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

That's dumb. I don't doubt that this will be the new norm going forward for larger companies. I'm glad I work at home and am my own boss, there will always be a knife within arms reach for me.
 
Diwali is being celebrated round my way - reminds me of being in Beirut in the 70's! :eek: :D :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Diwali is being celebrated round my way - reminds me of being in Beirut in the 70's! :eek: :D :thumbsup:
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I'll take your word for it! ;)

A good few pops and whizzes going off this way too, but the Gurdwara is about a mile away from here, not across the road.
 
scruffuk said:
I'll take your word for it! ;)

A good few pops and whizzes going off this way too, but the Gurdwara is about a mile away from here, not across the road!
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Yeah, here I've got one Sikh Temple across the road, two down the road (along with a Hindu Temple), and a couple up the road, all competing with each other, along with several dozen Sikh families, and a couple of hundred firework-brandishing scrotes! :rolleyes: It sure is LOUD! :eek: Makes November 5th seem very tame :D
 
I guess I'm just getting old but all the rules that are being placed on knives just doesn't make sense. When I was a boy if you had enough money you could buy anything with a blade at any feed and seed or hardwood store. You could carry one to school and about every young boy had one in their pocket. Now a days everyone is jumping on the "knives are to dangerous to carry" bandwagon. And God forbid if you like and carry modern folders you are almost classified as a terrorist. It's a good thing I'm retired because I just stuck my and in my pocket and found all of these in there.

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What the heck are you supposed to use to cut with then? Shears or something? It's bad enough to ban personal knives, but it sounds like they are banning razor cutters too? Stupid doesn't begin to cover it.
Thanks, Neal
 
That hurts. I too remember as a boy growing up I always took my boy scout knife to school every day. It was almost expected as a scout to ensure you were "prepared". Since I work in the office there is a general "no weapon" policy. I still see other work mates have knives clipped in the pocket so it is clearly not enforced. When I'm in the office and not traveling I typically have a slipjoint. Not that I cut anything nearly as much as the OP but it still is good to have one if needed.
 
r redden said:
I guess I'm just getting old but all the rules that are being placed on knives just doesn't make sense. When I was a boy if you had enough money you could buy anything with a blade at any feed and seed or hardwood store. You could carry one to school and about every young boy had one in their pocket. Now a days everyone is jumping on the "knives are to dangerous to carry" bandwagon. And God forbid if you like and carry modern folders you are almost classified as a terrorist. It's a good thing I'm retired because I just stuck my and in my pocket and found all of these in there.

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Wow I didn't realize that you were such an obvious menace!
 
I’m extremely thankful for the job that I have for a lot of reasons and my knives are included in that. I work in the tool and die industry and surprisingly I use my knife all the time.

My team leader has held most of my knives at one time, or another and no matter how hair shavingly sharp it is he always says, “getting a little tired from the dusty road”. I’m left to assume it’s a saying he grew up with, but he always has a sly look in his eyes when he tests the edge.

It’s one of the reasons I appreciate a traditional pocket knife so much, I don’t need to flick my wrist, or auto assist the blade open to disembowel a box, it’s simple and unsuspecting.
 
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SVTFreak said:
They banned “open blades knives”. Although that term could be argued, the new procedure pretty much says only electricians can use a knife now and then only with about 10 rules to follow.



We open bags, boxes, cut visqueen, etc about 20 times a shift. Someone gonna use something else to do it and hurt themselves.
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So now I guess you won't be opening any more boxes or bags? Not much will get done if you know what I mean.o_O Gotta follow the rules.....
 
jackknife said:
Yesterday morning about 5AM I woke up with chest pains and pain down both arms. Hell of a rude awakening!

Given my senior citizen age and mediacal history of a minor heart problem, I thought, "Oh s--t, it's the big one". I got up and went to the bathroom and chewed up a couple aspirins, and woke up my better half. Karen asked me what was wrong, and all I could say to her, thinking each second may be my last, was "I love you."

Then I told her what was up and she started to throw on some clothes and call 911. The EMT's got there and at the ER they plugged me into machines that beeped and clicked. Drew blood for tests and gave me a good going over that lasted for 4 hours.

Ends up it wasn't a heart attack, but a muscle spasm in my back between my shoulder blades that affected the nerve bundle in my chest and shoulders. A relief and a reminder to refrain from mountain biking at my age especially after not being on a bike for over 10 years.

BUT...do you know what went through my mind in those minutes between waking and the EMT's wheeling me out on a gurney?

I didn't think jack squat about my material things, and they all could have went right in the landfill right then for all I cared. All I thought about was, I hadn't told my wife of decades that I loved her yet that morning. I thought of my kids and grandkids that I wouldn't have the chance to say goodbye to. Knives, guns, all the 'stuff,' was just nothing. Less than nothing. No better than trash in my life.

I've been heading in the direction of minimalism for years now, but After yesterday I think I'm really going to embrace it. I've learned that all the collections of whatever don't mean anything if you don't live like each day was your last, and let the people in your life know how much you love them and care about them. Material items don't mean Jack s--t and jack's on vacation in Vegas!

Just a thought after a heck of a scare. I'd rather be holding hands with my better half watching the sun go down, than have a great collection of whatever.
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Glad it was just a muscle spasm Carl. I know a little about what you felt concerning what is truly important in life. I had my first big health problem in 2011 but the second one was what opened up my eyes as to what really mattered to me. They hauled me out of the house on June 11, 2014 in an ambulance and I rolled back in the house in my wheel chair on November 17 2014. I was in a coma the first 6 weeks of that time and don't remember much but like you my friend knives and guitars and such was not what was on my mind.
 
quattro98 said:
Might need to call a supervisor every time a box or bag needs to be opened so they can take care of it.
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I’d go for that since I’m the supervisor.

Just watched a guy cut a strip of visqueen (we like our hoppers with it) with a pair of emt scissors. What a joke. Took 4x longer than needed.
 
SVTFreak said:
I’d go for that since I’m the supervisor.

Just watched a guy cut a strip of visqueen (we like our hoppers with it) with a pair of emt scissors. What a joke. Took 4x longer than needed.
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Better get him a set of grade school safety scissors so it will take ten times longer. The only solution to stupid rules is to follow them to the letter so that nothing gets done. Continue until the company goes bankrupt or the policy gets changed.
 
Damn silly rule. Heck, I carry my SAK and use it every day, and everyone I work with understands it's just a simple tool (and I'm a high school teacher!).
 
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