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Thanks Jack!! It feels knice too!!Like a worry stone!!
Hope you don't have much to worry about though my friend 
The spam and sprouts were inspired by a corned beef and cabbage pie recipe. I'm not sure how the kippers got in. Actually the spam might be risky, since I haven't had spam in 50 years or so.I've had corned beef pie plenty of times, pretty nice
good one RonAnother beauty Jack. Let it snow let it snow let it snow!
No lettuce with your pork pies? Pity.
My Dad bought our farm from his father, and it was originally 160 acres (a quarter-section, a fairly common farm size in the Midwest US originally). We used to rent land from an old man in our church who had a farm about 2 miles from ours but didn't farm it himself anymore. Eventually, my Dad bought a second, smaller, farm only about a mile from our farmstead, so he had a total of 300 acres. The method for "making hay" you describe was something my Dad did when he was a kid, but I never saw anything but hay baled in the field and carried to the barn.
(I have to split my post; sorry for the verbosity.)
Lam Jack is back:
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It is overwhelmingly North American at the moment.
Jack, I recall reading your posts about your senator. I was convinced I would be receiving a knife of similar quality to that one. Boy was that the worst stag handle I think I’ve ever seen. Somehow I got lucky! I’m glad they replaced it for you. After rounding off the corners on the bolsters, it’s a rather pleasing knife to hold.
I also never tire of seeing that gorgeous ironwood. I hope you were able to get your hands warmed up on it!
Thanks! Yours is beautiful too! Black is alsways classy.
Here’s my lambfoot lineup. I saw this old book my dad gave me when I was a kid. Made me wonder if Holmes or Dr. Watson would carry a lambfoot and if so, which one?! It’s been years since I’ve read these stories but I don’t recall much mention of pocket knives.
. Very nice On our trip to Seattle, sitting in a restaurant, I heard an old couple ordering their food. The wife asked her husband if he'd share a big salad with her? The husband responded, "I'd rather be fat than eat a salad." My kids and I couldn't stop laughing, I'll remember it forever
What is the object in the picture? Barad-dur?
Pics or it didn't happen. Shame about the broken tip. Are you planning to fix it?The spam and sprouts were inspired by a corned beef and cabbage pie recipe. I'm not sure how the kippers got in. Actually the spam might be risky, since I haven't had spam in 50 years or so.
This would be a good pie-cutting lambsfoot, since the tip is already broken.
Maybe I'll just claim to have made the pie and tell you all it was great.
I used to hate brussels sprouts. Bitter little cabbages, I called 'em. Then I had some fresh ones roasted in balsamic vinegar. Yum.
I once tried escargot. It was proof that enough garlic butter can make almost anything edible.
The spam and sprouts were inspired by a corned beef and cabbage pie recipe. I'm not sure how the kippers got in. Actually the spam might be risky, since I haven't had spam in 50 years or so.
This would be a good pie-cutting lambsfoot, since the tip is already broken.
Maybe I'll just claim to have made the pie and tell you all it was great.
Cheers John, but I'm banking on good genes. My dad could still deadlift hundred weight imperial flagstones into his 70's
My granddad was still doing headstands well into his 70's - but he was completely crackers! I'm in north Cheshire, once part of Lanashire. The evil sibling of Yorkshire...
My walk today.
I would love to get out to the moors tomorrow, but there's yet another train strike on 
I'm in north Cheshire, once part of Lanashire. The evil sibling of Yorkshire...
).Just walked home from the pub in falling snow, wish I'd had my camera with me, it was falling pretty fast, and has settled, our first snow of the year
Hoping to visit Kirkstall Abbey tomorrow if I'm not snowed-in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkstall_Abbey
My walk today.
Blimey, some of those old fellers have still got a lot of strength in their old age
Beautiful photos David
I've got you added to the map, David. I think I got the pin in north Cheshire (my knowledge of English counties isn't great, and they aren't particularly well marked on Google maps
Looks/sounds like y'all are getting some good winter weather over there. Enjoy!
Nice Blackwell, Jack!! Lots of time left on its clock!I imagine Charlie, well-worn bone is so lovely and smooth
Here's a well-worn Alfred Blackwell, gifted to me by @rockman0 Rob
Yeah my grandad was crackers, but not in a funny way...
Cheers Jack. It wasn't the coldest day by any means but it "felt it". The snow was REALLY wet.
I'm still using buses even though I can go walking any day of the week. I may use the trains to get out to the Peak District if we have some really cracking winter weather over the next few weeks, but it would be a weekday and I've still got walks planned I can get to on the bus.
Cheers Barrett
Oh yeah, it's hardly tractless wilderness in the UK. The high moorlands are used extensively for sheep, with farms dotted all over over the place. The town of Darwen is a 20 minute walk from the base of the tower and I'm not far from two major main roads.
Saying that, north of that point is the old mill town of Blackburn. Then after that, apart from little villages, hamlets and farms not much until you hit Carlisle 120ish miles north.
A better pic on a nicer winters day.
That is really cool and interesting. Thanks for posting the link.
Thanks to me, but I didn't start it!That knife has had a hard life Jer
If I do, I think I'll disappoint Kamagong and file the nose back instead of up. But I'll probably mess it up worse trying to put a long clip in place of the absent pen.
