Fall’s Around the Corner--Giving back!...-Winning #'s Are...

My best memories from school are of a teacher that it seems no other students liked. I didn't realize how much I appreciated him until many years later.
Spanish was his first language. He spoke english with a very heavy accent and you could tell that it bothered him. He worked hard to teach us that proper speach was important. Most of us didn't listen to him. I on the other hand had no choice but to listen. For some reason, he singled me out and was very strict with me. If I was walking down a hall filled with other students and responded to one of them with a "yeah" he would hear me, slap me across the back of my head and say "the word is YES".
Some forty years later, I think of this nearly every day. Every time I say "yeah" I think of him and at least in my mind I will correct myself.
Thanks for bringing forth memories.
 
Ok everyone....cut off is 81 and the girls picked # 34, 55, 17, and 50.

Abigail picked Case XX 6202 1/2 for #34 and 32087 for #55
Evelyn picked SAK for #17 and Case XX 6347 for #50.

Please PM me with your addresses when you get a chance. Congratulations to thawk, chewy1, willgoy, and wagglebee, and once again, thanks all for playing. I enjoyed hearing your stories.
 
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Congrats to the winners!!!!
Great giveaway mshambone!
 
mshambone,

Thanks for the great giveaway and I was thrilled to see my name was picked as a winner. :)

However, I also noticed that my winning post wasn't my first post on the thread and I don't really think it's fair to me to win when I had multiple posts. As much as I'd love to have it, I just wouldn't feel right about it.

So, if you are okay with it what I would like you to do is see if there's a local boy whose family is having a rough time with the economy and give it to him.

Thanks.
 
Congrats to the winners and thanks for the great giveaway. Wagglebee, thats good stuff. Just another reason i'm glad to be a member here, great knives...better people.
Dan
 
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OldSarSwmr said:
Congrats to the winners and thanks for the great giveaway. Wagglebee, thats good stuff. Just another reason i'm glad to be a member here, great knives...better people.
Dan
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+1 :thumbup: Way to go, Matt, and very nice gesture, Rob!
 
wagglebee said:
mshambone,

Thanks for the great giveaway and I was thrilled to see my name was picked as a winner. :)

However, I also noticed that my winning post wasn't my first post on the thread and I don't really think it's fair to me to win when I had multiple posts. As much as I'd love to have it, I just wouldn't feel right about it.

So, if you are okay with it what I would like you to do is see if there's a local boy whose family is having a rough time with the economy and give it to him.

Thanks.
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Wasn't #50 a reply to my story?
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Whatever......................
 
mrbear said:
Wasn't #50 a reply to my story?
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Whatever......................
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#50 was a # picked,I do not see the point of yur comment "whatever"
Are you Sore ?

Congrat's fella's & Thanks for the G-A Teach
BTW,good on you Rob for "paying it forward"
-Vince
 
VCM3 said:
#50 was a # picked,I do not see the point of yur comment "whatever"
Are you Sore ?

Congrat's fella's & Thanks for the G-A Teach
BTW,good on you Rob for "paying it forward"
-Vince
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I wondered myself Vince, and if one were to throw out the couple of extraneous posts, Chris (Orca) would have been post #50. (Good for you, Rob. You represent what this forum is all about. :thumbup:)

Regardless, this thread (and forum) isn't the place for any pissing and moaning and congratulations are due the giver and the winners (whoever they may end up being).
 
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Nice pickin Abigail. Thanks for this Giveaway, and thanks to all for participating. There were some good stories and experiences. I'll appreciate the jack knife. Thanks to Kaleb for the custom scales too.
 
First thanks for deciding to enter tne teaching profession. You just thought all the mis-measurements and no help showing up on monday mornings were trouble. Middle school is the biggest challenge you could have been drafted into. My daughter is a special ed's teacher and I know the heart and headache she has at times.
My most memorable was in the 2nd year of school and all the kids I had in 1st grade went to another room and I had to go to another room. I was in the 9th or 10th grade befoer my dad told he had them hold me back, because my mon had cancer and he kept me out too much the 1st year. It might have a blessing, in that I graduated as valadictorian of my class. I never did figure why he waited so long. That old case sure sounds good an that is the size I collect--347 pattern. I will be praying for you this year.
Harold
 
Congratulations to the winners, thawk, chewy1, willgoy, and wagglebee.
Great giveaway mshambone!
 
I particularly like the way the winning #'s were chosen! Great giveaway, and congrat's to all the winners!
 
DallasSTB said:
I particularly like the way the winning #'s were chosen! Great giveaway, and congrat's to all the winners!
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It seems I have sparked their interest just a little as each Sunday, they want to be the one to help Daddy pick a knife to go to church with. (Gasp...did I say knife and church in the same sentence?!?) They had fun!

Matt
 
Give-a way 6202 1/2 was in the mail today, along with a very nice SAK Silver Alox Cadet. What a guy!

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Both great knives. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Thanks Matt.
 
A nice padded envelope arrived today containing a Farmer (well the knife kind!) and a Buck Companion Pen-Knife as well:thumbup:

This was excellent and made the day very pleasant indeed. Thank you Matt for this and the kindness, well appreciated. I got one of my favourite knives(Böker Large Stockman) from him in a trade some time back, he's an asset to the forum.
 
If this is not the best community in this world, would someone please point me to a better one?
 
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