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

Spiffy socks, Ken!

Jolipapa said:
Will, take a 1,5l plastic water bottle, cut the neck and put it inverted on what remains of the bottle, then fill it with whatever you want. Insects can enter, but won't get out.
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Cambertree said:
I can vouch for the effectiveness of this method. We use use soft drink/soda in them to trap introduced European wasps, which are a menace in the summer months here.:thumbsup: Horseflies might require different bait, but the traps are basically free, and easy to make and experiment with.
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This takes me back. Many years ago, I worked a summer job at a canoe rental on Town Lake. While sitting around, waiting for the canoes to come back, I made a little trap like that, weighted down with a stone to catch minnows for bait. After closing time, my friends would come by with some beer, and we'd take the canoes out and fish. (don't tell my old boss ;))

r redden said:
Very nice of you Jack and @Cambertree to be thinking about me I'm here just been reading much more than I've been posting. I did have some more health challenges but doing better now.
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Good to see you, Randy!
Jack Black said:
Good to hear from you Randy, and glad you're OK. I did try to PM you earlier, but I couldn't get the software to recognise your user name, think it was down to a very slow internet connection. Take care my friend :thumbsup:
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You have to remember the space between the r's. ;)

veitsi_poika said:
The "sticky" guidelines are very helpful and I read them frequently... recently I re-read them when there was the whole "what is traditional?" debate LoL. I should give myself a warning infraction for even mentioning that debate :oops::rolleyes:
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There are stickies? :confused:
:D
From time to time I happen to notice a member's join date next to their post. Sometimes I think "He's only been here a few months? Seems like an old regular, fitting right in." With others I think, "He's been here for years, and should know better!" :p
 
r8shell said:
You have to remember the space between the r's. ;)


There are stickies? :confused:
:D
From time to time I happen to notice a member's join date next to their post. Sometimes I think "He's only been here a few months? Seems like an old regular, fitting right in." With others I think, "He's been here for years, and should know better!" :p
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I tried everything but the space! o_O :D :thumbsup:

LOL! True! :D :thumbsup:
 
INDEPENDENCE DAY!

My wife, an RN at local hospital, will work a 12 hour shift so I'll be left to my own devices today. I'll spend the morning slabbing some of the silver coins my grandfather hoarded from his 30 years as a grocer. Then I'll continue reading more of David McCullough's 1776. One of my daughters will come over this afternoon. We'll grill some smoked sausage, kielbasa, squash, and zucchini. Tonight my wife and I will each have a dog pressed against us as the neighbors send hundreds of dollars up in smoke by way of fireworks. Better than a day at work.
 
Happy 4th!! Patriot Acrylic Cuban.

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leghog said:
INDEPENDENCE DAY!

My wife, an RN at local hospital, will work a 12 hour shift so I'll be left to my own devices today. I'll spend the morning slabbing some of the silver coins my grandfather hoarded from his 30 years as a grocer. Then I'll continue reading more of David McCullough's 1776. One of my daughters will come over this afternoon. We'll grill some smoked sausage, kielbasa, squash, and zucchini. Tonight my wife and I will each have a dog pressed against us as the neighbors send hundreds of dollars up in smoke by way of fireworks. Better than a day at work.
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Sounds like a pretty good holiday plan, L leghog ! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:

I'll be spending much of the day trying to scrape carpet glue residue off the concrete basement floor after my wife decided pulling up the carpet was a good idea. Speaking of good ideas, if anyone has effective suggestions for getting the glue off the floor, I'm all ears! ;) One of our dogs does not deal well with fireworks either; he's been taking generic Xanax as needed for several days now. :(

I hope everyone has a superb holiday!!

- GT
 
kenspen said:
I just had to share this with all of friends here on the porch. When I started radiation and chemotherapy for brain cancer nearly 18 months ago, I decided that I’d do my best to entertain the radiation techs with wild socks. So, every day for next 6 weeks I wore a pair of wild socks. It really was pretty overwhelming as people from our church and all over the country started sending me socks. Before I knew it, I had over 35 pairs!
Here’s a small sample:

That brings us to the reason for this post. I just had to show off the latest pair that my daughter found for me.:D:D:D
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Cool socks (especially the Swiss Army ones) which I hope you will continue to wear when you are back up to full speed!!!
 
JohnDF said:
Isn't that almost 7-1/2 hotdogs every minute?
My belly hurts just thinking about it. Amazing!
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I saw it live at Coney Island last year, when he ate 72. It was amazing! :eek: The first minute, he ate 10 hotdogs (and buns) but, of course, had to settle down to a more reasonable pace to finish out the contest. Unfortunately, there's some controversy about this year's competition, as the live count was only 64. Something about a miss-counted plate of 10. :confused:
 
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