Random Thought Thread

I’ve shipped many knives from Canada to the US with out any issue. I always labeled as camping tools and send insured with signature through Canada Post. I have also received many other knives from the US shipped through USPS labeled the same way without issue.

In saying that, I haven’t shipped or received anything since Covid.
 
Thanks for the replies. I will see if anyone has anything to add tomorrow and I'll look into a few shipper options and see what answers I get. I normally had no issue shipping especially to Canada ... but recently (since March) things seem to be sketchy at best shipping anything out of country.
 
TRfromMT said:
Random thought - if your company robo/sales/spam call has the audacity to offer to "put me on the do-not-call list", then I am an automatic "YES!" Absolutely! Stop calling me. Forever!
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Sorry: they're lying. When you agree to that, they sell your number to others as a verified "good" number with a human on the other end. I read an article about that scam a couple of years ago. Better to just hang up.
 
100% other than I no longer hang up. I answer, say nothing, put the call on mute, and wait. If there are prompts, I follow until a person answers. They usually hang up within a few seconds. After maybe 2 more calls, they remove the number. One can play around and blast the old internet connection sounds from the dial-up days or obnoxious adult entertainment videos; that usually results in a quick hangup as well.
 
The Virginian said:
Sorry: they're lying. When you agree to that, they sell your number to others as a verified "good" number with a human on the other end. I read an article about that scam a couple of years ago. Better to just hang up.
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Yeah, I almost never answer any unknown number. What I'm amazed by is that there is usually a snippet of the robo-voice on my voice mail... "If you would like to be placed on our do not call list, please press 1 now."

Someone should invent an app that robo-responds. Or better yet, somehow goes out into the universe of call directories and deletes my number from their system! I should be able to purge my number...

At least the non stop barrage of robo-texts for political campaigns should come to an end today... :confused::mad:
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
I know this is not at all a random thought but rather than start a whole new thread and it has to do with CPK knives ... I thought I might slip this question in here ... so forgive me.

I have a few CPKs for sale and have a members from Canada inquire about them. I hate to refuse a sale but have not been offering any shipping out of the US due to a couple lost packages since this covid mess started. Does anyone have any solid advice from experience on the best way to ship a CPK knife to Canada with no hassles? If I can figure out a way I am comfortable with and get a good price quote from a shipper for the buyers ... I might feel comfortable enough to go ahead and let them buy the knife they want instead of turning down someone who wants a CPK.

If you have any experience and can help please PM me.
Thanks,
JJ
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I have been having really good luck with UPS. They even call me if there's a problem and I've been able to fix things while the package was already in route.
 
Jo the Machinist said:
I have been having really good luck with UPS. They even call me if there's a problem and I've been able to fix things while the package was already in route.
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JJ_Colt45 JJ_Colt45 I Will send you the information that I use when sending them. There's a code that you need to put. When I get back to the shop, I'll send you a PM.
 
Big DJ said:
My 5 year old grandson jumped off the back of the couch last night playing "Super hero" landed bad and broke his arm.
Late night at the emergency room. He never cried or whined once.
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Ouch! Unfortunately been there done that with our son...3 times! Forget the ages now (he's 17 now), maybe 8 the first time...then a year to the day later he did it again! Made it past that date the next year, but like 6 months later he did it again! All his left arm...elbow twice and wrist once. Was really getting nervous that DCYF was gonna start asking questions.
 
Used my fk2 pst several trips out without sharpening inbetween. This time i accidentally buried the tip twice into the dirt. The edge was shinny and would no longer shave however it still made fine curls for a feather stick. Afterwards I gave it a few pulls on a ceramic road and a leather strop and it’s back to hair popping. Only difficulty was getting the fine wire edge completely removed during the strop.
 
jlauffer said:
Ouch! Unfortunately been there done that with our son...3 times! Forget the ages now (he's 17 now), maybe 8 the first time...then a year to the day later he did it again! Made it past that date the next year, but like 6 months later he did it again! All his left arm...elbow twice and wrist once. Was really getting nervous that DCYF was gonna start asking questions.
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Ouch. 3 times...

Just some food for thought, but even at younger ages, having kids start on any grappling style is potentially beneficial in a multitude of ways. Aside from the obvious benefits for self-defense, one of the big ones is that styles that emphasize grappling and/or throwing all have a lot of focus on developing kinesthetic awareness of body positioning AND break falls (how to properly fall/land to minimize the risk of injury).

Simply as an anecdotal example, my brother and I both started formal martial arts with karate (I began earlier, despite my brother being 2 years older), but I also developed an interest in all the aspects of martial arts, including grappling and throwing.

My brother broke his arm and dislocated it multiple times from falls (not to mention getting stitches on his head on 3 different occasions from falls not related to any extreme sports).

In my case, learning HOW to fall/roll and distribute the force of a fall saved me from injury many times, and despite being more of a nut in my youth (doing stuff my brother didn't, like a LOT of biking in all kinds of terrain/conditions, skateboarding etc., and even eventually going from point sparring to full contact kickboxing), I managed to avoid any broken bones, aside from finger injuries (which ALL occurred while playing basketball. Lol).

I was present more than a few times when my brother was injured simply from tripping or slipping. The same type of falls I generally didn't even have a bruise/sprain from due to instinctively falling as I'd trained, to minimize the force of the fall and any chance of injury.
 
Can confirm. About ten years ago I was jumping as high as I could on a trampoline and jumped right off it, and I was heading for the rocky ground from like 20+ feet up, head first, very certain I was about to die. But my dusty old high school judo club training and my body/instincts took over and turned the fall into a roll, and I wound up on my feet, bewildered and unharmed. I've considered that one of the great miracles of my life.

I meant 20 feet not 30, haha. Still was scary.
 
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JJ_Colt45 said:
I think Jo had some packages returned recently with that were labeled camping tools because it was too "general". I just thought if anyone knew hassle free shipper that was reliable I may consider Canada along with the US.
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Before the border closed people were shipping to me in the US, I was crossing them into Canada myself then shipping them domestically. I’ve done a lot that way, in particular more expensive ones you don’t want customs to handle. I’ve had a couple shipped to me directly but it’s hit or miss with customs and the prices are atrocious right now. The last one direct from Jo was a FK2 small box and it cost me I think about $75 all said and done.
 
JustinFournier said:
Before the border closed people were shipping to me in the US, I was crossing them into Canada myself then shipping them domestically. I’ve done a lot that way, in particular more expensive ones you don’t want customs to handle. I’ve had a couple shipped to me directly but it’s hit or miss with customs and the prices are atrocious right now. The last one direct from Jo was a FK2 small box and it cost me I think about $75 all said and done.
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I think you're onto something here. What do you know about cocaine?
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