Dec 30th, 2016: Hammer Time

xoxoxoBruce · 12-29-2016, 08:45 PM

Museums... is there anything they don't collect?
Up in Haines Alaska stands The Hammer Museum, dedicated to preserving the history of humanity’s first tool.

Quote:

From the land of the pharaohs to the land down under, ancient to modern, two inches to twenty feet, the Hammer Museum has
something for everyone and is an experience that cannot be missed.

If Alaska is a little out of your way, the museum posts images of some of their more than 2,000 hammers on their Instagram account.

link

BigV · 12-29-2016, 09:10 PM

".... I'd hammer in the morrrrrrning..."

blueboy56 · 12-29-2016, 10:01 PM

Does that mean that you should be hard-headed to live in Alaska?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-29-2016, 10:36 PM

You nailed it, now beat it.

sexobon · 12-30-2016, 06:39 AM

Does the museum have Mjolnir?

glatt · 12-30-2016, 07:15 AM

Hammers accumulate. You feel wrong throwing out the old, and they just keep showing up.

Snakeadelic · 12-30-2016, 07:48 AM

Many years ago when I still lived in Washington state, I was on welfare and required to be evaluated by either an MD or a psychiatrist every 6 months (over the course of 3 years of this, nobody ever released me to be thrown into the job application mill that was considered an employment program). When I was between homes and thus between MDs, I would go see this one psychiatrist who was semi-retired and pretty much only did evaluations. He was 85 when I saw him, and we would get distracted talking about all kinds of things, like the time John Phillip Sousa played at his college's Homecoming Dance. His name was Dr. Hammer, and in a rare turn of humor, his business sign consisted of 2 claw hammers in an X formation (one had the handle cut in half). And while he wasn't exactly a Pink Floyd fan, he was familiar with the "marching hammers" animation from The Wall and thought it was 'quite well done'.

Gravdigr · 12-30-2016, 12:21 PM

Just watched 'The Wall' the other night.

Gravdigr · 12-30-2016, 02:16 PM

♪ ♫I climbed in the ring w/Roberto Duran♪ ♫
♪ ♫And the punches began to rain down♪ ♫
♪ ♫He hit me with a dozen hard upper cuts♪ ♫
♪ ♫Then my corner threw in the towel♪ ♫

♪ ♫I asked him why he had to knock me out♪ ♫
♪ ♫And he summed it up real well♪ ♫
♪ ♫He said "I'd rather be the hammer♪ ♫
♪ ♫Than the nail."♪ ♫

glatt · 12-30-2016, 02:35 PM

The hammer on the far left is the only one I bought.

Three others were presents given to me brand new, and the rest just kind of accumulated.

limey · 12-30-2016, 02:53 PM

My favourite hammer (here at Chateau Limey) is like the one that is fourth from the right, lower row ... so cute!

Sent by magic.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2016, 03:27 PM

Cute maybe, but not very good at pulling nails.

sexobon · 12-30-2016, 03:55 PM

Looks like glatt's ready for some tabletop croquet.

limey · 12-30-2016, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Cute maybe, but not very good at pulling nails.

That's when I use hammer No. 2 ! Or pliers.

Sent by magic.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2016, 04:35 PM

I see six nail pullers, but none are #2. However, I have complete faith you'll defeat that nail so soundly, it will straighten itself out.

12-29-2016, 10:36 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You nailed it, now beat it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-30-2016, 12:21 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Just watched 'The Wall' the other night. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-30-2016, 02:16 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Hammer time ♪ ♫I climbed in the ring w/Roberto Duran♪ ♫ ♪ ♫And the punches began to rain down♪ ♫ ♪ ♫He hit me with a dozen hard upper cuts♪ ♫ ♪ ♫Then my corner threw in the towel♪ ♫ ♪ ♫I asked him why he had to knock me out♪ ♫ ♪ ♫And he summed it up real well♪ ♫ ♪ ♫He said "I'd rather be the hammer♪ ♫ ♪ ♫Than the nail."♪ ♫ __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-30-2016, 02:53 PM	#11
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	My favourite hammer (here at Chateau Limey) is like the one that is fourth from the right, lower row ... so cute! Sent by magic. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

12-30-2016, 03:27 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cute maybe, but not very good at pulling nails. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-29-2016, 09:10 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	".... I'd hammer in the morrrrrrning..." __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-29-2016, 10:01 PM	#3
blueboy56 Master Locutor Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 151	Does that mean that you should be hard-headed to live in Alaska?

12-30-2016, 06:39 AM	#5
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Does the museum have Mjolnir?

12-30-2016, 07:15 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hammers accumulate. You feel wrong throwing out the old, and they just keep showing up.

12-30-2016, 07:48 AM	#7
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Many years ago when I still lived in Washington state, I was on welfare and required to be evaluated by either an MD or a psychiatrist every 6 months (over the course of 3 years of this, nobody ever released me to be thrown into the job application mill that was considered an employment program). When I was between homes and thus between MDs, I would go see this one psychiatrist who was semi-retired and pretty much only did evaluations. He was 85 when I saw him, and we would get distracted talking about all kinds of things, like the time John Phillip Sousa played at his college's Homecoming Dance. His name was Dr. Hammer, and in a rare turn of humor, his business sign consisted of 2 claw hammers in an X formation (one had the handle cut in half). And while he wasn't exactly a Pink Floyd fan, he was familiar with the "marching hammers" animation from The Wall and thought it was 'quite well done'.

12-30-2016, 02:35 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The hammer on the far left is the only one I bought. Three others were presents given to me brand new, and the rest just kind of accumulated.

12-30-2016, 03:55 PM	#13
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Looks like glatt's ready for some tabletop croquet.

12-30-2016, 04:35 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I see six nail pullers, but none are #2. However, I have complete faith you'll defeat that nail so soundly, it will straighten itself out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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