Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Jack Black said:
There was certainly no confusion on this issue among American cutlers, they did not for example mistake a spring knife for an automatic knife, which as in the Old World, they called a 'Fly-Open Knife'
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No argument about that. :cool::thumbsup:
My issue is that nowadays, I can't help taking into account what some words sound like to non-knifey people. There seems to be a new association of the word "spring" to mean some sort of spring assisted opening mechanism.
I use the word "pocketknife" to mean any folding knife in my pocket. That can apply to a spring knife or a friction folder. I might say slipjoint, but I refuse the word slippie. :p If I ever get one of those Sheldon knife Lambsfoots, I swear I won't call it a "frixxie"! :D

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JohnDF said:
Yes! I believe that if you like coffee, then you drink it black.
If you don't like coffee, then why bother adding stuff to it to make it palatable?
I believe it was a Soviet plot, to influence the Hippies, to undermine Traditional Western Values... :D

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Same here buddy, the thought of milky coffee makes me gag! o_O I think the Eastern Bloc anti-coffee plot was Barleycup (which I thoroughly hope you've never been unlucky enough to taste), it was flooding hippy wholefood shops right through the Chernobyl period, made from radioactive acorns and Soviet factory floor sweepings, turns you into a pacifist! :eek: :D ;) :thumbsup:

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Jack Black said:
Same here buddy, the thought of milky coffee makes me gag! o_O I think the Eastern Bloc anti-coffee plot was Barleycup (which I thoroughly hope you've never been unlucky enough to taste), it was flooding hippy wholefood shops right through the Chernobyl period, made from radioactive acorns and Soviet factory floor sweepings, turns you into a pacifist! :eek: :D ;) :thumbsup:
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More data to help prove my theory. :D:thumbsup:

Onebigbill said:
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Oh my Goodness... that pen is absolutely Amazing!!!!
As a fellow Guardian and Fly Fishing Nut, I nominate that photo for Best of the Day. :cool::thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Same here buddy, the thought of milky coffee makes me gag! o_O I think the Eastern Bloc anti-coffee plot was Barleycup (which I thoroughly hope you've never been unlucky enough to taste), it was flooding hippy wholefood shops right through the Chernobyl period, made from radioactive acorns and Soviet factory floor sweepings, turns you into a pacifist! :eek: :D ;)
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I've never heard of Barleycup, but in the US, we had Postum.
 
JohnDF said:
More data to help prove my theory. :cool::thumbsup:


Oh my Goodness... that pen is absolutely Amazing!!!!
As a fellow Guardian and Fly Fishing Nut, I nominate that photo for Best of the Day. :cool::thumbsup:
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Thank you very much for the kind words John. The gentleman that made it is a true craftsman who is very talented. I'm trying to get him to make me scales for a Lambfoot knife to match the pen.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Onebigbill said:
Good morning Guardians. I hope everyone is doing well. I've my HHB with me today again and I decided to pair him up in a photo with a custom made pen that was a gift from a friend. Harkens to my love of fly fishing for trout.
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Very cool pen Bill, goes well with your Hartshead Barlow :thumbsup:

JohnDF said:
More data to help prove my theory. :D:thumbsup:
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LOL! They should have called it Baaarleycup ;) :D :thumbsup:

r8shell said:
I've never heard of Barleycup, but in the US, we had Postum.
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Have you tasted it Rachel? It doesn't sound like a lot of fun! :eek: :D ;) :thumbsup:
 
JohnDF said:
Good Morning Guardians
I finally got the call I've been waiting for last night...
I've mentioned a few times how I've been extra busy at work, this is because my school is closing for good and they have laid off all 12 teachers (including me). I was part of a committee to "re-imagine" the school with only 3 teachers left on staff. We've put in a lot of hours trying to figure out how to make it work, knowing that not all the teachers on the committee would be re-hired. Last night I got the call from HR that I will be re-hired for our new school... It's time to celebrate!!! Still a ton of extra work ahead of me as we forge the new program, but I'm happy to get to stay at the school I've been at for 15+ years. Sorry for the long and personal post, I'm just very excited. :)

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That’s excellent news, John! :thumbsup: I think, particularly now, that a ton of work is vastly preferable to no work at all!

Jack Black said:
A decade or so ago, I used to sometimes go to a music venue to see bands. It was a small place, but would get packed, and by the end of the night there wouldn't be any cold beer in the fridges - except for the Sam Smith's Fruit Beers (of which they make several). So me and my friends would sometimes finish off with one. I don't mind a fruit beer very occasionally, but they're usually something I buy for other people, rather than drink myself, one of my daughters can drink twice her weight in them I reckon, or she could when she was younger :rolleyes: Given a choice, I'd have swapped the two fruit beers in my mixed case for something else, but as I had one in the fridge, and as I was going to sit out in the garden for a bit, I thought I'd have this Raspberry Beer. Not bad, if you like that kind of thing :thumbsup:

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I didn’t see any of their fruit beers when I did my Sam Smith’s run last week, Jack. I probably would’ve picked one up, just for the sake of expanding the tasting lineup, but I don’t think I would’ve enjoyed it much! :D

Did you see last month that they were delivering beer to folks in Tadcaster by horse-and-cart?

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JohnDF said:
Yes! I believe that if you like coffee, then you drink it black.
If you don't like coffee, then why bother adding stuff to it to make it palatable?
I believe it was a Soviet plot, to influence the Hippies, to undermine Traditional Western Values... :D

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I think we should apply that logic to everything, John! If you need bacon, cheese, mustard and a bun to make your hamburger taste good, why bother eating beef at all? Fried chicken? No thanks, you can keep your crispy skin and yuppie “herbs and spices.” Boil that chicken in a pot of water, throw it on a plate and grab a fork. ;)

I like black coffee (and espresso), but you won’t convince me that a cappuccino isn’t also delicious. :D

Jack Black said:
Same here buddy, the thought of milky coffee makes me gag! o_O I think the Eastern Bloc anti-coffee plot was Barleycup (which I thoroughly hope you've never been unlucky enough to taste), it was flooding hippy wholefood shops right through the Chernobyl period, made from radioactive acorns and Soviet factory floor sweepings, turns you into a pacifist! :eek: :D ;) :thumbsup:

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Obviously it wouldn’t have been popular with the whole food hippy crowd, but I don’t think Bovril sounds much better! o_O :confused: :D

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