Giveaway: Eye Brand Stag & Hi-Carbon steel Canoe 4 U

Hal Holbrook used to do a wonderful job with this Mark Twain Quote in his one-man show Mark Twain Tonight. I saw it some 38 years ago when I was in college, and it stuck with me.:

I have no special regard for Satan; but I can at least claim that I have no prejudice against him. It may even be that I lean a little his way, on account of his not having a fair show.

All religions issue bibles against him, and say the most injurious things about him, but we never hear his side.
We have none but evidence for the prosecution and yet we have rendered the verdict.

To my mind, this is irregular... It is un-English.... It is un-American.....

It is French.​
 
Favorite Quote:
So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race. -Ernest L. Woodward

Here is a picture of my visit to Breckenridge Colorado in Feb. 2008
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Thank you for the chance sunnyd!!
 
Sunnyd, Thanks for the chance. From a Change Of Seasons Part III. Carpe Diem
- Mike Portnoy

'Seize the Day'
I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around
Hear the sounds
Cherish your life while you're still around

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying."

We can learn from the past
But those days are gone
We can hope for the future
But there may not be one
The words stuck in my mind
alive from what I've learned
I have to seize the day
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Thanks for the chance sunnyd!

Where I live:
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Not exactly. I live behind it. :p This tire is on Interstate 94 outside of Detroit. I live about a mile from it.

For a quote, and my new years resolution, I've combined the two.

I can't remember who it is that posts here that has a quote from Jim Morrison in his signature. "This is the strangest life I've ever known". I've always been a fan of Jim Morrisons writing and one that has stuck with me and I try to remind myself of is:

I tell you this. No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

I hope to take advantage of every opportunity to get outside in 2009. Bright and early so as not to waste a single dawn.

Chris
 
Man, what a great knife! I'd be happy to have it, for sure. My New Year's resolution is to do well in school, hopefully get some new knives this year, and a few other goals that I won't bother mentioning. We had a pretty good storm this year, at least as far as Bothell, Washington standards go, so here's a picture of some of the snow we got:

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Heard this in a western. I have since forgot who said it or the name of the western.
"Slow down son. You'll do a better job and have a more harmonious outcome."
Thanks for the contest!!!
 
Great picures, poems and artwork in this thread.

One saying stuck in my mind.....Inside every old person is a young one wondering WHAT HAPPENED! That would be me!

Very generous knife giveaway. I have a trapper and it is a very nice knife.

Peter
 
Lanza said:
Heard this in a western. I have since forgot who said it or the name of the western.
"Slow down son. You'll do a better job and have a more harmonious outcome."
Thanks for the contest!!!
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wilford brimley.

crossfire trail.
 
Very nice of you Sunny to do this.

Sorry i have no pics to post, but i do have these words that i TRY to live by :

Youre Attitude is ...YOURE choice
Youre Reaction is... YOURE choice
Youre Feelings are..YOURE choice

Choose well and your life will be whatever YOU CHOOSE for it to be.


Thanks agian Sunny !
 
A chance to win a knife?
I really like this place!
I'd post my picture,
'cept I have an ugly face...

Does that qualify for poetry? Nice knife and thanks for the chance.
 
Beautiful knife! thanks for the contest!

Here's a quote by George Orwell I like:

"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."

Here's a nice Oscar Wilde quote:

“When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?"”


Good luck to everyone!
 
Two things to never worry about:

Anything you can help and anything you can't help

Thanks for the chance.
 
Thanks for the chance.

Roses are red, violets are blue. If I win this, I will hug you.

Bill
 
A new year's prayer for our son, New Year 2006:

God, please protect our son. Please send an angel to watch over him. In fact, send several. And tell them they'll probably need to work overlapping shifts. We know you open your ears to our prayers, dear Lord, so we ask that you wrap our boy up in an extra layer of dirt, or 'super-powers', or 'belt-shields', or whatever whatever the little dude is confident will protect him on this particular day . . .

Please don't let our boy eat bugs. No bug deserves that.

And please, God, when you hear him say "Hey! You wanna see this?" watch out for him. It usually means he's about to jump, charge, tackle, attack, 'bzzzzzzt', explode, flip, or __________ (fill in the blank with any destructive activity here). By the time he says that, it's too late to stop him.

We believe, dear God, that mommy kisses can fix any bump or scrape. Please don't let boy stop believing that.

I pray that our son grows up big and strong, and I hope he has lots of 'wrassle time' with his own little mud covered turkey-bird someday. A man hasn't lived until his son dances a two-step on his back.

Help Norma & I know that when we hear the toilet flush, and then hear jr. say, "uh-oh"... well, we came into this world with nothing, and we leave it with nothing. Whatever went down the toilet is gone. We don't want it back.

Help him to remember to hold the drill straight up and down, so the hole will be straight. We can't buy crooked screws to go in crooked holes, though he thinks we can.

God, let him never forget that a cup of warm milk & a 'soff blankie' is always the best way to start, and end, the day.

Help him remember what a blessing friends are, and help him be grateful for his friends, always. Inspire him to be a peacemaker, for they are blessed, as your word says.

Lastly, God, help Elias know that wherever he goes, and whatever he does, His mommy & daddy love him, forever and always.

Amen!

c. roles, 12/31/05

Happy New Year, everyone!

sunnyd, thanks for the contest!

thx - cpr
 
Roses are red, violets are blue
Have a very Happy New Year from Ira the Jew!!
 
Thanks for the contest!

For my entry I give you a sunrise from where I'll be camping this weekend, Gold Head Branch state park in Florida.

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Thanks for your generosity, Sunnyd.

This isn’t mine, but I quite enjoy it.

Swiss Army Knives
Silly Knife Poem by a Gadget Lover
By Lisa Gunther

Kill a bear
Chop down a tree
My Swiss Army Knife
Is there for me

Clip your nail
Open a box
With my tried and true
Victorinox

Boy Scout pal
Officer’s friend
When you need a tool
It’s what you send

Up in space
Down on the ground
It’s in your pocket
And can be found

Always there
When times get rough
There’s never a job
That is too tough

Stainless steel
Red cellidor
When you need to cut
There’s nothing more

Open some wine
And pop a cap
If there’s a party
Drink in a snap

Plug it in
To USB
Transfer documents
So flawlessly

MP3
And a laser
Show your girl your knife
You’ll amaze her

Whatever else
Could possibly
Be the coolest thing
For us to see?

When it rings
I will not roam
I’ll just flip open
Swiss Army phone
 
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That is a very generous offer! Nice to see good people nowadays. I will not participate as I am not a fan of canoes and I would like to see someone else win this one. Just wanted to thank you for your kindness.
 
Well Sunnyd I don't have much hair on my head so I'm hoping for a Sarah Palin hairdo just like this gent. Oh and thanks so much for the chance to win a great knife!

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