What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[screened porch]

It's going to be even hotter tomorrow.

 

[5K Qs]

Boker Barlow and a lovely old tin from the Queens Coronation and a better time and world.

No one else have a tin or two of interest to show us, even if it only holds nails or something?
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John, I don't have any interesting vintage tins, but I usually carry a small Altoids tin containing "lucky coins".

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WW!!

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Dependable duo!

Stainless on a wet Sunday.

Notable pair!

Luckily you’ve got a good location and you’re not there to hang out inside. What I notice aside from the door is that it’s time for another beer run

Thanks Gary. You are correct on 2002. I feel like I’ve been pretty lucky so far, maybe it does have to do with the palindrome year. More rare than I realized, won’t be another one til 2112!

You're obviously right about the beer run, Bart. I'd never seen a fridge door that had space reserved for 10 cans.
But how's this for leaving my brain in neutral while I selected my beer? I bought a couple of 6-packs in long neck bottles that won't fit in the door.
The palindromic years only come up every 110 years (e.g. 2002 to 2112), except when the millennium changes, when the gap between palindromic years is only 11 years (e.g. 1991 to 2002). It follows that there are lots of people who live their entire life without experiencing a palindromic year (e.g. people born after 1881 who died before 1991) and others who live during a single palindromic year. But those of us alive for both 1991 and 2002 are very fortunate to enjoy TWO palindromic years in out lives!

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Ah, the old DWP's

DWPs that are ADA-compliant! It's alphabet soup!

Nah, only 3 or 4 times. Each one is milder than the previous bouts. Only body aches this time.
Maybe was exposed on my Costco run last Monday?

So far, my wife and daughter seem A-OK. Banning me from my usual cooking duties may have helped. Plus, Vik slept in her office Thursday and Friday night.

Miss my Sunday morning church music gig, but after today, I’ll be outside of the window of contagion.

I really think that spending Friday afternoon and all day yesterday baking in the sun ~ scooting through the garden on my butt weeding and collecting seeds ~ sweating gallons, and drinking well water from the hose helped to flush it out.

My wife and I had COVID about a month ago (first time for each of us), and I was surprised by the symptoms. I had body aches, too (and sore throat, only on one side, for a couple of days). Practically none of the symptoms we'd been warned about 4 years ago.

I just got this Cattaraugus Hunting Knife in and finished up getting it the way I like it, so I toted it on my walk this morning. I added my Carpenters Whittler to my pocket.
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Yesterday I missed out posting anything because I went on a trip with my grandson, son, and daughter-in-law. My grandson is all into trains right now and we took him to Versailles, where there is a railroad museum and passenger train rides. We took the ride in the air conditioned car, since the temps are back in the nineties again.

Pictured is the locomotive where we stopped on the 90 minute ride and an old trestle (no longer in service) , as well as some of the warehouses of the Wild Turkey Bourbon distillery. On the opposite side of the trestle, there is a bungee jumping station and we watched some of the dare devils jump off of it.

Finally ............ my grandson showing me his new die-cast locomotive that I purchased for him in the gift shop.
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Rob, did your grandson get into trouble in the museum and the authorities cuffed him?? Or is that just a parental device for limiting his range?

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A vintage classic and an instant classic, David!

Thank you. That one was made by Imperial. Picked it up at a flea market a few months back, it's been a great little knife.

Thanks for the info.

I bought a tin of plasters the other week (I like tins) I didn’t realise they were children’s plasters with patterns.

Then I cut myself and ended up with a goofy looking, brightly coloured snake around my finger.

Dads go through this all the time when their kids are small. When my daughter was in elementary school, I often had cuts patched with cartoon band-aids.

Been away but happy to be back. GL-24 and the modified Bunny today.

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Distinctive pair, Paul!

Just a Lambfoot today.
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Definitely dignified!

Monumental micarta threesome!

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Way to go, Bob!

Carrying my AG Russell Seki lockback today. Hotter and humid here today. I'll spend some time with this very sobering read. Reminds me of friends I lost in the Vietnam War. My Air Force service had me in other places. It might be why I'm still around today.......

I read that book last summer, Gary; definitely thought-provoking. It reads like a memoir, but he admits it's fiction. I was confused by the author's views on truth, that some made-up stuff is more true than what actually happened.

Might be overdue for the market when the lamb is bigger than the sheep.
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- GT

 

[Centermass]

The return of the Blue Bunny.

 

[321Bandaid]

The return of the Blue Bunny.

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That patina is fantastic!

 

[Centermass]

That patina is fantastic!

It’s actually cold blue. Got sick of chasing pepper spots. Even the springs are blued now:

 

[321Bandaid]

It’s actually cold blue. Got sick of chasing pepper spots. Even the springs are blued now:

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I think you have just surpassed even my level of OCD. I didn't think it was possible!!! Well done.

 

[JW225]

Sweetness Jim.

Thank you, Bob!

 

[majorpain1]

 

[Sacto]

Carrying my AG Russell Seki lockback today. Hotter and humid here today. I'll spend some time with this very sobering read. Reminds me of friends I lost in the Vietnam War. My Air Force service had me in other places. It might be why I'm still around today.......

I read that book last summer, Gary; definitely thought-provoking. It reads like a memoir, but he admits it's fiction. I was confused by the author's views on truth, that some made-up stuff is more true than what actually happened.

- GT

I read most of that book in college thinking that it was a memoir. At some point I found out it was fiction and got annoyed and quit reading it. I guess I felt like he had been tricking me.

You're obviously right about the beer run, Bart. I'd never seen a fridge door that had space reserved for 10 cans.
But how's this for leaving my brain in neutral while I selected my beer? I bought a couple of 6-packs in long neck bottles that won't fit in the door.
The palindromic years only come up every 110 years (e.g. 2002 to 2112), except when the millennium changes, when the gap between palindromic years is only 11 years (e.g. 1991 to 2002). It follows that there are lots of people who live their entire life without experiencing a palindromic year (e.g. people born after 1881 who died before 1991) and others who live during a single palindromic year. But those of us alive for both 1991 and 2002 are very fortunate to enjoy TWO palindromic years in out lives!

- GT

Thanks for the palindrome info, Gary

 

[Sacto]

Taking it easy around the house today with my Case swayback jack. Like several of you, I have Covid. It’s my first time and it’s kicking my butt. Although I’m starting to feel better today after a couple days of fever.

 

[mitch13]

Spent the day pruning,
So goat & violet


Before

After

 

[Rufus1949]

Taking it easy around the house today with my Case swayback jack. Like several of you, I have Covid. It’s my first time and it’s kicking my butt. Although I’m starting to feel better today after a couple days of fever.

Ah, sad to hear Bart. I hope your battle is short. I always like seeing that swayback.

 

[Johnnythefox]

The return of the Blue Bunny.

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Looks good,I said it before the Bunny is still the best 39.



"The return of the Blue Bunny"


It sounds like the title of a 1970s porn movie (not that I would know of course ).

 

[Corto_Malt]

Have a nice day

 

[cudgee]

Have a nice day

Beautiful covers.

 

[Travman]

 

[Rufus1949]

My wife's mosquito repellent!

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

Remember snakes can climb trees!

Spring has sprung for my plum trees

 

[Primble]

Rob, did your grandson get into trouble in the museum and the authorities cuffed him?? Or is that just a parental device for limiting his range?

- GT

My son purchased that leash because my grandson was running away from him and laughing ....... plus he had a hard time catching him. I tease them a bit about it because it seems like it is more like grandson having his dad on a leash. Hopefully, it will be resolved by his next birthday.

 

[Primble]

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