tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post7261722503973072781..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: A car, a knife and a vetRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-17335359020141647692011-04-17T19:58:01.784+01:002011-04-17T19:58:01.784+01:00My mother (briefly) owned a BMW Isetta bubble car....My mother (briefly) owned a BMW Isetta bubble car. Since she only had the use of one eye she found "range finding" and width judgement difficult, thus neatly removing both headlamps by trying for a too-narrow gap. Thereafter I used it and found it great fun (as did my two small kids), until one day a spirited gear change ( a metal rod sticking out of the right panel, if you remember) left me going at about 45 mph with said lever loose in my hand. A mole grip clamped to the broken stub got us home. Happy days!Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-23368744679594151052011-04-17T18:11:25.842+01:002011-04-17T18:11:25.842+01:00Fed: professions that make men lovable, then. I...Fed: professions that make men lovable, then. I've moved on a little since I posted and he is becoming more likeable. And Jana is starting to warm to him. But eventually he'll become a pure Arctic wind.<br /><br />the Crow: I'm pretty sure he's taking the box too.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-65462748197674856472011-04-17T12:43:05.272+01:002011-04-17T12:43:05.272+01:00While Ian's knife appears to be all I could as...While Ian's knife appears to be all I could ask for in such a utensil - blade and tang all of one piece, precise point, appealing shape - it is the box in which it resides that has caught my attention. Two gifts in one!The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-82396684416159077332011-04-17T11:48:14.375+01:002011-04-17T11:48:14.375+01:00Loveable male professions? Loveable MALE professio...Loveable male professions? Loveable MALE professions? What would Amelia Bloomer say? Or your heroine, come to that?Fedorovnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-46225161536898200192011-04-16T11:05:07.419+01:002011-04-16T11:05:07.419+01:00Lucy: I'm pleased to hear the Sabatier has an ...Lucy: I'm pleased to hear the Sabatier has an Achilles heel because it is frequently presented as the be-all and end-all. Mrs BB has a Prestige knife which pre-dates our marriage and which appeared to remain sharp for about thirty years; I then re-sharpened it (despite its serrated edge) and it continues to work well.<br /><br />Hattie: As one who left school at age 15 and finally started on the laborious process (still not ended) of finding an education, I am not temperamentally suited to writing about teachers in a heroic mode.<br /><br />RW (zS): His comment: "It's damned sharp."Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-18178451988116211832011-04-16T00:21:14.728+01:002011-04-16T00:21:14.728+01:00Ian-san the cooking samurai! Banzai!Ian-san the cooking samurai! Banzai!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-73685379199766934742011-04-15T20:28:40.388+01:002011-04-15T20:28:40.388+01:00If you treat it well, a Kyocera ceramic knife is t...If you treat it well, a Kyocera ceramic knife is the best. You can't slam it down and you can't use it for cheese, but otherwise it's perfect. <br />Hmm. Lovable male professions. How about pre school or elementary teacher or high school music teacher?Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-91394070728481389132011-04-15T19:21:53.870+01:002011-04-15T19:21:53.870+01:00That bubble car model is highly desirable!
The on...That bubble car model is highly desirable!<br /><br />The one Sabatier I ever owned broke very quickly, the rivets rusting through, I think. Best knife ever is the Small Wooden Handled Knife bought on a market somewhere in the Loire valley to cut up mushrooms grown in the caves there to fry on a small camping gas stove, and still going strong. It was betimes used to fillet large trout almost still flipping, which was a little beyond its scope. I wouldn't mind a classy Japanese number though...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com