Thanks JJ - Tom Hudson

Hey JJ .. haven't heard from ya in a bit. How's that new computer & high speed internet access treating ya ??? Say .. did any of this last nasty weather schtuff get down your way ??? We ended up with 50s/60s one day .. 30's & snow the next. Must be that global warming thingie .. yeah, right.

Greetings J.J.   Thank you for the welcome..  Dennis

Thanks JJ, good to be here

I looked at the 200 + pix the other Jim had up. I would not even venture to guess what his investment was in most of the knives he posted. They were beautiful. Thanks for the referral.

Gladly, I will friend you. Please forgive me for not asking you. I get on here jumping all over the place and forget the asking part.

Thanks for the kind comments on the whittlers. I have never seen a whittler in any pattern I did not like.

JJ, the whittlers have been posted. I think this is all the whittlers in my collection as of now. It is a great pattern to use and pocket carry. The warncliffe blade style was only found on very old patterns until Jim Parker introduced the Classics and eventually Case came out with the Sea Horse.

JJ ..Have you been able to experience connections faster than dial-up yet .. if so .... where's the vid's ??????

Jj, I think I will post some more Warncliffe Classics that you may like, as well as other Classic Whittlers, probably tomorrow. All will be Prototypes & up to 1 of 10 pcs. Sleep well tonight.

Thanks JJ. Yes, I have been doing some looking around. This is a great site, a lot to do and see

Thank you JJ, it is a pleasure to be a member

Nope not on the map yet.

Okay I found you JJ. CRS you know.

JJ I still don't see you on my friends list.

JJ .. Winner of the Second NAMEGAME contest !!!

Congrats .. I was getting no where. .. I missed the Zippo/flame connecton.

A little more trivia you might like:

Back in 1951, the VAREX was sold as a professional camera & costs around $350 (wow).

The annualized inflation rate since then is 3.72% so the cost in today's dollar was $3,023.29! (double wow)

It was late & I was tired.

After you set the aperture, does the diaphragm stay completely open until you press the shutter button half-way down? As I recall, that was done on some high end pre light meter coupled SLR's to keep a bright viewfinder until you took the shot and the correct term as you stated was preset automatic or perhaps semiautomatic.