Random Thought Thread

Casinostocks said:
I wonder if those sharp talons which Abby's birds of prey have will persuade Nathan to come up with a karambit or hawk type blade? Those are not traditional American patterns (neither was the Khukuri for that matter) but maybe as an inspiration for something in D3V? šŸ¤”

ETA: specially if there is going to be some extra steel left over after a project, A smallish type of blade for a neck-knife pattern named The Abby šŸ˜œ
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ACF

Abby College Fund šŸ˜
 
I think the longest drive I've ever tackled in one sitting was Flagstaff, AZ to Austin, TX (about 1,015 miles) in my old Chevy Tahoe. Took over 18 hours, I drove the entire way and recall my shoulders being real sore for 24 hours afterwards. Listening to RadioLab on NPR made the trip much easier. In hindsight, we should have stayed the night in El Paso Amarillo or something but I was much younger then.
 
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oldmanwilly said:
I think the longest drive I've ever tackled in one sitting was Flagstaff, AZ to Austin, TX (about 1,015 miles) in my old Chevy Tahoe. Took over 18 hours, I drove the entire way and recall my shoulders being real sore for 24 hours afterwards. Listening to RadioLab on NPR made the trip much easier. In hindsight, we should have stayed the night in El Paso Amarillo or something but I was much younger then.
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You wouldn't think that your drive would be longer than Minneapolis to Tulsa.

Thats pretty amazing. It was a 10 hour drive for me. My mind is blowing itself
 
Not_Lefty said:
Me too !!

Driving to blade Show Atl again this year (from California 2800 miles) mostly because I HATE flying and not stress about loosing anything in shipping
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I havenā€™t driven out to the west coast for a knife show yet but in my previous career I drove a race trailer from here to Laguna Seca. Itā€™s easier splitting up duties though.
 
We used to drive from mid-Missouri to a lake up in Canada. 1100 miles plus a border crossing. We usually split it into two days, but went straight through a few times.
One time we were 115 miles into it, when my wife announced that she left her passport at home.
The way I remember it, I calmly circled back and started again. Probably strengthened our relationship...
 
Since 2017, we drove CA to WY and back many times (maybe a dozen?) before we finally settled here. The very first time we stopped twice overnight with our airstream, afterwards we always did it in one shot.

~1200 miles with wife and two puppies, with or without different trailers, I remember my record was 17h (puppy potty breaks every 3). The drive in normal weather didn't bother me, except for 300 miles through the boring Nevada desert, in large parts it's pretty, and my wife is a good co-pilot.

It did get interesting in the winter: there are two major passes: going from CA over Reno into Nevada or vice versa (Donner Pass) and then coming either from Idaho or Salt Lake into WY (depending on what's open). I remember one drive, at 2am with trailer, driving the last two hours of a trip through a blizzard, where I couldn't see the road, and tried to stay in the middle in between snowplow sticks that they put up in winter. Another interesting one was going back to CA on a winter weekend, with black ice on Donner pass, and all the kids in their Teslas returning to the bay area from their ski week-end, many didn't know how to put chains on; trucks were losing their chains, my puppies didn't like being stopped for chain checks, etc.

Water under the bridge. I like to drive, but glad I don't have to do the above anymore.
 
Matt, GDP = C + I + G + (X - M) of which C stands for consumption representing ~ 70% of the GDP numbers. What are you trying to do to us or US by posting this video?!

For fun, I is the enterprise (business) investments, G is for the government spending, X are the exports and M are the imports, so the net of the last two.
 
Matthew Gregory said:
Just gonna leave this here.




From a self-admitted diamond encrusted hammer maker.
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Meh

I use the stuff I carry. Constantly. I use it until it wears out and then I replace it.

^ until it wears out. Not breaks. Wears out. Good stuff doesn't break, and it doesn't wear out quickly, and if it's well-designed and well-made, it's a joy to use.

Every man should carry a knife and flashlight, wallet and keys, a good belt and good shoes etc


Folks who want to collect tools, I get it. It beats collecting baseball cards etc. People enjoy accumulating things that they appreciate. There's nothing wrong with that.
 
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Thatā€™s my ā€œback upā€ set of tools.
It happened organically through the years. I worked in Columbus but lived about an hour from there. It got tiring trying to keep track of which tools were where. It started with my commonly used hand tools and justā€¦
Anywho, I now keep a set at home for work around the house and in case neighbor, family or friends need some help with something.
And if a tool dies or is lost on the job, it is replaced that night taken from the home set. And then I replace it in the home set at my convenience. My personality doesnā€™t mind the redundancy.
 
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