Weekend Open Thread: Random Thoughts Edition

H. Clay Aalders
Weekend Open Thread
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Howdy folks. Not really sure what my muse is tonight. I don’t have a theme. Mostly, it is nice to have the website functioning at an acceptable level. I have no idea when we will roll out the new one. They are still working out a bunch of back-end issues. Website architecture is really not my cup of tea.

So my memes are really just a collection of ones that made me laugh this week. This is the only one that is remotely current event related.

There is a big drop off in germaphobia and the like with kid #2. I don’t even know if I would remember the names of 7 kids.

There aren’t any knife shows of note this weekend. What are peoples’ thoughts on Blade West moving to Southern California?

This one could have worked in previous Open Threads – any number of pandemic themed ones, or the Whisky Thread from a month ago.

I think I owe someone a Work Sharp tumbler from the last Open Thread before the website plotzed. I just went back and looked. Yup. Drawing now…Hey Cmeat… You are the winner. You might actually use this. It is a Kleen Kanteen vacuum tumbler, which will definitely keep a beverage hot while you are driving through the Windy City weather.

I don’t have anything good for this week, I am sorry, I am just too far behind on getting new release stuff out on the website. Soon we will have a glut of stuff I promise.

This one is stupid, but I actually laughed out loud.

This one didn’t quite reach that level, but it is brilliant.

This is a brilliant revelation as well…

This one goes out to Hocky…

And finally, you might be Metal, but you will never be a buck wearing the skull of its vanquished rival Metal…

Have a good one folks…

 

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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. ineligible. that word never looks like it’s spelled correctly. so a second comment to thank h. for the tumbler is in order.
    thanks, clay. me daughter swipes all the yetis work hands out for safety. she may not have interest in a tumbler size (hoping).

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  2. Hey, Clay – I’m running low on clean laundry, are you going to send that Syderco T-shirt from last years draw, or is it stuck in the same postberg that’s holding up Hocky’s Knife Magazines?

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  3. A “Tom and Jerry” movie is advertised as being released in March 2021! I remember when the ‘cartoon’ preceded the feature. Yes back in late ’50s and early ’60s, the local theaters in Hagerstown (Henry’s, the Maryland and the Colonial) cost $.35 to $.50 to get in the door. I saw the “Iron Mistress” with Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie at the Henry’s. (I have the DVD, now). So much for nostalgia this snowy Monday. Hocky

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    1. Saturday at The Cinema in Washington Township, NJ it cost a quarter. 3 Merri Melodies, an episode of The Lone Ranger and a movie. Looking back, it was designed as a place to drop their kids off between basketball season ending and Little League starting. Lots of nostalgia indeed.
      I hope it warms up whoever you are. We topped out at 74 yesterday after a high of 23 on Friday.

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  4. Primes-We never lost power. Our eldest did, and she and her’s stayed here for a few days until their power was restored.
    Stuart: -2 with a wind chill of -15 will get your attention! We’re built for August heat rather than Minnesota Spring!
    Craig: I hope you have a successful show. Perhaps you could share a photo of some of those Civil War sharps.

    We hit 54 yesterday and were above freezing all night. It’s 65 now with the sun out and beautiful blue skies. Everything has melted and the streets are dry.
    Clay- I’m the 4th of 5; my parents just started with eldest and stopped when they got to your name! It was pretty much what everyone’s folks did I’m my neighborhood.
    And SPAM sushi is just sacrilegious!

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  5. Oh man, So glad this thread is back, the memes are just as good as ever, and the website is running better! I haven’t had much to contribute in a while but regularly check the website for updates and news – and to read the comments on the weekend thread!
    Craig – hope your show this weekend went well. Let us know if there was a good turnout.
    Hockey – I’ll eat just about anything with velveeta on it, even Spam. I’m actually getting a little hungry just thinking about it.
    How’s everybody dealing with the cold/snow in your area? I heard that 70% of the continental US got hit with snow and winter weather this week. I’m in PA, so we’re covered with snow but it’s nothing new for our state. My family in TX, however, is not dealing with it as well.

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    1. Primus – that snow is rough here in LA! I can see it right across the basin, way up on the top of the mountains, but what with the heat haze it gets pretty fuzzy in my binoculars when I look at it. Dont worry we get it in spades with earthquakes, wild fires, and furries

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  6. SPAM sushi? . . . or is that spamshimi? slushspamola . . . Now, I am hungry for a “SPAM and VELVEETA” hot off the Griswold!! The “Sharpie camo-cap” is ingenious! (Who uses a yellow Sharpie?? I do have blue, red and green . . . ). I have been watching old-time cartoons, e.g. Popeye, Betty Boop, Tom & Jerry, at “TOON in with ME TV” from 0700-0800 hrs on weekdays. Sure beats the hell out of the so-called news. The interesting feature of these “oldies” is the prevalence of knives and the resourcefulness of the characters; for example, Tom Cat was building a “better mousetrap” and his design was a “Rube Goldberg” type of thing. It was fascinating animation for 1953. Ultimately, a knife cut the rope holding the safe which fell on Tom’s head. Jerry wins, again.

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  7. I like it. Sometimes we need to skip the work detail and have a few laughs. It’s good for ones sanity. I’m doing a show in Fort Oglethorpe GA. (Rossville) this weekend. It’s a small show but should be better than just watching westerns all weekend.lol I’ll be displaying a nice collection of Civil War guns & bowie knives at this one. Should be interesting since it’s virtually in the edge of Chickamauga National Battlefield. My first time at this show but some of my items might have been here 158 years ago?

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