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Welcome to IKC John

Welcome!!

WELCOME JOHN!!

Welcome aboard John!

Welcome to iKC!

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I am honored, John! Thank you for adding me.

Welcome to the diner, John...

John, thanks for joining the Arsenal group.  I'm looking forward to seeing your posts and pics in the group.

Best wishes for a splendiferous Birthday and Happy Holidays, John!

Cheers, my friend!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks John,glad to be here.

HappyBirthday!

You're welcome and Thank you John!

Hey John I know I have seen you here on IKC.  Just noticed you are here in Champaign, IL as well.  Just wanted to say hello.

John, couldn't help but relate what I read about that expression, "The good Lord willing and the Creek don't rise."

Several years ago I was doing genealogy research and I ran across an article in which an elderly lady about 90 years old was interviewed.  She told how her grandmother had told her that they used that expression to say they would do something if the Creek Indians did not rise or as we would say today, go on the warpath.  Apparently the grandmother in her younger days had lived where the Creek Indians caused a lot of trouble.

So the Creek in that expression had nothing to do with water!

Thanks for the request, John. glad to be your friend.

Thanks, John. I wish I had my money back sometimes, until I look at them. I like some of my $10.00 knives as well as some that I spent over a $100.00 to get. Well , I haven't bought too many that were that high. But, I bought them all because I liked them.

Trappers, John! lmao! I love it!

That's John, I have had one , a Boston made melon tester, for many years. Not many uses other than testing melons , I suppose. Levine claims some are used in self defense. That long slim blade is wicked. As a child,I once saw a guy at the river, filleting perch with one. I said: "That just ain't right, you're not cuttin' my watermelon with that thing." Later he cut his own melon piece with it,after supper ...yuck!

That's ,thanks John! Most of the 1960-70's melon testers, I saw in the south,were made by Colonial of Providence RI , they were usually advertising give away's, from produce and food distributers.

thx john. i found the maker last night it is BACKWOODS'S  

Bill Akers

THX. JOHN

Hi John,

sorry I missed your greeting this am at 7, I was surfing the main room and saw your greeting. I am unfamiliar with this site completely so I am struggling to figure it out. I didn't ignore you just missed it! Later-Alan

It is April first and you have become a featured member. Thank you for all you do here at iKC

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