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it Offline GArBa

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on: September 17, 2019, 11:15:27 PM
Well, my name is Giovanni, hailing from the mists of northern Italy. I'm an OHS & E SpeSmurfpillst by trade but in my real life I'm a happily married father of two, an aircooled VW enthusiast and a SAK collector. My mom has been carrying an economy tourist since before my birth (rare model with solid orange-ish scales from the late '70s) and I've seen her solve more sitiations than one can remember with that little 84mm -I recently refurbished it for her as it had lost all the snap and offered her a brand new one in exchange, but you know how it is with SAKs... She just wants "hers". As of myself, I received my first SAK from my dad in the early 90s as I turned 10, an economy Spartan with the "Grove" Valve Company logo om the scales and sure enough, it served me up to 2008 when It was put on retirement. I've carried an ADLER "huntsman" for some years, then a GAK 2007 but currently my carry SAK, when law allows, is a Dual Pro. Hope to join all the interesting discussions here I've been lurking about for the past decade.


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Re: Hello everybody
Reply #1 on: September 17, 2019, 11:23:52 PM
Welcome aboard Giovanni,
JR
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As I sit on my Crapper Throne in the Reading Room and explode on the Commode, thinking, how my flush beat John’s and Jerry’s pair? Jack’s had to run for the Water Closet yet ended up tripping on a Can bowing and hitting his Head on the Porcelain God! 🚽


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Reply #2 on: September 17, 2019, 11:45:37 PM
Hello Giovanni and welcome to  :MTO: :cheers:
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us Offline SteveC

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Reply #3 on: September 18, 2019, 12:12:44 AM
Welcome to the forum !  :cheers:


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Reply #4 on: September 18, 2019, 01:48:33 AM
Welcome!   :cheers:


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Reply #5 on: September 18, 2019, 03:00:57 AM
Welcome.  Would love to see pictures of your moms SAK.  A color or style not familiar with.


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Reply #6 on: September 18, 2019, 05:52:46 AM
Great to have you come out of lurking.  Welcome to MTo.  Thank you for sharing your moms story and yours. 
Esse Quam Videri


it Offline GArBa

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Reply #7 on: September 18, 2019, 08:04:50 AM
Thanks everybody for the warm welcome... I already have to make an apology as my mom's SAK is a recruit not a tourist... I Always mix those two models up.  :facepalm:


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Reply #8 on: September 18, 2019, 06:52:54 PM
Huge fan of the Recruit in 84mm as well.   :tu:
Esse Quam Videri


it Offline SirVicaLot

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Reply #9 on: September 20, 2019, 05:13:54 AM
Welcome Giovanni  :cheers:


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Reply #10 on: September 20, 2019, 11:25:16 AM
Welcome Giovanni

Lovely intro story - Especially the bit about your Mum rejecting the shiny new SAK
Actually a Mum:
  • Even having a SAK and
  • Using it extensively   
is pretty cool  :tu:

EDIT PS. I think you take the record for the longest serving lurker !! You have been lurking pretty much since the beginning of MT.o 
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Reply #11 on: September 20, 2019, 10:37:35 PM
Indeed - a full decade  :o

Welcome from me too! Mind sharing which part of northern Italy you're from? Part of my life's history took place there (about a good stone's throw from one of the big lakes, the biggest one by name in fact  :D).
Cheers!
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Location: Southern Germany, most of the time


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Reply #12 on: September 21, 2019, 09:42:33 PM
Welcome Giovanni  :cheers:
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it Offline GArBa

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Reply #13 on: September 23, 2019, 09:52:26 AM
Indeed - a full decade  :o

Welcome from me too! Mind sharing which part of northern Italy you're from? Part of my life's history took place there (about a good stone's throw from one of the big lakes, the biggest one by name in fact  :D).

I live in Milan but work on Lake Como... Not your lake I'm afraid!

Re my mom's SAK I'll have to ask her ti let me take a few pics!


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Reply #14 on: September 26, 2019, 04:15:18 AM
Welcome to :MTO: Giovanni  :cheers:


it Offline GArBa

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Reply #15 on: October 01, 2019, 09:25:50 PM
As promised... My mom's SAK (and mine for color comparison):








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Reply #16 on: October 02, 2019, 01:49:54 AM
Thank you for pictures, unfortunately from my view the links are broken.


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If I start and end the day above ground, it is a good day!

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Reply #17 on: October 02, 2019, 02:14:35 AM
I can't see them either !  :(

Had some problems myself recently with google pics !!


it Offline GArBa

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Reply #18 on: October 02, 2019, 07:03:45 AM
Mmm... I'll have to try another hosting. Tonight when I'm back home.


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Reply #19 on: October 02, 2019, 07:44:57 AM
Or just upload them to this site   :tu:


it Offline GArBa

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Reply #20 on: October 02, 2019, 07:36:45 PM
Let's try



it Offline GArBa

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Reply #21 on: October 02, 2019, 07:39:04 PM
It seems to have worked.  :climber:


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Reply #22 on: October 03, 2019, 12:52:48 AM
 :iagree:, yes I can see!
If I start and end the day above ground, it is a good day!

Hope yours is as good!

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   A WISE man knows whether or not to say it!!!


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Reply #23 on: October 03, 2019, 01:00:01 AM
Great pics :tu: glad they worked the second go round :like:


 

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