Weekend Open Thread: Monday through Friday Edition

H. Clay Aalders
Weekend Open Thread
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Howdy Folks. Hope everyone had a great week. For me, the abstract anger and frustration I expressed last week has tempered to a dull seething as issues more directly tied to my daily reality came to the fore. Lacrosse Fall-Ball is in full swing, and field booking and games scheduling have started for the spring. Jersey orders, and mediating between parents who are (rightfully) angry about the condition of our practice field and the Knox Youth Sports organization has dominated my free bandwidth. It has been a frustrating but somehow welcome distraction.

Queso helped too. Queso loves you and wants you to be happy.

I said I wasn’t boiling over with white-hot anger. I didn’t say I was over it.

Gravity is natural. FTW.

Only one knife show this weekend to distract you.

NCCA Marlborough Show

Truth.

Manual Transmission = Millennial Anti-Theft Device.

Hocky gets the first “token” towards the Hoffner Hand Spear, being drawn this week from last week’s entries.

Because the knife is on the more pricey side, you need to be drawn twice to win. Hocky is the first one out to an early lead. 5 comments or replies count as your entries into the drawing. If you are new to the blog, your first comments will be held in moderation until approved. From then on you are free to post at will. Good luck everyone.

“Don’t get cocky Kid.” – Han Solo

I’d party with him. He seems like an epic bloke.

That one is up there with needing to know everything by your second rodeo. Which isn’t a lot of rodeos.

An oldy but goody. This crossed my feed this week, but I have been laughing at it for years.

I think you can get the Death Penalty in Guatemala for that.

You all have become fluent in memes by now. You get it.

For those who need help…

Being a Meme-lord ain’t easy.

Dad Joke of the Week:

Thank you. I’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip your waitress.

Finally, Requiescat in Pace Norm MacDonald. You were a genius.

That is from a fan account, but I am sure Norm would approve. I can’t say “He was my favorite comedian”, that title goes to the late Mitch Hedberg. But MacDonald was fearless. This was from just 10 days after Steve Irwin’s death.

It is a hysterical take that was certainly “too soon” for some, but he charges ahead in a way that is funny without seeming disrespectful.

Well played sir. You will be missed.

Have a good one everybody.

 

 

 

 

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H. Clay Aalders

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives - spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital Editor, curating and creating new content for our website and blog, as well as maintaining the Knife Magazine social media accounts (FB/IG: @theknifemag, Twitter: @knifemagazine). He is also a contributor and Associate Editor of the print magazine.

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  1. I will take credit for “WOT”. I do like “wide open trottle (sic)” (. . . can’t help myself; I was a technical writer at a point in my life). Being detail-oriented, I tend to scrutinize most everything I read. But, I am going to look up “trottle” in Webster’s. It might be an Olde English word for “BTTW” (Balls To The Walls). Re “Sodom” . . . I need to research the Old Testament. I am kinda sure that the Almighty was anal-preventive. “SMOD”? Is that shorthand for “Space Monkeys Of Death”? “Sweet Meteor of Death”?

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    1. Sweet Meteor Of Death.

      A world ending space rock that takes us all out, similar to the one that ended things for the dinosaurs.

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  2. I am sticking with this week’s “WOT” theme, “Monday Through Friday Edition” . . . I checked my calendar and it is Wednesday. This is the first day of Autumn, aka the “Fall Equinox”*. Ah-h-h, the Sun crosses the celestial equator and night and day are of equal lengths; sort of, and Earth’s gravity is perfectly aligned in its relationship with the Sun. Same thing with the Spring, aka the “Vernal Equinox”. I think “Equinox” would be a good knife name. (Tuesday) Pawnshop find: CRKT “Minimalist-Bowie”($). (Monday) Thrift store: “Latama” mini-multi-tool($) . . . Patent No. 41619 (Italy?); Stainless steel case, 2 1/4″ x 1/2″ OAL; Blade, screwdriver, nail cleaner w/file; and a scissors/tweezers combo. It is a SAK “Classic” from Italy! I will send Clay a photo. I did some knife-trading today. Got a mint “Arv” by Helle for a mint “Nying” and some hones. Traded up, basically. The “Arv” handle is a “looker” with the staghorn. (*Note: I googled the “equinox” info. I am not THAT in tune with the heavens. “Armageddon” “2012”, “Deep Impact” and other universe-oriented movies have taught me to ‘look up’, occasionally.

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    1. Goa is a State on the east side of India. Do not know about Hawaii. Re “that guy” and the “penetrative stabby stabber” . . . I am feeling pretty lucky. I hit three numbers in the recent PowerBall!!!! MegaMillions tonight . . .

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  4. i remember norm doing weekend update despite not waching snl since the not ready for primetime players. oddly, while there was always something better to do on saturday night than watch tele, if an opportunity presented itself second city tv was not to be missed. now that norm’s gone i’ve watched some archives and enjoyed what i’ve seen. subtly brilliant.
    the stabby stabber looks fairly penetrative. hate to be sucking hind titty here but… there’s no way that guy will get drawn twice in a row!
    had to revisit the m- f meme- i guess i get it. certain demographics seldom join the provincialate as they are challenged to follow the word mother with the word superior. am i close?

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  5. Thank you for drawing “Hocky” from the raffle drum, . . . or “random number generator”; or, the “Knife Hat”. If I am fortunate enough to be drawn again, then I would own a “Haffner Hand-Spear” and that sounds so much like a tactical sex toy. Regarding memes, I am still learning and far from fluent. The “slide tackle” one made me laugh. As a father of six sons, I enjoyed rough-housing with them when they were “little”. Five of my sons were ages: 10-9-8-6 and 2, when my youngest son, Matthew, was born in 2017. ‘Five-on-Dad’ football in the yard was literally a drag-em slugfest. A kid hanging on each leg, sometimes two, with one hanging from my neck and one thumping the football. I miss those times. On another note, The Moran Forge held a member’s meeting today with Ed Clarke, JS-ABS, demonstrating knife sharpening and other edge-geometry education. Excitement is building as the “All Forged Knife Show” is less than a month away.

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    1. “Tactical sex toy” caused me to nearly ruin my keyboard! I should know better than to take a sip of water before I start reading your comments! Looking at that knife, I don’t want to think about how it might.be….um….deployed?

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      1. I’m 64, and I know you’re older than I am! I was going to be VERY impressed that you were playing “tackle Dad” in your 60’s !!!

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  7. One suggestion for coping with the ‘nonsenses’; lock your phone in your car and head off with some mates for a hike into the wilderness for the week. I just got back from Raes Lake in probably the ‘last non-fire or covid closed part of California’ and it was utterly fantastic. The best way to realize why we love this country; stunning scenery, my first trout on a fly line (Tenkara style) and when I added them all up (first aid kit, fishing kit, pocket and a fixie) 4 knives on hand. The only problem is re-entry to what now passes as society (though like the queso, In-and-Out burgers love you unconditionally).

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    3. So, “Classic” in the 1st Aid Kit . . . and, the “others” are . . . Fishing kit ________; Pocket ____________; Fixie _______________

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      1. Buck ‘minibuck’ tool for fishing, SAK Walker for my pocket (thats almost all you need really), and a Mora Basic 511 for unexpected stuff (We had 3 bear encounters, I doubt that the Mora would do much if they got nasty, though I actually made a set of stakes with it for my mate who left all of his at home). 8oz or so all up, lots of redundancy, you could get a bigger SAK that included scissors and pliers to cover the fishing and blister repair (I didn’t get any), but then its too fat and heavy for the pocket, and you cant belt carry easily with a pack. I’m still figuring out the best combo.

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