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Day Eighty Four:
Not sure what I'm going to do with them now. I suppose I could pretend it's a new sort of dinosaur and walk it over everything while going grrrrrr. I'll call it a Stabasaurus Rex. Then again it might put a few too many holes in things as it's ambling over the landscape in a prehistoric fashion.
I suppose there's alway the old boomerang trick. Just have the one blade half open, throw it and see if it comes back. Oh but what if it does come back? I'm supposed to catch it. I don't want to be catching pointy sharp things. The reasons obviously being the pointiness and the sharpness. I could cut myself....ooooh or worse. No no the cutting is probably the worst bit of it. So no to knife boomerang.
I wonder what possesed the Swiss Army to construct such a device. It can't have been all that useful in combat since they decided to opt out of it all. I suspect when they were sitting home bored or in between stints of guarding the Vatican someone must have come up with the idea of building a multi-purpose too of such usefulness that the world will demand it. And demand it they did. For out there among the trees and deserts and mountains and beaches there were so many hobbling horses keeling over from uncomfortable stones in their shoes. But now thanks to the Swi.....wait a minute that's not a corkscrew that'll be what they use to make the holes in their Swiss Cheese. And what do they do with the contents of those holes?
No one knows.
The other morning, in bed, I was mulling over how to disguise the ugly green oil tank which sits in front of the kitchen window. On my iPad, I ordered some second-hand army surplus camouflage netting, and it arrived today.
I was actually out when it came, as I cycled to Fairford to take a library book back, and then on to Lechlade garden centre, to exchange Mike's trousers for a larger size. After cycling 13 miles I was a bit tired, but had renewed energy when I saw the netting. It is just the right size (10 feet x 8 feet) but the como patches needed redistributing to give better coverage at the front.
In the afternoon, Mike & I went to Cirencester, for him to do Corinium Radio, and me to cruise the charity shops. Another success - 8 books in the 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' series, which I'm enjoying reading at the moment.
I have no idea what sort of bug this really is, beyond its looking like a species of beetle. I call it a Swiss Army bug because its striking colouration and the pattern of ridges along its back make it look like a cousin to the Swiss Army knife my girlfriend at the time had. Taken at Alta Lake in June 1974, with my old Zenit-E camera; and this is as close as the lens would let me get before focus disappeared entirely, that is, about six or seven inches above the little critter.
CyberTool 125.
Limited Edition.
Victorinox.
Foto Producto.
Bogota. Colombia.
América del Sur - South America.
Pocket dump picture with Victorinox Swiss Army Knife with custom titanium covers from Daily Customs in raindrop pattern rusty Ti, LthrSht key holder in Horween Shell Cordovan leather, Wanger/Doering titanium Minipen, Douglass Neo 3 brass lighter, Foursevens Preon P1 copper AAA flashlight, Baurdi Aspen wallet
CyberTool 125.
Limited Edition.
Victorinox.
Foto Producto.
Bogota. Colombia.
América del Sur - South America.
As practical as everything that they produce the new Victorinox Flash Memory comes with a Removable USB flash drive a Blade, Nail file with screwdriver, Scissors, Key ring, LED mini white light and a Retractable Pen... and I just love it!
of course there is a missing plate... i cannot find my pocket watch... as sooon as i do... that will be filled...
each of this is a 8 by 8 inch print on epson matt paper...
I bought two bananas yesterday and am having one with my lunch today. As ever the Swiss Army Knife comes in handy.
At the stamp club we have tea and coffee in the interval. The hall we hire has a newly refurbished kitchen. Sadly all the crockery and cutlery seem to have disappeared - but we are resourceful :-)
Just delivered in large Amazon Prime foot long box 0.23kg
no manual or translation on www.victorinox.com
The Alox models, as well as being slightly longer, have thicker tools, and a stronger construction (wider rivets), than their 91mm cousins, additionally, the Alox handles are much tougher than Cellidor, so this family is designed for harder use than the Cellidor models. In fact, in the early days the Pioneer was known as the Sturdy Boy and even up until roughly 2017 the Pioneer series was labelled as the Sturdy Models on the Victorinox website.
Well this is my best version (so far) of this knife. Used photometric lights and mental ray materials. Subsurface scattering on the bone part. First real project with mental ray materials!
Please let me know what you think and any advice you may have.
Thanks for looking!
Compound utensil with three-pronged fork, spatula, pick, spike and knife. Iron and silver, height (max) 88 mm, width (max) 155 mm, 201-300 A.D. Mediterranean. Middle Roman Period.
Even though it's been raining all day, I'd much rather be at home with the kids since they get today off from school but I'm stuck up here at work.
I'm going to visit the Houses of Parliament today and the leaflet says, "Please do not bring knives or similar items as they may be subject to confiscation."
I always carry my Swiss Army Knife in my pocket; it seems odd not to have it with me.
(PS subject to confiscation is officialese for confiscated)