I'm trying to think of a more convoluted way to get the snooted Scripto
lit, and I'm sure there is one. But it's not coming to me right now.
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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

On 1/20/2008 1:22 PM John Meeks wrote:

> Re: snooted pokeable lighters
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> 1. Sit on yer Scripto to warm the butane
> 2. Light yer Scripto with a Zippo
> 3. poke away. ;-)
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> jm
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> 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.
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>> I could use wooden kitchen matches, but they are a bit messy and smell
>> kinda stinky (he said, fastidiously).
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>> 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)?
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>> * 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
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