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Hope you are feeling better, Mark!!Jack, that's terrible.Though it's not uncommon to wait a month for a routine visit here.
Woke up sick and called Mon. morning at 8:30 am and was seen at 4 pm. Still trying to recover, but doing better.
Here's a shot of Linus keeping me company in the waiting room.
Jack Black
I hope you are OK!! Routine checkups are OK, but 7 weeks is not!!
Jack Black
- Thank you Jack. That street library is great idea. Your Hartshead “catching rays” looks Fab. Sorry to hear your MD woes. I’m old enough to remember our Doctor making house calls. Have fun tomorrow slinging shots. Cheers.
Doctor I saw was so incompetent I had to book another appointment. Lucky me, only a 4 week wait this time! Hope you're doing OK yourself pal 
@Ramrodmb - Happy to hear that you’re feeling better, Mark. May your recovery hasten.
Good Evening Guardians.
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When I was at the docs, an old lady came in, aged around 90 I would say, her appointment had been cancelled, as happens routinely. She had really struggled to get in, and had had to use a taxi. The receptionist told her they had sent a text message to her mobile phone to tell her the appointment was cancelled. She said, "I haven't got a mobile phone." Despite the fact there were only 3 people waiting for appointments, in what is a very large medical practice, she wasn't allowed to see another doctor. The poor woman didn't have enough money to get a return taxi, and it was too early in the morning to use her elderly bus-pass. Fortunately, another patient offered to give her a lift home. I dread to think what our health service is going to be like if I ever get to that age Is that Dunkin' Doughnuts truck the sort of thing you get free after buying a certain (large) quantity of doughnuts?! 
That's FRUSTRATING! You'd think you're paying for "quality", but often just for the name.I'm glad to hear it Dennis
My sister and her friends used to watch all the Elvis films in the school holidays, but I had to go out to avoid the swooning!Great bunch of pics Dennis, hope you're having a good week my friend
No swooning allowed!Very cool, Jack! Since it's just sitting around, can you just take it home? It would make a very cool coffee table or candelabra, and when those expensive radios, or misaligned Lambsfoot irk you, load them in the cannon and air deliver them back!Here's another of my cannon pics from the Royal Armouries the other day, they have a whole bunch of old cannon just sitting around outside
A very regal horse!
Thanks, John! Hope to use the little blocks of Ironwood in a project someday.Wood on wood on wood... Great pics, Dennis.
It's taken me 3 days to try to get a post together!
I look forward to it, Harvey! I know it will be great!
Thanks for the tune, Harvey! Time is slipping for sure!
Just a "Heads Up", great photo of your AC!Good Evening Guardians.
Going bird hunting, David?Thanks chaps.
If only I'd get a HHB. But I reckon you could get a big BOOM!
Can't get much better than that!So here's a pic of yesterdays pancake I had for lunch.
....now I need some pancakes!Thanks! Still...fantastic!Thanks, Dennis.
Some Wonderful Woodyness...WOW!I'm carrying my Union Jack this week. Here's a photo of it about a week after I got it:
Love the pouch, looks great Dave!Morning chili monsters!
That's how we cook our camp cobbler as well!! Mmmmm!Corn bread in another oven, not quite done yet:
YES!
Sure, sure, no frijoles, but tell me I'm not seeing olives in that chili.
A 'nother can o' beans, so to speak!
Never seen olives either, but the best tamales I ever had was made by an army buddy frome California and they put a couple of whole black olives on top under the husks. Tasted great!Well that's handy, Jack!
Hope everyone is having a good day
Awsome!My Hartshead Barlow, with some of the stuff that lives on my desk
So many cool trinkets there. I use to have a whistle like yours when I was a little fella, I think my parents must have hid it from me for some reason!
Hunger or not, great fotographing going on there, Jack!I haven't had much of an appetite for food this week. Not a bad thing as I'm not exactly under-nourished
I think it's absolutely beautiful Willie, thank you so much
Very groovy! Some nice folks around here!Thanks John, these are so cool!
Beautiful photograph, Harvey!My late entry.
So rich and classic.Good Morning Guardians
Dennis sent me this sticker, which is now on my laptop.
I haven't settled down and read a good book in a long while, don't even know if my library card is still good. I think the last one I read was "Garden of Stone", a great book if you never read it. Cool shot, Mr. Black!
Great Lambsfoot and a great harmonica, making great music!Good morning!
I use to have one like that, but I think my sons was curious what the ins3lookedAn apple a day and all that! Healthy photo,, Ben!
Such a great shot, Charlie! But you and I have the same affection for turquoise, native American art and the likes!Gotta keep the doctor away!!
(And keep that patina coming along!!)
Double Dandy Lamb-shots, Jack!Great to see you here Charlie, and your Lambsfoot is looking beautiful as ever
Hope you are feeling better, Mark! Nice pocket pouch with your Lamb!Woke up sick and called Mon. morning at 8:30 am and was seen at 4 pm. Still trying to recover, but doing better.
Here's a shot of Linus keeping me company in the waiting room.
Rosie is looking healthy and ready for work, Willie!
Such fantastic patina on your HHB, Jack!Have a great weekend Guardians
Two of my favorite vices! Grand photo, Harvey!Good Evening Guardians.
Great looking HHB, Bill!
"Cause your once, twice, three times a Lambsfoot..."Good Morning Guardians
A family photo of my A Wright's Lambsfoot Knives
Sorry John, I have no control. I blame the meds! Great photo, my friend!Certainly dressed up for the occasion! Wonderful pairing, Joshua! Are those gifts for your birthday boy?
Rosie is looking healthy and ready for work, Willie!
Jack Black
- Thank you Jack. What a nightmare for that poor woman. Here in the colonies, many of us believe, and have been told that nationalized health care is the best solution. That steamy mug is such an inviting image, with a side of Hartshead.
mitch4ging
- Many thanks, Dennis, my friend. That’s just such awesome image of your Stag Hartshead with all those swirly colors.
Always cool and interesting textures and colors in your backgrounds.
Thank you, Dennis.Great shot of your WCLF John!
And what did you blame before the meds?I blame the meds!
Good Morning Guardians
A family photo of my A Wright's Lambsfoot Knives
I'll just point out to our wider readership that those 3 knives are all SFOs, and not available from Wright's (or anywhere else) Congratulations, and Happy Birthday to your son That's FRUSTRATING! You'd think you're paying for "quality", but often just for the name.
Very cool, Jack! Since it's just sitting around, can you just take it home? It would make a very cool coffee table or candelabra, and when those expensive radios, or misaligned Lambsfoot irk you, load them in the cannon and air deliver them back!
There a whole load of these Henry Moore statues just sitting around too, and a few years ago, some scrap-metal thieves loaded one onto the back of a flat-bed truck, and it was never seen again! 
The horse in the red/white patch is the 11th ACR (Armored Calvary Regiment) that was part of the 3rd AD, the one in GI Blues you can see is this one
Thank you for the photo and further information It's taken me 3 days to try to get a post together!
Well that's handy, Jack!
Cool photo!
I'm a bit of a philistine when it comes to art Awsome!
When my mates kids were younger, I would deliberately buy them things like that which would annoy the heck out of him! Morning all!
I'll get caught up eventually.
For Super Stag Saturday...
Hunger or not, great fotographing going on there, Jack!
Very groovy! Some nice folks around here!
I haven't settled down and read a good book in a long while, don't even know if my library card is still good. I think the last one I read was "Garden of Stone", a great book if you never read it. Cool shot, Mr. Black!
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Double Dandy Lamb-shots, Jack!
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Such fantastic patina on your HHB, Jack!
What does that nice looking pouch hold!
I have so many books lined up waiting to be read that one day I'm worried that I'll be found under a pile of them! The leather belt pouch is for my Bahco Lapplander wood-saw Have a great weekend, Guardians!
For size reference here's a few alongside a 3.5" version. Fills the hand nicely, sliced some cardboard earlier today, it excels at that task
I went for a walk in the woods. With all the storms this past month, it's the first time I've been for a hike in a while, so I really enjoyed it. Tired now though!
An awful lot of trees had blown down, including some big ones. The one below was about six foot across.
A few of my neighbours have wood stoves, so I've suggested we head up there in the week with axe and saw
I took a couple of slingshots with me, to get some practice in, including this one, which was a gift from Mike @Crazy Canuck
The area I was walking in was part of a large chunk of land carved up by William The Bastard soon after the Norman Conquest, and given to one of his cohorts. If I'd have been caught in the woods with a catapult then, I'd have been hanged!
Hope everyone is having a great weekend
Could be mate
Who on earth has that many empty Spam cans lying around
You need to try a Spam and Lancashire Sauce crisp butty. Food of the God's! My Hartshead Barlow, with some of the stuff that lives on my desk
Hey, the Weinermobile was in the news recently…
Oscar Mayer’s Weinermobile pulled over in Wisconsin for traffic infraction
donn - Thank you David. Is that artillery piece WW2 vintage? Very nice. So is your pancake lunch. I’ll bet that Clarks taste great. Pure Canadian, dark and robust syrup.
My late entry.
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Thanks Harvey, officially, I think house-calls still exist here, but in practice they're very rare and only for emergencies. I managed to get one about 11 years ago, when I had (then undiagnosed) labyrithitis, and couldn't see or stand up
Going bird hunting, David?
The area I was walking in was part of a large chunk of land carved up by William The Bastard soon after the Norman Conquest, and given to one of his cohorts. If I'd have been caught in the woods with a catapult then, I'd have been hanged!
And a good find on the firewood; I've a couple of mates who'd bite your arm off for that. 
Sorry, I keep forgetting to mention that when I post.those 3 knives are all SFOs, and not available from Wright's (or anywhere else)
You've got all my favorites piled on one plate.
If I'd have been caught in the woods with a catapult then, I'd have been hanged!
Good Afternoon Guardians.
For size reference here's a few alongside a 3.5" version. Fills the hand nicely, sliced some cardboard earlier today, it excels at that task
Glad you were able to go an enjoy your walk Jack, thanks for taking us along !
Errr....me.
Sounds good, I haven't had a crisp butty in ages, might have to rectify that tomorrow I don't think my mate from the tool-stall would try it though, when I told him you had gifted me a hamper of Lancashire goodies, he was quite appalled! Good to see your flying that foreign flag there Jack! Even if it is only on your kitchen table.
No, that's what these are for.
You would be nowadays wouldn't you?
Looks like a great little amble you had today.
Yeah, I enjoyed it There is TONS of fallen wood there David! I guess there's a lot of woodland like that right now though A busy day today but I did get to play with my new Trangia burner.
I hope everyone's been having a good weekend so far.
You've got all my favorites piled on one plate.
