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Thanks Jack! It’s really nice Ebony and i’m happy to have it.Nice ebony RonI'm used to working from home, to a greater or lesser extent, I've been doing it a long time now - though I do a lot less work than I once did
My old press pass (from 1993 this one)
It’s going to take a little getting used to for Pam. Hopefully it’s not going to last long! That’s cool you still have your pass from the day! 
Jack, I actually do less work than I used! 
Alfred was the youngest son of four brothers and only became king because his elders were all killed. Through waxing and waning fortunes he eventually defeated the Danes at the Battle of Eddington in AD878.
If you know your ancient lore it is this Alfred who supposedly burnt the cakes whilst sheltering in the hovel of a swineherd while on the run from the Vikings. Alfred again defeated the Danes AD892-896 and it was Alfred's grandson, Aethelstan who became the first true King Of England in AD927.
This is a very famous Victorian statue of Alfred on the high street of Winchester, (the oldest high street in the realm) the capital of the kingdom Wessex and later that of England. If you ever watch a documentary on Anglo-Saxons they always show this statue.
Oh Dang!!!Eating this one for ED.
I’ve been spending some time helping Pam setup for working at home. She’s going to be in the office on certain days and home on other’s. I’ve got this Ebony beauty for Black Friday! Y’all stay safe out there!
I ain't gonna "like" that!Oh Dang!!!
Just remembered it's Friday,
further remembered it's Lent,
finally remembered I'm not supposed to eat meat!!!
I'll see you all in Hell...
Eating this one for ED.
Oops... Guess I didn't think that through.
Thanks Jack! It’s really nice Ebony and i’m happy to have it.
Mine definitely didn't make things easier for Yeah, I've probably got a few more kicking about. By the time this thing is over, maybe I'll have got round to sorting out my drawers!
Oh Dang!!!
Just remembered it's Friday,
further remembered it's Lent,
finally remembered I'm not supposed to eat meat!!!
I'll see you all in Hell...
I've just had a vegetable pasty, with green beans, asparagus, and gravy I couldn't let this one slip by.
Stay safe Christian As long as we're doing Ebony for Black Friday
That’s a nice one Ed!As long as we're doing Ebony for Black Friday
Continuing best wishes my friend! Thanks Jack!I hope Pam gets used to it soon Ron, got to be easier without kids running round your ankles!
Definitely no kids to bother her, just a bored husband!
A noble end to be sure.
Lol...I don't think there's a lot of meat in sausages really
Don’t they make sloe gin from blackthorn? It surely does make a good walking stick or shillelagh.
Looking good buddy!
My compliments on your escrima, and your Lambfoot!!I once worked with a proud son of Erin, who loved all things Irish. He had a shillelagh prominently displayed behind his desk. How big are they typically?
No blackthorns in my house, though I do have a few escrima sticks laying about. This brute, with an 1 1/8" diameter, is my favorite. The wood it is made from is kamagong.
Thanks Jack. I'm not worried about the Wuhan flu at all, but given that I'm the one primarily responsible for provisioning my aged parents and mother-in-law, it's only sensible to take all the precautions I can.
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I once worked with a proud son of Erin, who loved all things Irish. He had a shillelagh prominently displayed behind his desk. How big are they typically?
No blackthorns in my house, though I do have a few escrima sticks laying about. This brute, with an 1 1/8" diameter, is my favorite. The wood it is made from is kamagong.
Thanks Jack. I'm not worried about the Wuhan flu at all, but given that I'm the one primarily responsible for provisioning my aged parents and mother-in-law, it's only sensible to take all the precautions I can.
The others I've seen are about the length of a short walking stick, but much thicker and heavier ) I did a Leisure Studies degree many years ago, and we covered lots of interesting history, including cudgeling, which used 2 heavy sticks, and single-sticking. They were among the most common English sports, even more so than bare-knuckle boxing. Fathers would fight their sons to train them, and heads were regularly split open, with no apparent ill-feeling. Then, at the seasonal fairs, lads, young men, and older fellers would fight each other. Life was a rough old game then, as it still is for many
My compliments on your escrima, and your Lambfoot!!
But mostly for taking care of your elders (and youngers
Christian!!
No Blackthorns here either. But since they removed a bone from my leg ...
Looking at the photo, am I the only one who started recoiling in horror at that point?!
There was once a family of cutlers in Stannington, on the edge of Sheffield, with the surname Furness, to whom I am related through the marriage of my auntie and Godmother, my father's younger sister. The Furness clan go back a long way, but originally made their way to Sheffield from the Derbyshire village of Eyam. Today, Eyam is a small, pretty village, but it is best known here in England for the selfless decision of the inhabitants, in 1665, to isolate themselves, after plague broke out, having arrived in a bundle of rags transported from London. A stark contrast to the situation here today, where infected people risk the lives of others, rather than miss a single day's pay
I thought you might like to see some photos of Eyam I took on a visit a couple of years back. I can remember visiting Eyam Hall, the grand-looking building, as little more than a toddler, on a Mother's Union trip with my mother and grandmother
My Lambsfoot that day, photographed at nearby Monsal Head
If this knobstick, as they called it, is taken care of by my kids and grandkids it should last as long as my grandfathers walking stick that he got in 1881. Shown in this picture I took a while back for another thread.
The stick is a great heirloom
I once worked with a proud son of Erin, who loved all things Irish. He had a shillelagh prominently displayed behind his desk. How big are they typically?
No blackthorns in my house, though I do have a few escrima sticks laying about. This brute, with an 1 1/8" diameter, is my favorite. The wood it is made from is kamagong.
The tourist ones are usually about 2ft long!
(KIDS LOOK AWAY!!!
That's a beautiful stick Christian, I never realised that's where you took your BF name from my friend
Meanwhile Lancashire was known for a different sport.
Oh Dang!!!
Just remembered it's Friday,
further remembered it's Lent,
finally remembered I'm not supposed to eat meat!!!
I'll see you all in Hell...
