A new quick and safe method of firelighting !!!
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SimonM
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Ouch I cried.
When I was 11 years old, I was sitting on the big white telephone lighting up an Embassy cigarette, using Swan Vesta matches.
Now being young I did not know that striking the match towards you was risky.
Well whilst striking, the match brook into two pieces and landed on top of my tackle, and very painful it was to.
I still have the two marks today.
I went over to Briant and May after that.
When I was 11 years old, I was sitting on the big white telephone lighting up an Embassy cigarette, using Swan Vesta matches.
Now being young I did not know that striking the match towards you was risky.
Well whilst striking, the match brook into two pieces and landed on top of my tackle, and very painful it was to.
I still have the two marks today.
I went over to Briant and May after that.
IT'S CALLED A ( MATCH ) TA ! DA !
dude by starting this thread you have missed the start of jeremy kyle!
whereas i was engaged in a meaningful and constructive task of pushing dog poo around the backyard with a hose.
hurrah for half term
the life of a mature(ish) student ; noodles, custard creams and dog turds.:yikes:
dude by starting this thread you have missed the start of jeremy kyle!
whereas i was engaged in a meaningful and constructive task of pushing dog poo around the backyard with a hose.
hurrah for half term
the life of a mature(ish) student ; noodles, custard creams and dog turds.:yikes:
i'm not a mature student, but SWMBO is, so i thought i'd have the week off too. we're currently engaged in the uber-productive task of eating chocolate biscuits and talking to each other (from opposite ends of the same room) via facebook. hurrah for half term indeed
stuart
This did not happen with out pictures
Pictures weren't quite so readily available then, least of all to 11-year-old boys. but the bog was a good place to indulge in a surreptitious cig. so I don't doubt the authenticity of the account. Reminds me of the time when an approaching teacher caused me to nip the end off a Parkie, which glowing ember landed in my shoe 'twixt leather and foot... ouch!
I think I got my mature student stuff all wrong!
No half term, and 2 evenings per week from 6-9pm?! :yikes:
No half term, and 2 evenings per week from 6-9pm?! :yikes:
Oooof! all the smoking at our school went on at the very stealthy and well named "The tree" which was A tree, middle of the sports pitch, and allways looked as if it was on fire.
Reminds of a certain young man about 13 under the front porch who later had to explain how one side of his head had a large patch of hair scorched off.
Matches are inherently unsafe - especially all those that are non-safety - and as wll as causing fires contain highly toxic chemicals that make your smokes taste bad.
They are unreliable when wet and can spontaniously ignite if you fall off your bike and land on the back trouser pocket that contains a box of non-safety matches..........
I will stick to flint and steel thanks!
or a disposable lighter.
They are unreliable when wet and can spontaniously ignite if you fall off your bike and land on the back trouser pocket that contains a box of non-safety matches..........
I will stick to flint and steel thanks!
or a disposable lighter.
BUT........you can strike swan vestas off your trouser flies. now that is cool..........unless you've been filling a generator up and you have spilt petrol on your kecks.
3rd degree burns on the testicles still don't detract from their inherant coolness.
warning.......the person making this statement once thought it would be funny to fill his mates work boots with sodium nitrate and sugar.
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