Jerry-
My bible study group said a great prayer for you tonight! Ten of us did our best to get the man upstairs to give you some relief! Take care of yourself brother and I will talk to you soon.
Jason
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flintknapper wrote:carlson1 wrote:Does anyone know what hospital Jerry is in? I would like to visit if possible. I have missed the news early on. We will pray for him at Church tonight.
Memorial Hospital, Lufkin TX. 1201 W Frank ave.
I don't have a room # yet. He will be there several days.
Patient room info: 936-639-7910
UPDATE: Jerry is in room #419 should anyone want to visit or call.
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carlson1 wrote:Just talked to Jerry. He seems to be in great spirits. Flintknapper Jerry thinks highly of you. Had prayer with him on the phone. Prayer changes things. Even in our low times God is always there!
Amen,
I just got back from visiting him. I had the pleasure of meeting his Wife and Mother.
Yes, his spirits are as good as can be...considering the circumstances. In true fashion, he was more concerned about his "flock" than for himself.
We had a nice visit, discussed the surgery and the long term prognosis. He will not have a report from pathology until later in the week, so you can imagine the anxiety that comes with that.
Jerry told me that he could possibly be released late this evening. I will leave the "progress" report to him. His computer time will be limited due to physical constraints, but he asked me to say Thanks to everyone for their prayers, concerns, and well wishes.
And Yes, Carlson....I believe with all my heart that prayer can change things. I am happy to have had the opportunity to clasp Jerry's hand in mine, and have a prayer of supplication.
We remember you as well, and also Dave.
May God bless you both, and heal you completely...if that be His will.
Flint.
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Jerry is back home.
Jerry's wife requested that I post this PM:
From: longtooth
To: flintknapper
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:23 pm
Subject: Jerry is home
It was so nice meeting you today. That meant a lot to Jerry, his mother & me. The knife is beautiful. We were overwhelmed. Please post this on the forum.
All glory to God! Jerry was discharged today. He is so thrilled to get home. You can call him at 936-639-9739, if you would like to do so.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, & continued prayers that the lymph nodes they removed do not have cancer. We will know next week.
Again, thank you so very much for being an important part of Jerry's life.
Your prayers are so greatly appreciated! You cannot know how much each of you mean to him! We are blessed with a wonderful church, & wonderful friends.
Longtooth's wife
From: longtooth
To: flintknapper
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:23 pm
Subject: Jerry is home
It was so nice meeting you today. That meant a lot to Jerry, his mother & me. The knife is beautiful. We were overwhelmed. Please post this on the forum.
All glory to God! Jerry was discharged today. He is so thrilled to get home. You can call him at 936-639-9739, if you would like to do so.
Thank you all so much for your prayers, & continued prayers that the lymph nodes they removed do not have cancer. We will know next week.
Again, thank you so very much for being an important part of Jerry's life.
Your prayers are so greatly appreciated! You cannot know how much each of you mean to him! We are blessed with a wonderful church, & wonderful friends.
Longtooth's wife
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It's me now. 
Home Sat afternoon. I continue to sleep better as the days go along. I slept for 3 hrs w/o waking up. Stayed in bed & slept a full 7 hrs w/ intermittent times of waking. Did not stay awake long. As is his character, Flint said nothing about the knife. After he left, Barbara opened the bag for me to read the responses. The box was on top & when she opened it she began to cry. I knew he had done something. The note said he presented it to me from all on the forum & That is the way I receive it. Thank you all for your care.
Every one cannot do everything. Every one has done what they can. I have now lost count of the # of calls so cannot even list them. All that could, have prayed, visited, called, encouraged, laughed w/ us & even cried a little w/ us. I am not at all surprised at the care, response, & character of the people of the forum. I know when Flint held my hand & prayed that each of you held my heart, Barbara's & Mom's. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazerine that He cares for sinners such as we mortals.
Pain has been very managable. I have been thankful for the grace given to not hurt much. I left the hospital w/o a drain tube that is usually left in for a few days. Yall can laugh. That nurse pulled 14 inches of drain hose out of my belly. Man that hurt. Glad that part is over. I will post pictures of the knife yall gave me today. It is beautiful.
Have a great day & I will see you in print a little later.
LT
Home Sat afternoon. I continue to sleep better as the days go along. I slept for 3 hrs w/o waking up. Stayed in bed & slept a full 7 hrs w/ intermittent times of waking. Did not stay awake long. As is his character, Flint said nothing about the knife. After he left, Barbara opened the bag for me to read the responses. The box was on top & when she opened it she began to cry. I knew he had done something. The note said he presented it to me from all on the forum & That is the way I receive it. Thank you all for your care.Every one cannot do everything. Every one has done what they can. I have now lost count of the # of calls so cannot even list them. All that could, have prayed, visited, called, encouraged, laughed w/ us & even cried a little w/ us. I am not at all surprised at the care, response, & character of the people of the forum. I know when Flint held my hand & prayed that each of you held my heart, Barbara's & Mom's. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazerine that He cares for sinners such as we mortals.
Pain has been very managable. I have been thankful for the grace given to not hurt much. I left the hospital w/o a drain tube that is usually left in for a few days. Yall can laugh.
That nurse pulled 14 inches of drain hose out of my belly. Man that hurt. Glad that part is over. I will post pictures of the knife yall gave me today. It is beautiful. Have a great day & I will see you in print a little later.
LT
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Gift knife
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The knife presented to me by Flintknapper from all the members of the forum. I don't know much about the hobby of arrowhead collecting but I am able to look at this knife & know something about the original maker. There are lessons of survival & personal defense to be learned by looking at this.
There is a saying today among us redneck country boys that goes like this. The Indians had it right. The men hunted & fished all day while the women did all the work. Those Indian women may have done the cooking, hide tanning, putting up the TP's, & all that "work".
When I look at this knife and the only arrowhead that I own, I know something about those men that hunted & fished. They also took personal defense & the defense of their families & loved ones very serious. When they were not hunting & fishing to feed the family, it is evident to me that they were not setting around spinning yarns about who caught the biggest fish or arrowed the largest deer. They were very carefully carving out the weapons of defense that may be needed to protect those women & children that they loved. This knife was not chipped out in 30 minutes.
Whoever made this original knife made the best knife he possibly could. I am often asked what pistol should I buy to carry? When I give several quality arms & talk of different makers another question often comes. Why do I need such an expensive gun? I don't want to spend that much money. My answer is always the same. If you need it, you will be betting your life & the life of your loved ones on the weapon you choose.
The maker of this knife could have said, Why do I need to make one that good? Why should I spend that much time & effort making that good a knife? Because the lives of his loved ones depended on it.
In this work I also see one who knew that what we call situational awareness was the key to his survival so he could protect those loved ones. In the day that this knife blade was used for survival there were no ambulances to get them to the hospitals. In a knife fight in that day both were very likely to die. Infection could very well claim the life of the "winner". Truly the only fight that was won was the one that was avoided.
Be vigilent. Be watchful. Know what is going on around you. Practice walking around in condition yellow all the time. Let the slightest hint of trouble be noticed & taken seriously. Samuel Colt may have made all men equal. But he did it only after the shooting started. Be far above all men in awareness & truly hope you never have to prove you are the fastest gun or the best shot.
He who struck first was the one who lived to protect his family again. The close quarters of a knife culture demands constant training as well as vigilence.
Take your training seriously. I know of no person that trains regularly w/ weapons of mediocre quality. Step one leads to step 2. If you can get professional training, do it. If you cannot then read, think through the different possibilities, and do it as often as possible.
Find someone to train with. I have 3 that I train with at every opportunity. Flint is one of them. Dpatterson on this forum is another. When given the opportunity to meet, visit with, & train with others on this forum take every opportunity available. It does not matter if they are young or old. Of the ones named, I am the oldest but have learned from every one I have trained with.
The quality of this knife also says to me, "I will not be a victim." I am not going to this much work, expense, trouble, & time invested in training & then lose everything precious to me because of one minute of letting down my watchful guard or fearful surrender to those who would harm my family. I will live with a gentle character but fight w/ a vicious intent for victory. I will be politely armed. I will not be a victim.
Every one of you are the givers of the lessons observed from the gift given to me. Hold all the lessons dear to your heart. Continue to be as gracious & caring as you are. Be as vigilent as you can. Enjoy life with the loved ones God has given you. Share with others as you have with me. Thank you all for this life experience.
LT.
The knife presented to me by Flintknapper from all the members of the forum. I don't know much about the hobby of arrowhead collecting but I am able to look at this knife & know something about the original maker. There are lessons of survival & personal defense to be learned by looking at this.
There is a saying today among us redneck country boys that goes like this. The Indians had it right. The men hunted & fished all day while the women did all the work. Those Indian women may have done the cooking, hide tanning, putting up the TP's, & all that "work".
When I look at this knife and the only arrowhead that I own, I know something about those men that hunted & fished. They also took personal defense & the defense of their families & loved ones very serious. When they were not hunting & fishing to feed the family, it is evident to me that they were not setting around spinning yarns about who caught the biggest fish or arrowed the largest deer. They were very carefully carving out the weapons of defense that may be needed to protect those women & children that they loved. This knife was not chipped out in 30 minutes.
Whoever made this original knife made the best knife he possibly could. I am often asked what pistol should I buy to carry? When I give several quality arms & talk of different makers another question often comes. Why do I need such an expensive gun? I don't want to spend that much money. My answer is always the same. If you need it, you will be betting your life & the life of your loved ones on the weapon you choose.
The maker of this knife could have said, Why do I need to make one that good? Why should I spend that much time & effort making that good a knife? Because the lives of his loved ones depended on it.
In this work I also see one who knew that what we call situational awareness was the key to his survival so he could protect those loved ones. In the day that this knife blade was used for survival there were no ambulances to get them to the hospitals. In a knife fight in that day both were very likely to die. Infection could very well claim the life of the "winner". Truly the only fight that was won was the one that was avoided.
Be vigilent. Be watchful. Know what is going on around you. Practice walking around in condition yellow all the time. Let the slightest hint of trouble be noticed & taken seriously. Samuel Colt may have made all men equal. But he did it only after the shooting started. Be far above all men in awareness & truly hope you never have to prove you are the fastest gun or the best shot.
He who struck first was the one who lived to protect his family again. The close quarters of a knife culture demands constant training as well as vigilence.
Take your training seriously. I know of no person that trains regularly w/ weapons of mediocre quality. Step one leads to step 2. If you can get professional training, do it. If you cannot then read, think through the different possibilities, and do it as often as possible.
Find someone to train with. I have 3 that I train with at every opportunity. Flint is one of them. Dpatterson on this forum is another. When given the opportunity to meet, visit with, & train with others on this forum take every opportunity available. It does not matter if they are young or old. Of the ones named, I am the oldest but have learned from every one I have trained with.
The quality of this knife also says to me, "I will not be a victim." I am not going to this much work, expense, trouble, & time invested in training & then lose everything precious to me because of one minute of letting down my watchful guard or fearful surrender to those who would harm my family. I will live with a gentle character but fight w/ a vicious intent for victory. I will be politely armed. I will not be a victim.
Every one of you are the givers of the lessons observed from the gift given to me. Hold all the lessons dear to your heart. Continue to be as gracious & caring as you are. Be as vigilent as you can. Enjoy life with the loved ones God has given you. Share with others as you have with me. Thank you all for this life experience.
LT.
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Re: Gift knife
longtooth wrote:http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e274/ ... 0_0001.jpg
This knife was not chipped out in 30 minutes.
Whoever made this original knife made the best knife he possibly could.
Good point. The Paleo-Indians or Native Americans did indeed have a lot of time and effort invested in their weaponry.
The particular knife you have, took less than an hour to produce (the blade that is), but if you consider that a friend of mine dug up the obsidian from Glass Buttes Oregon transported it to his home cut it into a slab which he sent to me for knapping then yes, it all takes a while.
By comparison:
The ancient people would have quarried the stone, reduced it to a "spall" and then worked it later at a more convenient site and time. It would have taken them quite a bit longer to produce than it does for me. Certainly, they would strive to make the best weapon possible as their very livelihood depended upon it. Its just a hobby for me.
The person who taught me to "knapp" would take a somewhat cavalier attitude when either of us broke an arrowhead or knife blade while making it.
In fact, he was fond of saying "It's just a rock, we'll make another one". I doubt that would have been tolerated a thousand years ago. LT is correct in pointing out that these first/original weapons were fashioned from the best materials available at the time, and that great care was taken to make them sturdy and functional. This is indeed a lesson not lost on me.
Hope you're feeling better friend.
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