Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

pocket friendly ebony lockback for me today
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waynorth said:
How did the eye checkup go, JP?o_O

Carried this to get my first Pfizer shot yesterday!:cool:View attachment 1533242
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Surgeon says all is ok but it will need time to get a normal view. For the moment it is between Picasso and Dubuffet! I remain optimistic!

I go and see my doc tomorrow (what a hectic week! ;)), hope I get a clue for when I can get a vaccine. These times life is a not long quiet river... :(:)
 
3 lumber-laden knives from foreign lands for me this week.
Rosewood lambsfoot from England that I call Union Jack:
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Stained beechwood Opinel #8 from France (thanks, Dave):
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Unknown wood on a souvenir scout knife from Michigan's U.P. (Not officially a foreign land, but it's close :D)
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- GT
 
5K Qs said:
3 lumber-laden knives from foreign lands for me this week.
Rosewood lambsfoot from England that I call Union Jack:
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Stained beechwood Opinel #8 from France (thanks, Dave):
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Unknown wood on a souvenir scout knife from Michigan's U.P. (Not officially a foreign land, but it's close :D)
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- GT
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Thats some pretty rosewood on the Union Jack, Gary. :thumbsup: I get into MI 2-4 times a year but have only been as far north as Grayling. I gotta get myself to that mysterious land of the U.P. someday, I believe I would like it there.:)
 
Sonnydaze said:
I know that country reasonably well.....they keep trying to secede from the union.
Certainly, these days that might sense...
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When I lived there from 1978-1984, there was a long running movement to secede and form the 51st state, "Superior". The intention was to legalize gambling to generate revenue. At that time the only legal places for gambling were Nevada and Atlantic City. In fact the first casino I ever saw on Indian lands was outside of L'anse run by the Chippewas. It was a small cinder block building.
Getting back to the UP is on my bucket list.

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I was born / raised in the U.P., got my engineering degree from Michigan Tech and will always consider the U.P. my home :) My wife and I have a home there that we plan to retire in as well, although that is quite a while away I'm afraid LoL. The U.P. was given to Lower Michigan as a consolation prize to settle a dispute with Ohio over a stretch of land called "the Toledo strip". The people that live in the U.P. have always felt isolated with little to no say in what happens politically for their own territory and the State government has always treated it like an amusement park. That's been the main impetus as to why they aspire to become their own State; to have the power to make decisions and manage their own land. The U.P. has a much better relationship with Wisconsin and would probably get more respect from the people in Madison than they do with the people in Lansing. We affectionately call people in "Lower" Michigan "trolls" since they live below the Mackinac bridge (Sorry Jer, James and GT) :D Anyway, I got this beauty Marttiini curly birch knife from a Finnish shop in Marquette, MI.

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veitsi_poika said:
I was born / raised in the U.P., got my engineering degree from Michigan Tech and will always consider the U.P. my home :) My wife and I have a home there that we plan to retire in as well, although that is quite a while away I'm afraid LoL. The U.P. was given to Lower Michigan as a consolation prize to settle a dispute with Ohio over a stretch of land called "the Toledo strip". The people that live in the U.P. have always felt isolated with little to no say in what happens politically for their own territory and the State government has always treated it like an amusement park. That's been the main impetus as to why they aspire to become their own State; to have the power to make decisions and manage their own land. The U.P. has a much better relationship with Wisconsin and would probably get more respect from the people in Madison than they do with the people in Lansing. We affectionately call people in "Lower" Michigan "trolls" since they live below the Mackinac bridge (Sorry Jer, James and GT) :D Anyway, I got this beauty Marttiini curly birch knife from a Finnish shop in Marquette, MI.

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Got my engineering degree at Tech :thumbsup::thumbsup::)
That's why I was up there. Grew up in Detroit metro. Yup, I was a troll before the internet existed :p
The Keweenaw is a special place. My first winter there we got something like 384 inches of snow :D
Ohio got Toledo and Michigan got the UP. Michigan got the better end of that deal nod.gif
Love the coffee cup :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
mbkr said:
Got my engineering degree at Tech :thumbsup::thumbsup::)
That's why I was up there. Grew up in Detroit metro. Yup, I was a troll before the internet existed :p
The Keweenaw is a special place. My first winter there we got something like 384 inches of snow :D
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Love the coffee cup :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Tech'ies are honorary Yoopers :):thumbsup:
 
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