Snark it! Snark it good!

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Silverthorn said:
You can occasionally find a rubber insert that slows the evaporation quite a bit. Reality is its more leaking than evaporation.
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Thanks for the tip. I already added a bit more cotton from a cotton pad I cut up. Maybe that slows it down as well. We'll see.
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Thanks for the tip. I already added a bit more cotton from a cotton pad I cut up. Maybe that slows it down as well. We'll see.
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My Pleasure. I used to only carry a zippo, and I had the same problems, especially with the half size version. You can make the insert yourself if you want. Rubber gas can gasket or something of the sort, thats made for gasoline. Trace, or press the open bottom of the zippo HARD into the rubber to get a cookie cut out kinda thing going, then exacto it. Works pretty darn well.
 
dresnor said:
Not sure if anyone saw the UFC fights last night but check out this ending to the main event. This is why I don't like to throw inside leg kicks. WARNING! THIS ISN'T FOR EVERYONE! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD VIEW AS GRAFFIC DON'T WATCH.


[video=youtube;URkbGDSzvUM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URkbGDSzvUM[/video]


Jeremy
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I heard about that! I also heard Rousey stomped Tate again. Hotness trumps hotness.
 
G-shark: You could also just get windproof, refillable butane lighter. The fuel doesn't evaporate like the Zippos in my experience, and you can get (at least here in the states) little refill cans that are easy to store and transport. I have a couple of them from Mall Wart for less than $4 ea. I know there are others, made for wilderness travel.
 
dresnor said:
Not sure if anyone saw the UFC fights last night but check out this ending to the main event. This is why I don't like to throw inside leg kicks. WARNING! THIS ISN'T FOR EVERYONE! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD VIEW AS GRAFFIC DON'T WATCH.


[video=youtube;URkbGDSzvUM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URkbGDSzvUM[/video]




Jeremy
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MAN ! he really really rag-dolled the crap out of his leg. Looks like a wrung out tube of tooth paste after the impact. Made me flinch for a good 5 min. Sad way for a champ like him to go out, but good for Chris for bringing his A game for a second fight against a champion.
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Meh, refilled my zippo a couple of days ago just to have fun with it. Wanted to light it again, but the fluid already evaporated. I've been having the same discussion in my head every single time this happens to me. "Why does everybody love these things when they run out so quickly?"
Using them more would probably be an added value, I guess. But since I'm not a smoker... I might just have to conclude that zippo's or any type of lighter is just not for me.
But then again, zippos ARE fun to play with. Regular lighters are no fun at all. But as a non-smoker in a "being somewhat prepared for when you might someday need to use it for a fire" it's actually quite useless apart from the fun factor. Anyway, just my opinion and just venting :)
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if you get an innertube from a bicycle tire and wrap it around the outside of the zippo it helps out a lot. The other option is they make a butane insert for the zippo as well.
 
Silverthorn said:
You can occasionally find a rubber insert that slows the evaporation quite a bit. Reality is its more leaking than evaporation.
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Really?! That's awesome! I was just telling my Brother the other day that Zippo should make something like that. Looks like they already did. Lol

#2 Daizee!
 
GSO1962 said:
Buttered hotcakes....mmmmmm...sounds good!
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I know, right?!? I like a smear of peanut butter and/or jelly on mine. They're even good hours later, for lunch or a snack. :thumbup:

daizee said:
honestly, it's the self-perpetuating part that concerns me most.
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Get used to it. They outnumber us, and breeding patterns suggest nothing but more of the same in future.

daizee said:
You know, if I regularly sat a flea market table or something this would be a sweet idea. Especially since Gene in the stall upstairs has BUCKETS of old files! There's something really compelling about this kind of re-use regardless of the obvious and serious limitations.
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If you don't want 'em, I do... if the price is right. Let's talk in private. Forgive me for being crass and opportunistic, but hey... I've got bills to pay. ;)
 
Get used to it. They outnumber us, and breeding patterns suggest nothing but more of the same in future.

Have you seen the Movie "Idiocracy" ? Man it really puts things in perspective.
 
Silverthorn said:
Get used to it. They outnumber us, and breeding patterns suggest nothing but more of the same in future.

Have you seen the Movie "Idiocracy" ? Man it really puts things in perspective.
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Yeah, I have... it's not terribly encouraging.

Ray Settanta said:
I would really, really like to see a picture of that catty-wampus knife.
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Gimme a minute or a few days; I will provide pics when I get a Round Tuit. It's ugly as sin, but it does work. ;)
 
Just realized I'm two episodes behind on the knife journal podcast. Catching up in the shop and drinking Dale's Pale Ale.
 
Silverthorn said:
Get used to it. They outnumber us, and breeding patterns suggest nothing but more of the same in future.

Have you seen the Movie "Idiocracy" ? Man it really puts things in perspective.
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I occasionally lament breeding patterns when talking to my kids (age 22 and almost 19). Why are the smart kids not getting married and not having children? Average kids are getting married and having kids, and way below average are just having kids regardless of marital status. There are, of course, exceptions to these broad generalizations, but they are unfortunately too true.
 
worldwood said:
I like the railroad spike knives, some of them turn out pretty awesome looking.
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not quite enough carbon to make a good knife, most of the time, tho.
leaf springs will do the job, but what a pain to flatten them first!
 
Wearing some blue today....
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