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    Pdub
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    I had an uncle that would always say, let me see your pocket knife. Then he would check the edge while commenting about how you could tell how lazy a man was by how sharp he kept his knife.
     

    rhino

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    Reminds me of this guy:

    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/07/23/Man-who-amputated-own-leg-chose-life/8314743400000/


    I saw a few interviews with him and I cringed in sympathy pain each time he told the story. His pocketknife was a cheapie he used to dig mud and other debris from the tracks of his bulldozer and it was not sharp when he need it. He had to rub it on a nearby rocky to get it sharp enough to sever what was left of his leg. UGH!

    I'd like to think that Don Wyman's story (from 1993) has inspired people in similar situations (like the Nebraska farmer) to not give up and just die because the situation seemed hopeless.
     

    rhino

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    I had an uncle that would always say, let me see your pocket knife. Then he would check the edge while commenting about how you could tell how lazy a man was by how sharp he kept his knife.

    Hmmm. I must be an outlier . . . I'm about as lazy as it gets, yet my cutlery is sharp!
     
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