Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Best New Year's Lambsfoot picture EVER! :cool::thumbsup:

And what a great start to the year your wonderful photos make :) :thumbsup:

Thank you :)
Today was the third year in a row that we walked the trails at the bird sanctuary on January 1.
It's becoming a family "tradition" :)

Thou fremmen birechen youres a Neue Yer of muchel miri and have thou blithe. :D:thumbsup:

Ok David, you got me on this one :D
I only understand the words "thou", "a", "of", "and" and "have" :oops:
I even punched the phrase on several online English dialect translators but not even google can help me on this one :D
I am going to humbly ask you for the meaning of it :)
 
Morning Guardians, I only realised, at 7am, that it's Thursday, and my pal will be down at the market setting up his tool stall! Not sure he'll have any customers today, but I'm heading down there to give him a hand, and I'll catch up with you all later :thumbsup:
 
Have fun at the tool stall Jack Black Jack Black . I hope your pal gets some customers.

Had to recycle a pic..... Jake is still in party mode.
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I hope everyone's new year is off to a great start.
 
Good Morning Guardians

I carry a Lambsfoot...

Because to NOT carry one would be most illogical. ;):D

LOL! :D Brilliant! :D :thumbsup:

Have fun, Jack.
Hope it's full of cake and treasures.

Thanks John :) :thumbsup:

Have fun at the tool stall Jack Black Jack Black . I hope your pal gets some customers.

Had to recycle a pic..... Jake is still in party mode.
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I hope everyone's new year is off to a great start.

Thanks Kevin, that's a cool pic! :D :thumbsup:

It was fairly quiet on the tool stall, but nice to catch up with my pal, and all the other traders after Christmas. I didn't find much in the way of treasures, but I did have some very nice chips and thick gravy, which looked something like this ;) Hope everyone is having a good day :thumbsup:

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Thanks, Jack. :)
My Brother-in-Law gave me Star Trek finger puppets for Christmas. Still planning out how I'm going to incorperate them into one of my math lessons.

The chips and the knife both look amazing! :cool::thumbsup:

LOL! :D Thanks John, the chips were pretty tasty :) I realised when I got back home, that I left the house in such a hurry this morning, that I also had my WCLF jigged bone Lambsfoot in my pocket! :cool: :thumbsup:

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Thanks David, yes, the frost didn't really shift. It was a nice day though :) Bad Kitty was one of the first beers Brass Castle did, and I am most definitely a fan my friend. Look out for the Very Bad Kitty ;) A quality ale there, I used to see it on draught regularly, but it's been a while :thumbsup:

Cheers for the recommendation; I've never come across Very Bad Kitty but I'll look out for it. I've often drank Bad Kitty in the Cross Keys in Malton and for some reason it seems to be at pretty much every beer festival I visit.
That Barley Wine looks interesting though. Hope you enjoyed it. :thumbsup:

Ok David, you got me on this one :D
I only understand the words "thou", "a", "of", "and" and "have" :oops:
I even punched the phrase on several online English dialect translators but not even google can help me on this one :D
I am going to humbly ask you for the meaning of it :)

LOL Dan.:D Yip that sentence isn't grammatically correct and my keyboard won't let me type the correct diacritics for various individual letters. It's middle English (roughly 1100-1500) and basically says:

I do (fremmen) wish (birechen) you a New Year of much (muchel) merry/merriment (miri) and have yourself joy (blithe).

There are online dictionaries for both early and middle English but you'll find a lot of discrepancies between the different ones. :confused:


Good Morning Guardians

I carry a Lambsfoot...

Because to NOT carry one would be most illogical. ;):D

Live long and prosper. :thumbsup:

Yesterday and today. :thumbsup:
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Cheers for the recommendation; I've never come across Very Bad Kitty but I'll look out for it. I've often drank Bad Kitty in the Cross Keys in Malton and for some reason it seems to be at pretty much every beer festival I visit.
That Barley Wine looks interesting though. Hope you enjoyed it. :thumbsup:

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Yesterday and today. :thumbsup:
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It's been a while since I've seen Bad Kitty on draught, must be going in the wrong pubs ;) I used to know the couple who started up Brass Castle. I might be due a trip up to Malton, don't think I've been since last Easter :thumbsup:

The 12% Barley Wine was very good David, but the 12% De Molen/Turning Point Imperial Stout put it into the shade, what a beer! :) I had intended to see in the New Year with a bottle of Stingo (still in the fridge), but I slipped up and had the Barley Wine first. Had to go onto spirits after that! :D Great pic my friend :thumbsup:
 
It's been a while since I've seen Bad Kitty on draught, must be going in the wrong pubs ;) I used to know the couple who started up Brass Castle. I might be due a trip up to Malton, don't think I've been since last Easter :thumbsup:

The 12% Barley Wine was very good David, but the 12% De Molen/Turning Point Imperial Stout put it into the shade, what a beer! :) I had intended to see in the New Year with a bottle of Stingo (still in the fridge), but I slipped up and had the Barley Wine first. Had to go onto spirits after that! :D Great pic my friend :thumbsup:

To be honest Jack, I wasn't overly impressed with the Stingo. It's several years since I've had it and only bought it as it was the last bottle going cheap. A nice enough beer but not worth the price.
Now I'm opposite to you. I like a nice imperial stout but it's barley wine that I could drink all day (if I could afford it:eek:); I wish more breweries brewed it.
I met the head brewer at Brass Castle a couple of summers back during one of their beer festivals. I wonder if it's the same chap you used to know. Their beers certainly are popular so I took a peek at the brewery bars for the Manchester Beer Fest' and whadda ya know...
https://mancbeerfest.uk/food-drinks/brewery-bars/
 
I apparently haven't posted here since Christmas Eve; I hope I haven't been "drummed out of" the Guardians for going AWOL! :eek::( Been kind of busy over the holidays with our daughter home for a couple of weeks (Dec. 17-31): Christmas, New Year, and other church services; out for meals with family/friends; watching Christmas movies; learning, and playing several times, a couple of new games (Farkle and Wingspan); doing extra laundry, cooking, and cleaning with more people around; doing some recreational reading instead of recreational "Porching" several days, ... The social whirl has me in an absolute tizzy!! :rolleyes:

I'd love to hear about them some time. :cool::thumbsup:

I absolutely LOVE that picture! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Thanks for the approval on the lambsfoot and starship ornaments, John. :)
One new Christmas tradition I tried to institute was watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy between Christmas and New Year's Day. I think we went to see all three at Christmas time when they were first released, and when we got a boxed set for Christmas one year, I thought it would be a great idea. I think we kept it up for 3 or 4 years, but it may have died out when our daughter went to live in Spain.

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Crikey GT that's enough reading for the 12 days of Christmas.:thumbsup: 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. :eek:

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. :D
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Christmas crackers are basically a cardboard tube, look something like this...

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You pull them with a partner, and a tiny amount of gunpowder, ignited by friction, makes a bang. Inside, there's usually a paper crown or hat, a corny joke, and a small gift. I hit the jackpot this year! :cool: :D
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This is a pretty rubbish version, but the fortune-telling fish has been a feature of Christmas crackers since before I was born. You put the plastic film fish on your palm, and depending on the contortions of the fish, you can find out if you're 'passionate', 'fickle', or whatever :rolleyes: :D :thumbsup:

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David, I read the book written by the guy who came up with that accidental shooting by the Secret Service agent with the AK-47. It was pretty interesting, and a lot more logical/believable, IMHO, than most of the "conspiracy theories" I've read. (I'm an "Oswald alone" guy after all my reading.)

Thanks for the educational info about Christmas Crackers and wishbones, David and Jack. Those pictures are very helpful, and I see what you mean about a corny joke! :D:cool::thumbsup:

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.
I read his Charles Manson book years ago, and found it compelling reading.
What did you think of Cervantes, Vince?

Robert Vaughan knew a restaurateur who claimed to have shot JFK in the throat from a storm sewer.
I've read about assassins in the storm sewers, although I don't think I've heard the Vaughan connection. If you put all the conspiracy theories together, Dealey Plaza must have been thick with flying lead for a brief time that fateful day! :eek:

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I was given a WW2 Army blanket by my granddad, and I carried it for years,
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I had a couple of Army wool blanket mummy-style sleeping bags that I got somewhere. They were a little itchy, but quite light and easy to roll up to carry. I sometimes used them as "liners" inside cheap cotton sleeping bags in colder weather. But now they're gone without a trace.

Great Christmas pic, Dan! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:

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An oldie Lambfoot that's seen many a Christmas Day with Stag covers. No Reindeer were injured during the construction of this knife!:rolleyes::)
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Absolutely beautiful lambsfoot, ED! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:

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Hey GT, I've tried hard to think of a come back for this one but nothing yet :D, must be my brain is slow as my body tries to digest so much turkey ingested Christmas eve :D
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Good morning Guardians. WCLF relaxing, showing off it's stuff.

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What a sensational pair of lambsfoot knives, Ben! :eek::thumbsup::thumbsup: As ED points out, that jigged bone Waynorths Cutlery Lambsfoot has plenty of stuff to strut! :cool::cool::thumbsup:

I carry a lambsfoot...
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...because that's what Capt. Kirk would do.
How 'bout you?
:D:D Good one, Vince!
(I'd probably consult the book and then make sure NOT to do what the good Captain would do! :rolleyes:)

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Time for some Ironwood!
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Killer patina, Dennis! :thumbsup::cool::cool:

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There's an old saying here in England. "A green Christmas makes for a fat churchyard". :eek:
Us Brits' are a cheery lot. :rolleyes:
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I'm a bit late wishing you all a Merry Christmas, as I decided that, for two days at least, I'd turn off all electronic gizmos and just enjoy Christmas.:)
Peace and goodwill to you all.
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I like your assessment of the green Christmas saying, David! :p:thumbsup::D
And that's a gorgeous Nativity shot! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:

The 36 bus stops at the bottom of my street, and goes all the way from Leeds to Ripon. With its plush extra-wide leather seats and 'all mod cons', it's a very comfortable bus, and I guessed that today it would be empty, as were the roads.
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Thanks for the fab fotos of your bus trip, Jack! :cool::cool::thumbsup:

Good morning, Guardians! Still getting to know this one, but really liking it so far. Jack, I know you've heard this many times already, but you did a wonderful job commissioning these :)

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That's a handsome 2019 ironwood Guardians lambsfoot, Mike! :cool::cool::thumbsup:

Happy Holidays, Guardians!

My 2019 KotY has its work cut out for it today:

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Love the looks of the rosewood HHB, Greg; classy, but willing to pitch in to do whatever needs to be done! ;):thumbsup::thumbsup:

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I've got a bit of Stag with me today.

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That "bit of stag" is heartbreakingly desirable, Dylan!! :cool::thumbsup::cool:

My lambsfoot this week is a rosewood Hartshead Lambsfoot Barlow that I call LamBarJack 2 (and therein lies a story that I'll tell later this week):
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- GT
 
To be honest Jack, I wasn't overly impressed with the Stingo. It's several years since I've had it and only bought it as it was the last bottle going cheap. A nice enough beer but not worth the price.
Now I'm opposite to you. I like a nice imperial stout but it's barley wine that I could drink all day (if I could afford it:eek:); I wish more breweries brewed it.
I met the head brewer at Brass Castle a couple of summers back during one of their beer festivals. I wonder if it's the same chap you used to know. Their beers certainly are popular so I took a peek at the brewery bars for the Manchester Beer Fest' and whadda ya know...
https://mancbeerfest.uk/food-drinks/brewery-bars/

I've only had 2 bottles before, I found a place in Knaresborough that does it for about £4.50 a bottle, which is about half the price they charge in the pubs. I had a long conversation about barley wine today. When I worked at the Gold Label, the older fellers would talk about when it was stronger, and put into conditioning tanks (which were still there) for six months. The couple I knew, who set up Brass Castle, sold it a few years back, and moved down to Wales. The brewery has done well. Manchester Beer Festival looks pretty good :) :thumbsup:

Just had a Cannonball, not sure it'd be to your taste David, but it was the first Magic Rock beer I had, when they very first started. I could drink it all day on draught :) :thumbsup:

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I apparently haven't posted here since Christmas Eve; I hope I haven't been "drummed out of" the Guardians for going AWOL! :eek::( Been kind of busy over the holidays with our daughter home for a couple of weeks (Dec. 17-31): Christmas, New Year, and other church services; out for meals with family/friends; watching Christmas movies; learning, and playing several times, a couple of new games (Farkle and Wingspan); doing extra laundry, cooking, and cleaning with more people around; doing some recreational reading instead of recreational "Porching" several days, ... The social whirl has me in an absolute tizzy!! :rolleyes:


Thanks for the approval on the lambsfoot and starship ornaments, John. :)
One new Christmas tradition I tried to institute was watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy between Christmas and New Year's Day. I think we went to see all three at Christmas time when they were first released, and when we got a boxed set for Christmas one year, I thought it would be a great idea. I think we kept it up for 3 or 4 years, but it may have died out when our daughter went to live in Spain.



David, I read the book written by the guy who came up with that accidental shooting by the Secret Service agent with the AK-47. It was pretty interesting, and a lot more logical/believable, IMHO, than most of the "conspiracy theories" I've read. (I'm an "Oswald alone" guy after all my reading.)

Thanks for the educational info about Christmas Crackers and wishbones, David and Jack. Those pictures are very helpful, and I see what you mean about a corny joke! :D:cool::thumbsup:


I read his Charles Manson book years ago, and found it compelling reading.
What did you think of Cervantes, Vince?


I've read about assassins in the storm sewers, although I don't think I've heard the Vaughan connection. If you put all the conspiracy theories together, Dealey Plaza must have been thick with flying lead for a brief time that fateful day! :eek:


I had a couple of Army wool blanket mummy-style sleeping bags that I got somewhere. They were a little itchy, but quite light and easy to roll up to carry. I sometimes used them as "liners" inside cheap cotton sleeping bags in colder weather. But now they're gone without a trace.


Great Christmas pic, Dan! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:


Absolutely beautiful lambsfoot, ED! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:


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What a sensational pair of lambsfoot knives, Ben! :eek::thumbsup::thumbsup: As ED points out, that jigged bone Waynorths Cutlery Lambsfoot has plenty of stuff to strut! :cool::cool::thumbsup:


:D:D Good one, Vince!
(I'd probably consult the book and then make sure NOT to do what the good Captain would do! :rolleyes:)


Killer patina, Dennis! :thumbsup::cool::cool:


I like your assessment of the green Christmas saying, David! :p:thumbsup::D
And that's a gorgeous Nativity shot! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:


Thanks for the fab fotos of your bus trip, Jack! :cool::cool::thumbsup:


That's a handsome 2019 ironwood Guardians lambsfoot, Mike! :cool::cool::thumbsup:


Love the looks of the rosewood HHB, Greg; classy, but willing to pitch in to do whatever needs to be done! ;):thumbsup::thumbsup:


That "bit of stag" is heartbreakingly desirable, Dylan!! :cool::thumbsup::cool:

My lambsfoot this week is a rosewood Hartshead Lambsfoot Barlow that I call LamBarJack 2 (and therein lies a story that I'll tell later this week):
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- GT

You're excused GT! :D Hope you had a great time with your daughter, sounds like a busy time :) Thanks for the mammoth post, and for all your kind words my friend :) That's a story that needs to be told! o_O :rolleyes: :thumbsup:
 
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