All About Pocket Knives

Paul,the place I stopped after lunch needed one of those after I got done.

peanut740 wrote:Paul,the place I stopped after lunch needed one of those after I got done.

I have no clue what these are called??!! John

I'm going with Tiger Lily for the top three. Grows wild in the ditches down home (So. Illinois).
And for the last one I'm going to guess Ramariopsis kunzei, a variety of Coral Fungi. Could be wrong on this one.

jmh58 wrote:

peanut740 wrote:Paul,the place I stopped after lunch needed one of those after I got done.

My daughter is 15 and is convinced she wants to get my truck. Took out the 69 gmc and washed it this evening. It ran like a top.

espn77: If and when your daughter starts driving that truck to school, she is definitely going to be considered the coolest of the cool.

Keith let me share some of my personal experience. I have raised two daughters. I gave each of them their first car when they got old enough to drive legally. Both of them had multiple collisions that left those cars beat all to heck. Most young, inexperienced drivers are going to have at least minor accidents within the first year or two of their driving careers. That truck is awfully slick to put a rookie driver behind the wheel.

I appreciate the tested advice Phil. No sense reinventing the wheel on driving parenting.

That is a fine lookin' old GMC! There is a chance she won't bugger it up. \We raised 3 and only 2 of them wrecked their cars, 2 out of 3 gives hope to some folks.
Treefarmer

Lol. Maybe my daughter is the bottom 33%

Cool truck Keith.I would recommend a vehicle with a few years on it that has airbags for a young driver.

This critter got into a coyote set on my from a few days ago.The guy who got him took a couple of photos before letting him loose.

He's a beauty.

She may not bash anything up. Most females tend to be safer drivers. If she were a 15 y.o. male, however, the odds would be greater at getting crunched.

In 50 years of driving, I have never smashed a vehicle up, but my 1971 Ford Torino GT was T-boned in a parking lot while parked with a cop in front of me and a cop behind me, I've been blown off the road in a rainstorm by an 18-wheeler (light weight Geo Prism) and had a Prius totaled by a squirrel.

I know my little sister has never been in a wreck, ever. My brother and older sister have never been in a wreck to my knowledge.

My middle sister, however, has made up for us - she has had either 6 or 7 cars totaled - 2 were her fault and the others were all idiots running stop lights or stop signs or rear-ending her. She's also blown an engine on a Jeep trying to "push the envelope" to get to a gas station after the low oil pressure gauge/lights came on.

One statement about one of the wrecks that was her fault - she was on meds from 4 different doctors (scattered all over Dallas) and she got the prescriptions from 3 different pharmacies - she would get her scrips filled at whatever pharmacy was on the way home from a particular doctor.

Independently, none of the medications were "sleep inducing". Unfortunately, when combined, the meds combined to cause narcolepsy AND amnesiatic sleep-walking/SLEEP-DRIVING. Since Pharmacists A, B and C were unaware of the various meds being filled at other pharmacies, none of the them were able to warn her of the potential issues.

AFTER she had the wreck and her husband brought a list of all her meds in to the hospital emergency room where she was being treated (busted leg, busted shoulder, concussion), the doctors damn near panicked when they saw the list.

People need to get ALL of their prescriptions filled at the same pharmacy when possible so that ALL meds are recorded at the pharmacy. That way your pharmacist has a snowball's chance of catching negative drug interactions.

zzyzzogeton wrote: People need to get ALL of their prescriptions filled at the same pharmacy when possible so that ALL meds are recorded at the pharmacy. That way your pharmacist has a snowball's chance of catching negative drug interactions.

Great advice! Especially if you have more than one doctor. And make sure ALL your doctors know everything you're taking including all over-the-counter supplements.

Keith, a truck is a great vehicle for a young inexperienced driver, but it would be better if the precious cargo was protected by airbags. My nephew is an automobile liability attorney and a specialist in automotive safety, child restraints, etc. (Not an ambulance chaser - he deals in manufacturer liability). He recommends a late model (as in having airbags) full size pickup truck as the safest vehicle for new drivers.

Ken

Nice GMC.. And KOOL cat pics!!! John

[quote="espn77"]My daughter is 15 and is convinced she wants to get my truck. quote]
I can't blame her for wanting your truck but I have a feeling her chances of getting it are slim and none and slim just left town.

jerryd6818 wrote:

espn77 wrote:My daughter is 15 and is convinced she wants to get my truck. quote]
I can't blame her for wanting your truck but I have a feeling her chances of getting it are slim and none and slim just left town.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT!!!!!!!

peanut740 wrote:This critter got into a coyote set on my from a few days ago.The guy who got him took a couple of photos before letting him loose.

How in the world did he manage to let that critter loose without some major damage?

Ray

Ray he uses a choacher pole.He pulls it tight for about 30 seconds to put the cat out and he has about that long to get it out of the trap.In Ohio there is no season on bobcats and you have to release.He traps in Tennessee and they have a bobcat season and he dispatches them the same way,just longer.

espn77 wrote:My daughter is 15 and is convinced she wants to get my truck. Took out the 69 gmc and washed it this evening. It ran like a top.

I missed the picture of the slick ole jimmy and your beautiful daughter and I agree that she'd be better served in one with all the safety gismos of today.

Keith I'm also convinced I want your truck


Roger that bobcat is very cool. He has a stern look in his eyes like he is not one to be messed with. My uncle saw one while he was in a tree stand waiting for deer one recent morning and he took some pictures. I have never seen one in the wild, but there's at least a few around these parts.

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Always fill your prescriptions at the same pharmacy. I guarantee you, a pharmacist will spot a mistake re' drug interactions before your doctor will.

Bobcats are beautiful animals. Unless they are taking your stock animals, let them live.

And I'm amazed that one was not aware of your uncle in the tree stand.

Our two sons totaled two cars each while still living at home. They weren't reckless or speed demons, just easily distracted.

You have no idea how glad I was to get them off my insurance.

Charlie Noyes

You have no idea how glad I was to get them off my insurance.

Charlie Noyes[/quote]
Oh l have an idea Charlie, l just had one son but he total his first car high school graduation night and his second in his freshman year of college, so l was kinda happy to see him get off my insurance policy.