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Date:         Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:22:26 -0500
Reply-To:     John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pesky lighters
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4793764E.2020301@gmail.com>
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Re: snooted pokeable lighters

1. Sit on yer Scripto to warm the butane 2. Light yer Scripto with a Zippo 3. poke away. ;-)

jm

On Jan 20, 2008 11:26 AM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, this barely qualifies as having any Vanagon content whatsoever but > here goes anyway: Mrs Squirrel and I use BBQ/fireplace lighters like the > Scripto Aim N Flame* when camping because the long snoots are useful for > lighting the stove and essential for poking into and lighting mantle-type > oil lanterns. For most of the year they work just fine, but this winter > I've been spending the occasional night up at 7,000 feet, where the piezo > ignitors commonly used on those lighters start not working so good, and > where the below-freezing temps reduce the pressure of the butane or > whatever fuel is in them. In short, they click and they click and no flame > comes out. > > I could use wooden kitchen matches, but they are a bit messy and smell > kinda stinky (he said, fastidiously). > > So I'm curious to know if any of you folk who live in the high places and > cold weathers have anything which works real good and is pokeable (for > them lanterns)? > > ================ > * I find the statement on Scripto's website > (http://www.scriptousa.com/lighters.html) that "Whether appearing on a TV > show or at your local campfire or barbecue, Aim N Flame is instantly > recognizable" to be vaguely troubling. They crave attention? It never > occurred to me that the Aim N Flame might want to be recognized. How much > more about the secret inner emotional world of the Aim N Flame do I not > know about? What if we have to start worrying about the feelings of all > our lighters? > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR >

-- John Meeks

'91 Multivan, '85 GL bits Northern Michigan KC8ZFN

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