The CZickness XLVI...What's next my friends.

[Benp]

Mine will be still working till I die. A very different retirement.

Same here!

 

[Biggredchev]

I have a pantsless highway project should the road choose to accept it. BRC has some steel tubing that I have a project for if anyone is heading past Ligonier and can move it south.

I should note im willing to get it to whoever in NE IN that might be planning a trip in Patience’s direction sometime in the future. Its a 3”x5” 3/16 wall peice about 4’ long.

 

[Benp]

Wife tells me gas went up to $4.39/gal.

Yeah, glad I waited to fill the tank until today. Ugh!

 

[Biggredchev]

Ill just be happy if the whole world isnt smoldering when i die.

 

[Benp]

I saw Allen briefly this morning, no work being done, just a consult visit.

 

[bcannon]

I should note im willing to get it to whoever in NE IN that might be planning a trip in Patience’s direction sometime in the future. Its a 3”x5” 3/16 wall peice about 4’ long.

I'll be in his neck of the woods Friday but I'm in Tippecanoe County. Any chance it could get to me before then or close to me anyway?

 

[gmcttr]

Wife tells me gas went up to $4.39/gal.

Same here. I feel like I hit the lottery filling up last week at only $3.999.

 

[RustyHornet]

Wife tells me gas went up to $4.39/gal.

Your wife is right…

 

[WebSnyper]

Wife tells me gas went up to $4.39/gal.

Saw that here as well.

 

[MindfulMan]

I like my P10C with an optic and my PDP Compact. Was going to get an optics ready version of the Shield Plus to replace the non-optics ready version I have, but I'm going to hold off. I don't carry the Shield Plus as much as I'd thought I would.

Why not, WT ? (I'm curious, as I'm considering a Shield Plus, or similar)

 

[Biggredchev]

I'll be in his neck of the woods Friday but I'm in Tippecanoe County. Any chance it could get to me before then or close to me anyway?

Thats a tad more than i can swing during the week. Tippy Co. is 4.5hr round trip for me.

Id like to stay north of 24, south of the MI line, west of the Ohio line, and east of 15, for this one.

 

[patience0830]

Thats a tad more than i can swing during the week. Tippy Co. is 4.5hr round trip for me.

Id like to stay north of 24, south of the MI line, west of the Ohio line, and east of 15, for this one.

And this is not a rush for me.

 

[MindfulMan]

I've been searching for a folding pocket knife with Woolly Mammoth scales for a couple of years now. Although I'm plodding ahead with my project to make my own scales for a neck knife (photos I've already shown), I've wanted a knife that showcases what true master silversmiths/ lapidary experts/ jewelers could create.

Finally, the one I (didn't know that I wanted, until I saw it) revealed itself, on Santa Fe Stoneworks <{click for link} one-of-a-kind R&D page.
Until I was married, I used to say "I'm addicted to Girls, Guns, and Guitars". After marriage, I had to drop "Girls", and substitute Knives.

The Police model Spyderco has been continuously in their line-up since 1980.
When the craftsmen at Stoneworks put their love into it, and made a scale
of Jet, Woolly Mammoth molar , and sweeps of Mother of Pearl .... I had to make it mine. I hope that you like the photo. It was my afternoon project !

(click to make bigger)

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

I have a red dot on my P10s, and my VP9. I bought an Optics Ready slide for my VP9. I am debating taking the OR slide off it and put it back to the original slide.

The P10s I have only shot with the optic on it, so I am used to it. I haven't gotten the VP9 sighted in yet.

I absolutely love my P10s w/ dot. Climbed the EDC hierarchy quickly. I can pull tight groups, but need to work much more on picking it up initially off the draw. My first foray into dotted pistolas.

Evening all. Busy till sundown as per, now catching a flick with Pickle Lady before bed.

 

[patience0830]

I've been searching for a folding pocket knife with Woolly Mammoth scales for a couple of years now. Although I'm plodding ahead with my project to make my own scales for a neck knife (photos I've already shown), I've wanted a knife that showcases what true master silversmiths/ lapidary experts/ jewelers could create.

Finally, the one I (didn't know that I wanted, until I saw it) revealed itself, on Santa Fe Stoneworks <{click for link} one-of-a-kind R&D page.
Until I was married, I used to say "I'm addicted to Girls, Guns, and Guitars". After marriage, I had to drop "Girls", and substitute Knives.

The Police model Spyderco has been continuously in their line-up since 1980.
When the craftsmen at Stoneworks put their love into it, and made a scale
of Jet, Woolly Mammoth molar , and sweeps of Mother of Pearl .... I had to make it mine. I hope that you like the photo. It was my afternoon project !

(click to make bigger)

Very nice, MM. Now cerakote the blade blue and you'll really be stylin'.

 

[88E30M50]

I feel retirement calling me on a daily basis. Not a real retirement, but just a retirement from a large corporation. I’m going on 26 years at my present company and feel like that’s been 16 years longer than I should have stayed.

Stay too long at a company and a couple of things happen. First, you get comfortable. Comfortable in having a decent amount of vacation and a decent pay. Comfortable in having the ability to work from home for years at a time with nobody saying squat because you have always been the guy that gets stuff done.

Then, you start accumulating baggage in the form of being the last guy left in the company from a lot of projects. You also can become the fix it guy that watches other team members melt down when there’s a challenge, only to step in for them and fit it with no drama. That last part gets lots of crap work assigned because while others will just whine and bitch, you get it done and move on.

Now, I find myself thinking on a daily basis what it would be like to not have 14 assessments in my in basket, and not be the guy that runs the teams process. I find myself wondering what life would be like to not have 5 major projects in the works over and above the day to day stuff.

Retirement will get here soon enough, but I really wish it would speed up a bit. I’d love to take 6 months off and then start something new. 6 months without deadlines or status reports. I’ve not had more than 2 weeks off since sometime around 1981.

Yup, retirement from corporate life sure does sound interesting

 

[88E30M50]

Don’t mean to be whining tonight. Just tired. Worked the day and this evening, shoveled stone with my oldest son. Lots left to shovel but we’re getting it done.

 

[toyotaslave]

This is next for me! Picked it up today. I wasn't necessarily looking for the OR version but what the heck maybe I'll put a red dot on there eventually. My first modern CZ pistol!

 

[MindfulMan]

Very nice, MM. Now cerakote the blade blue and you'll really be stylin'.

Now you've done it .... planted another seed !

 

[RustyHornet]

I've been searching for a folding pocket knife with Woolly Mammoth scales for a couple of years now. Although I'm plodding ahead with my project to make my own scales for a neck knife (photos I've already shown), I've wanted a knife that showcases what true master silversmiths/ lapidary experts/ jewelers could create.

Finally, the one I (didn't know that I wanted, until I saw it) revealed itself, on Santa Fe Stoneworks <{click for link} one-of-a-kind R&D page.
Until I was married, I used to say "I'm addicted to Girls, Guns, and Guitars". After marriage, I had to drop "Girls", and substitute Knives.

The Police model Spyderco has been continuously in their line-up since 1980.
When the craftsmen at Stoneworks put their love into it, and made a scale
of Jet, Woolly Mammoth molar , and sweeps of Mother of Pearl .... I had to make it mine. I hope that you like the photo. It was my afternoon project !

(click to make bigger)

That is so stinkin pretty! I’d feel honored to slice my finger open with it while playing with it!