All About Pocket Knives

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:47 pm

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:31 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:55 am

Not butting in at all my friend! I like the way you’re thinking there. I’m going to try that!

Are you sure you ain’t from the southeastern US? Everything we edt starts with butter and bacon grease! Rofl!

Maybe i have family roots from that part of the world that i do not know about!!!

Well in my part of the world we’re mostly Scotch Irish. We got kicked out of northern England and Southern Scotland, sent to Northern Ireland, and they didn’t like us there either, so we got to the colonies, and the English on the seaboard didn’t like us and we moved to the hills and hollers.

Maybe the families crossed paths along the way. We wen west and y’all went east.

My family originally also came here from Ireland, good old Irish catholic stock. So we well maybe related.

Waring's were actually Normans who settled in Ireland after William the Conqueror. Then Canada then the US.
But I don't care as long as the food is good.
Bill

thankgod4rkids wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:28 pm Waring's were actually Normans who settled in Ireland after William the Conqueror. Then Canada then the US.
But I don't care as long as the food is good.
Bill

I’m with ya there!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 5:38 pm I came across some chicory when out and about this morning. The roots and leaves of this plant have numerous purported health benefits, has anyone ever partaken? Buying a bottle from the shelf at GNC doesn't count. It has also been used as a coffee substitute.

Still available, in the South at least. I’ve not tried the 100% chicory but the blend is pretty good. Community Coffee is our favorite - family owned and based in Baton Rouge.

Ken

I think that’s the one I’ve had. The mix. Pretty decent stuff best I remember.

Did a bunch of driveway repairs and ditch digging at the farm today, man I'm beat. Had this trio with me; Geo. Schrade Bridgeport CONN Presto, RR lady leg and good ol' Rocky. The lady leg came in handy after the work was done.

Beautiful country there! And that Schrade is outstanding!

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:41 am good ol' Rocky.

You've had "good ol' Rocky" for quite some time now and I see you're still using him. Have you fallen in love with "good ol' Rocky" to the point where it would be difficult to replace him?

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:00 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:41 am good ol' Rocky.

You've had "good ol' Rocky" for quite some time now and I see you're still using him. Have you fallen in love with "good ol' Rocky" to the point where it would be difficult to replace him?

Yep, at the farm Rocky is right there by my right hand. I used him yesterday to pick some cabbages, Saturday to cut some peaches.

Some more interesting varmints around the new house in Parker Co.

The wife and I arrived back home this week and saw this mama tarantula in the window sill next to the door with all her babies on her back. I left her alone, and came back a few hours later and she was still sitting there. I grabbed a flyswatter and gently nudged her across the porch and onto the grass.

And then my friend / neighbor texted yesterday evening and said he killed a Diamondback rattler. He bought it over to my house and we parted him from his head. Just a tick under 6 feet long and a girth of 9.5 inches. I am 6' 2" shown holding it - minus it's head. Second one this size killed around here this week. After it was skinned and stretched it measured 6 and a half feet.

That's a BIG snake!!

The Air Force sent me on a trip to Oklahoma some years back.
There was a Rattlesnake Roundup in town while we were there.
Of course had to go check it out. There was a big ol' ring with a plexiglass wall about 4' high with several hundred, I guess, rattlers in it. Guys walking around in there provoking the snakes to strike. Most of the snakes seemed reluctant--giving credence to the statement that snakes would rather slither off on their merry way rather than strike.
There was a tent set up serving rattlesnake meat. I got in line, albeit a long one that started outside the tent. I was gonna try me some rattlesnake meat! Finally got inside, the smell of old grease hanging thick in the air; they were frying the meat. I was able to see what folks had on their plates. For a buck they were getting a fried piece of snake about an inch and a half long. Watching them trying to get what little meat there was between all the ribs seemed like a real chore.
Still had a long line to wait, so not wanting to deal with the smell of the grease, and not too keen on spending 45 minutes to dig out a teaspoon full of meat, I stepped out and didn't bother.
I would have liked to try it, though.

Unk wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:39 pm Some more interesting varmints around the new house in Parker Co.

The wife and I arrived back home this week and saw this mama tarantula in the window sill next to the door with all her babies on her back. I left her alone, and came back a few hours later and she was still sitting there. I grabbed a flyswatter and gently nudged her across the porch and onto the grass.

And then my friend / neighbor texted yesterday evening and said he killed a Diamondback rattler. He bought it over to my house and we parted him from his head. Just a tick under 6 feet long and a girth of 9.5 inches. I am 6' 2" shown holding it - minus it's head. Second one this size killed around here this week. After it was skinned and stretched it measured 6 and a half feet.

That my friend is one big snake, a nasty looking critter. I have dispatched a few snakes in my time, and it still makes my skin crawl even handling a dead one, just don't like 'em. But fantastic pictures, thanks for posting.

Mike, that is a lot of buttons!!! And also a lot of babies on the tarantula.

That's some fascinating stuff right there . Thanks for sharing Mike.

Rattlesnakes are actually pretty rare around here. My friend who killed it said this is the first rattlesnake he has seen around our houses, and he has lived in his current house for 18 years. He has a deer lease out in Junction, and he sees them regularly out there. So he is used to dealing with them, but this is the largest one he has ever killed. It had two rabbits in it when he skinned it.

They just bulldozed some trees near where he found this one. New subdivision going in . Some other neighbors killed one roughly the same size earlier in the week. We are assuming they were displaced by the bulldozing - maybe they ran over a snake den?

Took 3 boys fishing yesterday....
Saw some deer at the local park. I caught the only bass...

TripleF wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:44 pm I caught the only bass...

So there really is a fountain of youth in Florida!!

No doubt the boys had a great time with you.

My Grandson and I were fishing (with success) for Bluegills when this little beast latches on to his line!

It was always said down home that if one clamps down on you it won't let go until it thunders.

They're strong for sure! He wasn't hooked, he just clamped down on the bait. When we got him landed on the dock he let go and he was mad!

Some outstanding pics, BigH!

Outstanding pics bigH. The butterfly is great! Been seeing a lot of butterflies around here recently too.

Ken

bh, looking at your pics always make me jealous of your place. I'm glad you have it and have your eyes open to all it's wondrousness. Love the pics again, and thanks for making our day a little better with them.

John