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Bunch of grandkids got pocket knives tonight!! Woohoo!
Gramps!!! What an a-hole you are!!!
( they got the maintenance and do not take to school speech!!)
Ahhhh!! Next????? Rifles!!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Pass out the Band-aids and ointment! 
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Good for you. Did you check with dad first?
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i didn't see a word in there about parting with some 1895's.
my wife is kind of on me to be generous, going against the fact i am not really.
THE BIRTH PLACE OF GERONIMO
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Yes! Dad was standing right there!!
Knife evening!! Oh. The went thru the safe looking at 22's. No 1895's were harmed in the making of this thread!!!
Centerfire rifles come later!
One little grandson( being a Boche) love him some Mausers!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Bunch of grandkids got pocket knives tonight!!
Next????? Mumblety-peg......
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Can't wait to have grandkids to spoil. If I can manage to retire at a reasonable age and my kids do their part, I plan to spend their summers with grandpa fishing, camping, and generally messing about in the woods having the time of their lives.
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I recently reread McManus' story about the 1st pocket knife. Only an 8 year old is mature enough to handle one. A mere 7 year old just can't deal with one.
The 1st steps in ownership are:
1. sharpen it
2. whittle something
3. cut yourself (and bleed all over everything)
4. lose it (of course Mom knows NOTHING about that). After some long begging sessions, a new knife is forthcoming...and it looks JUST like the old one.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Bandaids, bandaids and more bandaids. 😀 I think both my boys cut themselves within 30 seconds of owning a pocket knife when they were little.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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Cuttin' themselves is all part of the learning process. Next is teaching them to sharpen them properly... Good Job Grampa! 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Bandaids, bandaids and more bandaids. 😀 I think both my boys cut themselves within 30 seconds of owning a pocket knife when they were little. Rights of Passage. lol.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
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When I was a kid a dang ol' pocketknife closed on
my finger. I didn't tell anybody. Some blood. I've
carried one or more ever since that day. Way to go, Bob!
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A sharp knife is a safe knife . . . A dull knife is a dangerous knife
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
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I foresee some whittled sticks appearing soon.
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Bunch of grandkids got pocket knives tonight!!
Next????? Mumblety-peg...... If you ain't played mumbly peg, you ain't lived. kwg
For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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Whew!!! I thought I screwed up or sumptin!!!
Glad y'all concur!!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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You better hope Child Protective Services doesn't get wind of this caper......
What kind of knives.....
I'm sure you're aware that you really shouldn't play Mubbilty Peg with anything short of an old school Jack or Barlow.....
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A good friend of mine is a Hunter Safety Instructor and active in the YHEC youth hunter program. Every year he awards a few knives as prizes. When he presents the knives he makes a little speech that goes something like this:
"This Buck knife, like you, is made in the USA. And like your education, it has a lifetime warranty.
It is going to remind you to stay sharp, because a dull knife and a dull mind are dangerous. A sharp knife and a sharp mind are valuable tools.
Also, it reminds you to be prepared. When you drop it in your pocket it reminds you to be prepared for whatever the day or the world may throw at you.
Lastly, and possibly most important, choose your friends wisely, because you will meet people who are not as sharp or prepared as yourself. And if they borrow your knife it may be the last time you see your friend or your knife again."
I gave one of my grandsons his first knife this summer and I used this speech on him. I gave him a Buck pocket knife, made in the USA.
I am sorry that the kids today can't take their knives to school. The Christmas when I was in 6th grade I got a nice little pen-knife. It went to school with me every day from then on, all through Jr. High, High School and college. I still have it, but it is one of at least a dozen pocket knives I have today. I have lost at least two knives over the years, but I never lost that one.
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Cuttin' themselves is all part of the learning process. Next is teaching them to sharpen them properly... Good Job Grampa! AMEN That.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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