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

[Bartleby]

Just finishing her cig first!

I went down to the Forest of Dean about 5 years ago to spend Christmas with some friends there. It's a very rural area, and we walked through the woods to a small traditional pub. When I was at the bar, I was surprised to see a middle-aged woman using some kind of breathing apparatus in a back-room, she really looked like she was struggling with her breath. The machine must have worked, because five minutes later, she was standing outside the pub smoking!

Amazing how far some will take it! I smoked for about four years in college. Took about ten years to quit....

 

[Jack Black]

Amazing how far some will take it! I smoked for about four years in college. Took about ten years to quit....

I started smoking aged seven! Took to it like a duck to water. Smoked 2 packs a day as a teenager, cigars, cigarillos, everything but a pipe. Quit at 17. Still miss it sometimes!

 

[Bartleby]

Still miss it sometimes!

I always enjoyed it, which is why it took so long to quit. Finally stopped completely when a lot of folks I was close to got ill with respiratory items. Really don't miss it now.

 

[herder]

Very true!

I could spend days playing at your table!!!

 

[herder]

Great Sheffield pictures Jack and Cambertree, thanks.

 

[JB in SC]

Since we're discussing things British, here's a 1971 photo of my father in law with my wife's 1960 Jaguar XK-150, it had factory air with an automatic transmission. It was a frame off restoration, but the wheels aren't correct (he took hers for his XK-120 Roadster). We had the engine disassembled on the pool table in the basement. Lots of aluminum to polish...

We printed a few photos for him today, he has Alzheimers.

 

[Bugdoc]

Thanks a lot guys

I've not had HP Brown Sauce since I was very young Jerry, but Herder's lad seemed to take a liking to it, as he did Henderson's Yes, I'm sure there are still British families who wouldn't dream of travelling without their condiments!

Yes yes, I knew it from the picture. House of Parliament steak sauce! Delicious stuff, but hard to find here.

 

[Bugdoc]

Jerry, that's simply stunning. The way that impossibly long 'bonnet' melds with the grille is to die for. The E Type of the era is probably better-known, but I'd take that redhead hands down.

Tough one with your father in-law. Hope the pics bought some good memories back for him.

 

[JB in SC]

Thank you for the kind comments Bugdoc. Her brother had the XKE, never cared for it.

My FIL has gone downhill the last few months. The disease is truly heartbreaking.

 

[r redden]

Thank you for the kind comments Bugdoc. Her brother had the XKE, never cared for it.

My FIL has gone downhill the last few months. The disease is truly heartbreaking.

I lost both my mother and grandmother to this disease it is horrible to have to watch someone you love go through it. I am so sorry about your father-in-law your wife must be devastated.

 

[JB in SC]

I lost both my mother and grandmother to this disease it is horrible to have to watch someone you love go through it. I am so sorry about your father-in-law your wife must be devastated.

Thanks for the kind thoughts, she is doing okay with it so far. We are trying to find her grandfather's Case Peanut, an old red bone made in the 50's. Her dad was carrying it some time back, I'm afraid he's misplaced it but hopefully it will show up. It was a real beauty, blades black with patina, bone worn down through years of carry.

 

[mrknife]

I started smoking aged seven! Took to it like a duck to water. Smoked 2 packs a day as a teenager, cigars, cigarillos, everything but a pipe. Quit at 17. Still miss it sometimes!

the trick is quitting while you are ahead! i work in a pulmonary clinic but do enjoy tobacco from time to time, on occasions it can be cigars, but if im just out drinking itll be some social smoking at best

 

[Jack Black]

I always enjoyed it, which is why it took so long to quit. Finally stopped completely when a lot of folks I was close to got ill with respiratory items. Really don't miss it now.

Sorry to hear that my friend, I certainly have no regrets about quitting

I could spend days playing at your table!!!

Great Sheffield pictures Jack and Cambertree, thanks.

Thanks pal

Since we're discussing things British, here's a 1971 photo of my father in law with my wife's 1960 Jaguar XK-150, it had factory air with an automatic transmission. It was a frame off restoration, but the wheels aren't correct (he took hers for his XK-120 Roadster). We had the engine disassembled on the pool table in the basement. Lots of aluminum to polish...

We printed a few photos for him today, he has Alzheimers.

Great pic, beautiful car Very sorry to hear that, hope the photos help

Yes yes, I knew it from the picture. House of Parliament steak sauce! Delicious stuff, but hard to find here.

I can remember my grandmother explaining to me why it was called HP when I was a small boy Strangely, despite a photo of the Houses of Parliament on the front of the bottle, many people didn't seem to know!

Thanks for the kind thoughts, she is doing okay with it so far. We are trying to find her grandfather's Case Peanut, an old red bone made in the 50's. Her dad was carrying it some time back, I'm afraid he's misplaced it but hopefully it will show up. It was a real beauty, blades black with patina, bone worn down through years of carry.

Hope you can find it Jerry

the trick is quitting while you are ahead! i work in a pulmonary clinic but do enjoy tobacco from time to time, on occasions it can be cigars, but if im just out drinking itll be some social smoking at best

 

[waynorth]

My father was a chain smoker. It killed him, and my mother who never smoked!!
I don't allow smoking inside my fence. . . . . .

 

[mrknife]

sorry to hear that Charlie, so many of the patients in this clinic grew up in households of smokers and suffered. they never touched one, but ma, pa, brother or sister, grandparents smoked and because they were in the house they were affected.

 

[waynorth]

They both had at least one parent who lived well into their 90s. Actually 3 grandparents of mine! The 4th died by mishap. My dad was 78, my mom was 82.
Lost at least a dozen years each, IMO!
Must get to you at times, Jack, because the hazard is avoidable!

 

[1066vik]

My father was a chain smoker. It killed him, and my mother who never smoked!!
I don't allow smoking inside my fence. . . . . .

good man!

dad smoked lucky strikes - 2 packs a day for about 25 years - and quit in his 40's - he's 80 now and still going strong.
both of my grandfathers smoked - and both died from lung/heart complications.
esophageal cancer got Dad's mom -- caused by her smoking habit.

 

[btb01]

The semantics discussion in the scales/covers/handles/etc. thread (which I've enjoyed following) reminded me of this regional dialect quiz I came across a while back, and I thought some of y'all might enjoy it.

Here's the link to the quiz.

I've taken it myself a few times (you don't always get the same questions), and I've had friends and family members take it, and the results seem pretty accurate. Here's my result. The red areas and pinpointed cities represent places that are most similar to your answers. (I was born in Little Rock and lived in Arkansas until I was 26.)

(Obviously this is only really applicable to those of you from the US, although I'm sure some of our international forum members would get some interesting results if they took the quiz.)

I'll also say that some of the multiple choice answers are quite funny, particularly if you get the question "What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?"

 

[Ramrodmb]

That was fun Barrett. Thanks for posting that. It narrowed it down correctly for me. (Midwest) One of the three choices was correct. I liked how it said one of the major deciding factors for mine was the use of the word 'pop'.
I had the least similarities with New York / Philly area

 

[r8shell]

The semantics discussion in the scales/covers/handles/etc. thread (which I've enjoyed following) reminded me of this regional dialect quiz I came across a while back, and I thought some of y'all might enjoy it.

Here's the link to the quiz.

I've taken it myself a few times (you don't always get the same questions), and I've had friends and family members take it, and the results seem pretty accurate. Here's my result. The red areas and pinpointed cities represent places that are most similar to your answers. (I was born in Little Rock and lived in Arkansas until I was 26.)

(Obviously this is only really applicable to those of you from the US, although I'm sure some of our international forum members would get some interesting results if they took the quiz.)

I'll also say that some of the multiple choice answers are quite funny, particularly if you get the question "What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?"

Very cool quiz! It was surprisingly accurate, putting me in Texas (with a lot of red in Pennsylvania - where my family is from)
This could lead to a number of discussions, like: How would the words "caught" and "cot" possibly sound different?