May Bombing Mission - YES, you May!

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Alright, gentlemen, things are coming together here in the new 3-way HQ. I'd like to thank you all for bearing with us as the new command gets up and running. Lots of important things have been going on here. First we re-arranged the office furniture and built a new podium for the briefing room that would fit all three of us. Then we sanded the off the graffiti carved onto the outgoing chief's desk. (Blackhorse sure knows how to draw a penis; I'll give him that.) Things were going well until Ocelot found several bottles of hootch and a stash of old love letters forgotten in an old file cabinet, and that pretty much blew the weekend for us. Target data? Damn! I knew we forgot something! :x
I kid, I kid! Orders will be forthcoming soon. It's been a slightly bumpy start, but we know the main objective here is to drop some bombs on some unsuspecting saps. We have not, and will not lose sight of that. The May bombing mission is a GO. All pilots stand by for further instructions.

On the Flight Line:
1. Scottie
2. Ocelot
3. Keenum
4. Kaplan
5. Grossbart
6. Gravel
7. Bowman
8. Fatman
9. Leftover
10. Blackhorse
11. Roogles
12. Big Casino
13. Hawker
14. Awoodby
15. Somedumbjerk
16. Taharris
17. Zigilbert
18. Kaiser
19. Fishfuzz
20. DrumsAndBeer
21. Dave in Philly
22. Blr1911
23. Soylentgreen

Not a bad showing at all! :cheers:
Lesath, was that a Yea or a Nay? Your transmission was garbled from under your rock.
Also, let's all give a warm Squadron welcome to our new pilots: Fatman, Hawker, and (possibly) blr1911. Mr.1911 sir, I know you chimed in on the last mission, but I wasn't sure if you officially signed on or not. I don't see your info on the master list of pilots handed down from Col. Blackhorse. To be fair, he had folded most of the official documents into some sort of obscene origami in his last few weeks in the office, so yours may have gotten "lost". Hawker, I've got your info. Fatman, if you haven't already, please PM your real name and mailing address to either Gravel, Ocelot, or myself. By next month we should have figured out which PMs will regularly go to which officer, and update the mission statement accordingly.

Ok, that about covers what I've got for now. Did I leave anyone off the list?
 
New podium eh...and here I thought you'd be spending all your time reconfiguring the cubicle partitions and rewriting the office protocol guidelines for what level of seniority had to be achieved in order to gain authorization to be allowed a houseplant on one's desk. Why, I remember the staff going round and round about that at every opportunity. There was this one...huh? What do you Hmean, get on with it? I was just st...yes, I know you have important business to conduct here...I was merely reflecting on an important, if not critical issue to the clerical staff that...what? Yes, of course there's a point here somewhere! Look in a mirror and you'll see it directly above what passes for your forehead! Young whipersnapper! Need to have some respect for your elders...paved the way for your easy life with our blood, sweat and... OH...and while we're at it, those carvings were supposed to be instructional! Rob could never remember the difference between the Hundred Pound Blockbuster, the Slim Jim Daisy Cutter and those Series Two Bouncing Bettys...so I drew 'em out right there on the podium and had him trace the things with his picket knife...100 times. He finally got it down. I can' t imagine how you could think they resembled a 'penis'. I mean, being so small and oddly shaped and all. Hmmm. Perhaps there's more to those funny rumors about you folk and that incident with the sheep than I thought. I mean... "Bah, Ram, Ewe"! Oh my! That's rich. Better keep the hooch close by...you'll need it! Egad, I mean REALLY. How did they ever get the poor things into those kimonos in the first place?
 
I think I'll have to sit this month out; the end of the semester can be crazy!

Have fun!
 
For anyone who hasn't seen the thread yet: https://www.brothersofbriar.com/t22318-2013-bob-pipe-of-the-year


Sorry to post another thread in this one, just want to make sure everyone sees it and this is a hefty thread generally.
 
Yeah...me too. The two hours it takes to get a package together and mail it is far more than the pressing demands of my busy life can handle. I mean, that's 1/360th of the month...um, let's see...uhh, carry the 9, add Avagadro's constant to Pi and divide by the Square root of 30...yup, it's 0.27% of a month. Yeah...far too much time to dedicate to something I really believe in. Oh wait! Tell you what...I'll skip watching Dancing With The Stars (thank you, Lord) during bomb week and then I'll have plenty of time.

(I erased the next paragraph because it was too negative and if I published it, everyone would hate me.)



 
Lesath...I knew I could count on you. Thank you!

So...this is the other shoe hitting the floor *...

WHERE IS EVERYBODY? I mean...I throw out some tom fool incendiary proclamation and it's like..."No splash, Capt'n!?! "** This joint has been like a ghost town. I can usually get a rise out of Lesath. He's dependable. We're like twin sons of different mothers.

<<And I'll just take time out for a sec here to wish all you moms out there a praiseworthy Happy Mother's Day! Um..."Happy Mother's Day">>

Anyhoo...let's show some SPARK out there! What IS this, a nursing home? (Ooh. That's a scary thought.) I feel like Don Rickles *** workin' a crowd of Zombies.

Feel free to heckle me as your will dictates. At least it would be SOMETHING!


* ref: "waiting for the other shoe to drop"

** ref: to Peter Pan, wherein...when Wendy is prodded off the end of the plank and falls like a stone toward the water, with the pirate crew waiting to hear her splash, none is heard (because she's been scooped up in mid fall by Peter, our hero) Smee leans over toward Hook and says..."No splash, Capt'n! ".

This is actually a pretty classic line as it not only sets up the dramatic action to reveal that Peter has NOT died from having his medicine poisoned, but completes a set of recurring jokes that have been running throughout the dialog. This is even more rewarding in this, our own, it is hoped, reality...as it falls in the wake (See...a ship reference...pretty good, right? Are you getting any of this?) of the 'sound of the other shoe dropping thing. If I had one more it would form a perfect triad, but I'm lazy and I have to make Mother's Day Waffles.

*** ref: to famous stand-up comic of the 70's & 80's whose schtik was insulting the crowd, the host, celebrities not there, etc. but had the obligatory' heart of gold'.

Man, this is a lot of work, but you're worth it!

Love you guys!

Be sure and come back...I'm here all week.
 
Sorry for the radio silence. Soon as intelligence arrives about the sorry target I'm sure bombs will be a flying and brothers a crying. Bring it in I've got cruel need for revenge building after last months war games. :twisted:
 
Well, there's that. Me? Personally, I think it's substance abuse. I found a great outlet in MA for dyed, stabilized, burl wood. I ordered a bunch and have been re working the handle of a knife that should have turned out better the first time, but never really feel right about it. So I cut the old one off (a $15 piece of Red Coolibah Burl all the way from Oz) and have been working on the new one...using a block of stabilized Black Box Elder Burl. The stuff is loaded with plastic (acrylic) and even though I wear a good mask while grinding it on the belt, when I hand sand it I don't. And I'm sure I inhale plastic dust and all sorts of other volatiles in the process. I'll pin it on that and leave it be.

BTW the Black Box Elder Burl is crazy cool. If you go to the link below and scroll down to photo 9...the block I'm using is K9F. Yeah, $18 isn't cheap...but you cannot believe what I've seen this stuff go for. And anyway, this is a knife for my own use, and I want what I want. Plus, I saved 2/3 of the Coolibah piece I cut off and if I add some spacers I can easily re use it. So we're good.

http://www.burlsource.com/burls-knife-scales.html
 
Wow, BH! That's some cool stuff. I've bookmarked that site. I can see doing tons of business with him looking for shank extension material on pipes!
 
Then look at the sections for pen blanks.

http://www.burlsource.com/burls-pen-blanks.html

He (Robert) apparently got a big shipment in just days ago so now is the time to pick your poison. On the pen blanks, the minimum is 5, you can mix-n-match pieces, unlike the other sections where the piece you see is the piece you're buying...these are representative only and range between $5 and $10.

Then there's the fly reel seats which are more, buy the one in the photo, buy one buy a hundred, and whatever.

http://www.burlsource.com/burls-fly-reel-seats.html

I would never do this for what I think of as a 'normal' online vendor, but Robert, the owner there has provided excellent, personable service with a range of products no other vendor comes even close to...and for prices that are half of what I've seen on other vendor sites. In other words, it's unique, in the best way possible.
 
Blackhorse is making me feel bad about myself, I think he should be exterminated

:(

rev
 
hey rev...was it you that sent me the two sets of wood knife scales? If so, check out the Farriers Knife I made using the Chinquapin Oak. Scotties22 had the Juniper that I used for the scabbard sent my way. Boy does It smell turpin-y!

https://www.brothersofbriar.com/t23383-fun-horse-gift-project
 
Glad to see you found a good way to use that juniper. That came off of Grizzly Butte in Central Oregon. My step dad has had that stuff laying around for quite a while (I think he said he cut it about 20 years ago). He has a portable mill and mills the juniper up there from time to time. A few years ago he milled a bunch for paneling and siding on the extension he and my mom are putting on their house.

You ever want some more, just give a holler.
 
I wish I sent you some stuff, but alas it was not me. Things are super tight right now, and I have lots of stuff to make for the fundraiser, which is why I am out for a few months :(

I love your work though brother. When I get a few extra bucks I would like to have you make me a knife for my plug with black palm if you think it would be strong enough

rev
 
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