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I picked up some cheap (but tasty) fruit pies in the marketMr Kipling is better known for his "exceedingly good cakes" here these days, than for his poetry
but it must be sweet poetry on the taste buds Jack.
I didn't want to offend anyone, but I reckon the pies are better than the poetry Bob!
Charlies’sGood morning Guardians, I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend
Sorry that now you have to deal with the PC Devil, Jack.Darn it! Just posting in the EDC thread when my 'new' computer shut down, and won't restart!I'm going to have to take it back - again!
“Doffing their caps.” A shame that foresight never entered the pictureThat's a traditional three-legged cutlers stool, and it probably is older than the press. When John Maleham was still the owner of Wright's, they found a dozen or so of those stools up in the attic, and he offered to sell them to me for a very low price. I didn't want them, but told him they were worth a great deal more than he had asked, and suggested he give first refusal to Sheffield Museums. Not long after, he sold the firm, and the new owner sold them to some 'salvage hunters' for a pittance. That's really quite typical of the Sheffield cutlers, the old firms, (in their decline), sold off every bit of history they had, for pennies, and doffed their caps to the visiting pirates as they did so - all their old pattern books, catalogues, documents, priceless exhibition knives, the lot!
Same conclusion. Never looked back.
Great image, Paul.Never an issue that couldn’t be resolved quickly. The “Walled Guarden“ beckons, Jack.have had a ipad for about 10 years, but I only used it for about 6 months. I guess Apple is the way to go though
Great capture of sunrise...just hope they shot down the correct balloon. Fine lamb for that weather.Good Morning Guardians
(Not a balloon)
Thank you Bob. Love your bird’s eye pivoted Lambfoot.
Charlies’s
Thanks HarveySorry that now you have to deal with the PC Devil, Jack.
I have both read, and heard, first hand accounts of the plunder, and how much could be acquired for a handful of shiny coins“Doffing their caps.” A shame that foresight never entered the picture
The deference of the hoodwinked has also been mocked in print by one of the main pirates 
Indeed
His pastry is a bit crumbly, but he was good in The Man Who Would Be King !I like Kipling.
Nice pic Jer 
Great pics my friend!Good Morning Guardians
(Not a balloon)
It's nice to see your stainless Rodgers Lamb Your pics have gone Jer!Hey, Dude, where's my balloon?
Looking good Ed
They were never there. Something to do with Imgur's editing chops.Your pics have gone Jer!
Thank you Jack.Great pics my friend!
That's what I figured!They were never there. Something to do with Imgur's editing chops.
I thought the missing pictures worked to evoke pictures of a missing balloon.
This will teach me to delete pics once they're saved to Imgur.
Masonic reference. York Rite, yet. 1909.
:Lthumbsup:Congratulations David, the Rodgers Wostenholm Group moved to Moore Street, (and into the Richards of Sheffield factory) in 1975. Two years later, they were bought by Imperial. The factory closed in 1982Afternoon Guardians! Got this new Lamb in the mail this morning. Drop of oil, a couple passes on the hone and into the pocket.
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Thank you Jack! Thanks for the history also.Congratulations David, the Rodgers Wostenholm Group moved to Moore Street, (and into the Richards of Sheffield factory) in 1975. Two years later, they were bought by Imperial. The factory closed in 1982
Nice to be able to date a Sheffield knife so precisely DavidThank you Jack! Thanks for the history also.
Afternoon Guardians! Got this new Lamb in the mail this morning. Drop of oil, a couple passes on the hone and into the pocket.
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