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Naw...the knives worked their way back inside. I have decided that the kerambit is perfect for gardening...the pull cut, the ring to let it hang from your pinky when you need two hands, the occasional wild gopher. The M43 is simply too pretty...and that handle! The AK Bowie is now required for attendance to the MWKK since a round of Lawn Darts has been declared as a mandatory qualification event...and it wouldn't do for the host to not be allowed in. The Tezdar...well...everyone needs a good multiple beer bottle opener.
The only one that did go was my first HI purchase...a Chiruwa AK. It went to a new forumite, seems like it's going to be a nice home too. I allowed it to go because a dear friend just gave me one...they bickered. It wasn't too bad, but they kept using the same "Young and pretty vs Mature and experienced" agruement...over and over and over again. One simply *had* to leave.
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The only one that did go was my first HI purchase...a Chiruwa AK. It went to a new forumite, seems like it's going to be a nice home too. I allowed it to go because a dear friend just gave me one...they bickered. It wasn't too bad, but they kept using the same "Young and pretty vs Mature and experienced" agruement...over and over and over again. One simply *had* to leave.
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I agree with Nasty. The Kerambit is an ideal gardening tool. 
Especially for us urban gardeners who occasionally encounter gophers with a hostile attitude. 
Especially for us urban gardeners who occasionally encounter gophers with a hostile attitude. 
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You haven't SEEN a garage sale till you see one in this town. I would never put one on, but my neighbors (in violation of the law which limits them to 2 per year) have them once or twice a month.
They come from 50 miles away, Mexican families from Watsonville and Los Banos and Soledad and Gonzalez and Chualar and Aromas and from the crime-ridden East side, in Chevy Astro vans and Nissan Quest vans and Ford Aerostar vans and vans that you can't even tell what they started out as. They disgorge a dozen folks each and they descend like locusts, and then they park the vans three deep on the street. Forget driving up and down your street for the morning, the streets are literally impassable, and forget even getting out of your driveway. They won't move an inch, and "no se!" and "no habla!" is all you'll get if you ask, and everyone pretends they have no idea whose three vans are parked right on your driveway, leaking oil and tranny fluid and ancient coolant all over everything. No point trying to go out and get the newspaper, as it's been stolen by 6 am. anyway.
As soon as they hit the street the garbage starts piling up. Fast food wrappers, soda cans and garbage of all kinds and description. They lay their kids down on your lawn or the hood of your car, change them, and then throw the crappy diapers into your bushes and flowers or under your car. The mothers take the young kids into the street, where they squat to pee, or stand and pee on the rear wheel of your car. Pets are run over or stolen, and my wife keeps her pure-bred Chihuahua practically strapped to her while the "sale" is going on. A dog like that is cash on the hoof so to speak.
Usually about half the garage sale table items are swiped either covertly or by snatch and grab & run like hell. If the neighbors leave their table to chase the theives, then the rest of their stuff will get stolen immediately, so they have to work in teams.
My gates are opened, flowers are cut, and my garbage and recycle bins are gone through, with the trash dumped all over the ground. As someone else mentioned, I NEVER open my garage door or leave the car unlocked, or they will strip it bare.
Now when I see the dozen ugly ripped cardboard signs taped all over the neighborhood warning of the next days onslaught, I park my car in the street facing outwards, and hammer two stakes into the ground on each side of my property line, and then stretch "police line do not cross" tape across them. Then I stand up in my loft overlooking the street with a megaphone and yell down at them while they are trashing my house, or blocking my driveway and tell them to move _before_ they get out of the van and get lost in the crowd.
After a couple of hours, or if I really have to leave, I'll call the cops to clear a pathway through the wrecking yard of junker vans, and then usually spend the next day trying to clean up.
There's something to be said for living out in the sticks...!
Norm
They come from 50 miles away, Mexican families from Watsonville and Los Banos and Soledad and Gonzalez and Chualar and Aromas and from the crime-ridden East side, in Chevy Astro vans and Nissan Quest vans and Ford Aerostar vans and vans that you can't even tell what they started out as. They disgorge a dozen folks each and they descend like locusts, and then they park the vans three deep on the street. Forget driving up and down your street for the morning, the streets are literally impassable, and forget even getting out of your driveway. They won't move an inch, and "no se!" and "no habla!" is all you'll get if you ask, and everyone pretends they have no idea whose three vans are parked right on your driveway, leaking oil and tranny fluid and ancient coolant all over everything. No point trying to go out and get the newspaper, as it's been stolen by 6 am. anyway.
As soon as they hit the street the garbage starts piling up. Fast food wrappers, soda cans and garbage of all kinds and description. They lay their kids down on your lawn or the hood of your car, change them, and then throw the crappy diapers into your bushes and flowers or under your car. The mothers take the young kids into the street, where they squat to pee, or stand and pee on the rear wheel of your car. Pets are run over or stolen, and my wife keeps her pure-bred Chihuahua practically strapped to her while the "sale" is going on. A dog like that is cash on the hoof so to speak.
Usually about half the garage sale table items are swiped either covertly or by snatch and grab & run like hell. If the neighbors leave their table to chase the theives, then the rest of their stuff will get stolen immediately, so they have to work in teams.
My gates are opened, flowers are cut, and my garbage and recycle bins are gone through, with the trash dumped all over the ground. As someone else mentioned, I NEVER open my garage door or leave the car unlocked, or they will strip it bare.
Now when I see the dozen ugly ripped cardboard signs taped all over the neighborhood warning of the next days onslaught, I park my car in the street facing outwards, and hammer two stakes into the ground on each side of my property line, and then stretch "police line do not cross" tape across them. Then I stand up in my loft overlooking the street with a megaphone and yell down at them while they are trashing my house, or blocking my driveway and tell them to move _before_ they get out of the van and get lost in the crowd.
After a couple of hours, or if I really have to leave, I'll call the cops to clear a pathway through the wrecking yard of junker vans, and then usually spend the next day trying to clean up.
There's something to be said for living out in the sticks...!
Norm
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Nasty said:
Nope! A friend donated a roll of it, and it's worth a fortune in effect to me. It's kind of like a row of stringed garlic to a vampire in keeping them back. Now if I can just get one that says "Immigration" in Spanish, maybe I can actually leave my house every other Saturday. (-;
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Norm,
Just a note; in real America they have garage sales all the time. The neighboring towns are poor as there is no industry and ranching and farming have taken generational 'transition's in Eastern Montana. Much of the stuff everyone already knows about, but some is new- offered for sale to get another month's rent paid. People have garage sales every week- against code. Despite all of this, the streets are passable, there is no trash, no stealing.
I think many of our illegal aliens bring with them a culture of 'I'll take your's because---- -----------. (fill in blank) I don't give a damn. I deserve it. I need more free Government cheese and you're all rich gringos...whatever.
They don't care and want.
Anyone who has not experienced the destruction of our society through this mass criminal migration has no idea of the problems.
No one who has experienced this first
munk
Just a note; in real America they have garage sales all the time. The neighboring towns are poor as there is no industry and ranching and farming have taken generational 'transition's in Eastern Montana. Much of the stuff everyone already knows about, but some is new- offered for sale to get another month's rent paid. People have garage sales every week- against code. Despite all of this, the streets are passable, there is no trash, no stealing.
I think many of our illegal aliens bring with them a culture of 'I'll take your's because---- -----------. (fill in blank) I don't give a damn. I deserve it. I need more free Government cheese and you're all rich gringos...whatever.
They don't care and want.
Anyone who has not experienced the destruction of our society through this mass criminal migration has no idea of the problems.
No one who has experienced this first
munk
silenthunterstudios
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If any of you live in PA, along Rte 30 every Saturday there are yardsales between Gettysburg and York. It is an exciting ride, waiting for the person in front of you to immediately slam on their brakes, and slowly pull over to the shoulder. It is also fun to slam on your own brakes as people run across lanes of oncoming traffic to take a look at whatever junk they happened to see. I've ridden from Baltimore to Hanover, PA to WV with a buddy of mine, and we've stopped at some neat yard sales. I'm primarily looking for knives and diecast cars, he's on the lookout for diecast cars and anything that he might like. I've found a few good deals, he's found hundreds of deals, but mainly because he's out every weekend with his family or friends riding the roads.
WV has a large selection of knives and other fun items. For a while, most of the knives I saw were either kitchen sets or junk. Then I started seeing some Cold Steel and CRKT. Finally, I was seeing old Benchmades and Spydercos.
WV has a large selection of knives and other fun items. For a while, most of the knives I saw were either kitchen sets or junk. Then I started seeing some Cold Steel and CRKT. Finally, I was seeing old Benchmades and Spydercos.
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Here's a little something about time to help put things in perspective. Just a short 101 years ago, my how time flys.
THE YEAR 1904
Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1904. One hundred and one years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904:
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee was each more heavily populated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year.
A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education.
Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four
cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1 Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores.
According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It staggers the mind
Best as always,
Yvsa
Here's a little something about time to help put things in perspective. Just a short 101 years ago, my how time flys.
THE YEAR 1904
Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1904. One hundred and one years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904:
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee was each more heavily populated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year.
A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education.
Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four
cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1 Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores.
According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. It staggers the mind
Best as always,
Yvsa
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And getting slaughtered in pogroms in central Europe.