought I put it in my pocket."

I will now proceed to drive myself and my family insane as I retrace my steps and tear the house, the truck, my bike apart and redrive every inch of road I covered while out ridin'.:(:(:(:(

Thanks for lettin' me vent.
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AHHH! :( I know that feeling...I did the same with a Schrade old timer I've had 11 years now, found it sitting on the ground in a busy mall I was at and no one touched it!!! after that I keep my slipjoint folders in pouches.

Good luck! let us know when you find it!
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Ya know I hate when I misplace a knife, especially one as valued as the 2009 Barlow.

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I had it last night and I thought I threw it in my jean pocket before I went on a motorcycle ride this afternoon but it wasn't there when I got home, now the key phrase here is, "I thought I put it in my pocket."

I will now proceed to drive myself and my family insane as I retrace my steps and tear the house, the truck, my bike apart and redrive every inch of road I covered while out ridin'.:(:(:(:(

Thanks for lettin' me vent.
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You know it will be in the last place you look...so look there first. :) Seriously, though, good luck. It'll turn up. Sofas eat my knives on a regular basis. I rarely truly lose a knife though.
 
I don't know how many of you guys are interested in the Civil War, but you probably know that the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the war was last Tuesday, April 12. Having lived in the South all of my life, minutes from the largest National Military park in the country, and having at least one ancestor (great grandfather) who fought in the war, it's always been a fascinating subject for me. I wish I had whatever knife or knives he might have owned or carried during his life, but I don't. And have no idea what they may have been.

I ran across this at a site called CivilWar.com concerning the beginning of the war at Fort Sumter, SC, and it struck me how "civil" they actually were- at least until the fighting began.

Demand for evacuation of Ft. Sumter:
Colonel L. THOMAS,

Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C.

HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, C. S. A.,

Charleston, S. C., April 11, 1861.

SIR: The Government of the Confederate States has hitherto forborne from any hostile demonstration against Fort Sumter, in the hope that the Government of the United States, with a view to the amicable adjustment of all questions between the two Government, and to avert the calamities of war, would voluntarily evacuate it.

There was reason at one time to believe that such would be the course pursued by the Government of the United States, and under that impression my Government has refrained from making any demand for the surrender of the fort. But the Confederate States can no longer delay assuming actual possession of a fortification commanding the entrance of one of their harbors, and necessary to its defense and security.

I am ordered by the Government of the Confederate States to demand the evacuation of Fort Sumter. My aides, Colonel Chesnut and Captain Lee, are authorized to make such demand of you. All proper facilities will be afforded for the removal of yourself and command, together with company arms and property and all private property, to any post in the United States which you may select. The flag which you have upheld so long as with so much fortitude, under the most trying circumstances, may be saluted by you on taking it down.

Colonel Chesnut and Captain Lee will, for a reasonable time, await your answer.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. T. BEAUREGARD,
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And the reply:
Major ROBERT ANDERSON,

Commanding at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C.

FORT SUMTER, S. C., April 11, 1861.

GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication demanding the evacuation of this fort, and to say, in reply thereto, that it is a demand with which I regret that my sense of honor, and of my obligations to my Government, prevent my compliance. Thanking you for the fair, manly, and courteous terms proposed, and for the high compliment paid me,

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

ROBERT ANDERSON,

Major, First Artillery, Commanding.
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T. Erdelyi said:
Ya know I hate when I misplace a knife, especially one as valued as the 2009 Barlow.

052.jpg


I had it last night and I thought I threw it in my jean pocket before I went on a motorcycle ride this afternoon but it wasn't there when I got home, now the key phrase here is, "I thought I put it in my pocket."

I will now proceed to drive myself and my family insane as I retrace my steps and tear the house, the truck, my bike apart and redrive every inch of road I covered while out ridin'.:(:(:(:(

Thanks for lettin' me vent.
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Found it
 
Steve_Holt said:
I don't know how many of you guys are interested in the Civil War, but you probably know that the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the war was last Tuesday, April 12. Having lived in the South all of my life, minutes from the largest National Military park in the country, and having at least one ancestor (great grandfather) who fought in the war, it's always been a fascinating subject for me. I wish I had whatever knife or knives he might have owned or carried during his life, but I don't. And have no idea what they may have been.

I ran across this at a site called CivilWar.com concerning the beginning of the war at Fort Sumter, SC, and it struck me how "civil" they actually were- at least until the fighting began.

Demand for evacuation of Ft. Sumter:


And the reply:
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I love the South, the people, the hospitality, the food, the music, the diverse topogrophy but for some reason I think you guys are still mad at us.;)
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Found it
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Nice! I love a happy ending!

T. Erdelyi said:
I love the South, the people, the hospitality, the food, the music, the diverse topogrophy but for some reason I think you guys are still mad at us.;)
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Just a little :) As soon as y'all return all the stuff that Sherman's army stole from my paternal grandmother's family on his march to the sea, all will be forgiven!

Seriously, though, it's hard for me to describe my feelings on the Civil War. I was always taught by my family, and at school, that the war was fought for state's rights- not slavery, and I've always had a certain amount of pride in my confederate lineage. But the more I read about it, the more I realize that, the state's rights they were fighting for mainly concerned slavery, which everyone of course now agrees was a shameful part of our history. Times were different then, and I suppose I'll never be able to grasp or imagine the feelings that ruled the day. The majority of the soldiers who fought on either side probably had no strong feelings about slavery ("rich man's war, poor man's fight") but enlisted out of a sense of duty to their country, their state, or their way of life.

Although it might be interesting to imagine how things may have been different if the outcome of the war had been different, with the benefit of 150 years of retrospection, I'm certain that the result was the one necessary for the good of all. It's probably just the natural inclination to "root for the home team", but this Faulkner quote from "Intruder in the Dust" hit the nail on the head for me: (concerning the turning point of Gettysburg, and the war itself)
“For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it's all in the balance, it hasn't happened yet, it hasn't even begun yet, it not only hasn't begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances which made more men than Garnett and Kemper and Armistead and Wilcox look grave yet it's going to begin, we all know that, we have come too far with too much at stake and that moment doesn't need even a fourteen-year-old boy to think This time. Maybe this time with all this much to lose and all this much to gain: Pennsylvania, Maryland, the world, the golden dome of Washington itself to crown with desperate and unbelievable victory the desperate gamble, the cast made two years ago.... "
 
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