We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:14:44 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...is that you've gotta peel them before you can eat them. At least, us furriners do, otherwise you're just asking for a dance lesson -- the Taliban Two-Step. Soooo, because mangoes have a skin like a pear instead of something sensible, like an orange, you either need a long, sharp fingernail (which possesses its own issues, unless you have a really wild guitar-pickin' style) or a knife. And, since mango juice is kinda like superglue when it dries, I figured I needed something a bit easier to clean than my Swiss Army toolbox. There are other things for sale in... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:47:50 -0600 -5 for Spelling. +5 for quick recovery. Bill - Snerk. But yes, once we got to a page rank of six or so, the Googlebot started coming around about every 4 hours or so. But they might be hiding in the drapes. We'll have Ry take them out for airing and whacking! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64462 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64462 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:23:02 -0600 That was quick. We must have googlebots in the draperies...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64460 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64460 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:38:12 -0600 h. . http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64458 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64458 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:30:45 -0600 Oh, and when Hurricane Charlie, I think it was, went through here, it knocked all of the mangoes off of our trees. I industriously picked them all up, and put them up on the camper-top on my truck, to get dry and ripe. I had gone for a walk and hurt my aged knee, after that, and was lying up and resting, and healing. I heard some motor noises outside, thought it was the trash collectors. A bit later I went out and saw that all of my carefully salvaged mangoes were gone! Dang! We were in a declared state of emergency then! Had I seen that looter doing that (yes he was a looter) I could have lawfully shot him dead dead dead. In the liver. Argghh http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64457 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64457 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:25:35 -0600 Umm, Chief, there is no cool weather here, except for a random week or two around Christmas and the Feast of the Circumcision. No, Dad, like m'self I'm afraid, refused to take notice of things he didn't care about. Drove Mom nuts, it did. . http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64456 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64456 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:14:14 -0600 Um, no. I'm going to Benning, instead. Closest I got to where you are was this weekend... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64451 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64451 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:32:06 -0600 Oh sure, Brab- like he's gonna tell anyone it's a *knife*...! Sure, I do. I also tell them it's a great counterbalance... And you didn't bring me any presents back, either! That Monmouth trip still on?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64449 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64449 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:25:05 -0600 Even folded up, that's a big knife to haul around in one's pocket! Oh sure, Brab- like he's gonna tell anyone it's a *knife*...! ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64442 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64442 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:49:54 -0600 I'm sure SugarButtons has a *plentiful* supply of the local microfauna that he could share with you ... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64441 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64441 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:12:34 -0600 Of course, "I sliced my finger off with a Kashmiri Folding Mango Knife" doesn't quite sing the way "I bayoneted myself today" does, do I wouldn't be able to parlay that into a Barney-meet. Such petty jealousy from the little people. We sniff and walk on. No doubt tripping because our nose is in the air... And you didn't bring me any presents back, either!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64440 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64440 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:17:02 -0600 Nice mango-slicer, Bill. Even folded up, that's a big knife to haul around in one's pocket! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64438 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64438 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:53:25 -0600 but how is it at slicing fingers? With the edge I put on it, it should make a beeline for bone. Of course, "I sliced my finger off with a Kashmiri Folding Mango Knife" doesn't quite sing the way "I bayoneted myself today" does, do I wouldn't be able to parlay that into a Barney-meet. Speaking of singing, how's Ry's Redwood Rest Stop plaque-naming contest going? My Dad left mangoes there and forgot about them. Urk. Had to have happened in cool weather, or the solid wall of fruit flies would have been a dead giveaway...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64437 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64437 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:48:58 -0600 The mango juice, if allowed to ferment into mango vinegar, is capable of dissolving concrete. There are places on the garage floor at our old house which were smooth, and are now quite rough. My Dad left mangoes there and forgot about them. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64435 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64435 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:31:35 -0600 Hmph, he can get Stella Artois over there, but I can't get it into my shop to sell in Missouri. Stupid state liquor laws.... And, what's in the green tallboy can on the far left? My beeriousity wants to know. Finally, Becks and Fosters... blugh! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64433 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64433 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:10:16 -0600 Snide? Moi? Actually Chief, I'm kinda jealous- that's a nice looking blade and whilst my collecting is of the military variety I do have a side interest in 'ethnic' knives... the *real* ones, as opposed to touristy rubbish. And it looks quite capable of handling a mango or two. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64431 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64431 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:03:12 -0600 but how is it at slicing fingers? These are the burning questions...as to the beer, I have no clue. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64430 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64430 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:30:24 -0600 ***.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64429 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64429 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:52:37 -0600 With a Beck's, don't be perplexed! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64428 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64428 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:14:31 -0600 OMG he's considering Fosters... Judging from the *urp* look on his face -- he's *not*...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64426 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64426 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:47:49 -0600 And in case Neffi had anything snide planned about the rust, it cleaned up very nicely with some steel wool, a Q-tip and alcohol. The bone bolsters are still brownish -- it's not an antique, but it ain't new, either. The seller claimed it's ninety years old, I figure it's about fifty. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64424 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64424 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:38:16 -0600 OMG he's considering Fosters and some poor schmuck has already opened it. I hope that was to pour it out as insecticide. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64423 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/the_problem_wit.html#comment-64423 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:38:11 -0600