Has this ever happened to any of you ???
Hello All, I was just wondering if anyone has ever locked a door and closed it just to have the key part of the handle come off in their hand well if anyone ever asks this same question in the future I’ll definately be able to log in my two cents worth. I was closing up the shop last night after cleaning up, I locked the door and closed it like hundreds of times before, thats when it hit me the #@*#!*&@ handle was still in my hand when I turned to walk away I got kind of this real sinking feeling when it dawned on me the instruments I needed to fix the situation was on the other side of the locked door in question. Well you know I relized if the guy thats supposed to be in there can’t get in then I guess no one else will be able to either. So needless to say I went back to the shop early this morning after rounding up some tools at home and of course buying a new lock set at the toy I mean tool store (Home Depot) I finally got the door repaired early this morning. I just hope today doesn’t start like yesterday ended.
JIM C ( the guy that was formerly locked out of the”PUTTERINYANKEE”woodworking shop )
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You realize you have just exposed yourself as one of two people on the planet (Pamela Anderson is the other) who has neither a Leatherman on his belt or a Swiss Army knife in her pocket? How embarrassing. Next thing you're going to tell us is that you don't have the amazing, folding P-38 for alimentary emergencies.
Right next to the P-38, I always carry two MRE's (meal ready to eat) in my back pocket, just in case I get locked out of the refrigerator. {;-)
well,...not really.
Splintie
I got the same P-38 I carried 34 years ago on a leather string around my neck. Had the same plastic spoon with a hole drilled in it, but took it off in order to look more civilized. Didn't work, but forgot to put it back on. Think I used it to shim something, better take a look to see as I need to put it back where it belongs. Grin<>
sarge..jt
I got my P-38 at a Forest Service spike camp in the 70's. We had a camp cook for breakfast and supper, but lunch in the field was a survivalist affair. During the first day out, before my intestines had adjusted to the cook's level of hygiene, one of the male crew members gradually donated his T-shirt to the cause, coming back to camp with only a neckband left. I did more canned food and less lunchmeat after that.
Splintie
Good story. I did not realize the P-38 was so popular outside the military. I mentioned this to my teen-age son and a few of his friends this evening. 3 of the 4 of them pulled out a P-38. Ha...
Good luck with the TG show you mentioned other thread. Looks like you have a lot of energy. Hope the new shop and business is going as planned. Keep the colors rolling. I'm going to probaly post some pictures of my shop in my thread Sunhill ?? with the new jointer being delivered tomorrow. You will see if you see the pics I wasn't kiddin' about loving color. Probaly won't post till week-end or early next week.
Again, good luck with the show..
sarge..jt
>> I got the same P-38 I carried 34 years ago on a leather string around my neck.
What's a P-38--army food? Or a locket that holds a $10 traveler's check?
I got it: P-38 is a supermarket stock code for a hermetically sealed Rice Krispies Marshmallow Treat.
Janet
Edited 11/13/2002 4:19:22 PM ET by DWREAD
<img src="http://www.wephaus.com/graphics/294571.jpg">
Hopefully, other than dog tags, that's an image of a P-38 can opener which folds when not in use.
If i screwed up the HTML again, you can copy/paste it.
edit: I'm feeling blonde. Anyone want to tell me where i went wrong in the code?
Edited 11/14/2002 1:58:29 AM ET by SPLINTIE
The code is perfect, Jamie; but you forgot to hit "source" (at bottom of screen) before you entered it. I should add that back when I was in the Navy, we called that thing a "John Wayne."
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". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
Edited 11/14/2002 2:49:53 AM ET by Norm in Fujino
Edited 11/14/2002 2:51:54 AM ET by Norm in Fujino
Yeap! I also know it as a John Wayne and still carry my first from my time in the Marine corp. I don’t know but P-38 just doesn’t sound right to me.
RickL
Eddie Bauer (when it was really owned by Eddie Bauer) used to sell those. I thought they were cool and put them in everybody's Christmas stocking. In a pinch, you could use them to turn slotted screws.
Yep, that's the weird part. I hit "source" before posting the post i deleted, for the next one, the edits...another Prospero mystery.
A John Wayne is a CAN opener??? Whoa...
'Course, best way to assure that everything is coding properly is to hit "preview" after entering the message and confirm that the picture is actually there. Also remember that if you use "revise" to do any additional editing, you have to hit "source" again before entering any revisions.
". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
Edited 11/15/2002 8:37:46 PM ET by Norm in Fujino
Oops, my apologies for addressing Splintie as "Jamie"; I've picked up from other threads that Jamie is Forest Girl and Splintie is Colleen, or . . . ah, gee, I shudda just stayed with the aliases . . .
Norm in Fujino, or FooJeeNoh, or FeauxJeeNaugh or whatever.
". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
No problem! I'm sure neither of us is offended in the slightest.
The pic didn't show up when i hit "preview" so i assumed that was just the way it showed for the sake of efficiency.
That's how you pronounce Fujino? ;~)
Try again: <img src="http://www.i-kirk.info/tales/p38.gif">
Edit: Still stumpterfied. I hit "source", the spot was ticked and the copy was modified to include the P's, /P's and all that jazz. Then i hit "post", but no pic. Am i doing something in the wrong order?
Edited 11/16/2002 2:46:03 PM ET by SPLINTIE
Okay, here we go.1. Click on "reply" (the reply screen appears).
2. go to bottom of screen and click on the "source" button.
3. Confirm that the "source" button has the black dot in it, and begin typing/copying in your html coded message.
4. After the message is completed. Go to the bottom and click on "preview"; the message should appear together with any images you've referenced. If the images don't appear, something's wrong.
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HTH!
". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
Does your Green Gables have anything to do with Anne of Green Gables?
Does your Green Gables have anything to do with Anne of Green Gables?
Not really. I borrowed the name as an title for our "estate" {cough}, based on some minor issues that I describe Here
". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
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YAY! I was hitting the Source button right before posting instead of before typing anything. I guess that means that if you decided right before posting to include a picture, you would have to start over? This seems too dumb, but this software doesn't win any awards, does it?
Edited 11/17/2002 3:21:01 PM ET by SPLINTIE
I guess that means that if you decided right before posting to include a picture, you would have to start over?
Not entirely. What it means is that any html "angle brackets" (< >) that you have inserted will change to hard-coded brackets instead of html code markers, and you'll have to reenter those after you click on "source".
To get an idea of what happens, try it. Enter some html code using angle brackets on a reply screen and then hit "source"; note that there's no longer any angle brackets to be seen; they've all been hard-coded as "<" and ">" . Now, enter some more html code. The new angle brackets appear properly.
". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
hard-coded brackets instead of html code markers
Ah. I noticed that, but i didn't now the difference bet "hard-coded" and HTML; i thought it was a Prospero thing.
I can see why teaching is your profession. Many thanks.
No problem!
". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
Doc,
Nope, can't say it's ever happened to me but I have spent the night at Holiday Inn Express!
Don
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