So I took out a small GEC congress to cut a piece of tape at work yesterday ...

Horsewright said:
I often think the great divide in this country is ... urban/rural. Round here most of the women carry knives too.
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Some places, sure. 'Round these parts, it's definitely the city, but it's also very common for people to carry pocket knives. I'd say a good portion of the clips I see in pockets belong to FUKs, but I still spot lots of Spyderco, Kershaw, Benchmade, and the like. But this is Tucson, and not NJ, DC, Chicago, or LA. It's a city, but it's also not too far removed from the Old West, where people open carry firearms and aren't very worried about someone freaking out from a small pocket knife.
 
Horsewright said:
I often think the great divide in this country is not Republican/Democrat but rather urban/rural. Round here most of the women carry knives too.
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I appreciate you saying this. I think there is a lot of truth to this as well. My wife and I have discussed this many times.
 
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People are pathetic, frightened by a small pocket knife. Around here nearly everyone carries a knife of some kind even if it's a cheap piece of junk. It's silly shredding your mail with your fingers trying to open it. Just one example of knife usefulness in a typical day.
 
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hhmoore said:
If that was directed at me
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It wasn’t, but I’m glad you appropriated it because I admire your response - that’s exactly right. The only thing I could add (and not being corporately employed, I have no idea how feasible or effective this is) would be to find some way to notify his superiors that “this particular dumbass and his fear projection is the reason I’ll be putting my talents to work for your competition.”

IMHO, changing your rational behavior to accommodate irrational fears just encourages more strident complaint and greater demands and manipulation next time. Letting dumbasses dictate your actions results in acting like a dumbass yourself. No job is worth that to me, and apparently not to you, either.

Well played.

Parker
 
catspa said:
It wasn’t, but I’m glad you appropriated it because I admire your response - that’s exactly right. The only thing I could add (and not being corporately employed, I have no idea how feasible or effective this is) would be to find some way to notify his superiors that “this particular dumbass and his fear projection is the reason I’ll be putting my talents to work for your competition.”

IMHO, changing your rational behavior to accommodate irrational fears just encourages more strident complaint and greater demands and manipulation next time. Letting dumbasses dictate your actions results in acting like a dumbass yourself. No job is worth that to me, and apparently not to you, either.

Well played.

Parker
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Yep, know your worth and act accordingly!
 
sailfish said:
So happy I work a sausage fest trade job where I can let this bad boy fly any time I need to. Which is often.

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Yes sir so thankful that nobody blinks an eye when I bust out my tools. People are just happy to get heat or air to worry about a knife in my pocket!
 
OP: Does 'identify' as tape?

Never know these days!

Some folks think they can alter reality.

None of them would be able to stop anyone wearing The Reality Stone. Well, Captain Marvel fueled by Disney might. Lame alternate storyline...
 
For the past 9 years, my job (NYC)...well, I carry 5th pocket knives, no clip, completely concealed, which would get me fired.

Outside of work, i'm just careful with clips showing 🙄
 
JWright214 said:
I appreciate you saying this. I think there is a lot of truth to this as well. My wife and I have discussed this many times.
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It goes much further than that. It’s global. I’ve noticed I have more in common with people from other countries that grew up on farms and in the country than I do with Americans who grew up in cities.
 
I work with an industrial Maintenance department so the folks in my department don't really care. One of the engineers carries a Mocrotech UTX85 everyday. Officially there is a no weapons policy (which shows a gun on the sign) so there is not a clear definition of what is considered a weapon.
A couple of months ago I was in the front office and pulled out my Benchmade bugout to cut a strap off some boxes of toner cartridges and after making the cut I looked up and saw one of the women who worked in the office looking at me with wide eyes like I was a serial killer or something. After that I bought one of the Milwaukee utility knives and carry that to use when in questionable company, but still carry what I want everyday.
It is weird that so many people do not carry anything, I use mine so much I feel lost without it.
 
Maybe the rural / urban thing is like Horsewright says, where a tool used everyday is a part of our outfit or the advantages of what we are doing, or just being outdoors in general or camping in general where a good tool is a appreciated…..it is viewed as a tool and not a weapon. Someone raised in the city or suburbs may tend to see a knife as more of a weapon, and they don’t have a need for one for what they do everyday. So I have a suggestion, everyone couped up too long in the city or the burbs take some time to get out to the country or the mountains, and get back in touch with life where a tool is appreciated. NOT all at once but in stages, so we don’t overwhelm the local police and rescue services or regular folk coming to their aid when things go wrong……like not being able to open a package of hot dogs or steaks for the grill with their keys. I would love to see some folks work on a farm or Dave’s ranch! Sorry Dave, now you will have to help some city slickers. Remember that film? ;) Seriously, it would be a good idea to get back in touch with the great outdoors our nation offers.
 
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Reminds me of the patch, “Not all who wander are lost.” People making a choice to get out to the great outdoors, to experience life…..Yet a lot of these folks will get lost with out their GPS and no cell reception, except those who got satellite phones.:p
 
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cbach8tw said:
Maybe the rural / urban thing is like Horsewright says, where a tool used everyday is a part of our outfit or the advantages of what we are doing, or just being outdoors in general or camping in general where a good tool is a appreciated…..it is viewed as a tool and not a weapon. Someone raised in the city or suburbs may tend to see a knife as more of a weapon, and they don’t have a need for one for what they do everyday. So I have a suggestion, everyone couped up too long in the city or the burbs take some time to get out to the country or the mountains, and get back in touch with life where a tool is appreciated. NOT all at once but in stages, so we don’t overwhelm the local police and rescue services or regular folk coming to their aid when they things go wrong……like not being able to open a package of hot dogs or steaks for the grill with their keys. I would love to see some folks work on a farm or Dave’s ranch! Sorry Dave, now you will have to help some city slickers. Remember that film? ;) Seriously, it would be a good idea to get back in touch with the great outdoors our nation offers.
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Make them all kill their next meal too. Most people could not handle that.
 
eveled said:
Make them all kill their next meal too. Most people could not handle that.
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I think I also would have a hard time with that, I grew up in the burbs…….I never really fished, except as a Cub Scout with my dad, but let me relate a short tale. one Day while visiting my wife’s parents at their lake house, I watched her father catch and skin a cat fish he caught. He nailed it through its head to a tree, and proceeded to cut around the head and gills with a knife and pulled the skin off with a pair of pliers. o_O Now, I enjoyed the filets at dinner, but I am still stunned a little by the process. And I still am scared to take a fish off a hook. Growing up as a kid, the closest I got to fish were the frozen Swanson fish and chips in an aluminum tray I put in the toaster oven, or frozen fish sticks from a box.
 
cbach8tw cbach8tw I wasn’t judging them or you. It’s not easy killing an animal. I’d be worried about someone who wasn’t bothered by it at all the first time especially.

Life is life, but for some reason it is easier to kill the worm than it is to kill the fish. Easier to kill a fish than a deer. Nobody feels bad about killing a mosquito. Lol.
 
eveled said:
cbach8tw cbach8tw I wasn’t judging them or you. It’s not easy killing an animal. I’d be worried about someone who wasn’t bothered by it at all the first time especially.

Life is life, but for some reason it is easier to kill the worm than it is to kill the fish. Easier to kill a fish than a deer. Nobody feels bad about killing a mosquito. Lol.
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No offense taken at all, I still love to hear the stories of people hunting and catching things, the preparation of the food and enjoyment of it too. I really like the pics from Dave (Horsewright) about the food prepared by his crew, he has the one guy who is the head cook, fun all around. Also, it is cool to see how self sufficient people are in growing their own food and the ingenuity it takes to enjoy life. Maybe it is just like where in the past people didn’t always go to the store if they needed something, they were smart enough to figure things out in their own and materials they have on hand. Before all the stuff going on in Israel and Gaza right now making the news, I was curious about the kibbutz system used in Israel, I think they are self sufficient communities wanted to learn about them. i Guess really no different than small rural communities in other areas, but there is neat challenges in desert or arid areas that have different ways to cope that show ingenuity and hard work.
 
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