All About Pocket Knives

koldgold wrote:

Mr Rick wrote:Ford GT40 Mark II, Winner 1966 Le Mans, Drivers, Bruce McLaren / Chris Amon. Built from a 1/24 scale plastic kit.

Hi Rick, I had a drive of a MK1 GT40 with the small 289 engine.
Although it was on a race track, I was told to keep the speed under 100mph.
That was some car, the MK3 would be a hand-full to drive.

....rick, next to my '56 t'bird, this has to be my "bucket list" car....awesome!!!!........... ......

Rode my bicycle out the Herbert Glacier Trail earlier......here are a couple phone pics of the glacier.

IM

Pretty cool, Trev. You certainly live in a wonderful place

Great pics all! I always love to see pics of Alaska, keep em coming IM!

I think many on the forum will have spent serious time in the Huey. The lad is my nephew; just graduated from 8th grade last night and is already 6 feet tall with size 11 1/2 shoe size. And he hasn't even had his adolescent growth spurt yet! Currently interested in learning aviation mechanics at Southern Illinois U. after high school.

My cousin's boy went to SIU for AvMech. It's a good program. He now has a good job in Green Bay WI, I think with Cessna but don't quote me on that.

My cousin's boy went to SIU for AvMech. It's a good program

Thanks very much for the input. I'll be sure to pass it along to the family.

went to a couple yard sells today and picked up this little vice i guess the name is home 203 1/2 its 3 inch jaws with swivle base and a small anvile i thought it was a pretty good deal at 10 dollars

Hootie -- That's an excellent deal ya got there. Perfect size for the shop too. (It's possibly a Colombian-Reed) Is it USA made?

yes its made in usa

Here's a little project my wife and I spent a good part of the day working on. Those are jars of cherry preserves. We have a small cherry tree in our yard that has been loaded with ripe red cherries this year. We managed to beat the birds to them this year and have just completed our first few batches of cherry preserves. They are still cooling so we have not tried any yet. Never did this before so it's somewhat of an experiment. We have another batch of cherries picked and ready to work on tomorrow evening but for now, we've had enough.

Who had the pleasure of pitting all those cherries? I can remember sitting out in the yard at my grandparents place with my cousins, pitting cherries with a bobby pin. I never cared for that kind of work. I would have much rather been off playing in the woods but I sure ate my share of cherry pie and cherry cobbler.

Jerry we used drinking straws to remove the pits. Worked pretty well but sure took a while.

I took a walk up the canyon rim yesterday. I don't know who built the monument or how long it has been there. Just had to prove this old fart could still make it up there. This may have been more fun than pitting cherries but the cherries are going to be enjoyed a lot longer!

What a fantastic view. What is that body of water in the background ?

Wow Rustle!
Wyoming is beautiful country

Thank you. Alcova Reservoir is the big water, and the North Platte river is flowing thru the canyon. There are 3 or 4 dams along the river here, Alcova being one of them. Before the dams were built, old papers referred to the North Platte river as being "a mile wide and an inch deep" when it flooded.

Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Fox Glacier New Zealand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Glacier

Mt Wellington Tasmania: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Well ... (Tasmania)

Aryes Rock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru

That is gorgeous! The road alongside the cliff is unique and awesome. Maybe in my next life I can live in Austrailia!

Thanks Ken. Australia is on my bucket list. Most likely going to stay in the bucket but at least it's in there.

Went for an early morning cruise and grabbed a few pics.......they are a little hazy but wanted to post them anyway.

IM

AWESOME__AWESOME___WOW!!!!!!------------ Trevor,___I have not seen scenery like that,since May 1999--when we flew to Seattle and rented a car (spent 15 days ,touring Oregon,Washington,and British Columbia )----Port Hardy,on Vancouver Island,was as far north as we got, then ferried back over to mainland Canada,before heading south again**** as I stated,-- that is some awesome conuntry you live in my friend !!!!!

Came dragging this home with me yesterday. It was given to me by my buddy's sister. She's moving and didn't want to take it with her.

It's 30" wide x 15" deep x 50" high, metal over wood and heavy as hell. You should have seen three old men dragging it up the stairs out of her basement. I'm still not real sure what I'm going to do with it, so for now it's still out in the garage.

It's an old medical drug storage cabinet. The top lifts up and there is a clever mechanism that lowers the front at the same time. Behind that is a removable heavy duty milk glass "tray". Nifty stuff. Quarter inch glass top laying on the flat front part that looks like it was original from the factory (American Cabinet Company).