Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Jack Black said:
Nice work Bob :cool: :thumbsup:

Sorry to hear that David, I hope you're not visiting Nurse Lucy, and that your test results are positive 🧛‍♀️ As a teenager, I spent a fortnight in an isolation hospital with suspected hepatitis. It took them 2 weeks to find out I didn't have it, because they kept losing the blood samples! 😖 I lost so much weight on the low fat diet they put me on that when my parents came to pick me up, I thought they had brought my dad's jeans instead of mine! 🫣

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That must have been a terrible experience Jack. Fortunately I have very good nurses. They take good care me. Which I really appreciate 🤠
 
echoscout said:
That must have been a terrible experience Jack. Fortunately I have very good nurses. They take good care me. Which I really appreciate 🤠
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I'm glad to hear you're well looked after my friend 🙂 It was certainly a strange experience David, and a very boring one, for a teenager. I was held in what was effectively a cell, in an old plague hospital, on the edge of Sheffirld. For some reason, I was woken.at 6am every day, and had to get out of bed, and sit in a straight-backed hospital chair. The only visitors I could have were my parents, who came a couple of times, and I got 10 minutes speaking to them through a window, which was long enough to be honest. I had nothing to read, other than a year old copy of Motorcycle Mechanics that I had already read. The food was awful, and minimal (breakfast was a boiled tomato). There was no window, but there was a curtained glass screen seperating my room from the one next door. The inhabitant was a cantankerous, bed-ridden old man, who was orange with hepatitis, and would rail at the nurses, and his wife, who visited every evening.

One night, I heard his wife trying to wake him up, and was unable to do so. There was a lot of commotion, with doctors coming in. They pronounced him dead, and his wife started sobbing. It was distressing to hear, particularly as I couldn't see it. After a while the lady went, and nurses came in, washed the old man, I think, and pulled the sheet over his face, before they went away again. A couple of hours later, he woke up angrily demanding to know where his cocoa was! 🫣
 
Tyson A Wright said:
Someone just told me that the secret to sharing nachos or chips with someone was to think of it like chess - try to think three chips ahead of your opponent.
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LOL! 🤣 A while back, I used to regularly buy chips at the market. Before I went.to get them, I'd ask if anyone else wanted some. Nobody did, but as soon as I got back, everybody would be diving in. Tool Man would eat more than me, and Scott, who is both greedier and more tight-fisted than Tool Man, would be scooping them up with both hands! 🫣 I quickly learned to buy double the amount I was originally going for 🙄 Then I learned not to get chips at all! 😝😂
 

Rufus1949 said:
A wee little Rogers buffalo horn came yesterday. Fit and finish is fine. Yet, it should have been listed as a butter knife, with uneven grinds.
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Nice looking lamb , glad you were able to get it sharp 👍
Jack Black said:
I hope everyone is having a good day :) I went out early, and walked down to Charlie's cafe for a wake-up coffee. They were late opening, so I stood outside, like one of the neer-do-wells that used to stand waiting for the Ladbroke Grove pharmacy to open when me and @screened porch lived nearby in the 1970's ;) As soon as Hisham opened, there was a line of coffee-drinkers wanting their fix, and I wonder if Hisham hasn't gotten us all hooked! :eek: I was first in line, and got my coffee with a Danish pastry, and took my time with them, before going down to the market 😋 I just missed the first bus, but was rewarded with a conversation with 2 ladies from the Ivory Coast and Congo, who flattered my French.

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In the market, I picked up a loaf from the Canadian lady on the bread stall, and walked to see Tool Man, who was in good spirits, as was Boring Ray. Tool Man's mood was helped by the fact that he was taking a bit of brass, as he had a few interesting things on his stall, for the first time in a while. Indeed, both me and Gravel spent some money with him. Apart from Gravel, other visitors were Big J, Harry Hotballs, Captain Birdseye, and Hell-On-Wheels, and we chatted about a wide range of subjects, as per usual, while Tool Man stuffed his face :D He was alternating between pork pie (x2), a large custard tart, some other pastries, and a stack of breadcakes, which he loaded, alternately, with 'mucky fat' (beef dripping) and 'potted meat'. While he was grazing greedily, and extolling the virtues of the mucky fat he had just purchased from the butchers, we were joined by a familiar customer, who usually stays on the other side of the stall. He sat down, and was chatting away, when I suddenly noticed he was shamelessly eating a salad! :eek: It was hard to think of a bigger contrast, and I was surprised Tool Man stood for it! After he had departed, I mentioned to Tool Man that we did not have a name for the lettuce nibbler. Tool Man said he didn't even know his first name. I suggested Poke Salad Harry ;)

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Of course, we have a Harry, and he slipped off on his bike around the same time, with both me and Tool Man warning him not to cycle on 'the causey', which has become a running joke :D Harry is as dry as the Sahara Desert, and his lack of mirth obviously adds to mine and Tool man's enjoyment :D

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I'm not sure what was going on today, but we had another trespasser behind the stall, who started fondling Tool Man's flying jacket, which was hanging up behind the stall, until Boring Ray and myself chased him off. Tool Man was aghast when we told him! :eek: I had a poke around Tool Man's stall myself, and bought a few things. He is known for his many vices :rolleyes:

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I walked down for a chat with Golden Gordon and Robert The Badge, and then called to see Nobber Al, who told me Ex-Para Steve was away in the Canaries, lucky chap :) I was starting to feel worn out, so decided to head back home, but reckoned I needed another of Hisham's coffees. I should have just had the coffee, but decided to have a sandwich, which unfortunately was abysmal 😖 I picked up some samosas, and some other shopping from the shop next door, and then walked back home, where I plan to have a nap ;) :thumbsup:

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Sounds like a lively market day, thanks for the report !

echoscout said:
Morning Guardians! Cloudy, cool and drizzling. Got to go back to the lab to get more blood drawn. They didn't get enough yesterday. Happy trails 🤠

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Great minds think alike and all that 😉👍
 
Jack Black said:
I hope everyone is having a good day :) I went out early, and walked down to Charlie's cafe for a wake-up coffee. They were late opening, so I stood outside, like one of the neer-do-wells that used to stand waiting for the Ladbroke Grove pharmacy to open when me and @screened porch lived nearby in the 1970's ;) As soon as Hisham opened, there was a line of coffee-drinkers wanting their fix, and I wonder if Hisham hasn't gotten us all hooked! :eek: I was first in line, and got my coffee with a Danish pastry, and took my time with them, before going down to the market 😋 I just missed the first bus, but was rewarded with a conversation with 2 ladies from the Ivory Coast and Congo, who flattered my French.

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In the market, I picked up a loaf from the Canadian lady on the bread stall, and walked to see Tool Man, who was in good spirits, as was Boring Ray. Tool Man's mood was helped by the fact that he was taking a bit of brass, as he had a few interesting things on his stall, for the first time in a while. Indeed, both me and Gravel spent some money with him. Apart from Gravel, other visitors were Big J, Harry Hotballs, Captain Birdseye, and Hell-On-Wheels, and we chatted about a wide range of subjects, as per usual, while Tool Man stuffed his face :D He was alternating between pork pie (x2), a large custard tart, some other pastries, and a stack of breadcakes, which he loaded, alternately, with 'mucky fat' (beef dripping) and 'potted meat'. While he was grazing greedily, and extolling the virtues of the mucky fat he had just purchased from the butchers, we were joined by a familiar customer, who usually stays on the other side of the stall. He sat down, and was chatting away, when I suddenly noticed he was shamelessly eating a salad! :eek: It was hard to think of a bigger contrast, and I was surprised Tool Man stood for it! After he had departed, I mentioned to Tool Man that we did not have a name for the lettuce nibbler. Tool Man said he didn't even know his first name. I suggested Poke Salad Harry ;)

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Of course, we have a Harry, and he slipped off on his bike around the same time, with both me and Tool Man warning him not to cycle on 'the causey', which has become a running joke :D Harry is as dry as the Sahara Desert, and his lack of mirth obviously adds to mine and Tool man's enjoyment :D

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I'm not sure what was going on today, but we had another trespasser behind the stall, who started fondling Tool Man's flying jacket, which was hanging up behind the stall, until Boring Ray and myself chased him off. Tool Man was aghast when we told him! :eek: I had a poke around Tool Man's stall myself, and bought a few things. He is known for his many vices :rolleyes:

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I walked down for a chat with Golden Gordon and Robert The Badge, and then called to see Nobber Al, who told me Ex-Para Steve was away in the Canaries, lucky chap :) I was starting to feel worn out, so decided to head back home, but reckoned I needed another of Hisham's coffees. I should have just had the coffee, but decided to have a sandwich, which unfortunately was abysmal 😖 I picked up some samosas, and some other shopping from the shop next door, and then walked back home, where I plan to have a nap ;) :thumbsup:

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Thanks for the market report Jack 👍🤠

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Jack Black said:
I was only about 11 when the Bucanneer closed Mitch, but I would definitely have gone there otherwise. Sheffield had quite a lot of biker bars in the 1970's, and I used to go in them all. There was sometimes some bother, but no more than there was anywhere else back then, when there was little else to do, after the pubs closed at 10.30pm, other than have a bag of chips, a punch-up, or both! 🫣😁👍

I'm afraid I can't see your imgur pic right now Pat, but hopefully later 👍

Wow, amazing Dave 😎 I regret I never went in to inspect their life-preservers, sword-canes, and daggers! 😁 I did have a look at the umbrellas on their website, a decade or so back - they're not cheap are they?! 😁 Yours sounds like an heirloom item 😎 I can remember frequently taking an umbrella with me when I was travelling in the 70's. They went on as hand-luggage back then, and nobody batted an eyelid about them 👍

You're making me thirsty! 😋😁👍
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I had a look at the shop website out of curiosity.
😳😳 extremely expensive. Up to £495 I’m not game enough to see what the current conversion rate is.
I do have a good umbrella with crook handle and extra ribs for strong winds. Cost me a bit years ago but nothing like James Smith and sons.
Rufus1949 said:
Honed it to 3000 grit ! Now it will cut.
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Appropriate food for edge testing. 😎
 
mitch13 said:
I had a look at the shop website out of curiosity.
😳😳 extremely expensive. Up to £495 I’m not game enough to see what the current conversion rate is.
I do have a good umbrella with crook handle and extra ribs for strong winds. Cost me a bit years ago but nothing like James Smith and sons.

Appropriate food for edge testing. 😎
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Something about a tomato skin that tests a knife's edge.
 
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