What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

going for a little walk, carrying a very urbane Cellidor Cadet

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mbkr said:
I'm getting ready to go to Tennessee for a week or two
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Clarksville? Nashville? Memphis? Chattanooga?

I used to live in Clarksville.
TN.has got to be the most laid back state I ever been to.

While going to a recycling yard to get a "new" engine for the boss' Toyota pickup, in 1998
(truck was T-boned and totalled less than a year later by a 18 wheeler that "missed" the curve in the road).
I saw a barn with flames escaping from the eaves.
Naturally, I stopped and knocked on the door, to let the guy know his barn was burning, (no fire department or viewers around yet.)
"Ol boy slowly mosied the 12 feet to the corner of his portch, looked around the corner to see his barn ... calmly rubbed his chin, said (quote) "welll ... guess I best call someone ... thanks fir 'lettin me know ..." then slowly mosied back inside.
The FD was there (with some folks watching) when I went past a couple hous later, after getting the engine.
Turns out it was a "tobacco smoking" barn, The smoking fire got a "little bit" out of control/out of hand. ccording to the paper the next day.

I suppose he had insurance for such an eventuality.
i don't know how much of his crop he lost. The barn (and contents) burned to the ground. Just the stone foundation and a few timbers still burning when I went by on my way home.
 
afishhunter said:
Clarksville? Nashville? Memphis? Chattanooga?

I used to live in Clarksville.
TN.has got to be the most laid back state I ever been to.

While going to a recycling yard to get a "new" engine for the boss' Toyota pickup, in 1998
(truck was T-boned and totalled less than a year later by a 18 wheeler that "missed" the curve in the road).
I saw a barn with flames escaping from the eaves.
Naturally, I stopped and knocked on the door, to let the guy know his barn was burning, (no fire department or viewers around yet.)
"Ol boy slowly mosied the 12 feet to the corner of his portch, looked around the corner to see his barn ... calmly rubbed his chin, said (quote) "welll ... guess I best call someone ... thanks fir 'lettin me know ..." then slowly mosied back inside.
The FD was there (with some folks watching) when I went past a couple hous later, after getting the engine.
Turns out it was a "tobacco smoking" barn, The smoking fire got a "little bit" out of control/out of hand. ccording to the paper the next day.

I suppose he had insurance for such an eventuality.
i don't know how much of his crop he lost. The barn (and contents) burned to the ground. Just the stone foundation and a few timbers still burning when I went by on my way home.
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My place (still feels weird to say that) is on the Cumberland Plateau, about 65 miles from Knoxville.
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One nasty Friday evening -cold, windy, wet- the power went out. Shortly after, there was a knock on my door. Opening it, I was greeted by a young boy (mom was in a mini van in the street) who said, "Do you know your yard's on fire?" Stepping out and seeing the flames, I'm afraid my response was more along the lines of "Oh *&#!".
Realizing what I had said and how inappropriate it was for young ears, I apologised and thanked him. Hopefully he didn't go back and ask mom what *&#! meant 😬

The power pole had rotted off at the ground and fallen over whereupon the transformer burst into flames.
 
Pt-Luso said:
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Lovely Lamb Jose !


Jack Black said:
Cracking pairing Paul :) :thumbsup:

I hope SJ had a very Happy Birthday, that looks like a feast! :) I have a near identical slip (and pen) in my pocket! :D :thumbsup:

Stan didn't like long-pulls, mainly because he put his nail-nicks in with the strike of a hammer I suspect! :D I think a long-pull can look OK on a Lambsfoot, but I prefer a nick I think. I like the long, deep ones, like on the knife below Stan's fancy one, which is one of the Guardians 2018 SFO :thumbsup:

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Wow, what a work of art !

Jack Black said:
Definitely my friend :D :) :thumbsup:

Sorry Barrett, my memory has failed me. I stand corrected! The Cossack was only ever that single story building, though it was well-known, as you will have discovered. I remember it stood empty for a few years, and I remember reading an article about a campaign to save it. I'd forgotten about Kayes, which I never went in. I forget what the other shop was, a jewellers possibly. The Howard is an awful pub, usually full of football hooligans drinking bottled lager :rolleyes: When I was young, Howard Street was quite an important thoroughfare, as it lead to the train station, and there were some interesting shops, including The Olde Wee Cutlery Shoppe, and Bennett's fishing tackle shop (I used to tie trout flies for them). Most of the buildings, at the top of the street, on the opposite side of the road, are still there, but they are mainly just sandwich shops and cafes now, and even 'The Globe' pub, the only good one on the street, has changed a lot. Thanks for the memories my friend :) :thumbsup:

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I need to stop lollygagging, and get on with some work! :eek: ;) :thumbsup:

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Cool backdrop for your Albers !


Rufus1949 said:
Hope everyone's day goes well.
The all animal team today.

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Great pair Bob !
 
PirateSeulb said:
afishhunter afishhunter & mbkr mbkr yall quit making TN sound like a fire hazard :p
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To pharaphrase Max Smart ..... "Sorry about that."

I heard a couple years ago y'all had a little rain in Nashville.
The Nashville TA parking areas (cars, box trucks and bob-tail semi's out front, 18 wheeler's in back) was performing a dandy impersonation of a 4 to 6 foot deep lake. 😁
Shame. That was one of my favorite TA's for re-setting my drive clocks and getting food. Easy access from I-24... FREE parking (for box trucks out front) Really cute waitresses AND geat food at the restaurant .... Especially the biscuits 'n sausage gravy with hash browns and 10 to a dozen or so clucker seeds over easy on the side ... the coffee wasn't bad, either ....

I was really dissapointed when the full fledged knife store in that TA (on left, just inside the front entrance) shut down and went away between my visits. What replaced it was of so much interest to me ... I don't recall what it was/is. 🙄
It wasn't a vape shop ... I would have bought juice, mods, and the required batteries there, too. 😇
 
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