Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Hope your new pillow helps you to sleep better, Jack.

Thanks pal, I hope so

Good Morning Guardians

Cool-looking mug there with your Bagpipe (?) Ebony Lambsfoot John

 

[JohnDF]

Cool-looking mug there with your Bagpipe (?) Ebony Lambsfoot John

Thank you, Jack.
Yes, an Ebony Lambsfoot for today.
I put the Charlie Lamb back on the shelf.

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you, Jack.
Yes, an Ebony Lambsfoot for today.
I put the Charlie Lamb back on the shelf.

Looks good my friend

 

[Onebigbill]

Hard to beat a favourite hat I used to sometimes go fishing with a work-mate of my dad's. His fishing hat was a cheap, camouflage, Boonie Hat, that he called his 'Burmese Terrorist's Hat'. Eventually, it got so tatty that he decided to treat himself, and bought a smart, if rather eccentric, tweed deerstalker. He'd wear it as far as the bank, then replace it with his old 'Burmese Terrorist's Hat'!

Morning Bill, that's a shame about the coffee my friend. I'm sure you remember that days when the smells from coffee roasters and breweries would waft for miles, but these past few decades, things seem to have changed, certainly here. Maybe more efficient filters or more stringent regulations, I don't know, but I sure miss them Thank you Bill, I hope you have a great day with your Hartshead Barlow. I just cleaned, oiled, and stropped mine, but the winter sun dropped down, and half-blinded me while I was doing it!

What prompted my spritz of the Barlow was the pics I took with my new pillow, which was just delivered

Thanks for your kind words Jack. Hope the new pillow works for you - it looks good. Your HHB looks even better. Yes I remember well the aroma of the coffee roasters. When I first started working part time and still in High School we had coffee grinders right at the cash register so as to grind the roasted beans. Customers would by one pound bags of whole roasted beans and the cashiers would bring them up fresh. Boy oh boy did they smell great.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for your kind words Jack. Hope the new pillow works for you - it looks good. Your HHB looks even better. Yes I remember well the aroma of the coffee roasters. When I first started working part time and still in High School we had coffee grinders right at the cash register so as to grind the roasted beans. Customers would by one pound bags of whole roasted beans and the cashiers would bring them up fresh. Boy oh boy did they smell great.

Thank you Bill, my last couple of pillows have been memory foam ones, and this one got great reviews - though the top pillow in one of the write-ups I read cost £500! Great memories my friend The best coffee roasters in Sheffield were called Pollards, and had been going since 1879. I can remember going in as a very young boy, with my mother, to buy tea and brandy snaps, and being served by the moustachioed gentleman, who had served her as a child. That was probably the first time I smelled freshly roasted coffee, but the small shop was packed out with all sorts of delightful aromas

 

[cigarrodog]

I have several good coffee roasters in my area, so I try to buy freshly-roasted beans (nothing too fancy). I mostly use a French press, but I have a stove-top espresso maker, an Arabic coffee pot, and an AeroPress. Today though, I'm thinking I might head to my local cafe (Sicilian/Moroccan), which does great coffee, and then I can get a croissant on the side

Smells, I mean sounds great.

new pillow being delivered in a few hours,

I hope this brings the quality of sleep you seek.

Morning light.

I take a dim view of this excellent image.

A sweet array of Lambs.

Good Morning Guardians.

Guardians guarding. It’s what we do.

 

[bigfish64]

Cool fishing hat, Todd.

Thanks John.

I both hate and love it when the housecleaners show up.
I love it because I no longer need to clean the house to my wife's standards.
I hate it because I'm stuck outside in the cold, meeting with students virtually, until they finish.

We haven’t had a housekeeper since my mom passed years ago. She was on a fixed income and the only way she would except any help from us was if she worked for it. So she tidied up our house once a week. It was nice to come home on Wednesdays to a very neat and tidy house.

Good Morning Guardians

Nice picture John, makes me think of that nice cup of coffee before putting on the waders to do some fishing. Of course, if you’re putting on waders you should probably only drink one cup.

Hard to beat a favourite hat I used to sometimes go fishing with a work-mate of my dad's. His fishing hat was a cheap, camouflage, Boonie Hat, that he called his 'Burmese Terrorist's Hat'. Eventually, it got so tatty that he decided to treat himself, and bought a smart, if rather eccentric, tweed deerstalker. He'd wear it as far as the bank, then replace it with his old 'Burmese Terrorist's Hat'!

Sort of like the difference between carrying a knife and using the knife.

What prompted my spritz of the Barlow was the pics I took with my new pillow, which was just delivered

Love this picture Jack, hope the new pillow does the trick.

 

[Jack Black]

Hmm...lost my post in the latest forum shutdown

"2/7/2022 11:48 AM EST - making some backend changes. This will take a few minutes"

Smells, I mean sounds great.

I hope this brings the quality of sleep you seek.

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Good Morning Guardians.

Guardians guarding. It’s what we do.

Many thanks Harvey I love that pic my friend

Sort of like the difference between carrying a knife and using the knife.

That hat spent far more time in his fishing basket than it ever did on his head!

Love this picture Jack, hope the new pillow does the trick.

Thanks Todd, I hope so too

 

[Modoc ED]

"Big-un"

 

[cigarrodog]

Many thanks Harvey I love that pic my friend

Thank you, Jack.

 

[Jack Black]

I'm just wondering if there's any chance of improving my promotability in another way? Are there "Five Knots That Every Guardian Should Be Able to Tie" on which I could work?

Unfortunately, many knots have different names here, but I would recommend that everyone know how to tie a Figure-of-Eight, such a versatile knot But let me return to this subject, after I've had my coffee, if I may. Key questions are, what are the knots for (fishing, rock-climbing, shelter construction, shoe-laces), and what are you tying (string, kernmantle rope, paracord)?

Apart from the Reef Knot, the first knots I learned were fishing knots (Blood knots, half-blood knots, and others I forget). There were other knots I used when camping, but when I started rock-climbing, knots needed to be taken really seriously. The knots I most commonly used are below (and I still use a lot of those knots). I used to write for this magazine in the early 1990's, and since they paid me more for photos than for prose, I realised that a piece on knots would pay well

And don't forget this one of course!

 

[JohnDF]

Been a while since we've seen your circle of friends.

Of course, if you’re putting on waders you should probably only drink one cup.

Oh, I forgot you don't live in California... we don't need waders.

Hmm...lost my post in the latest forum shitdown

Nice typo... So much for family friendly language.

 

[Jon0385]

The weekend is over, so time to get back to work

 

[screened porch]

 

[JohnDF]

"Everything is Awesome... "

 

[Angry Waiter]

I’ve been informed by the Postmaster that my lone Lamb will soon have a friend. Exciting! Have a great day all

 

[cigarrodog]

Been a while since we've seen your circle of friends.

They’re guarding undercover. That’s why.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Jack Black]

Nice typo... So much for family friendly language.

Yikes! Sorry folks Thanks for the heads-up John, you'd think that would have come up as a typo!

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The weekend is over, so time to get back to work

Cool pic Jon, your Lambsfoot is taking on some character

Nice choice Jer

I’ve been informed by the Postmaster that my lone Lamb will soon have a friend. Exciting! Have a great day all View attachment 1737680

Fingers crossed for a good 'un!

 

[JJ Cahill]

Looking good JJ, nice pic

Thanks a lot, Jack!!!