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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:12:04 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Back! Phew...I didn't realize I was sore until I got out there. I was bookin' today, too. Did the same ride as yesterday, but in about three quarters the time I did it in yesterday.
And then I used the extra time to go to the bagel shop. It is way, wayyyy too easy to get there. And a large bagel fits nicely in my fanny pack...
Coffee is being brewed. Mmm...coffee.
Evil bagel-eating fiend! We wants carbs, precious! We wants them!
Yup, like I said, stuff just started making sense. Of course my legs were really, really sore so on the hills, it took me much longer than yesterday. So my time was not much less.
Happy birthday, Sam!
B-O-R-E-D.
Nobody here is motivated. It's got a Thursday afternoon feel already. I checked through my stupid paperwork again... just need copies of the lease... should be able to get home, get the stuff, and get back with plenty of time. Or I can do it tomorrow.
Hmmm... three day weekend coming up... which could be stretched by at least half a day on both ends. What would be fun and cool to do?
Dunno 'bout you but OB, LSA, and I are doing Shootmoot, The Sequel.
Hmm, wanna go to Kansas City, Rosie?
Didn't think so.
Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!
They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high,
About as high as a buildin' orta grow.
Ev'rythin's like a dream in Kansas City,
It's better than a magic lantern show!
Y' c'n turn the radiator on
Whenever you want some heat.
With ev'ry kind o' comfort
Ev'ry house is all complete.
You c'n walk to privies in the rain
And never wet your feet!
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go,
Thank you.
So much.
Now I need to go wipe my brain out.
You're welcome. Any time! :)
Steve got a ticket Friday. Came in and gave me two tickets, one was a warning for changing lanes at 11pm without turning on his blinker with no other traffic on the road. The other was for not having his insurance documentation (which I have no idea why he didn't have his insurance.)
They give you 48 hours to get proof of insurance to the city clerk before your fined. So I thought I had until this afternoon (since the weekend didn't count).
So I got in there with the proof of insurance and the clerk points out the date...last THURSDAY. Steve got the ticket on Friday but apparently the officer wrote the date down wrong. I told the lady "He got this ticket on Friday!" She looked me right in the eye and said "No, he didn't...he got it on Thursday."
You know that sick feeling you get when you know you're right but can't prove it? I paid the fine.
I feel like crying.
That's the bottom line. The Hobbit Hole is providing a unique service/product. If I was a platoon sergeant, I'd make my troops buy their own knives before deployment, under pain of eternal KP duty. But I'm not.
So the Hobbit Hole is doing the next best thing. And thanks to the generosity of Camillus, we're getting these great knives at about $20 under wholesale costs. I should know, I live and breathe knife prices as much as I do the knives themselves.
The small flood of emails of the past week have resulted in a $3000 order for more BK2s and BK3s from Camillus. This will fill all the requests, and reestablish a reasonable inventory, at a price far below the best "street" price.
It's been a busy, and costly, week, but a very satsifying one. It's my privilege to share the stories with you, for all the great moral and financial support you've shown.
The ticket didn't have a date on it?
Thank you so much winmag. I am humbled by your committment to this project and your willingness to put your money where your mouth is.
I thank you for giving us a dollar amount that is only the amount for this recent order. It gives us an idea... even those of us who have donated in the past... an idea of how much deeper we should all reach in our pockets to help you fund this project that bears all of our names.
I know we just sent a check for another $100. It's a drop in the bucket. Please all of you, consider sending winmag some $$$$, now and on a regular, ongoing basis. We must share the load ;~D
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Please contact 300winmag by FRMail to send him a donation. He accepts checks, Paypal, and probably most forms of barterable goods :~D
It had the wrong date on it. Steve got the ticket on the 24th, the officer wrote the 23rd. I asked Steve if he'd gotten the ticket on Thursday and just got around to giving it to me on Friday and he said no. He got it on Friday, gave it to me as soon as he walked in the door as he had just got it just down the street from us and I said that evening "I'll take care of this on Monday or Tuesday."
Well that sucks.
Numbers have changed on the scoreboard. New numbers are:
410 CRKT 5700 folding knives
99 Ka-Bar folding knives
80 Camillus 904 folding knives
6 Camillus seatbelt cutters
6 ASP restraint cutters
19 Camillus BK2 Campanions
9 Camillus BK3 Tactools
5 Camillus CQB1s
27 Camillus CQB3 "Black Ops"
A bunch more BK2s and BK3s will be mailed as soon as I can prep and packaged them.
Mmmm....looks good and chocolatey!
Too bad I ate all that chocolate/hazlenut spread.
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