IAN So, To Add to Chef Fireman & Grandad Now you're an EPONYM...... circa.. ???? Glad to see you are still around - things have been a bit quiet... this institution needs you..to carve a niche !!! betty *>) ----- Original Message ----- From: <IRHUCKIN@aol.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 5:12 AM Subject: [BAN] Memories of the 50s, 60's and 70's >I notice Smokey mentions carrying a knife. > Much frowned on now of course, and for good reason in some cases, I know > of > nobody (boys anyway) in my youth (60's & 70's) who didn't have one. > Amazingly > we never stabbed each other!! Used for whittling wood, gutting a fish, > carving your girls name in the bark of a tree and playing splits. I have > carried a > knife all my life now. Not for sinister reasons (apologies to all > left-handers), but for practical purposes. Having a been a chef, a > fireman and now a > granddad, uses are too numerous to mention. I now have a multi-tool > instead of > the sheath knife of my youth and my penknife in later life. The now very > old > sheath knife is still in my toolbox in the garage. The sheath rotted > years > ago. The leather lasted, but the stitching went. > I think it is sad that things change for the worse. Mind you, if I wanted > to > get my knife out to do some damage, I would have to ask the intended > recipient to wait a couple of minutes, while I unfold all the items to > find a > knife!! Can opener, bottle opener, saw, file, screwdriver, blade, > point.... Ah! > Blade, that's what I want!!! See my point (hehehe) > > > Ian - aka 'Razor' Huckin > Researching eponimous name. > > > ==== ENG-BANBURY-AREA Mailing List ==== > Lost a Village ? Try > http://www.streetmap.co.uk > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >