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

meako said:
It then lays its eggs in the nest of the Australian magpie or the Pied Currawong-both large crow like corvines. The eggs hatch much quicker than those of the surrogate parents...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold
The word cuckold derives from the cuckoo bird, alluding to its habit of laying its eggs in other birds' nests. The association is common in medieval folklore, literature, and iconography.

English usage first appears about 1250 in the satirical and polemical poem "The Owl and the Nightingale" (l. 1544).
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quattromori said:
Randy,
glad to hear you're sorting things out. I know my share about dealing with surgeons (from a different standpoint though :rolleyes:). Best wishes from (currently) Bruxelles :) this morning I stumbled into an incredibly nice knife store (although I'm not actually after any new purchase, it was worth a look ;))

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Fausto
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I can only imagine what this store was selling in 1750 :D
 
meako said:
For me its always been a toss up between Leela and the first Romana (Mary Tamm) the Time Lady.:D
If you haven't already done so -check out Tom Baker as Capt RedBeard Rum in Blackadder
[video]https://youtu.be/_EfW9znJYjw[/video]
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Thanks for the link. A bit of homage to Graham Chapman's Yellowbeard, perhaps. I recently came across TB as a wicked wizard in a Sinbad movie. He made a great Rasputin, too. Heck of a voice.

For me it was Leela or Romana II (Lalla Ward), though the Key to Time series was great.
 
YEEEEEE-ESSS!!!

Four from four for the Ulstermen!



Once again the dead skunk pulls us through. :)

 
quattromori said:
Randy,
glad to hear you're sorting things out. I know my share about dealing with surgeons (from a different standpoint though :rolleyes:). Best wishes from (currently) Bruxelles :) this morning I stumbled into an incredibly nice knife store (although I'm not actually after any new purchase, it was worth a look ;))

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Fausto
:cool:
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Would really like to spend an hour or 6 in that shop !!!

Harry
 
pmew said:
Sounds like you've some south east Wales heritage there?
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More north Welsh by volume, I just didn't see any north Welsh names on the roster. My south Welsh blood must have been much diluted since 1648, but north Welsh was still being spoken in Steuben (stooBEN) country in my dad's youth.
 
Today is sauce day. Every year my wife and I buy a bunch of San Marzano tomatoes from a local farm and make and can a versatile tomato sauce for use over the next year. This year we are in for 40 pounds. Here is half of them, ready to go through the food strainer:

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For some knife content, my lambsfoot was seen mugging for the camera earlier this week with one of the boxes:

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Have a great weekend everyone!
 
I must say my good man, that's some fine looking "maters" you have there. And the Lambsfoot is not to bad either. ;)
 
scrteened porch said:
More north Welsh by volume, I just didn't see any north Welsh names on the roster. My south Welsh blood must have been much diluted since 1648, but north Welsh was still being spoken in Steuben (stooBEN) country in my dad's youth.
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Ah, I suppose they're a little cryptic; Wales have four regions that play in the Guinness pro12. Ospreys are an amalgamation of the Swansea and Neath clubs, then the Blues from Cardiff, the Dragons from Newport and lastly the Scarlets from Llanelli who are having an uncharacteristically poor start to the season. The four provinces from Ireland: Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht. Scotland; the Warriors from Glasgow and then Edinburgh, and from Italy Benetton Treviso and Zebre.

It's commonly known as the Celtic League. I love all the different codes, but rugby union (the 15 man game) is king.
 
I am not jealous of you, Greg. My wife made a from-scratch tomato sauce with 25 pounds of tomatoes a couple of years ago. It was on the stove for 3 DAYS. House smelled great, but it was just so. much. work.
 
Oh, man, Shawn. That's some dedicated sauce making! We do more like 3 hours and then reduce it down later when we use it, if necessary, depending on the recipe.
 
meako said:
The magpies at this time of year are very territorial and will dive bomb anything that comes in coo ee of their nest. A friend of mine cycled to work past a notorious magpie . Cyclists will stick cable ties to their helmets like porcupine spikes to deter the divebomber. It didn't work so he glued scalpel blades to his cable ties -the bird kept hitting him and when he got to work and removed his helmet he found a feathery chunk of magpie flesh impaled on one of the spikes. Insane.
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It's in a bit of bad taste, I know, but having been blitzed relentlessly only a couple of days ago, I had to smile at this.

It's no joke being on the receiving end I can tell you. In fact I think it's why Aussies are good at sprint cycling!

There I was happily coasting along in the spring sunshine when FWOOOOMM!!ClackClack!! (They dive within an inch or so of your head, while snapping their beaks menacingly a couple of times, before actually starting to buffet your helmet with their beaks and claws.)

Luckily I was outta there before the first warning dives turned into actual contacts.

At this time of year the kids at the local primary school have to don ice cream containers on their heads and psych themselves up under cover, before 'going over the top' and rushing en masse across the no mans land of the ball courts, to the drinking fountains on the other side!

True story.

Maggies are said to recognise individual humans too and conduct vendettas against ones they see as specific threats.

https://www.magpiealert.com

https://youtu.be/_A7Gw217EJ4

Has your mate tried the sunglasses taped to the back of the bike helmet trick yet, Meako?
 
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