LizzieMaine
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Exactly.
So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
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LizzieMaine
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I'm trying to set up a deal with a local jobber who can order the stuff from the wholesaler and deliver it to us, without taking too deep a cut. Remember when "cut out the middleman!" was a sales pitch? NOT ANYMORE.
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Yeah, I got a classic storm lighter.
But there´s a lever on the top leftside. When you flip the lever up, it blocks the cap from closing.
But what is the sense of that??
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Could you post a photo?
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Like this one. What does the leftside lever, when flipped up?
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^^^^^
It’s there to hold the lid away from the flame, I’m guessing, so that it isn’t in the way when the lighter is turned upside down. Or sideways. I hear there are reasons to do that, licit and illicit.
It’s there to hold the lid away from the flame, I’m guessing, so that it isn’t in the way when the lighter is turned upside down. Or sideways. I hear there are reasons to do that, licit and illicit.
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And then when you snap the lid shut, it puts spring tension on the lid to hold it closed - the tip of the lever inserts into a small pocket in the lid, and when the lid is snapped shut the lever toggles the other direction and puts pressure against the pocket to hold the lid shut. That's why the lid won't shut if the lever is flipped up without the lid; the lever then hits on the wrong wall of the internal pocket, which interferes with the lid closing fully.
At least that's how it works on Zippo lighters. If I'm not mistaken, on some of the aftermarket butane inserts made for the Zippo, that lever also opens the valve to let the gas vapor flow. It may be the same on the example you show.
And no, I've never been a smoker, but I learned as a young teen that a lighter is a handy thing to have on hand. When my Grandad passed, I latched onto his brass Zippo and have carried it daily for right at 25 years now.
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^^^^^
Of course you’re right!
Further evidence that it’s good that I never considered going into mechanical engineering,
Of course you’re right!
Further evidence that it’s good that I never considered going into mechanical engineering,
Woodtroll
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Bacon, Bacon, Bacon...
B-A-U-C-H-S-P-E-C-K !!
B-A-U-C-H-S-P-E-C-K !!
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On this side of the Atlantic it's more commonly known as cured and smoked "pork belly", used for cooking. When you say (or type) "bacon" most Americans immediately think of the thin fried strips regularly served with eggs and maybe a side of hash brown potatoes.
Problem is with turning sideways or up side down, with the standard Zippo it's impossible to light a pipe, you need a special Zippo to do that.
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Yes, the pipe-zippo is a beautiful thing indeed - such a simple change, yet so effective.
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The Met Gala Ball. Not the event itself, but rather the inevitable flood of tedious smuggery from self-appointed arbiters of style, vintage or otherwise, who fall all over themselves to be the most critical of everything worn at it, the be the first to scream "Who?" at the very mention of each and every big name celebrity in some outlandish costume, and to sneer the loudest about how irrelevant it all is. So irrelevant to their perfect lives, they'll obsess about it for at least a fortnight.....
LizzieMaine
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On the other hand, full applause and complete endorsement to these folks:
https://newsguild.org/conde-union-t...t2jmN2BtQSugO5NC0Oz60188UC4Cz46Jd8AqRkmmNLlic
https://newsguild.org/conde-union-t...t2jmN2BtQSugO5NC0Oz60188UC4Cz46Jd8AqRkmmNLlic
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Funny thing.
I got a half-nephew, same age as me.
I got a half-nephew, same age as me.
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*Halbneffe? Welche hälfte, links oder rechts?Funny thing.
I got a half-nephew, same age as me.
*"Half-nephew? Which half, left or right?"
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Pa´s side. A half-sister´s son. Born in 1984, too. But his brother is dead since ca. 2007
So, my other half-sister´s son, born in 2004, got an "uncle", born in 1984 (Me) and a cousin, born in 1984.
HAHA!!
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The last time, when I collected my medicament recipe, the new doc´s assistant viewed my data in the terminal and said surprised:
"Ooh, you got only one (medicament)!"
That´s old, overaging german smalltown, LIVE.
"Ooh, you got only one (medicament)!"
That´s old, overaging german smalltown, LIVE.
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I sincerely hope you're able to keep your medicaments to a minimum as you grow older.The last time, when I collected my medicament recipe, the new doc´s assistant viewed my data in the terminal and said surprised:
"Ooh, you got only one (medicament)!"
That´s old, overaging german smalltown, LIVE.