I am mad. I bought a nice 80 dollar lighter, and while drinking tonihgt, it feeel on the floor. It didnt work after that. So I thought another throw or t too would make it better, well it came apart on me. It was a nice gold one, and now I gootta send it in, then buy a replacement while mine is in the shop. I am dissapointed and someting.

That sucks, I always loose my expensive lighter in my car or truck and find it months later.. : (

I thought another throw or t too would make it better

I have learned that breaking something more doesn't usually fix it. It makes you feel better though

Do you have an AMD chip on the computer you're using? If so just pop off the heat sink and light your smoke quickly before the chip dies. :D

Greg Moore

I have a replacement lighterm, I just want a nice replacement, heh

What do you need to light with an $80 lighter?
Anyway, when my cheap lighter quits on me, I use my blow torch until I can get to the store to buy another cheap lighter.

i rather just use a bic , no hard feelings when you loose it , when it breaks , or when your friend asks to borrow it it for a second , and you never see it again ....

Do you have an AMD chip on the computer you're using?

I have an Intel would that do or is it only AMD that get hot enough to light a cigarette.

Actually talking about heat and computers reminds me of a true story/experience I had. A client brought his pc for me to repair ... needed a new harddisk and sound card, while I was checking the computer out, I alway check them out before the client leaves the premises, sometimes people will bring a dead computer in and make out they just want you to install a program or something. Then demand you replace the dead computer because it was fine when they dropped it off.

Anyway back to the story .. I notice that the plastic case and floppy drive was all distorted and bent, when I asked why it was bent the client stated that his wife had held the "hair dryer" to close to the case. Evidently they had had a faulty power supply and found the only way they could start the computer was to warm it up first.

Doc

My ex room mate is a pyro and he buys 80$ lihjyers, throws away the receipt then takles them apart and wastes his money :eek:

Originally posted by is0lized
he buys 80$ lihjyers $80 what?! :eek:

Anway, I don't smoke or anything, but expensive lighters with a 6 inch flame are a good way for your friends to find you at a concert. ;)

If you would like to see some real flame ... tie 3 or 4 bik lighters ($1.00 variety) together wth some string dipped in oil. Leave about 6 to 8 inches of the string hanging out. Next light the end of the string .... next run like hell.

I had the same problem about 2 years ago, I lost my silver Zippo.
Since then I'm using matches to light cigarets. Matches are cheap - for $1 I can buy matches for 1 year ;)

Of course the other alternative

Give Up Smoking


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Actually, I have a pretty nice collection of expensive lighters (so? ...some people collect stamps and never even use them...). One time I bought a really strange looking one that had a torch flame. For those unfamiliar, these flames are quite intense. So my wife noticed it next to my keys and picked it up. She didn't realize it was a lighter at first. She thought it was a cologne spritzer. So curiosity got the better of her and she put it up to her nose and pressed the button. THANK GOD it misfired the first time. She then immediately realized it was in fact a lighter.

I'm guessing that would've been one nasty burn... :eek:

Vito

Vito, is your first name Danny - middle name "De" ? :D

I would prefer to keep my acting career separate from these forums if you don't mind... :mad:

Vito

Why do you suppose the lighter was made with such an intense flame.

Originally posted by TheDoctor
Why do you suppose the lighter was made with such an intense flame.

Makes it windproof.

FYI, don't try taking it with you on a flight. Security will insist you check it with your luggage.

It happened twice to me and once to my wife Rhea.

Doh! Did I just give her name?? [*shame my backspace key doesn't work*]

Timechange, you're one sharp cookie.

Vito

Rhea? That's an ancient Greek name (spelt 'Rea'); she was the wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus, God of gods :D

Hey timechange. Is it true Greek people celebrate their birthday twice? Once on their bday and once on the day assigned to the saint with their namesake? My chiropractor's receptionist told me that the other day. If it's true, I may have to convert given the unfortunate date of my bday.

I guess the question is, though, would you guys let me in??

Vito

And if I converted, would I have to change my name to Cronus?


Vito

Originally posted by vito
Hey timechange. Is it true Greek people celebrate their birthday twice? Once on their bday and once on the day assigned to the saint with their namesake? My chiropractor's receptionist told me that the other day. If it's true, I may have to convert given the unfortunate date of my bday.

I guess the question is, though, would you guys let me in??

Vito

It's *almost* true. Should I give you the answer now or wait till I complete the FAQ for MyBigFatGreekFamily.com ? :D

Birthdays and "name days" are two distinct personal holidays. Since many (MANY!) people can share the same first name, name days - those of the saint by the same name - are celebrated on the same day. They seem to be more important than birthdays sometimes! I always held school parties on my name-day, never my birthday.

And if you change your name to Cronus, since it's most likely that no saint (or martyr) by that name ever existed, you still have All Saints' Day to celebrate your name-day on :D

I feel for that poor Greek person whose birthday falls on his "name day". :bawling:

Anyways, why on earth would you take davidb's thread so far off topic?? Shame... :mad:

Vito

Yeah but *most* name-days are not fixed, as they rely on the date that Easter falls on each year. At least mine is. Quite a few are on a fixed date though, eg Mary, John, George etc all got a fixed spot :D

I may convert. I like your food, your women, your music, your history, your gyros, your joie de vivre. But what the heck is up with that plate-smashing deal??

And for the last time, STAY ON TOPIC!!!!!

Vito

Did you say gyros?
How do you pronounce it? :D

Find out soon at one of my domains, Gyros.org :D

And your wife knows that you are looking at Aphrodite photos?

Oops. Back on topic.

Bic lighters from the 70s reach cult status.

Everyone knows gyros are pronounced "yuros"
Figures you'd have the domain.

Originally posted by timechange
And your wife knows that you are looking at Aphrodite photos?

In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronus threw the severed genitals into the ocean which began to churn and foam about them. From the aphros ("sea foam") arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera.

So if I'm Cronus, you'd be implying quasi - incestuous activity?

Have you no shame? :angry:

And if you don't stay on topic, I'm reporting to the mods...

Vito

Originally posted by vito
Hey timechange. Is it true Greek people celebrate their birthday twice? Once on their bday and once on the day assigned to the saint with their namesake? My chiropractor's receptionist told me that the other day. If it's true, I may have to convert given the unfortunate date of my bday.

I guess the question is, though, would you guys let me in??

Vito


Off topic:
My step sister/brother (two different people mind you;)) are from romania. They have 2 birthday's my sisters is like February 21. And then the other one is on the 14th. Somehow it has something to do with her middle name. They were both born in greece..

Originally posted by vito


According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus.


Not sure about my @nus went though all this !

:angry:

And I don't care if you report me to the mods; Chicken and I are known as the Dioscuri, Castor and Polydeuces. Of course I am the braver, most handsome and most modest of the two - but he has all the feathers.

Post count wise, you're still a mere drumstick compared to him though... :laugh:

Vito

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Time for lunch Vito :D

KFC it is, then...

Vito

wtf does this page have to do with my ligher? heh

Anyway I tried putting it back together, ah, not even close, I hope this is coverd in the warrenty. At least I did find the papers needed.

We're providing a public service by bumping your thread to the top...

You're welcome. :D

Vito

Cigarrette lighters are cheap and the most fun to play with. We made a miniture blowtorch out of one and cut a little PVC pipe... or halfway before it ran out of fluid.... I forgot how we did it though.

You always get an "ohhh, ahhh" from people when you take off the metal cap and raise the level up more(slide the fuel gauge all the way to the right, push up and back, down and to the right again), making about a 6 inch flame.

Oh, and next time you only have a little bit of fuel left, throw it down on the pavement as hard as you can for a little fireball.

Here. this will help...

I have a small collection of lighters myself. Some antique ones: an old table lighter which is really cool, pick it up and it lights. Most people pick it up and wonder what it is, then it lights and they find out the hard way. Also a small coke bottle one that comes apart. Plenty of zippos and odd newer ones too. Have to keep them away from the McNugget!

The coolest lighter I've seen in my family's possession was a silver hand-crafted alcohol lighter, from the late 1920's.

Originally posted by Chicken
I have a small collection of lighters myself. Some antique ones: an old table lighter which is really cool, pick it up and it lights. Most people pick it up and wonder what it is, then it lights and they find out the hard way. Also a small coke bottle one that comes apart. Plenty of zippos and odd newer ones too. Have to keep them away from the McNugget!
Cool. Glad to see I'm not the only one who collects them. The best one I have is one that looks like the attached image, but it is 16" tall. I've had it for about 25 years. Very cool conversation piece. :D

Vito

Did you steal that one from the Jolly Green Giant?

Originally posted by timechange
Did you steal that one from the Jolly Green Giant?
LOL, it's sure the right size for him.

I remember taking it with me when we'd go out to a bar. You have no idea how easy it was to strike up a conversation and meet women with this lighter on our table... :D

Vito

And dont 4get,things arent made as well 2day as they were......Back in the 80's,your lighter might not have broken!!!

The Dude :)

I have no idea what lighters have to do with Greek women but.

I like your food, your women

You ever seen Greek Mother-in-laws :laugh:

an old table lighter which is really cool, pick it up and it lights.

Now that would be real good to have sitting on the dining room table where my Daughter (18 months old) could keep picking it up.

btw how did a thread about a stupid lighter end up so long.

Doc

Originally posted by TheDoctor
btw how did a thread about a stupid lighter end up so long.

Doc
How else is timechange going to catch up to the Almighty Clucker's post count??

Vito

and while drinking tonihgt, it feeel on the floor. It didnt work after that. So I thought another throw or t too would make it better, well it came apart on me.
have you sobered up yet ?
before you feeel on the floor too ! :stickout:

That's what you get for buying an $80 lighter LOL :D

I had a zippo for years (well, still have it but quit smoking so I don't really have a need for it) and it only cost $15. And I thought that was an expensive lighter!

Anyway, it has been dropped, thrown, drenched wet, run over, etc. You can't tear up a zippo if you try.

Originally posted by CDHost
Anyway, it has been dropped, thrown, drenched wet, run over, etc. You can't tear up a zippo if you try.
Here's what you can't do with one:

Long story short... when my friend and I we were young, we rode our bikes to the local K-mart type store and bought two new Zippo lighters. We rode to the high school and stood on a large hill overlooking the soccer fields. By this time it was dark.

So my friend gets the brilliant idea to test out his new "wind-proof" Zippo lighter by sparking it up and throwing it as hard as he could off the hill, onto the field below. He'd then run down and get it, guided by the flame of the lighter.

Needless to say, he never saw it again...