Day 19Preparing for travel, awaiting daughter to fetch me, then head south to far SW corner of Hoosier State for several soccer games and supporting my grandson the goalie. A lonely position until it is not😱AWL sliced open a new case of water bottles. [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] Isn’t she a beautiful knife? [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
Today no use for T4
Back when comic books were 12 cents, these things sold for about 59 cents. Somewhere in that neighborhood. I would hate to think how many millions of these things were sold. The Trim (Bassett) makers made them along with the Gem (Cook) makers. Both nail clipper manufacturers. The tools would actually work. The blades would cut pretty well. Lots of women carried them, and nobody thought of them as a potential weapon at the time. I can hardly think of a poorer weapon, actually. The one I showed was one Dad picked up somewhere. He suggested I put it on a key ring, but I wasn't into that at the time. I was probably carrying a stockman. Maybe a 108mm GAK or an Uncle Henry Bear Paw. Who knows? Best wishes. G
I found the keychain trio tool I posted while I was looking for something else, I think. Also I found one made by H.C. Cook that was the same idea with slightly different tool set. Eventually inflation ran the price up to a dollar or maybe two dollars before they stopped showing up at stores. Actually a lot of the places where they were sold closed down. The big box stores moved in and all of the little places went out of business. Dime stores where I used to buy malted milk balls and comic books. Little mom and pop groceries. Gas stations that also sold food and maybe hardware or fish bait. All gone. The big money chains got them all. That was largely the end of the Trim Trio types and the dollar Barlow or KampKing. Finally they shipped in some made in Korea, but there was a declining marketing base to sell them. Eventually all of these little stores would have one old tottering man or ancient woman running them. Kids and grandkids all moved away. Nobody else wanted to try to run a store that barely paid for a light bill. Dad and I used to make a trip to South Carolina now and then to see my sister. We made a point of stopping at a relic of a store to buy a Coke every time. One geriatric old woman. Store that hadn't been painted in decades. Dirt parking lot. Bare wood floors. One light bulb hanging from a cord. Mountain Rest, SC? Somewhere near there anyway. Occasionally one of the kids living around there would ride up and throw down their bicycles outside. Might go in for some candy. Maybe not. Old woman might have chased them off because they forgot to pay for what they got. Dad called it the Nasty Store, but he always insisted of stopping there and buying something. I don't think I ever went inside. It was more fun hearing him describe the place. Best wishes,Gary
I looked up to see who drove a blue Channel-lock car. Seems like a lot of different drivers had that sponsor. Maybe Kasey Kahne was the best known. Maybe not. I noticed the shackle was way down on the very end like the Craftsman I have. I used to follow NASCAR, but lost interest. Plus, I don't have a TV. Did you see anything that could have caused the brand strike out? I have seen a bunch of Camillus (and Kabar) seconds. Most of them were either unfinished, or looked fine to me. Best wishes. G
I started to write another annoying post about Ms. Phoenix, since something really strange happened there.
Day12Since an Imperial was my 1st knife as a kid here is something 8yo me spent a lot of time making with it... a pointy stickAs you can see my pointy stick skills have not improved in the decades since.
I, for one, eagerly await the next installment of the Ms. Phoenix saga.
Day 20Traveling and forgot to pack charging gear for phone and watch Trip to Walmart before last night’s soccer game solved my problem. Watch cable was cut free this morning… [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
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