arkie Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Frosty said: Oil rig drill crews might send a new guy to find Kelly Bar or Stan Pipe. Or tell the worm that "it's raining, go close the V-door" Or a favorite trick the roughnecks played on the new mudloggers was to pitch red bricks down the hole and see what happened when the mudlogger got the ground up bricks in the cuttings samples. Thomas Powers may have had that pulled on him once....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantou Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Sending someone after the sky hook or wire stretcher is another of our favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Carrying a 5 gallon bucket of water up to the water table was an old one. I didn't get brick; but one time I worked a 16 hour tour, drove 2 hours to take a 12 hour tour for a sick guy, drove back 2 hours and caught another 16 hour tour. Any way when I showed up at the sick guys unit I had to use the porta potty really bad and the hands thought it would be funny to tie the door shut while I was in it. (at lest they didn't turn it over!) Being a Lot Younger/thinner/more athletic I just pushed the top of the door open and climbed out and went to work. About an hour later a rig hand pops into my logging unit and i said "can I help you?". No more trouble on that rig! (And having anyone who needed the porta potty not being able to use it because the door was tied shut for that hour was a subtle revenge...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 This from Sensie Jack... "He who laughs last, thinks the slowest". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Even so, it's better to laugh last than just stand there looking confused. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Frosty, I laugh a lot. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Hee laugheth best that laugheth to the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I read this one a while back I thought it was funny. “He who goes to the blacksmith shop comes back with scorched clothes”. is it just me? Quin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 nope not just you also the welder or grinder boy M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Bear Forge - SA Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Good day Smiths, here is one I find empowering : “The strongest steel is forged by the fires of Hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The fire gives it power and flexibility, and the blows give it STRENGTH. Those two things make the metal pliable and able to withstand every battle it's called upon to fight.” ― Sherrilyn Kenyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Certainly dramatic, but metallurgically unsound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Prose written by someone who obviously isn't a blacksmith. Knowing how to make steel, the foundation of human civilization, do your will with nothing but fire, hammer and skill, is all the self confidence anybody needs to take on whatever comes their way. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 "Knowing how to make steel"? Are we talking about forging or smelting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Should I used something other than commas to delineate the subtext? Removing it reads "making steel do your will." Bidding would've been a better term. I could've been more clear but it was early even for me. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Ah, "the foundation of civilization" was a parenthetical comment. Gotcha. Well, I'd recommend dashes, thus: "Knowing how to make steel -- the foundation of human civilization -- do your will etc" This would be better than actual parentheses: "Knowing how to make steel (the foundation of human civilization) do your will etc" Using the comma after "skill" is debatable. Many authorities insist that there should never be a comma between the main subject and its verb, but others allow it in cases such as this, where it improves the readability of a sentence with a complex subject. I agree with the latter position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 What must people think of "my" punctuation! I bet it's aggravating, to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Thanks John, parentheses make it more readable. I even reworded it a couple times before posting. I over use commas but I'm dictating to myself and it never reads how I hear it. <sigh> How about, "Knowing how to make the foundation of human civilization, steel do your will with nothing but fire, hammer and skill" . . .? I didn't word it that way because it didn't really say what I meant in a way I liked and I REALLY wanted to put a comma behind steel too. I posted my 3rd. rewrite, knowing it could've been better. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Yeah, in that version, "steel" is parenthetical (explaining "the foundation of human civilization") and therefore should be set off with commas, parentheses, or dashes; a second comma would indeed have been advisable. You could also break it up into two sentences: "Steel is the foundation of human civilization*. Making it do your bidding with nothing etc." 16 minutes ago, Nodebt said: I bet it's aggravating, to read. No commant. *This assertion is itself debatable. Flintknapping and pottery are much more foundational to human civilization, predating steelworking by thousands of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 The assertion isn't regarding civilization's foundations, it's about the confidence instilled by knowing how to manipulate steel. Saying, "modern civilization," would cover that semantic quibble. Speaking of semantic quibbles, I believe you mean "Knapping," flint knapping refers to working a specific type of stone. It's a pet peeve of mine that grates when I hear an archeologist, or narrator on one of the .edu channels talk about flintknapping, obsidian, chert, agate, etc. It's becoming a common term and another PITA speaking a living language. <sigh> Lastly, speaking of semantic quibbles, I've completely side tracked when I was seeking your advise regarding punctuation and sentence structure. I'll go sit in a corner for a while now. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 You mean you don't put in a coma, every time you take a breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 I keep breathing when in a coma, so far anyway. If I think about it I probably put a comma between inhaling and exhaling. I guess the answer is yes now that I think about it. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 15 hours ago, Frosty said: Saying, "modern civilization," would cover that semantic quibble. Much better. 15 hours ago, Frosty said: I believe you mean "Knapping," Yes, you caught me napping on that one. 15 hours ago, Frosty said: I was seeking your advise I think you mean "advice". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Aieeee! The Grammar Hammer is loose! (We all know that the making of beer is the foundation of civilization!---As explained in "Star Well" by Alexei Panshin.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 No pottery, no beer. (Actually, I heard something recently about the idea that the best evidence of the earliest beginnings of human civilization is not any artifact -- that is, the remains of something *made* -- but a healed bone that had suffered a complete fracture. This would show that an injured person who'd been unable to care for themself had been cared for by another person or a community. It's an interesting idea.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 6/9/2022 at 2:42 PM, JHCC said: No commant. Ok: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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