Hi Donn - Concerning my Morgan motor car...there are more than you think because they were imported over many decades. Having said that, the Morgan Car Company made few of them and they mostly rotted away (had a wood super structure under the body skins. Mine was a total basket case and I had to replace all the wood, etc. People don't take them out much - garage queens. A pity really. Not very comfortable - like being drug around in a peach crate over a rough road. But, dripping with cool.
Thanks for elaborating! That sounds like pretty much a complete rebuild then.
I've never ridden in one, but I've driven a Caterham, (a more bare bones low 2-seater) which sounds like it was about as comfortable as your Morgan.
There very expensive cars over here in the UK nowadays but you still see them about on sunny days (i.e, not often). I hope you get the weather to enjoy yours
Interesting photo with the book!
Thanks Dennis. it's actually from an atlas that pre-dates the moon landings.
Hey Jack my telly has a snooze function which I can set to turn off after 30 mins or an hour.
Do you know how to pick a good nectarine?
Nectarines are one of my favorite fruits, behind only mangoes and red seedless grapes. For the longest time I was clueless on how to pick them. Sometimes I would get a sweet, juicy gem, while others left me unsatisfied.
A while back a kind lass at the local Farmers' Market taught me The Secret. She told me to leave the beautiful, gleaming fruit for those obsessed with the superficial and to instead choose their freckled kin. It seems that the freckles on nectarines, much like the freckles on a human's skin, are sun spots. These spots are indications that the nectarine has had more sun exposure, which causes the nectarine to build more sugars, making it sweeter.
Guess which knife I'll be using on this bunch? None other than my WCLF of course. The long, slim blade is perfect for the task, whether it's quartering a freestone or slicing pieces off a clingstone.
Thanks for spilling the beans, I never knew that about nectarines.
And that looks the perfect fruit knife.
Something that I was thinking about today: I have quite an assortment of Lambsfoot knives now but the one that I currently lack is Wright's Big 'Un. I am not sure how the Waynorth Lamb compares in terms of size but I have very much enjoyed the dimensions. The longer blade gives me more versatility in the cuts I can make, especially when preparing food, but I don't feel put out by the additional length. In fact, I have a knife that can operate like a big knife as well as a small knife and that is something rather remarkable. In my opinion, of course.
Some comparison shots of what is representative in my current collection:
The big 'un is the largest (UK legal) slipjoint I have and is the best for when you need a large robust knife for outdoor work.
It's also the perfect size for slicing pies.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR!
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Is that all for you Jack?
Aye I looked at the computer screen once after leaving the computer for about 30 minutes and found this thread had advanced 2 pages...
Lovely looking damascus there on that mahogany.
Your pic of you fine golden horn Lambsfoot with the F1 engine inspired me to take the one I am posting today.
There might be a small difference in horsepower.
Have a good week Guardians!
I was chatting to my brother about the F1 engine. Apparently it was burning 20 tonnes of fuel
every second! It burned the equivalent amount of fuel every 8 seconds that a 747 would use on a 17 hour flight and just the fuel pump alone was pumping as much fuel every second as a 747 uses on take take off.
Yours looks way more powerful than that though
Couldn't decide which lambsfoot go with this black cherry pie.
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Mmmm....Waynorth lambsfoot....mmmmmm...cherry piiie.....
Was a pocketknife standard issue by the time of the Crimean War? If not, and soldiers had to personally obtain their sharps, I wonder if any Hussars, Lancers, or Light Dragoons had a lambsfoot in their pockets during the famous Charge?
Good question. British Redcoats weren't particularly well provided for (but better than the civilian poor) and I forget the proportion now but many were convicts who'd been given a choice; jail or enlist. I seem to recall reading once they were issued with a tool for maintaining their muskets but I may be mis-remembering the date. Given the appalling funding of the army in the 19th century I'm going to hazard a guess and say they were not issued with a pocket knife.
Just briefly. Many of our towns and cities displayed Russian cannon captured in the Crimea. Most were unfortunately melted down for metal in WWI but a few survived.
Love that shot.
Wife was doing some British baking so told me to bring the lambsfoot for a picture.
A hot water crust pork pie and a merengue roll elderberry/peach custard.
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Your British baking looks more British than our British baking....
Keeping with the recent navigation theme I remembered I do have one old compass.
Great shots everyone.
