G-shark's snarks (and other associated ramblings)

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bigghoss said:
Stripped some blades today. Got done right about the time my new BK7 showed up.

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Also picked up the kershaw package deal from that one department store. $20 for a Swerve, Freefall, and a half-decent flashlight. Good deal but no surprise the knives are not built to the same standards as the original AO versions you can get anywhere else. I plan on doing an in-depth comparison later, maybe in a video, but right now I need a nap.
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looking good
 
Hurley! Yer right about snark. But it's all we got. Where the hell is everyone? Snark's in a food coma, chat's empty....I just spent way too much time slapping out the longest most boring post ever in the "recommendation" thread....whatever it is that's keeping everyone occupied better involve knives, workshop time or sexual congress. I'd include beer, but that should go without saying....
 
I been playing with my bow, made a arm guard out of a pepsi bottle like you suggested, pretty awesome actually :D Thanks for the idea!!

Then I listed a Busse for sale, Got me some dinner, poured me some nasty ginger ale that no matter how hard i imagine it just doesnt taste like pepsi, now im back watching LOST. ALmost done with season 2, thank god, this season was not as interesting as the 1st. Hope season 3 is better... if its worse than season 2 ill skip to the last few episodes on season 6 to just find out the end.
 
I'm in a food coma. I had a 'roti' at a Grenadian restaurant called The Nutmeg. I'm pretty sure roti is Indian (not WEST Indian), but they've got the spice market cornered here, and it was a mighty fine meal. the three guinness foreign extra didn't hurt either (actually they hurt a bit!) after a fall of drinking lukewarm Carib.
 
worldwood said:
Then I listed a Busse for sale, Got me some dinner, poured me some nasty ginger ale that no matter how hard i imagine it just doesnt taste like pepsi, now im back watching LOST.
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Nothing else tastes like Pepsi. Try Ginger Beer, which is completely different. OR half a glass of real juice with seltzer. That will reduce the sugar, but not cut it out entirely, and it comes with a few actual useful nutrients. Might take a little acclimation.
 
Just went to get my homemade arm-guard to snap a picture of it and the wife threw it in the trash thinking it was trash LMAO i guess i cant blame her. a cut up pepsi bottle sitting on the table would look like trash to me too.

She said she thought it was just another bottle i cut with a knife... i should of left the paracord tied around it then she may of asked what it was.

No sweat, easy enough to do again
 
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daizee said:
Nothing else tastes like Pepsi. Try Ginger Beer, which is completely different. OR half a glass of real juice with seltzer. That will reduce the sugar, but not cut it out entirely, and it comes with a few actual useful nutrients. Might take a little acclimation.
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Good idea with the seltzer!! Ill try that for sure with some of that orange/banana/pineapple mix juice :D

I also have the wife looking out for caffeine free pepsi next time she goes to the store. im sure it will taste a little different but might be a good substitute anyway.

Wife works in a hospital and brought home one of those sugar level testers for diabetics. Tested my sugar levels, all normal before and after food. She was worried it may be a sign of diabetes but right now that doesnt seem to be the case.
 
daizee said:
I'm in a food coma. I had a 'roti' at a Grenadian restaurant called The Nutmeg. I'm pretty sure roti is Indian (not WEST Indian), but they've got the spice market cornered here, and it was a mighty fine meal. the three guinness foreign extra didn't hurt either (actually they hurt a bit!) after a fall of drinking lukewarm Carib.
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I think yer right on the roti. Had it homemade once when I was a kid. First time I ever chowed down anything with cauliflower. I just remember it being so good (40+ years ago). When d'ya arrive back in NE? Plane or catching a ride back with the Nautilus? My 8 year old watched a ½ hr. of highlights tonight. She loves that stuff! And we don't have regular TV, so...Glad you're getting a little R&R.
 
Well, since 4:30 p.m., I've :::
1) worked on the handle mods for a BK2 (broke 2 jigsaw blades - the copper plate I'm cutting through seems to be rather stout - gotta get more tomorrow)
2) bought an engraved 1950s Kabar Boy Scout knife
3) gave both dogs baths
4) bought a Camillus BK6
5) fixed a 3 cheese BL (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Provolone), with homemade honey mustard, homemade Mustang Grape jelly and Honey Roasted Peanut Butter.
6) ate some chocolate and drank an Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Ale (not at the same time - that's a nasty combination)
 
worldwood said:
I also have the wife looking out for caffeine free pepsi next time she goes to the store. im sure it will taste a little different but might be a good substitute anyway.
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It shouldn't taste any different, if all they take out is caffeine. To my knowledge, it's flavorless.
 
zzyzzogeton said:
Well, since 4:30 p.m., I've :::
1) worked on the handle mods for a BK2 (broke 2 jigsaw blades - the copper plate I'm cutting through seems to be rather stout - gotta get more tomorrow)
2) bought an engraved 1950s Kabar Boy Scout knife
3) gave both dogs baths
4) bought a Camillus BK6
5) fixed a 3 cheese BL (Cheddar, Monterey Jack, Provolone), with homemade honey mustard, homemade Mustang Grape jelly and Honey Roasted Peanut Butter.
6) ate some chocolate and drank an Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Ale (not at the same time - that's a nasty combination)
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Just stop it! A BK-6? At least stop rubbing our noses in it...
 
Well, Enquiring minds (at least you did:D :D ) wanted to know why no one had been snarkin'. I was watching the auction on eprey like a vulture, hawk, cat after a mouse and a ninja assassin, all at the same time.
 
granitestateofmind said:
I think yer right on the roti. Had it homemade once when I was a kid. First time I ever chowed down anything with cauliflower. I just remember it being so good (40+ years ago). When d'ya arrive back in NE? Plane or catching a ride back with the Nautilus? My 8 year old watched a ½ hr. of highlights tonight. She loves that stuff! And we don't have regular TV, so...Glad you're getting a little R&R.
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Indian, West Indian, tomato, tomaaaato. At least that's what Columbus said. :-/ (what a doof)
This particular roti was potato and TUNA. Yep.

We're breaking down the data deck this week in prep for a major tear-out/overhaul over the winter. You don't generally see the data deck on the videos because it's inside the ship w/o cameras. It's not terribly pretty either, but NEXT year it will be. I get twice as many racks, vibration-mounted, furniture from this millennium, etc. I'm not riding the ship to Florida because I need to GTF home, but will be back on for a week in FL with a small crew to continue the tear-out prep. We've eaten in town the last couple nights, which is a nice change. As much as I like the cooks... well, they're more burned out than I am. Tell your daughter I'm waving from the deck even though the video is down!

Here's a picture from St. George's harbor, Grenada for you guys:
The fort at the top of the hill was the scene of the 1983 coup and invasion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada
I'm happy to say that present-day Grenadians seem to appreciate our (US) intervention.

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Also anchored here in Grenada's St. George's harbor is the 'Mandalay', a three-masted schooner that made history as the 'Vema' sailing over 1.2 MILLION miles for science for Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. This ship, taking a core a day, helped solidify the theory of continental drift. 'Doc' Ewing, after whom the R/V Maurice Ewing (my former ship) was named, was swept from the decks of the Vema during a storm with three of his fellows, one of whom was not rescued. These days the Vema has retired to the Caribbean to sail pleasure charters as the Mandalay.

Ten years ago I worked for LDEO, and the Vema was a legend. Some of the old retiring guys had sailed on her in their teens and twenties. I nearly peed myself when I googled the markings on her hull and learned that she was the Vema. I actually get choked up thinking about this.

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-Daizee
 
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zzyzzogeton said:
Nice looking ship, daizee. was it open for tours?
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we haven't called to ask, but we did send out a small boat to take some pictures, and steered our ship close to get some beauty shots with this legend. :D
 
worldwood said:
Then I listed a Busse for sale, Got me some dinner, poured me some nasty ginger ale that no matter how hard i imagine it just doesnt taste like pepsi, now im back watching LOST. ALmost done with season 2, thank god, this season was not as interesting as the 1st. Hope season 3 is better... if its worse than season 2 ill skip to the last few episodes on season 6 to just find out the end.
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Lost jumped the shark for us. Tried to be too smart for it's own good. Many questions you have from season 1 will never be answered and the answers offered in the last season will feel inadequate or forced.
 
Hey, might as well ask - the worst they can do is say "No." Well, they could chunk anti-boarding grenades. :D
 
gmoneyluv said:
Lost jumped the shark for us. Tried to be too smart for it's own good. Many questions you have from season 1 will never be answered and the answers offered in the last season will feel inadequate or forced.
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Well that SUCKS. I did some cheating and read ahead a little.. seems like some of the people get off the island and then go back.. thats the one thing that kind of makes me want to keep watching. I mean if they get off.... i cant understand why in the world they would go back.

Dont get me wrong, if it were a normal island without all the crazy id live my entire life there, its beautiful... But with all the crazy.... id stay away if i made it home.
 
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