SLAG Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Mr. Frazer, Where can I get/find such a ginormous acorn nut. It might make an enormous esthetic addition to my winter parka. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 For that you must find a Fangornian Oak. It might be hard to hollow out without the right tools.... Bring a squirrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Just don’t make the squirrel work on national squirrel appreciation day! 19 hours ago, Nodebt said: No, but evidently there is this: Lol thanks Scott! I’ll mark my calendar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I had to look up what a curmudgeon is. I got grumpy when I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I was born on National Vanilla Ice Cream day. No wonder I love the stuff (especially with root beer to make a float). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Brown Cows are good. I just don't get to indulge much anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Large acorn, hmm since we are blacksmiths here, I'll suggest forging one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Billy. Mark this one too.... Next year, let's have a Curmudgeon contest or poll on Curmudgeon's Day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Uh . . . Scott, are you issuing a challenge for the most curmudgeonly members to have a throw down? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Scott, still waters run deep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Scott, I like the idea! Lol Jerry, I don’t think we need to have a throw down necessarily!!!! Most of y’all curmudgeons have already had to many accidents in the past we don’t need to see y’all hurt yourselves again! I think Scotts poll idea is safer! We can see who the biggest curmudgeon is by popular vote! Lol the winner could get a crusty rusty rail spike with his or hers initials stamped in it! then the next year the spike will be mailed to the next winner and have the new reigning curmudgeons initials stamped into it ect… the spike should last for a few decades before there’s no more room to stamp initials on it anymore! the reigning curmudgeon would be responsible for guarding the spike for the year until it’s time to pass it on! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Sticks and stones Billy. If you suggested we actually got together and duked it out we'd probably insist on you as ref. and . . . Eh HEM. We could take turns poling you like a baby fur seal. Now there's an idea that has appeal, I don't need to be busting my knuckles up on anything hard. Lastly, are you seriously suggesting a popular vote? POPULAR?! How'd that work, the curmudgeon with the most votes loses? There'd be tens of thousands of IFI members with ZERO votes in first place for the win! I'm going back to watching Curling, it doesn't make my head hurt. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Some of us already have custom T shirts we can wear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 3:07 PM, Frosty said: Uh . . . Scott, are you issuing a challenge for the most curmudgeonly members to have a throw down? Now Jerry, would I stoop so low as to stir that pot just for my own personal enjoyment? Robert: Watson: Muddy waters, eh, Holmes? Holmes: Too muddy. As if someone were constantly stirring them up. Watson: Why should they stir them up? Holmes: To confuse. There's intelligence behind this business, Watson. Cold, calculating, ruthless intelligence. Billy: It would have to be a magical crusty rusty rail spike that could talk back with silly aggravating questions that make no sense whatsoever. It would be required to be carried at all times as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 4:18 PM, Frosty said: Sticks and stones Billy. If you suggested we actually got together and duked it out we'd probably insist on you as ref Jerry, there’s crusty ol curmudgeons here locally, that have duked it out on the feed store loading dock, it didn’t end well for either of them… after seeing that and then reading on here about all the stuff y’all old hands done went through I think its safe to say no curmudgeon on ifi needs to duke it out! Y’all all done got to wore out to be doin that! I still think it’s safer to vote, but….. if you insist an can find an opponent, I will travel out to ref a curmudgeon fight! Should I bring rocking chairs and iced tea so y’all can rest in between rounds? On 2/6/2022 at 7:41 PM, ThomasPowers said: Some of us already have custom T shirts we can wear! Thomas, if I can ever get out there to the desert an visit, you’ll have to show me the shirt! Scott, that’s a good idea! It would be best to mail the yearly reining curmudgeon a railroad spike that asks incessant questions about making a giant 20 pound sword from rebar using a benzomatic torch and used motor oil quench In two hours! then argue with the reining curmudgeon about how it’s supposed to be done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 This is the Best Thread Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 TW, how dare you leave out the plaster of paris lined forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Lol, Daswulf, forge?!? Nah! I meant just using the benzomatic by itself to make the rebar sword! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Glen, have you got a copy of the graphic for those shirts online you could post? TW; don't bring a rocking chair; bring a flat bed and we can check out their shops whilst they are engaging in a bit of shillelagh law! "Pre-emptive estate sales"...Shoot their "Partners" might chip in gas money to get the place cleaned up/out... I for one have no issues being give the title curmudgeon or in sharing the title; on IFI it tends to refer to folks with decades of smithing experience that continue to answer the same old questions for new smiths that have been answered hundreds if not thousands of time before here. My Opinion: If we get a bit short at times it's because we are a bit put off by the folks with lots of years in front of them, (we hope), thinking that the folks with a looming deadline should spend their time spoon feeding them stuff that a fast web search would turn up hundreds of hits on this site. (Or folks getting upset when we won't share dangerous information with people who do NOT seemed inclined to do things in a well researched and thought out way! We don't want to share our scars and ER/A&E trips with newcomers!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 On 2/2/2022 at 5:23 PM, Frosty said: Plllt. Happy Birthday Lee. Sorry about your Mother's holiday timing. Mine's 01/20, inauguration day. <shudder> don't complain mine is 04/01 aka April fools day (no joke) M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Dad's is 10/31. He seemed to have been asked if he were the trick or the treat too many times to think it funny. I sure wish I could aggravate him one more time. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 My stepdaughter's was on Friday the 13th...and her brother's is Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 My Mom's b'day was 10/30- mischief night. My MIL, a proud Brit, had her first daughter on 7/4. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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