Random Thought Thread

Casinostocks said:
If there’s a way to work out a schedule that O’Dog enjoys one of mine say on Mondays and Wednesday, then returns for my own CPK play time for Teisdays, Thursdays, Friday’s and the weekends, I may be amenable to that :p
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The shipping and the fact that I’m on the road for work a lot makes this infeasible.
 
Neural activity in the primary sensory areas of the neocortex produces the impression of sensory perception. This means that neurons firing in the primary visual cortex create the illusion of seeing things, neurons firing in the primary auditory area create the illusion of hearing things, and so forth. If that firing occurs at random, these perceptions can feel like crazy, randomly fragmented hallucinations. But they're not. No thought or feeling is random.

Scientific American

or was it Random House?
 
Casinostocks said:
Yes, I already see many wisecrack style responses, specifically from the "usual suspect" types. OK, fair enough! However, my intention of posting that opinion is not meant to whip up controversy on here because I respect Nathan's opinion on the matter with as being fair and also cogent. I am primarily interested because of a conflict that exists inside my own system!!!

I do share some of that OP's opinions although I do not think that he's up-to-date with all super steels or all modern knife-makers who use machining techniques as opposed to the old fashioned blacksmithing and forging. I became fascinated with super steels only about 3 years ago and ever since my introduction to CPK, I have just gone nuts collecting them. I make no apologies as I just LOVE them and as far as I'm concerned, I could "spend" my disposable and none-discretionary fund$ on other things of much lesser valuer (note I said value and not price!). I already know that I have enough D3V steel at my disposal for them to last a couple of generation beyond my own :eek: which does not daunt me from buying more CPKs. I think once my various preorders are fulfilled by the end of this year, I ought to be up to 3- x CPKs. Not bragging, just saying...

Fudge, I lost train of thoughts... Will wait for Nathan to put me right :p
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That Bravo guy is something else, right?




:D
 
Casinostocks said:
I was going to put this in the ANAQ thread, but spared that thread from becoming a runaway train wreck in case it hurts / disputes / impugns opinions and facts. I know that Nathan was way into knives before he even became a professional knife-maker and quite a while in the past, he had stated something about sharpening his Grandfather(?) heirloom kitchen / butcher knives. While I do expect a dichotomy in expressed opinion, nevertheless I would also appreciate Nathan's opinion about such train of thoughts if/when time permits:

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...ld-of-expensive-modern-knives-behind.1647690/

P.S. I doubt that the OP on that thread has ever met CPKs based on some of his opinion about knives made out of super steels which he colloquially refers to as "expensive steels" but I will just leave it at that for now!
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That's why I don't ever look at General. :rolleyes:
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Here's a proper random thought for today. When you poke your head in a machine and end up bumping your head against an endmill in the spindle it hurts. If you're going to do that, bump your head against a ball end, they're not so pokey.
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I would like to say that I never did anything like that, but it would be a lie.

Back when I was an apprentice tool and die maker I heard this joke.

A young man was starting his career as a machinist. The foreman showed him how to use a vertical mill with a fly cutter and turned to walk away. He immediately heard, "OW!". He turned around and saw the guy holding his hand with a finger missing. The foreman said, "How the hell did you do that?" The young man replied, "I just stuck my hand out like this and.....damn! There goes another one!"

The maintenance man at the shop that I worked at had 3 fingers, total on both hands. I never figured out how he got anything done. When I got off work and started counting my fingers, I decided that it wasn't for me.
 
Casinostocks said:
Yes, I already see many wisecrack style responses, specifically from the "usual suspect" types. OK, fair enough! However, my intention of posting that opinion is not meant to whip up controversy on here because I respect Nathan's opinion on the matter with as being fair and also cogent. I am primarily interested because of a conflict that exists inside my own system!!!

I do share some of that OP's opinions although I do not think that he's up-to-date with all super steels or all modern knife-makers who use machining techniques as opposed to the old fashioned blacksmithing and forging. I became fascinated with super steels only about 3 years ago and ever since my introduction to CPK, I have just gone nuts collecting them. I make no apologies as I just LOVE them and as far as I'm concerned, I could "spend" my disposable and none-discretionary fund$ on other things of much lesser valuer (note I said value and not price!). I already know that I have enough D3V steel at my disposal for them to last a couple of generation beyond my own :eek: which does not daunt me from buying more CPKs. I think once my various preorders are fulfilled by the end of this year, I ought to be up to 3- x CPKs. Not bragging, just saying...
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"snip....You can't froe a knife through a knotty, uncooperative firewood log without using the "wrong" technique....snip."

I have horrible technique, but fortunately I have a Technique Mitigator

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you're lucky it didn't break, it's only a matter of time. Unless you invest 20 bucks in some old ass carving knife, which is obviously superior in every way to everything else, can you be sure that you've gotten the very best knife possible for any conceivable use
 
UffDa said:
I would like to say that I never did anything like that, but it would be a lie.

Back when I was an apprentice tool and die maker I heard this joke.

A young man was starting his career as a machinist. The foreman showed him how to use a vertical mill with a fly cutter and turned to walk away. He immediately heard, "OW!". He turned around and saw the guy holding his hand with a finger missing. The foreman said, "How the hell did you do that?" The young man replied, "I just stuck my hand out like this and.....damn! There goes another one!"

The maintenance man at the shop that I worked at had 3 fingers, total on both hands. I never figured out how he got anything done. When I got off work and started counting my fingers, I decided that it wasn't for me.
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Reciprocating saw.
 
Hard Knocks said:
"snip....You can't froe a knife through a knotty, uncooperative firewood log without using the "wrong" technique....snip."

I have horrible technique, but fortunately I have a Technique Mitigator
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Well now I'm going to start calling my BC ""TiM".

Nathan did say he built it to survive knuckleheads who try to break stuff, so I call that perfectly appropriate*. :thumbsup:

* The part about the knife being tough, not the part about being a knucklehead. :)
 
Grenock said:
You were using it wrong......
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No doubt. And I knew what I was doing was risky. I was just too lazy to go back out to my truck for the umpteenth time to get my gloves. Fortunately, I was in a healthcare facility. So there were nurses and steri-strips (paper/butterfly stitches) on hand. They cleaned it, put steri-strips on and then I went out to my truck and superglued it shut. None of which actually helped due to its location. “My doctor” and the nurses felt I needed to go have it looked at and stitched up properly but then I wouldn’t have been able to keep working. So....


ETA: “My doctor” was actually my father on phone consult. He is a licensed MD. The pics were for him to assess the healing a couple days after the incident.

ETAA: In my job I often have to go about things the wrong way to get the right result.
 
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