Neanderpundit

This weekend, in the process of doing anb out of town job, I witnessed two people, man and wife for many a year, stepping out on one another, (unbeknownst to one another) looking for exactly the same thing.

Why they chose to confide in me, I have no idea. (well, I was working wiht one, and the other worked at the hotel where I’m staying).

Don’t people TALK to one another anymore? Jesus.

In the middle of Ohio, there aren’t a lot of things to do, so I found myself eating Taco Hell outside K-Mart, watching the shoppers come and go, and listening to Garrison Keillor.

Now, I only know the guy by reputation and a few things I’ve heard or seen here and there, and I have but this to say.

Every conversation I have is wittier, has more substance, and is funnier than anything I’ve heard from him.

Hell, every conversation I’ve ever had with Kim, or Connie, or Riverdog, or Chris Byrne… and these are serious bloggers. Steve H, or Vman, or Elisson are every moment funnier than Garrison, and it boggles me that he has a show.

Minnesota nights must be longer and colder than Indiana.

I changed pants the other day, and lost my pocketknife for three days.

Now, I have a hundred pocketknives, so I had something else to use in the interim, but this knife- a Schrade Old Timer 330T– has been with me nearly forty years- the thought that I’d lost it would devastate me- had me freaking out, in fact, a lot of the week.

So I’m going to retire it. It’s always been razor sharp and in my pocket. I need it to be in my posession all the rest of my life- I intend to be buried with it, wrapped in the Hudson’s Bay blanket the Ogwife bought me for my birthday nearly twenty years ago, the blanket we snuggle under together on cold winter nights now.

So it will go someplace safe. And I will replace it. It’s possible to find the same knife on Ebay, but I’m also thinking about a three bladed knife, clip, sheepfoot, and spey. Like this Premium Stockman

I just don’t like stainless. And the modern, stainless ones are all chinese- though that concerns me less than the stainless-ness.

I’m not tied to the old-timer. I’d be happy with any high quality carbon steel knife wiht those specs- and I specificaly like the “muskrat” type clip blade of the Premium Stockman. Suggestions?