All About Pocket Knives

Looks good to me JW.

How about a PA sundown.

Okay, what's crabling? Is that anything like what some people call noodling or as my uncle called it grabbling. Fishing with your bare hands. I wouldn't stick my arm up in one of those holes for all the tea in China. With my luck there would be a big old snapping turtle backed up in there and he would latch onto me. No thanks!!!!!

jerryd6818 wrote:Okay, what's crabling? Is that anything like what some people call noodling or as my uncle called it grabbling. Fishing with your bare hands. I wouldn't stick my arm up in one of those holes for all the tea in China. With my luck there would be a big old snapping turtle backed up in there and he would latch onto me. No thanks!!!!!

I fixed my spelling error.
J.T. I saw all the pictures you posted. Makes me wish I lived in a place like that.

The New Harmony Bridge was built as a crossing for The Big Wabash River in 1931. In 1952, when I lived in New Harmony Indiana, it cost ten cents to cross this bridge and they said it would become "free" when it was paid off. Today it's still a toll bridge, costs $1.00 and I wouldn't advise crossing it. The included picture does not do it's condition justice.

National Bridge Inventory data - New Harmony Bridge over Wabash River
Found at: http://uglybridges.com/1160688

Facts
Name: FAP-857 (ILL-14) over WABASH RIVER
Structure number: 000097990121309
Location: NEW HARMONY
Purpose: Carries two-lane highway over waterway
Route classification: Minor Arterial (Rural) [06]
Tolls: Yes [1]
Length of largest span: 299.9 ft. [91.4 m]
Total length: 2579.2 ft. [786.1 m]
Roadway width between curbs: 20.0 ft. [6.1 m]
Deck width edge-to-edge: 21.3 ft. [6.5 m]
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.4 ft. [5.0 m]
Owner: Private (other than railroad) [26]
Year built: 1931
Historic significance: Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [5]
Design load: M 13.5 / H 15 [2]
Number of main spans: 4
Main spans material: Steel [3]
Main spans design: Truss - Thru [10]
Deck type: Concrete Cast-in-Place [1]
Wearing surface: Epoxy Overlay [5]

February 2008 Inspection
Status: Posted for load [P]
Average daily traffic: 850 [as of 2009]
Truck traffic: 5% of total traffic
Deck condition: Poor [4 out of 9]
Superstructure condition: Fair [5 out of 9]
Substructure condition: Fair [5 out of 9]
Structural appraisal: Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is [5]
Deck geometry appraisal: Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrrective action [3]
Water adequacy appraisal: Equal to present desirable criteria [8]
Roadway alignment appraisal: Equal to present minimum criteria [6]
Channel protection: Bank protection is being eroded. River control devices and/or embankment have major damage. Trees and rush restrict the channel. [5]
Scour condition: Scour calculation/evaluation has not been made. [6]
Operating rating: 39.6 tons [36.0 metric tons]
Inventory rating: 19.8 tons [18.0 metric tons]
Evaluation: Structurally deficient [1]
Sufficiency rating: 44.2
Recommended work: Replacement of bridge or other structure because of substandard load carrying capacity or substantial bridge roadway geometry. [31] Estimated cost of work: $13,236,000

I used to cringe crossing those old bridges in an 18 wheeler. The old Vicksburg bridge was very similar. There was enough room for two trucks to meet IF both of you had your trucks in your lane. There were a lot of mirrors swapped or knocked off the RH side on that old bridge. I never lost one but thought I was going to on several occasions. I've been on some WAY worse looking bridges than that one while hauling WAY overweight permit loads. Driving up on a bridge in the middle of nowhere with a 25T limit and your rig is putting over 80T of smash on the ground sure makes that rear end pucker when you roll out across it. Never fell through, but I imagine I bent a few of 'em. I was on my route but that don't help much when you fall through.

Here's something different.


Indian War era belt buckle and a reservation era toe tag.

That's some cool stuff there Old Wullie. Love that toe tag!

The 24 that's stamped in the U. Do you know what significance that has?

My cousin hauls out of Mt. Vernon Indiana and most times he runs up the Indiana side of the Big Wabash but if he has to cross into Illinois, he won't do it at New Harmony.

Thanks All.

Jerry, I've not been able to find out anything about that "24" stamped on the buckle. It is an old stamp and looks to be concurrent with the age of the buckle though.

Owd Wullie wrote:Thanks All.

Jerry, I've not been able to find out anything about that "24" stamped on the buckle. It is an old stamp and looks to be concurrent with the age of the buckle though.

Unit number maybe? 24th Bucket Brigade or some such nonsense.

View of the Upper West Side of Manhattan looking across Central Park. Taken from the roof top of The Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday afternoon. They have two bars on the roof top patio.

This is my buddy Tom with the 41" Muskie he caught on Lake Kincaid Illinois. I'm pretty sure it was late October but more likely early November of 2003. This was the last hour we were on the lake. It had turned cold that morning and after he caught his fish, we trailered the boat and headed back north. The first day we were out, I caught a 36" Muskie. Well, "I caught" is subjective. We had a guide the first day there. We had been on the water less than a half hour and the guide had lines out trolling. When one hooked onto a fish, they handed the rod to me and I reeled it in. I've never really felt like I caught the fish in the purest sense of the term.

vikingdog wrote:View of the Upper West Side of Manhattan looking across Central Park. Taken from the roof top of The Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday afternoon. They have two bars on the roof top patio.

No wonder the skyline looks tilted

Jerry, I have been on Kincaid a few times.....beautiful lake! Nice fish there

Tim

jerryd6818 wrote:

Owd Wullie wrote:Thanks All.

Jerry, I've not been able to find out anything about that "24" stamped on the buckle. It is an old stamp and looks to be concurrent with the age of the buckle though.

Unit number maybe? 24th Bucket Brigade or some such nonsense.

Tried tying in a 24th of every type unit I could think of except bucket brigade and balloon corp.

No joy. LOL

Could be something like the 2nd of the 4th (2nd Squadron 4th Cav)

Owd Wullie wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:

Owd Wullie wrote:Thanks All.

Jerry, I've not been able to find out anything about that "24" stamped on the buckle. It is an old stamp and looks to be concurrent with the age of the buckle though.

Unit number maybe? 24th Bucket Brigade or some such nonsense.

Tried tying in a 24th of every type unit I could think of except bucket brigade and balloon corp.

No joy. LOL

Several states had a 24th Regiment and some had two.

24th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment
24th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
24th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
24th Ohio Battery
24th Ohio Infantry
Etc, Etc, Etc

I think tying it back to a specific unit might even be impossible for an expert on Civil War militaria.

And then there's always the possibility it's a modern day remake. (A little research showed only oval Civil War buckles with US on them.)

Disclaimer: I know very little about the Civil War and am in no way claiming knowledge of Civil War uniforms other than what I find on the Internet.

Maybe Indian Wars?? Maybe pistol belt??

See here Willie. Yours appears to be a style from the Indian Wars.
http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/i ... emId=51566

If you never knew.

This picture was taken at a Whoopass manufacturing plant.

Here's a pic of the band I am with, "My Favorit Bluegrass Band" on the main stage at the Festival of the Bluegrass in Lexington, Kentucky (The Kentucky Horse Park).

Holy cats, where did you guys pick up the kid with the dark hair?

T.J. does your band have a CD out and if it does, where might one acquire it?

Hey Jerry - First off he's not a kid, though he is the youngest member. He comes from a family that doesn't age, you know the kind. We're working on getting some recording done and hopefully this summer it will happen. When it does I'll see to that you get one.

Well, personally, I think he's sneakin' down to the beauty parlor for a dye job. No, my lady friends mother is like that. Eighty years old and her hair is still as dark as it was when she was a teenager.

I would be thrilled to get a CD once you guys get one out. Just let me know how much I owe you and where to send the $$.

TJ, Very Cool! Maybe you can get Perry to jam with you Guys sometime!