Well...It's Friday...

thurin said:
I swear my blood pressure goes up on Fridays.
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Reading the thread on Saturdays is a lot more relaxing :D After I got the ones I really craved for I take mine time looking at pictures with a beer in hand ;)
 
NoFair said:
Reading the thread on Saturdays is a lot more relaxing :D After I got the ones I really craved for I take mine time looking at pictures with a beer in hand ;)
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LOL, no one reads anything, they just copy, paste and reply. Then hope for the best. I think I will give this Friday's thread a read tomorrow,
 
Not quite Friday, but as I won't online tomorrow I wanted to wish you all good luck in finding the elusive "One" and have a fun Fiddleback Friday. Sharks be sharking!
 
Thanks thurin,

My shark teeth are brushed and polished and ready for fresh chum! Enjoy your day off from the "stress."

Phil

thurin said:
Not quite Friday, but as I won't online tomorrow I wanted to wish you all good luck in finding the elusive "One" and have a fun Fiddleback Friday. Sharks be sharking!
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thurin said:
Not quite Friday, but as I won't online tomorrow I wanted to wish you all good luck in finding the elusive "One" and have a fun Fiddleback Friday. Sharks be sharking!
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Ah yes, my folks down at the sharking mission control center will begin spinning up the low orbit ion cannon in t-minus 12 hours; a shadetree nessie is in the crosshairs (shark-god willing).

[video=youtube;a7jJnwEeiU0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7jJnwEeiU0[/video]
 
Comprehensivist said:
Thanks thurin,

My shark teeth are brushed and polished and ready for fresh chum! Enjoy your day off from the "stress."

Phil
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Thanks Phil. I'll miss the FF stress, and would gladly enjoy it over the stress I'll be having tomorrow. Taking my dad into the hospital in a few hours so he can have surgery to remove some cancer that's spread to his lung after being clean for the last few years.

Sorry to be a downer, but I know you Sharks are really Teddy Bears at heart.
 
thurin said:
Thanks Phil. I'll miss the FF stress, and would gladly enjoy it over the stress I'll be having tomorrow. Taking my dad into the hospital in a few hours so he can have surgery to remove some cancer that's spread to his lung after being clean for the last few years.

Sorry to be a downer, but I know you Sharks are really Teddy Bears at heart.
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Hang in there dude; rough stuff for sure -- but we'll all be pulling for you and your family.
 
Wonder how many people would freak out about a fake FF thread at midnight... :D

I have a feeling the reaction would be similar to that captain's log scene from Event Horizon
 
This sucks, I sold a knife to fund a purchase tomorrow, but my Steelhead buddy wants me to head up to the river tomorrow morning. Looks like I'll be scoring some steel, but in a different way. Bringing my shank and kephart, pics forth coming.
 
Hey thurin,

I'll be praying for your smooth sailing for your Dad (& you.) Family is way more important than this stuff. Thanks for having your priorities straight.

Send me a PM if you are looking for anything in particular. I'll be happy to Shark it for you my friend.

All the best,

Phil

thurin said:
Thanks Phil. I'll miss the FF stress, and would gladly enjoy it over the stress I'll be having tomorrow. Taking my dad into the hospital in a few hours so he can have surgery to remove some cancer that's spread to his lung after being clean for the last few years.

Sorry to be a downer, but I know you Sharks are really Teddy Bears at heart.
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thurin said:
Thanks Phil. I'll miss the FF stress, and would gladly enjoy it over the stress I'll be having tomorrow. Taking my dad into the hospital in a few hours so he can have surgery to remove some cancer that's spread to his lung after being clean for the last few years.

Sorry to be a downer, but I know you Sharks are really Teddy Bears at heart.
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Take care of your Pop. I hope all goes buddy.
 
Hope the surgery goes well. Much more important then swimming in bloody water on a Friday :thumbup:
 
I HATE that "C" word !!! Lost my grandfather, stepfather and a family friend to it within the last 4 years. Both of my parents have had bouts with it but both were thankfully caught early enough to be taken care of. Positive thoughts and prayers to you and yours, Thurin!
 
Thurin,
Thoughts and prayers to your and your Dad. Mine went through stomach and lung cancer. I am sure you already know this but every minute you can give to him is a gift to yourself.

God Bless.

Bill
 
I hope all goes well with your father Thurin, you guys are in my thoughts.


lmalterna said:
Thurin,
Thoughts and prayers to your and your Dad. Mine went through stomach and lung cancer. I am sure you already know this but every minute you can give to him is a gift to yourself.

God Bless.

Bill
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This is a fact. Summer before last, right after Blade 2012, my family went to Florida for vacation and to see my father. He was in pretty bad shape and in a nursing facility. After the weeks vacation was up, the family came home and I stayed there to hang out with my father. As a writer and photographer whose work involves wilderness areas, I am fortunate to be able to be very flexible in my work locations. After the second week there with dad, I knew that when I left I would never see him again, so I stayed there for another eight weeks, working in the mornings in the swamps, hanging out with dad in the afternoons and evenings, and writing at night, until I just couldn't afford to pay bills in two locations anymore and was in debt pretty bad, and then had to go home. We talked about life in general for hours after having hardly spoken in decades. It was good to revisit our time exploring Tampa bay and the glades together when I was a kid. Those were the happiest memories of my childhood. So we talked and laughed about the things we did, the learning experiences I had there, and how it all played a major role in the jobs I have today. I got to tell him how much I appreciated everything that he had taught me, and all he had inspired me to learn on my own. He hated the food there so I would bring him food he liked in the evenings. I had been home less than a week when I got the call that he had passed in his sleep. That trip put me and my family under a lot of strain financially, but I am so thankful I was able to do it.
 
xxwjtxx said:
Ah yes, my folks down at the sharking mission control center will begin spinning up the low orbit ion cannon in t-minus 12 hours; a shadetree nessie is in the crosshairs (shark-god willing).
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You should like it if you get one. I love mine. Last night, I learned I have the go ahead to do a piece I have wanted to do for a long time. Recent posts by Andy have me wanting to use a Fiddleback Bushcrafter for this project, but I don't have one. So I called to see if Andy had one coming up this week, but he doesn't. I am in a financial starin right now anyway, so "want" purchases are low priority for me right now, so then I seriously thought about putting my Nessie up for trade for one, but I am still struggling with that. But I think I would trade for a Bushcrafter with the right handle config, and then just get another Nessie later. I know Andy will be making more Nessies, but I only have about a two week window for the first part of this project, and then it would have to be put off for another year. I thought about borrowing one, but then it will be a three season project, and I'd feel much more comfortable if I were working with my own knife, and not someone else's...
 
Thank you for sharing that story Mist. Thurin, know that you, your dad and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. I know I have a similar story to mistwalker's that I could tell about both my father and mother. I do not know why we have to endure suffering in our lives, but it seems that there is no escaping it. I think that we need to engage in celebration of our lives each and every day with those that we love and care about, as mistwalker described in those precious weeks that he had spent with his dad. Nothing any of us will say is going to make your journey any easier. But remember, it is not a journey that you have to take alone.
 
McVeyMac said:
Thank you for sharing that story Mist. Thurin, know that you, your dad and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. I know I have a similar story to mistwalker's that I could tell about both my father and mother. I do not know why we have to endure suffering in our lives, but it seems that there is no escaping it. I think that we need to engage in celebration of our lives each and every day with those that we love and care about, as mistwalker described in those precious weeks that he had spent with his dad. Nothing any of us will say is going to make your journey any easier. But remember, it is not a journey that you have to take alone.
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You're right. There were a couple of days and nights at the beginning of that second week where I didn't get much work done. I was sad and angry, and would spend the day wandering through the swamps lost in memories, and then the nights sitting out on the hotel balcony drinking shots of scotch contemplating life. Then one night it dawned on me that rather than waste what time I had left with him being angry about the circumstances that divided us in my youth, and mourning the inevitable, that I should just enjoy whatever time I had left with him. Those eight weeks will forever be a very special memory for me.
 
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