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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #240 on: January 15, 2018, 07:56:54 PM
:rofl:

But, then, there's no need to be radical. Life gives us each a patina. We all collect wrinkles, creases, scars, grey hair or the lack of it, and our personal patina tells a story of a life lived, sunsets seen, and horizons scanned.

It's a sharp bit of metal that cuts stuff. I want it to work well, not get in the way of its own operation and look aesthetically pleasing because my carry reflects the kind of person I am to both myself and others. This includes looking clean. I don't really require a tool to tell a story, be a part of history, have a soul or look like it would give me tetanus should I slip and cut myself.  :rofl:

I realise I am in the minority with the above but hey, would be a funny world if we all liked patina's. :D
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #241 on: January 15, 2018, 08:03:07 PM
I suspect that there are occasionally people who wonder if I have someplace warm to sleep.   :D

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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #242 on: January 19, 2018, 01:18:46 PM
Is there a wishlist threat around here or should I start one?  :cheers:
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #243 on: January 19, 2018, 02:30:17 PM
My patina was applied by 2x4 to upper lip, and the african sun  :drink:

Most younger ladies don't like patina that much, also seemingly hair  :facepalm:

On a serious note, I'm always amazed by the clear and blemish-free skins of most Europeans I've met, especially the Scandinavians.
Once had dinner with a Ukrainian close to 10 years my senior, but if you saw us together you'd think it was the other way around  :think:

:rofl:

But, then, there's no need to be radical. Life gives us each a patina. We all collect wrinkles, creases, scars, grey hair or the lack of it, and our personal patina tells a story of a life lived, sunsets seen, and horizons scanned.
Lovely thought  :cheers: 


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #244 on: January 20, 2018, 04:53:34 PM
Looks a bit different in the winter  :tu:



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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #245 on: January 20, 2018, 06:22:40 PM
Looks a bit different in the winter  :tu:

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What a great picture! How is driving like up there in those kinds of conditions?
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #246 on: January 20, 2018, 09:01:06 PM
Driving was fine, hadn't snowed since last night so road was pretty clear, the main roads/ bus routes are usually ok a few hours after heavy snow, the smaller back roads are normally untreated but passable with 4x4 (and decent tyres) easy enough  :tu:
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #247 on: January 20, 2018, 09:34:25 PM
Flitz. Because patina = dirt and is evil, ugly and the product of the devils breath. Not that I feel strongly about the subject.  :rofl:

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YES, at last someone else who can't stand their kit looking like arse :salute:
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #248 on: January 22, 2018, 04:29:26 PM
A new arrival!

Esbit style folding stove, under $3 on ebay shipped. Fits in a shirt pocket with plenty space to spare.





I'm just waiting for the little gas stove that Lynn enabled me to buy and I'm going to run a three way test, gas vs Esbit vs Emberlit. Should be interesting!
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #249 on: January 22, 2018, 11:21:12 PM
Nice one poms :tu: Can't wait to see the comparison :cheers:


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #250 on: January 23, 2018, 10:27:43 AM
I have one of those folding stoves, exactly the same looks and (apparently) dimensions.
I also used it to store old Mosin-Nagant bullets we found by the riverside, and it still works as a stove nowadays, all blackened, charred and ugly but good to go   :D
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #251 on: January 23, 2018, 10:31:16 AM
A new arrival!

Esbit style folding stove, under $3 on ebay shipped. Fits in a shirt pocket with plenty space to spare.

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I'm just waiting for the little gas stove that Lynn enabled me to buy and I'm going to run a three way test, gas vs Esbit vs Emberlit. Should be interesting!

how the smurf do you find such great deals? also don't forget that those Esbit stoves can be used with wood (probably not the best for that though) and as a windscreen for alcohol stoves
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #252 on: January 23, 2018, 11:26:45 AM
A new arrival!

Esbit style folding stove, under $3 on ebay shipped. Fits in a shirt pocket with plenty space to spare.

(Image removed from quote.)

(Image removed from quote.)

I'm just waiting for the little gas stove that Lynn enabled me to buy and I'm going to run a three way test, gas vs Esbit vs Emberlit. Should be interesting!

how the smurf do you find such great deals? also don't forget that those Esbit stoves can be used with wood (probably not the best for that though) and as a windscreen for alcohol stoves

It's not an original Esbit.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pocket-Solid-Alcohol-Fuel-95x75mm-Camping-Cooking-Folding-Portable-Stove-Burner/382102746691

The design isn't exactly complicated though, hasn't changed since Esbit were making them for the German army during WWII.
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #253 on: January 23, 2018, 06:17:39 PM
So if you're more into 'smart user' than 'smart phone' what do you do when the keypad on your Nokia is so faded that you can't read it anymore, the fascia cracked, screen badly scratched and the battery is not holding it's charge for longer that two days of hard use (terrible)?



You buy a new one of course for $25 shipped!  :tu:

Long live the ability to hurl your phone across the room at a stone wall in frustration at your bosses idiocy and still carry on using it without a single fault for years after!  :rofl:
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #254 on: January 23, 2018, 09:28:01 PM
It's only a mater of time and you will  :assimilate:

I went smart phone - dumb user about 3 years ago.  :D


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #255 on: January 23, 2018, 09:38:50 PM
It's only a mater of time and you will  :assimilate:

I went smart phone - dumb user about 3 years ago.  :D


I went smart phone about three months ago haven't looked back  ;)


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #256 on: January 24, 2018, 06:00:29 AM
It's only a mater of time and you will  :assimilate:

I went smart phone - dumb user about 3 years ago.  :D


I went smart phone about three months ago haven't looked back  ;)
It's only a mater of time and you will  :assimilate:

I went smart phone - dumb user about 3 years ago.  :D

I went the other way. I had an iphone for 6 months a few years back and ended up giving it to a friend. There is no way I'm going back. No way. *shudder*
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #257 on: January 24, 2018, 12:03:03 PM
Hope that phone gives you many years of service :cheers: I have been a smartphone user going on 5 years now :ahhh I put it off as long as I could :D now I use it for many different tasks :like:


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #258 on: January 25, 2018, 11:58:35 PM
I keep being tempted to go smart user, but as an avid motorcyclist, I love being able to check the weather and radar for route planning purposes on longer trips. Also enjoy the map function at times.

Otherwise I might go back to the basic mobile design.  :tu:


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #259 on: January 29, 2018, 08:46:23 PM
Oooh look what just arrived.



Guinness! Oh and a beautiful orange Farmer...

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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #260 on: January 29, 2018, 09:14:47 PM
Quite appropriate as my Pruner gave me one heck of a love bite today. Here's a tip, when wiping a wet razor sharp blade with tissue, look at what you're doing! Oh and don't be mid rant about your boss at the time, it takes away from your concentration.  :think:

I'll add that on the subject of 'sharp', the Farmer above arrived sharper than any knife I've ever bought. Very close to perfect. Will only need a few minutes on the strop. I'm impressed!
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #261 on: January 30, 2018, 12:01:54 AM
That's a great SAK.

I'm pretty sure I wish you hadn't posted that picture.


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Reply #262 on: January 30, 2018, 09:44:58 AM
That's a great SAK.

I'm pretty sure I wish you hadn't posted that picture.

Was a really good price too!

https://cutleryshoppe.com/victorinox-swiss-army-0-8241-281ro-farmer-93mm-3-66-orange-alox-handle/

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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #263 on: January 30, 2018, 03:11:05 PM
A couple of quick pics of alox colour.



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Reply #264 on: January 30, 2018, 09:24:13 PM
Hooked, like everyone else. ;)

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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #265 on: February 06, 2018, 05:53:18 PM
Do I need moderator permission to run a GAW and are there rules for how to make a GAW ?
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Reply #266 on: February 06, 2018, 06:18:00 PM
No permission that I am aware. 

No rules either, just announce what you would like to gift, set rules to participate, and how and when winner will be selected.  Then follow through and monitor the thread you create for the GAW. 


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #267 on: February 06, 2018, 08:29:51 PM
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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #268 on: February 07, 2018, 01:37:52 AM
Quite appropriate as my Pruner gave me one heck of a love bite today. Here's a tip, when wiping a wet razor sharp blade with tissue, look at what you're doing! Oh and don't be mid rant about your boss at the time, it takes away from your concentration.  :think:

I'll add that on the subject of 'sharp', the Farmer above arrived sharper than any knife I've ever bought. Very close to perfect. Will only need a few minutes on the strop. I'm impressed!

I did that with a brand new Buck 110 when it sliced through a paper towel after cleaning pizza off it. It was at mechatronics class, and I'm glad I was carrying a first-aid kit in my pack that had plenty of gauze pads in there.  That Edge 2X tech on them is like a scalpel.  However, the old thick edge on the 440C models is impossible to get a good edge on--it's probably why my great uncle had taken a grinder to it.


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Re: Wheelchair Accessible - Ben's thread
Reply #269 on: February 07, 2018, 05:18:49 PM
Quite appropriate as my Pruner gave me one heck of a love bite today. Here's a tip, when wiping a wet razor sharp blade with tissue, look at what you're doing! Oh and don't be mid rant about your boss at the time, it takes away from your concentration.  :think:

I'll add that on the subject of 'sharp', the Farmer above arrived sharper than any knife I've ever bought. Very close to perfect. Will only need a few minutes on the strop. I'm impressed!

I did that with a brand new Buck 110 when it sliced through a paper towel after cleaning pizza off it. It was at mechatronics class, and I'm glad I was carrying a first-aid kit in my pack that had plenty of gauze pads in there.  That Edge 2X tech on them is like a scalpel.  However, the old thick edge on the 440C models is impossible to get a good edge on--it's probably why my great uncle had taken a grinder to it.

I didn't know they used to be 440C.
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