For those who celebrate, I'd like to wish every one a happy and healthy thanksgiving!
I'll jump onto Jack's bandwagon to wish everyone on The Porch a safe and significant holiday!
Thought I should drop by and say hello I thought my music life was over when I was injured and then got so sick especially now that I live in a wheelchair but come to find out there's a lot of folks wanting me for session work. So I have put the knives aside and I'm back in my element and it's changed my life around and given me purpose again. I'm currently working on two studio albums one with a singer songwriter the other with a group put together to make this CD. I also have another project coming up so life is good. In don't how long this will last but I'm going to enjoy it while it's here. I do have so many wonderful friends here I will always pop in to say hello and I'll still be coming around often to check in.
I'm so glad to hear that your music is going so well, Randy!
The positivity illustrated by the line in your signature is a great lesson for me, and I'm thankful for that!
Mail Call
From Down Under to Waynorth and Places In Between
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What a huge surprise I got! A Waynorth Cutlery cap and a Case-Bose 2011 Coffin Jack arrived in my mailbox. I'm totally blown away by the thoughtfulness and generosity of these wonderful people.
I don't see how I deserve such a gift, but I am thankful for it.
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The skulduggery extended out to the pacific coast. Like Gary, you could have knocked me over with a feather.
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In my case, it was an Al Mar knife with gold micarta handles and ATS-34 blade steel. ... The design and the execution are immaculate.
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I don't deserve it, but I will treasure it, both for the gorgeousness of the knife and the high generosity of those who sent it. My thanks to you.
Congrats on the great knives, Gary & Frank!
For all the usually thankless, and often unpleasant, tasks you do here, I think you two definitely deserve those tokens of appreciation!
Plaudits to the posse of Porch people who planned and put into practice this pair of prestigious presents!
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If there were a Madeline Kahn knife, it would have be quick and sharp and brightly flashing.
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Inexplicably, I was challenged to distinguish between Madeline Kahn and Bernadette Peters back in the day!
My wife and I spent 5 days in NYC last week. It's something we try to do every November, just before the Christmas season really starts. ...
Sorry for the long post. I figured those that may have never visited would get a kick out seeing some images. Well worth the trip if you get the chance!
I was happy to have my Coffin jack along!
Thanks for the fascinating "travelogue", Gary!
I visited college friends in New Jersey in December 1972 who took me to NYC for a day. This farm kid was pretty overwhelmed by the experience!
. Eight years in the Navy and afterwords traveling extensively in various parts of the world the only place I can recall where there was any hostility directed toward me and those with me was in old Jerusalem from some Muslim kids who decided for their own reasons that we were somehow bad people.
Otherwise I have to say that people are generally good people wherever you go if you act like a good and courteous person.
I tend to agree with you,
@Mayonardo, but I wonder if middle and high schools are exceptions. Sometimes seems to be a lot of unwarranted cruelty among groups of kids.
I've missed you all, been gone deer hunting since last Wednesday morning, when I left for southern Illinois and the family farm. I was blessed with a nice, fat, 9-point buck this year. Got him at 18 yards with my 45 Colt Magnum Research revolver. What a blast! (pun intended!)
Congrats on getting your buck, Jeff!
Thankful to see you out there hunting after your surgery earlier this year!
Ladies and Gents, we've lost a member.
Mark did most of his posting here in Traditional.
There's a thread in Community...
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/rip-zolthar-mark.1697143/#post-19401994
Such sad news, Frank. Sincere sympathy to Mark's family and friends.
Mark and I corresponded a fair amount, with me telling him about the positive influence of Dutch immigrants in my area. But I never knew he was ill, or that he had little kids. He sent me this thoughtful and generous "care package" of Dutch treats early this year:
- GT