All About Pocket Knives

I probably would never have read it either but my 7th grade English teacher made everyone in the class memorize it - the whole blessed thing! Had to stand in front of the class and recite it from memory. Despite that I still always liked the humor in it.

Ken

Reads like an Irish drinking song, I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting!

Halloween, I'm the one with the beer........

Are you on the right or left?

samb1955 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:37 pm Are you on the right or left?

Politically, I'm on the right. In the picture, I'm on the ...............

Did you hear about the skeleton who walked in to a bar and said "I'll have a beer and a mop".

Great to see some faces to the posts. Here is one from the other day before I shaved and cut my hair,

Cleopatra and I

Beautiful pup!

We had a big Black Lab named Goliath and he had brown eyes like that. He was a sweet dog but his bark would send chills down your spine.

What do I look like? Just look to your right>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ken,
I love Robert Service's poetry. I mostly memorized, The Cremation of Sam McGee and the Shooting of Dan McGrew as well as My Husky Team. My Husky Team was my grandfather's favorite poem. In the days before the internet he and I drove all over Eugene Oregon to find a copy of that poem. It's really funny and I would have read it at his funeral, because I know he would have loved it. The only reason I didn't was I knew a few people at the funeral would not have appreciated it.
Grandpa had a great sense of humor!

Not half as startling as the guy that died and at the cemetary he had made a recording of himself hollaring and making noises to get out of the casket. Shook up quite a number of family members. ftd

I'm sorry, I don't see a possible objection to the poem. It would take a pretty narrow mind to object to the last two lines of the deceased's favorite poem.

I met an ancient man who mushed
With Peary to the Pole.
Said I, "In all that land so hushed
What most inspired your soul?"
He looked at me with bleary eye,
He scratched a hoary head:
"You know that Sourdoughs jest cain't lie
So here's the dope," he said.

"That hike was like a devil's dream,
Just blizzards, gales and fogs,
But I was leadin' wi' my team
O' seven husky dogs.
Day after day I steered my sleigh,
Yet spry o' heart was I,
And every night the Northern Light
Danced ballys in the sky.

"Them dogs o' mine seemed to divine
Their mighty destiny.
They howled with joy, and like a boy
I jined them in their glee.
While like a spark from out the dark
Fame spurred us to our goal,
On, on we sped, the winnin' sled
To gain the Pole, the POLE.

"I saw it clear, I raised a cheer,
I knowed the prize was won:
The huskies too, like wind they flew -
Them critters sure could run.
The light was dim, the site was grim,
But sunshine swept my soul,
To see - each husky lift a limb
And...irrigate the Pole."

fergusontd wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:03 pm Not half as startling as the guy that died and at the cemetary he had made a recording of himself hollaring and making noises to get out of the casket. Shook up quite a number of family members. ftd

I must have an odd sense of humor because that's hilarious.

Several years ago...I haven't changed much. Just me.

KLJ77 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:51 pm Several years ago...I haven't changed much. Just me.

Where was the picture taken? I see a pretty big ship on the background.

Nice pic, LJ, looks scary high! (altitude that is!)

samb1955 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:52 pm

KLJ77 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:51 pm Several years ago...I haven't changed much. Just me.

Where was the picture taken? I see a pretty big ship on the background.

SamB, Thanks for asking. Here's a brief answer to your question and a bit of back history.

Where I was standing, was at the very top of what is called "The Hammerhead Crane"...no longer in use. This crane used to be the largest on the East Coast. It was mainly used in the 70's & 80's to lift the 16 inch gun turrets off the battleships for repair or refurbishment. The large building at the base of the crane is where they would work on the turrets. It was built in 1940, weighs 5 million pounds and is 260 feet high. It hasn't been used since 2001 and the Shipyard and stockholders are still in limbo as to what to do with it. They no longer want to spend 1.7 million per year to maintain it. Just not cost effective anymore. This crane is located on the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. I retired from there after 20 years in 2017. I'm afraid of heights, but I had always wanted to 'go up there' during my tenure at the SY. So, when the opportunity presented itself, I sucked up all the courage I could that day and walked up the outside of the cabin area to the area where the catwalk was. If it had been windy, I wouldn't have gone up. But it was a nice calm and sunny day. BUT...I was happy to be back on solid ground after being up there for about an hour. It's one of my better adventurous memories.

Here's a couple of photos. In my photo, I was standing at the very end of the catwalk next to the red warning altitude light. The ship you see in my photo was either the USS Saipan or the USS Wasp. They were departing the Shipyard after completion of work. The river is the Elizabeth River, Portsmouth, Va.

Yes, Dan...for me it was 'scary' high. See my reply to SamB.

I don't like heights either, give us me a queesy feeling in my stomach.

Me enjoying a nice Fall Florida afternoon in the hunting stand. Too bad the deer don’t come out and play!

Thank you for those interesting photos KLJ. I would love to have seen one of those mighty turrets being slung around.

You're very welcome, QS. I too would have enjoyed watching an event like that. The Hammerhead was the only crane at the time that was capable of lifting those turrets.

Glad you enjoyed.

Ropeman, they seem to know.

Here's me and Philip (treefarmer)