kamagong
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Bontgen & Sabin
Nicely done Jack. Here's a much coveted BaliScout (
) in jigged bone.
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Nicely done Jack. Here's a much coveted BaliScout (
) in jigged bone.
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^ That's pretty cool Padruig
Nice utility knife, Dylan! Your gramps had a nice hand!
Dylan- VERY neat Drawing- a family treasure
Thanks guys! Amidst all the other doodles and sketches in the book, that is certainly the one that grabbed me the most. He also was a very fine painter, I will have to see if any of my aunts will send me some pictures/prints.
Balisongs have been a knife that has piqued my interest a bit as of late, like many other things as well. I can be a curious guy... If you can get past the unfortunate stigma attached to them, they have a fascinating history and design that is all their own. A good friend of mine who has a few vintage ones himself likes to call it the "original fidget-spinner". If you don't know what that is, ask your kids or grandkids...
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Ha! Brilliant! Classic scene from a terrific film.
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Further to my internet based whinge - although I have good internet speed now-
In typical Aussie form the govt made much noise about "rolling out" the NBN (national broadband network).
There was a lot of patting each other on the back and quaffing expensive drinks at the parliament bar no doubt.
Unfortunately the reality is slightly different.
The optic fibre nbn system is manacled to the existing copper cable phone network due to cost cutting measures and blaming of previous govts- nothing can proceed in this country without first blaming the previous govt.
It works for both sides.
Put simply they constructed a twenty lane freeway but in order to get to your house you have to turn off down a rutted dirt track and go reallly slow.
The best part is when the man came to install the junction box on the side of the house.
I arose early to discover a strange man digging up my garden. After establishing his purpose I offered a cuppa which he graciously accepted. He had his son in tow as an assistant.
A shiftless ,gormless lump of a lad who obviously did not want to be with his uncool working dad.
The man himself was one of the most affable ,enthusiastic,and friendly people I have ever met.
He explained and apoliges profusely that he had encountered a blockage in the conduit through which the new network cable had to be inserted.
At this point he was about a metre deep at the base of a large rock.
The rock had somehow been placed there after the phone line was connected.
I went out ,leaving the house unlocked in case he needed to use the can.
Returning hours later i found him still there with his entire body immersed in the cavernous excavation-similar to a Wombat hole-and those things know how to dig.
he had found the blockage and needed to replace a length of conduit. This guy was not taking any shortcuts. I asked if he needed anything -it was now close to tea time and way past knock off time. Yet he diligently beavered away as happy as Larry.
Then ...disaster struck.
They say opposites attract-
His wife arrived to fetch Lumpenstein home for tea and to berate the worlds nicest man for taking so long. He weathered this annoying nagging hag admirably. Calmly explaining in one of those cooing reassuring voices. She wasn't buying it. She was in the garden -smoking cigarette furiously like a puffing billy going up a hill. Asking uneccesary questions and giving out orders and irrelvant details of other personal business.
I was standing there the whole time having asked if he might be better to come back tomorrow due to the lateness of the day. This guy was old school and once started he was going to finish.
She moved to get a better aim at him and in doing so trampled all over some small native orchids I had recently planted. The man had been so careful -he had created a huge pile of mullock and not damaged anything.
It was now nearly dark so I mentioned the damage she was causing to which she disdainfully told me she thought they were weeds. that was enough for me.
The timing was impeccable-i was just about to unleash on her a stream of meako venom and ask her to leave my premises immediately as she had no business here and was trespassing and causing damage. At the exact moment he popped up out of the hole and with a breezy "OK,were done!" packed up and left. not before asking me if he should fix the orchids!!
Nah mate I'll do it Thanks for a great job.
In typical Aussie form the govt made much noise about "rolling out" the NBN (national broadband network).
There was a lot of patting each other on the back and quaffing expensive drinks at the parliament bar no doubt.
Unfortunately the reality is slightly different.
The optic fibre nbn system is manacled to the existing copper cable phone network due to cost cutting measures and blaming of previous govts- nothing can proceed in this country without first blaming the previous govt.
It works for both sides.
Put simply they constructed a twenty lane freeway but in order to get to your house you have to turn off down a rutted dirt track and go reallly slow.
The best part is when the man came to install the junction box on the side of the house.
I arose early to discover a strange man digging up my garden. After establishing his purpose I offered a cuppa which he graciously accepted. He had his son in tow as an assistant.
A shiftless ,gormless lump of a lad who obviously did not want to be with his uncool working dad.
The man himself was one of the most affable ,enthusiastic,and friendly people I have ever met.
He explained and apoliges profusely that he had encountered a blockage in the conduit through which the new network cable had to be inserted.
At this point he was about a metre deep at the base of a large rock.
The rock had somehow been placed there after the phone line was connected.
I went out ,leaving the house unlocked in case he needed to use the can.
Returning hours later i found him still there with his entire body immersed in the cavernous excavation-similar to a Wombat hole-and those things know how to dig.
he had found the blockage and needed to replace a length of conduit. This guy was not taking any shortcuts. I asked if he needed anything -it was now close to tea time and way past knock off time. Yet he diligently beavered away as happy as Larry.
Then ...disaster struck.
They say opposites attract-
His wife arrived to fetch Lumpenstein home for tea and to berate the worlds nicest man for taking so long. He weathered this annoying nagging hag admirably. Calmly explaining in one of those cooing reassuring voices. She wasn't buying it. She was in the garden -smoking cigarette furiously like a puffing billy going up a hill. Asking uneccesary questions and giving out orders and irrelvant details of other personal business.
I was standing there the whole time having asked if he might be better to come back tomorrow due to the lateness of the day. This guy was old school and once started he was going to finish.
She moved to get a better aim at him and in doing so trampled all over some small native orchids I had recently planted. The man had been so careful -he had created a huge pile of mullock and not damaged anything.
It was now nearly dark so I mentioned the damage she was causing to which she disdainfully told me she thought they were weeds. that was enough for me.
The timing was impeccable-i was just about to unleash on her a stream of meako venom and ask her to leave my premises immediately as she had no business here and was trespassing and causing damage. At the exact moment he popped up out of the hole and with a breezy "OK,were done!" packed up and left. not before asking me if he should fix the orchids!!
Nah mate I'll do it Thanks for a great job.
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I have bought and sold several existing customs but never had one made for me. Well I have now commissioned a Barlow to be made for me by a great maker. His books are closed but he said he would do this for me so I won't disclose his name until he finishes so others won't be contacting him to open his books for them. I'm very excited and a little nervous as this is the most expensive knife I've ever bought. It will be a quite a while before it's ready but I feel like a kid the week before Christmas I just couldn't wait to tell someone.
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Wombats are that big? I guess I heard somewhere that they eat 14.7 pounds of kali grass per day.
[just looked them up]
They seem less cute imagined at a yard long.
[just looked them up]
They seem less cute imagined at a yard long.
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Hope everyone's staying cool now that summer's upon us (well, those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least). Looks like it's going to get a bit warm here this coming week.
holy cow! stay cool and hydrated, those are dangerous temperatures
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Hope everyone's staying cool now that summer's upon us (well, those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least). Looks like it's going to get a bit warm here this coming week.
Surely far from Arizona hot, but no wind at all , my throat feels like the Sahara in summer!
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Surely far from Arizona hot, but no wind at all , my throat feels like the Sahara in summer!
110f = 43c
122f = 50c
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And here I thought wombats were fuzzy, cuddly creatures. I should have guessed that even the fuzzy, cuddly stuff in the outback will tear you to shreds.
It's a dry heat.
Hope everyone's staying cool now that summer's upon us (well, those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least). Looks like it's going to get a bit warm here this coming week.
It's a dry heat.
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I recently shared with y'all the loss of my buddy Max. He has been missed and will be for a long time. It was not lost on my wife and kids the effect of him not being here for me. When I met them yesterday evening they surprised me.
They know I try not to kill spiders and bugs even though they are terrified by them. They told me to get a spider out of the car for them, they pulled it off good. When I got to the place the "spider" was supposed to be I saw a flash of fur.
My wife knows I have always wanted a bloodhound. And that I want to train him to track. She found a good one.
The last four weekends have all had something go wrong, but this weekend served up in an outstanding way. I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Chris
They know I try not to kill spiders and bugs even though they are terrified by them. They told me to get a spider out of the car for them, they pulled it off good. When I got to the place the "spider" was supposed to be I saw a flash of fur.
My wife knows I have always wanted a bloodhound. And that I want to train him to track. She found a good one.
The last four weekends have all had something go wrong, but this weekend served up in an outstanding way. I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Chris
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I recently shared with y'all the loss of my buddy Max. He has been missed and will be for a long time. It was not lost on my wife and kids the effect of him not being here for me. When I met them yesterday evening they surprised me.
They know I try not to kill spiders and bugs even though they are terrified by them. They told me to get a spider out of the car for them, they pulled it off good. When I got to the place the "spider" was supposed to be I saw a flash of fur.
My wife knows I have always wanted a bloodhound. And that I want to train him to track. She found a good one.
The last four weekends have all had something to wrong, but this weekend served up in an outstanding way. I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Chris
d'awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!