Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Morning Guardians, I remember being so excited on Christmas Eve as a kid, as I'm sure all the children of our younger members are today Hope they all have a fantastic time, and everybody else too. I need to nip to the local shops later for some bread, and a few other things, and I might grab lunch, and a couple of pints perhaps, before returning home. Hope everybody has a wonderful day, I'm sure I'll be calling in fairly regularly. Treating myself to a Double Lambsfoot Day

 

[donn]

That was my winter backpacking load back in the 80's Vince. Fortunately, gear got lighter

My complete overnighting kit (including rucksack) which truth be told is geared for autumn/spring comes in at around or often just under 10lbs. And that's nowhere near top-of-the-range stuff. The wonders of modern stuff.

I remember when Back Tor had trees, long before they added the steps and paving slabs to stop people getting mud on their Ugg boots

Ahhh...before my time. But your right, it's no harder than walking up some streets in Sheffield now.

Good Morning Guardians

Ok. That's my favourite of your decorations so far.
Have you thought of hanging that Waynorth off your tree?

Back in the days when pea-shooters were UK legal

Now the kids just use UZI's...

Wishing all the Guardians a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday

What a great shot of your HHB. A Merry Christmas to all our Canadian friends.

But, we did take a field trip to a donut making class:

There was no cutting involved in making the donuts, but Linus had fun being present and loved looking at the spread that had accumulated by the time the class was complete:

I need some business trips like your business trips.

Cheers to all the Guardians, and may your holidays be filled with peace and good will to all!

And to yourself. What a lovely shot.

Merry Christmas to all my fellow lads[and girls] on the porch. Hope you all have a fantastic and safe Christmas, with family and friends. Just remember- "Booze is brewed to be drunk and Food is Grown to be eaten". It seems that half of our country is on fire over here, a dire situation for many who will not be having a good or safe Christmas. They are effecting some of the members on the blade forum, and i wish them all the best and a safe Christmas, i will be praying for them. Merry Xmas all.

It looks a damned bad do over there. Hope your staying safe and having a Merry Christmas.

Strictly speaking this was yesterday's and it's a rubbish shot to but you get the gist.

 

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I'm going to run out early for some extra milk and eggs, in case I get around to some baking. I need to make extra Yorkshire pudding, anyway, for the glutenophobes.

Glutophobe would mean something else, I think.

 

[JohnDF]

Have you thought of hanging that Waynorth off your tree?

Just for you...

Good Morning Guardians
I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas Eve, and special wishes to those in Australia dealing with any fires.

 

[5K Qs]

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Today should be full of fun and relaxation. I'm going to watch my beloved Seahawks play this afternoon on TV, and then later we have our annual Christmas Mini Golf night. The local mini golf course is all decorated for Chrismas with music, synchronized light display, and fake snow falling. Its a lot of fun. Tomorrow, I finally get to see the new Star Wars movie. Yay!

Hope you all have a wonderful day...

Good Morning Guardians

I've never heard of Christmas mini golf before, but I'm a big proponent of Christmas traditions of every kind! Over the years, some of my favorite Christmas traditions have fallen by the wayside for various reasons, and I've tried to establish new traditions (with mixed success). I hope your knives-and-ornaments pics can become a tradition for me!

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I've just had a Cornish pastie with some gravy for lunch, and now I'm rapidly heading to Beer o'Clock!

That pastie looks good, but the stag HHB looks fantastic (and should last longer)!

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Lol... Great observation and oh so funny.

Vampires and wolves tend to be quite impulsive, so I thought I ought to offer some advice based on a more reasoned analysis of the relationship.

I'm looking forward to it Gary, think I might have seen a documentary about the same agent once (not the vid below, but I thought you might find it of interest). Unfortunately, it's at the back of a long queue of books I have to read (of which I buy far too many)

I have to warn you, I might keep saying things like, "What are they bothered about those blokes on the horses for, they're at the other side of the Peak District miles away!"

Great idea buddy Thanks GT, I can remember you making the trip. I'll have to go

Same here

Hurrah! Two great pics
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Thanks for the videos, compliments, and acknowledgements of some of my random remarks, Jack.

I'll look for a copy this week. I've been meaning to read it for some time--why not now? Gotta find a translation older than me, though. I hate most of the modern translations of anything.
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My response to "Why not now?" is that I decided to use my Christmas break to go back to one of my periodic pleasures: reading about the JFK assassination. I just started this book, which has 1600 pages and almost 1000 pages of endnotes on a CD-ROM (which I'm not planning to read). After 3 days, I'm only about 200 pages in so far. Second pic compares thickness of book to lambs foot blade of a rosewood Hartshead Barlow.

It’s been sure for all my food (apples, bananas, steak, cheese, salami, sandwiches, and vegetables) since I got it along with my everyday tasks. I’m Pruitt impressed with the patina and can’t wait to see it get more pocket time.

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5K Qs - Thank you for the nice words, GT. That doughnut goes so well with coffee. Top drawer image of Cracker Jack. It has a lot of nice touches.

Thanks for the encouraging words about my photo, Harvey.
Although chocolate cake donuts have been my favorite for years, I don't think I've ever had one with coffee, which I only started to drink a couple of years ago in hopes that the caffeine would help prevent my falling asleep at my desk. But I can imagine that donut and black coffee would be a pleasant pair!

My "Naturalized Canadian" lambsfoot is feeling quite proud of himself these days

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So, Dan, now your amazing wildlife photos contain nationalistic propaganda, too? Are you being paid by the Canadian Tourism Bureau??

Thank you GT! It's 'The Great Ridge' in Derbyshire.
https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/t...mam-tor-the-great-ridge-walking-route-p678311

The hill centre distance is Lose Hill, the cliff centre distance is Back Tor. The rise left distance is Kinder Plateau. It's hardly hard walking country, I've seen people pushing prams along the ridge.

All your Cracker Jack needs is a Christmas Cracker to round it off.
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Thanks for the link, David. Looks like it would be an enjoyable hike!
I had to look up Christmas Cracker, and discovered it wasn't even a type of food! Looks like an interesting tradition, with more immediate feedback than making wishes while breaking a turkey wishbone with a rival. (Is the wishbone contest also an originally British tradition?)

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Thanks, GT! Just need to get back to the "heat and beat" part of it!

Two Too Cool For School shots, Gary!! Well earned break for CJ!
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From this morning, Sunday over easy!

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Thanks for the remarks, Dennis.
Your stag HHB is a grand knife!

Having 2 weeks off work for the holidays seems to have taken the grumpy old sod right outta me!

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Who can forget the ads in the DC comics too?!
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I got some vintage reading in the mail today
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I didn't read comic books regularly when I was a lad, but my brothers and I occasionally got some "hand-me-downs" from a slightly older cousin (a lot of Superman, Superboy, and Justice League of America, IIRC), and was fascinated by the ads. Never ordered anything, though.
The Outdoorsman's Handbook looks interesting.

Ebony darkening it's cover bathing in the sun.

Good day sunshine!

Wishing all the Guardians a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday

Same to you and yours, Mike. Sensational Seasonal shot of your stag HHB!

Greetings Guardians! I'm embarrassingly behind on posting these, but here are the final few photos from the time I was able to spend with Linus before he headed on to Harvey.

Other than while on a business trip that I had to take while he was in my care, I carried him every day and he pitched in for all of the regular cutting duties that come up. Unfortunately, these weren't too exciting and I don't have photos of them. But, we did take a field trip to a donut making class:
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And, we did finally succeed in getting those darn Christmas lights hung on the house:
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He helped open up new packs of lights to replace the ones that had failed. He also cut the electric tape that I used to keep the splices dry and the zip ties that are holding an extension cord to a gutter downspout.

While I didn't get to take him on as many photogenic adventures as I'd hoped, I enjoyed hosting Linus. It was a pleasure and and honor.

Looks like he's already having some great adventures (and showing up in some spectacular photos!) with @cigarrodog. I'm looking forward to seeing what he's up to next!

Thanks for the Linus report, Greg!
I can't imagine better training for Linus, prior to heading Harvey's way, than a donut class!

The only two items I can recall ordering from these comic book ads were the sea monkeys and the book safe. Both worked as advertised.
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I will admit to puerile curiosity regarding the x-ray specs. While I never ordered a pair, I suspect they did *not* work as advertised.

Edited to add (and stay on topic): This beauty is accompanying me on this unseasonably warm day.

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Thanks for sharing your experiences with the comic book ads.
I'll bet that jigged bone WCLF could make EVERY day seem unseasonably warm (it gives me fever! )!

My lambsfoot for this week is the 2017 Guardians horn lambsfoot SFO (thanks, @mrknife), displayed in a tree with other high-tech items:


I think this is my last Christmas shot of my Union Jack:


- GT

 

[5K Qs]

... As a kid, I always wanted to checkout the X-Ray Specs.
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Took Linus for another walking adventure. Started with Breakfast. Cheesy Tostados and very hot, hot sauce.

Time to walk...

Linus really enjoyed the chocolate, gifted from Greg.
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Thanks for the photos, Harvey; looks like a hearty breakfast!
I wonder how Greg knew what to send you, treat-wise???

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Yeah, I wanted to check out the X-Ray Specs too, so much so that I even went to see the band

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I'm just trying to make some room in the fridge
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The music didn't really move me (but I only listened to it once). But the singer's outfit filled my with envy.
The old "make room in the fridge" excuse, eh???

Cheers to all the Guardians, and may your holidays be filled with peace and good will to all!

Same to you and yours, Jeff! Very festive photo!

Jack Black - Thank you kindly, Jack. Until you travel to my neck of the woods, I’ll share the simple recipe. Take a box of frozen Tostados, place 6 on a paper plate. Zap it for 60 seconds. Take it out, smother it in sharp, shredded cheddar. Zap it it for another 60 seconds. A sprinkle of Parmesan is optional. so is a light toasting. Take it to the living room. Wait...You forgot the Sriracha and to give Ari a modest share of Cheddar.
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Thanks for the recipe, Harvey; I think even I could manage to whip up a batch!

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Thank you very much, my Hartshead gets about

Jack, does the design atop a mince pie signify anything about the contents? I've seen a star, and now this pair of leaves.

Brine shrimp.

I posted in the daily totin' thread that I was carrying my new Forum Knife, but this afternoon I noticed it on the table. I checked my pocket and it seems, out of habit, I grabbed the ebony big-un that had been laying next to it.

Been there, Done that.
Not sure if it's a factor of age or having too dang many knives. I'm sure it's the latter in your case.

Thanks for the video, Rachel; I'll have to watch the entire thing later.
John, I think Rachel had that experience because she truly has the Heart of a Guardian of the Lambsfoot, and I'd like to nominate her for Guardian of the Year!!

Modded a GEC 93 into a lambfoot to keep my A. Wright company. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.
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Very interesting; I wondered if that would be something folks might try!

Merry Christmas to all my fellow lads[and girls] on the porch. Hope you all have a fantastic and safe Christmas, with family and friends. Just remember- "Booze is brewed to be drunk and Food is Grown to be eaten". It seems that half of our country is on fire over here, a dire situation for many who will not be having a good or safe Christmas. They are effecting some of the members on the blade forum, and i wish them all the best and a safe Christmas, i will be praying for them. Merry Xmas all.

Same to you and yours, @cudgee ! Stay safe!

Morning Guardians, I remember being so excited on Christmas Eve as a kid, as I'm sure all the children of our younger members are today Hope they all have a fantastic time, and everybody else too. I need to nip to the local shops later for some bread, and a few other things, and I might grab lunch, and a couple of pints perhaps, before returning home. Hope everybody has a wonderful day, I'm sure I'll be calling in fairly regularly. Treating myself to a Double Lambsfoot Day

Your 2019 double lambsfoot is almost like a Christmas Miracle, Jack!

A bonus holiday shot:


- GT

 

[JohnDF]

I've tried to establish new traditions

I'd love to hear about them some time.

displayed in a tree with other high-tech items:

I absolutely LOVE that picture!

I'd like to nominate her for Guardian of the Year!!

I will "second" that nomination.

 

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Whatalambsfoot! Hope all you Guardians have a merry and blessed holiday!

 

[Jack Black]

My complete overnighting kit (including rucksack) which truth be told is geared for autumn/spring comes in at around or often just under 10lbs. And that's nowhere near top-of-the-range stuff. The wonders of modern stuff.

Incredible isn't it David, when I was a kid, I slept out in caves or just on the ground, with a blanket, because lightweight gear just wasn't available then? In the 90's, I had a sleeping bag which weighed 1lb and a tent which weighed 2lb

Ahhh...before my time. But your right, it's no harder than walking up some streets in Sheffield now.

Yeah

Now the kids just use UZI's...

Strictly speaking this was yesterday's and it's a rubbish shot to but you get the gist.

Looks cosy mate

I'm going to run out early for some extra milk and eggs, in case I get around to some baking. I need to make extra Yorkshire pudding, anyway, for the glutenophobes.

Glutophobe would mean something else, I think.

LOL! Great stuff Jer, have a good one mate, and I hope those puddings come out well

Just for you...

Good Morning Guardians
I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas Eve, and special wishes to those in Australia dealing with any fires.

Fantastic festive shot John

That pastie looks good, but the stag HHB looks fantastic (and should last longer)!

Thanks Gary, the pastie was just from the supermarket, but was surprisingly tasty

My response to "Why not now?" is that I decided to use my Christmas break to go back to one of my periodic pleasures: reading about the JFK assassination.

Very festive!

I just started this book, which has 1600 pages and almost 1000 pages of endnotes on a CD-ROM (which I'm not planning to read). After 3 days, I'm only about 200 pages in so far. Second pic compares thickness of book to lambs foot blade of a rosewood Hartshead Barlow.
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Cool pics though

I didn't read comic books regularly when I was a lad, but my brothers and I occasionally got some "hand-me-downs" from a slightly older cousin (a lot of Superman, Superboy, and Justice League of America, IIRC), and was fascinated by the ads. Never ordered anything, though.
The Outdoorsman's Handbook looks interesting.

Most of mine were hand-me-downs GT, but there was a stall in Sheffield market where you could swap two comics for one, and I was able to buy a new one now and again I think @flatblackcapo recommended The Outdoorsman's Handbook

My lambsfoot for this week is the 2017 Guardians horn lambsfoot SFO (thanks, @mrknife), displayed in a tree with other high-tech items:
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I think this is my last Christmas shot of my Union Jack:
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Ace pics Gary What's happened to @mrknife?

Hope everybody is having a lovely Christmas Eve. I met up with my best pal for lunch and a pint, and then called in at my local beer shop to (totally unnecessarily) pick up some more supplies While I was there I had a half of this amazing 12% De Molen/Turning Point Imperial Stout - so good!

Got guests arriving imminently so I'll step out for a while

 

[Jack Black]

Whatalambsfoot! Hope all you Guardians have a merry and blessed holiday!

LOL! Fantastic Ron

 

[Tim.E]

Doing the wrapping...

Happy Christmas everyone.

 

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[AnW]

Doing the wrapping...

Happy Christmas everyone.

Just finished my wrapping as well. It only looks like I used a knife (a dull one at that) to cut the paper.

 

[r8shell]

John, I think Rachel had that experience because she truly has the Heart of a Guardian of the Lambsfoot, and I'd like to nominate her for Guardian of the Year!!

I will "second" that nomination.

I'm not worthy, but it's an honor to be nominated!

 

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Jack will have to come up with a prize.

 

[Prester John]

Merry Christmas, Guardians!

 

[donn]

Just for you...

Ha! Lol! You do realize that's going to have to stay in that spot for the next 12 days?

My response to "Why not now?" is that I decided to use my Christmas break to go back to one of my periodic pleasures: reading about the JFK assassination. I just started this book, which has 1600 pages and almost 1000 pages of endnotes on a CD-ROM (which I'm not planning to read). After 3 days, I'm only about 200 pages in so far. Second pic compares thickness of book to lambs foot blade of a rosewood Hartshead Barlow.
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Crikey GT that's enough reading for the 12 days of Christmas. I watched a documentary a couple of years ago that claimed JFK was accidentily shot by his Secret Service detail riding in the car in front.

Thanks for the link, David. Looks like it would be an enjoyable hike!
I had to look up Christmas Cracker, and discovered it wasn't even a type of food! Looks like an interesting tradition, with more immediate feedback than making wishes while breaking a turkey wishbone with a rival. (Is the wishbone contest also an originally British tradition?)

Ahh...so you don't have Christmas Crackers in the U.S then? I didn't know that. I'd take a shot of one but as we only have three dining at Christmas we don't bother with them anymore.
Yip, the wishbone tradition is known over here, though people don't necessarily eat turkey for their Christmas dinner, though many do. Were having duck tomorrow, but folk eat all sorts.

My lambsfoot for this week is the 2017 Guardians horn lambsfoot SFO (thanks, @mrknife), displayed in a tree with other high-tech items:
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I think this is my last Christmas shot of my Union Jack:
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- GT[/QUOTE]

Incredible isn't it David, when I was a kid, I slept out in caves or just on the ground, with a blanket, because lightweight gear just wasn't available then? In the 90's, I had a sleeping bag which weighed 1lb and a tent which weighed 2lb

A blanket? Now ya just showing off...

Hope everybody is having a lovely Christmas Eve. I met up with my best pal for lunch and a pint, and then called in at my local beer shop to (totally unnecessarily) pick up some more supplies While I was there I had a half of this amazing 12% De Molen/Turning Point Imperial Stout - so good!

Hmm... "called in at my local beer shop" and "totally unnecessarily" are not two phrases I'd ever use in the same sentence.
Have a great Christmas Eve.

 

[Prester John]

My response to "Why not now?" is that I decided to use my Christmas break to go back to one of my periodic pleasures: reading about the JFK assassination. I just started this book, which has 1600 pages and almost 1000 pages of endnotes on a CD-ROM (which I'm not planning to read). After 3 days, I'm only about 200 pages in so far. Second pic compares thickness of book to lambs foot blade of a rosewood Hartshead Barlow.

Bugliosi is a good writer. I read his book on the O.J. trial.
But I am planning to pick up a copy of Don Quixote this weekend at the latest. Hope you have a great Christmas, Gary.

 

[Modoc ED]

"Big-un" for Christmas Eve wrapped in festive Buffalo Horn.

 

[r8shell]

Jack will have to come up with a prize.

Oh no. He's already been generous enough.

If we were to crown a Guardian of the Year though, who should it be? Of course Jack Black is the ambassador of the Lambfoot and our fearless leader. Otherwise, someone who has carried a Lambsfoot every day throughout the year, perhaps. (I'm afraid I don't quite qualify) Someone who has shown the most enthusiasm for the pattern?