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Jim Naseum

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  1. If all you do is slice easy to slice things then there is no problem with it in my book.  A chef's knife is often used for much heavier duty work and as such is the primary multi-purpose tool in a cook's kitchen.

     

    Yes, that makes perfect sense. Most of my food is produce, and doesn't represent much of a challenge to knives. The heaviest duty would be slicing a boneless, skinless chicken breast. 

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    I have a 20 year old, 14-inch, $10 serrated bread knife that has never been sharpened and still cuts cleanly, and better than any expensive "chef" knife, sharpened or not, that we have ever owned. It will slice razor thin tomatoes, or carve a turkey, and it even slices bread. I can't see the purpose of owning any other knife in the kitchen. 

     

    That's about what my mom and mother in law act like.  They don't seem to realize that their knives are turds and don't know what to do with anything nicer, it's weird. :)

     

     

    So, the weird part is what? That I don't invest in a basket of knives I don't need? Or, that it is just "wrong" to slice a tomato with a serrated bread knife? 

  3. Try cutting up a whole fresh chicken or deboning a leg of lamb with your bread knife.

     

    Fortunately, no such task presents itself in my house. 

     

    But sure, for some people a meat saw is going to be hanging in the kitchen, I have no doubt.

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  4. I imagine the real founder, thus the reason this forum exists, would sum up this thread and many more that turn in this direction as --

    And I must quote here - "Bullshit".

    That about covers these insightful 11 pages.

     

    Your snippet being added directly to the rising pile though, right? 

     

    It's called "rubber necking." Humans can't resist it. After waiting in traffic half an hour for the line to move, and cursing all the rubber-neckers ahead, the mad man duly stops to look for blood. Just like everyone else. Ah, human nature!

  5. I have a 20 year old, 14-inch, $10 serrated bread knife that has never been sharpened and still cuts cleanly, and better than any expensive "chef" knife, sharpened or not, that we have ever owned. It will slice razor thin tomatoes, or carve a turkey, and it even slices bread. I can't see the purpose of owning any other knife in the kitchen. 

  6. FJD,

    You did a great job bringing Mr. Dragonfyr back to life. That could become a real thing. Most arguments in audio are repetitive, so all you have to do is mine that great trove for the right snippet!

    The guy obviously had a great mind. We can all enjoy that. Well OK, some of us can. Think about it. The Oracle Speaks.

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  7. I did not see the part where there is NO soldering, that would be NO kit, they call that Lego's.

    I guess you didn't read it.

    "We designed this special kit, one of our Heathkit JrTM series of kits, for easy no-solder assembly by anyone. It can be your introduction to electronics, radios, and the joy of building something useful."

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    Just like reading your posts, I read till I smell BS.

    On another note:

    Now the forum knows just where you come from, AM radio world eh?

    Say's everything we need to know, and confirms what most think.

    Another in the endless parade of guys who don't read trying to be a Dick! They never learn.

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  8. I did not see the part where there is NO soldering, that would be NO kit, they call that Lego's.

    I guess you didn't read it.

    "We designed this special kit, one of our Heathkit JrTM series of kits, for easy no-solder assembly by anyone. It can be your introduction to electronics, radios, and the joy of building something useful."

    Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

  9. most of the best material that I've found is "locked" (is that a pun?) away in locked threads and not very easy to pull as a quote

    Most of the best stuff is always in locked threads.

    The corollary being that the best threads are locked.

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