The men and women of what was once The Empire...
by John Meeker 
, Friday, May 31, 2013, 12:17 (4198 days ago) @ Hoot
are prob'ly glad they didn't live long enough to associate with the present so-called British citizen. The hoplophobic [thank you, Col Cooper]attitude has migrated here in the so-called educated classes and do-gooder mice for quite a while. Once in a Wash DC. conservation class, [rarefied sub-culture for sure] - a knife or tool was needed to prod a recalcitrant slide in the lecturer's projecter. Produced the required, passed it back, and a self-righteous feminine gasp said, "THAT"S NOT A KNIFE THAT"S A WEAPON!!!
I replied to her about like like, "They're real handy for opening heavy feed sacks, while your other hand is holding them up Good for binder twine on bales, too."
Waste of breath....every damn one of them should have to work a week baling and handling and storing hay, mucking out the shix-chute behind the milkers, laboring on a building site, and otherwise working at dirty sweating tasks, that contained some element of personal hazard if one was careless, required tool usage, and had stuff what needed cutting RIGHT NOW -- in the normal course of the day. Dream on, eh?
Complete thread:
- Informal Thunder Ranch Survey -
Rob Leahy,
2013-05-30, 23:19
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- Not so many carry a knife? EVERY man I know carries -
Hobie,
2013-05-31, 05:29
- I beleive that is covered under Rule No. 7..... -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 06:24
- One of the times I was in the UK... -
Hoot,
2013-05-31, 06:35
- The men and women of what was once The Empire... -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 12:17
- John!. - bob, 2013-05-31, 20:14
- The men and women of what was once The Empire... -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 12:17
- Criminal element, eh? -
Paul,
2013-05-31, 07:56
- The lack of actual knives in the pic, pretty much.... -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 11:59
- This is just one of several pics... -
Paul,
2013-05-31, 13:37
- Some artistic layouts, there. Interesting cultural view -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 19:00
- Some artistic layouts, there. Interesting cultural view - Paul, 2013-05-31, 19:20
- Some artistic layouts, there. Interesting cultural view -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 19:00
- This is just one of several pics... -
Paul,
2013-05-31, 13:37
- The lack of actual knives in the pic, pretty much.... -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 11:59
- I always carry two knives - one is a substantial lockblade - stonewalrus, 2013-05-31, 09:38
- One of the times I was in the UK... -
Hoot,
2013-05-31, 06:35
- Not so many carry a knife? EVERY man I know carries -
BobM,
2013-05-31, 08:30
- It was and is in most circles here - MR, 2013-05-31, 08:55
- When I was a schoolboy EVERY schoolboy was expected - Hobie, 2013-05-31, 10:33
- A pocketknife is *basic* -
FOG,
2013-05-31, 16:24
- No, not at all what is being asked. -
Rob Leahy,
2013-05-31, 18:15
- I'm sure you're right - FOG, 2013-05-31, 20:11
- No, not at all what is being asked. -
Rob Leahy,
2013-05-31, 18:15
- I beleive that is covered under Rule No. 7..... -
John Meeker,
2013-05-31, 06:24
- Informal Thunder Ranch Survey - Cherokee, 2013-05-31, 10:36
- I'd say every TSA agent at McGhee Tyson Airport... -
pokynojoe,
2013-05-31, 11:40
- Your problem is that you go where the gestapo is... -
Hobie,
2013-05-31, 11:47
- gestapo - yeah, I carry dangerous hardware in my body... - John Meeker, 2013-05-31, 12:23
- I have always thought a guy could make a good living - stonewalrus, 2013-06-01, 15:39
- Your problem is that you go where the gestapo is... -
Hobie,
2013-05-31, 11:47
- I carry two Kershaw Avalanches, a Leatherman Wave, and a -
John K.,
2013-05-31, 20:24
- Anybody got a knife? -
Catoosa,
2013-05-31, 22:48
- Anybody got a knife? - Paul, 2013-06-01, 08:08
- Anybody got a knife? -
Catoosa,
2013-05-31, 22:48
- Not so many carry a knife? EVERY man I know carries -
Hobie,
2013-05-31, 05:29