At 12/15/09 05:36 PM, stafffighter wrote: We just gave Pro an excuse to play with fire, which is what I'm pretty sure he wanted for Christmas.

You folks know me so well.

At 12/15/09 04:12 PM, morefngdbs wrote: I own a zippo, it gets warm after a minute of so, but I wouldn't call it Hot !

That's because you live on the arctic tundra... there's no way a zippo could get as hot as what I'm talking about. ;-D

My dad was working on some fairly heavy polypropylene rope to make a tieout for our pit one day, and he needed a small open flame to melt the ends of the rope. The little disposable bic he keeps in his truck wouldn't do the job, so I gave him my zippo to use. He proceeded to strike it, set it on the porch and use it continuously for several minutes. In that time, it got hot enough that you couldn't handle it with bare hands, we wound up having to leave it there for a few minutes before we could do anything with it.

your going to over heat that fuel resevoir & I don't know at what temperature white gas ignites, but I've never been able to do it, even when after 3 or 4 minutes the body of my zippo becomes uncomfortably warm.

Because there's not enough oxygen inside the resevoir to help set the thing off, it's crammed full of cotton and sealed shut inside the housing of the liter itself, with the only exit being the hole the wick gets through.

Has anyone ever tried simply sealing the lighter in something airtight ?

Like I said; duct tape, or 100 Mile and Hour Tape would suffice, I would think. Just fuel the thing up, wrap it shut, and then toss it in your camping kit.

Of course, I don't know how effective even duck tape would be considering that Naptha sits right on my shelf at work next to mineral spirits, paint thinner, and denatured alcohol as a paint stripper/thinner/cleaning agent. It might seep through the lighter and siolve the glue holding the tape. :-\

Gonna have to experiment with that.

At 12/15/09 02:48 PM, SolInvictus wrote: or maybe not?

A cigarette would melt that stuff.

At 12/15/09 02:20 PM, SolInvictus wrote: where can i get rubber?

Plasti Dip. My only concern about dipping a zippo would be melting the rubber or it just peeling off altogether once you use the lighter... I mean, they get hot after a few seconds.

At 12/15/09 09:20 AM, Elfer wrote: It should be noted that doing this will result in a higher partial pressure of butane inside the case, and I'm not responsible for any injury or damages done by modifications you make to your own lighter.

Except butane isn't used in Zippos, it's naptha. Unless you're talking about the Z-Plus Insert, in which case... I WANT ONE. I've got this in s box domrehrtr and I'd love to carry it on me, but I've had one too many galding rashes from Naptha leaking out to want to carry a normal zippo ever again.

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KipKay is a motherfucking genius.

At 12/14/09 10:14 PM, stafffighter wrote: That's a lot less cool now than it was when I was 18.

Agreed. Zippos are more about status than they are functional ability, especially with people who smoke. But the reality of the situation is... they're cool to look at and collect, but a pain in the ass to maintain. Thus why I recommend the Ronson Jetlite... I've got a few of them around for everyday use, and one in my toolbox. Cheap, reliable, and they don't dry out.

Want to make it waterpoof? Wrap a piece of duct tape around it to seal it shut, problem solved.

At 12/14/09 09:31 PM, stafffighter wrote: Yes but do you bring these to the mall? Note that either answer could be hilarious.

I carry a knife with me wherever I go, and while it might not be shaving sharp it's sharp enough to do damage. Although I wish I would have had even a cheap katana on me at that point...

It's been a while since I activly collected but lately I've been eyeing this
from thinkgeek. just because it's such a cool concept. I'm not much of a camper but I can see the advantage of having a knife and a source of fire in the same device. I don't know. I think there's part of every guy that worries he may someday have to be Macguyver.

As a wiser man once said; the two most useful tools to any man are a good knife and a lighter. You can buy that, but myself? I'd sooner buy the Van Hoy Snap Lock 2 and carry a Ronson Jetlite if I were you. I sharpened a Van Hoy for a coworker once, and they take a HELL of an edge with little work.

At 12/14/09 06:01 PM, stafffighter wrote: And then when you hold the knife aloft and yell out "there can be only one!" none of them get it, further fueling your rage.

If I was going to go Highlander on somebody, I've more fitting weapons at my disposal than a pocket knife.

Although, I'm making it a point sometime in the next month or so to buy a Cold Steel Voyager. I think it's high time I stop buying junker knives and invest in something with good workmanship. Staff may want to skip to about 3:52 in the first video to get what I mean.

At 12/14/09 01:07 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: and 10 turrones = $5

Same as Turron, I take it? Sounds good.

I'm currently waiting on my lunch to get done heating up. It's like a Hot Pocket, but instead it's real slices of pepperoni and cheese inside a loaf of flakey bread, it smells so good right now.

At 12/14/09 02:28 PM, SolInvictus wrote: so i'm able to cough loud (loudly?) enough to get a tone from my cymbals. the more you know.

Sympathetic Resonance. The music store I used to work in was basically one long room, 20 foot wide by about 120 feet long, and it was wall-to-wall musical instruments. And there were quite a few occasions where if someone was playing electric bass or electric guitar loud enough, the drums would do that (most often the snares). It was really interesting when the acoustic guitar wall got going... like 30 or 50 acoustic guitars all ringing sympathetically at once. The banjos would occasionally join in, too.

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I've gotten almost all my christmas shopping done, now I just have to get my brother and his wife something, my brother-in-law something, and make about 4 pieces of chainmail jewelry for various relatives. YAY.

The mall wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be, but could someone PLEASE explain to me why a middle school would kids on an unsupervised take a trip to a mall? It was everything I could do in FYE to keep from taking out my pocket knife and slicing the head off of the Edward and Jacob from Twilight cardboard cutouts, just to see the little tweenie girls cry.

Wish me luck. After my chiropractor's appointment this morning, I'm going to go to the mall and make th eattempt to get some Christmas shopping done on my limited budget. Yay.

My goal for next year is to have at least one credit card paid off enough to where I can use it to my Christmas shopping online... in November.... like a normal person.

At 12/13/09 01:00 PM, Memorize wrote: How can that be when I absolutely hate both Bush and Obama?

Because he responded to what I said as though he was you, and this...

At 12/13/09 03:09 PM, SeanyPancakes wrote: ;)

Gives me no reason NOT to believe this to be so.

At 12/13/09 06:06 PM, Elfer wrote: The intent was not to say "Hey, look at what the democrats are doing!" it was to say "Hey, look at what the democrats are doing too."

Well put. And it really begs the question; why do we keep repeating this crap every 4 years?

At 12/13/09 12:52 AM, SeanyPancakes wrote: The entire post is about Obama. Its not that serious, my bad if I offended your sensibilities.

Are you Mem's alt?

At 12/12/09 04:34 PM, SeanyPancakes wrote: Thats funny, I never mentioned Obama in my entire post.

And I never mentioned him in responding to your post, you illiterate twit.

At 12/12/09 08:34 AM, Afterhumanity wrote: Anyway, whoever planted the data, was either wrong or foul play on either end was involved.

The issue isn't planted or falsified data, the main issue with those e-mails is that they were supposedly suppressing evidence that suggested Global Warming isn't near as bad as they claimed it was. And considering that the group of scientists that's putting forth all this info about global warming are so well respectedt, how easy would it be for them to suppress evidence on the matter by simply writing it off as bullshit? After all, they are the authorities on the matter.

Warning to all; Wal-Mart now has a discount music section in their electronics department, consisting of various Mix CD's by groups like The Hit Crew and The Countdown Singers. These are not mix cd's of the actual songs, just soundalike groups.

I grabbed this while shopping last night. The classical tracks are decent, but I wish that there were audio clips on Amazon so you could hear how laughably bad these singers are on the rock tracks.

The bad thing about all this is if you don't pay attention to the packaging to see where it says "featuring the Hit Crew," you won't know until you play the CD, and then it's too late because Wal-Mart doesn't take back opened CD's. Just a word to the wise.

At 12/12/09 08:05 AM, Afterhumanity wrote: That or remove every last Republican from office, though THAT will never happen.

You do realize that the Democrats are the majority party in our government right now, right? As in, they could just vote in whatever they want whenever they want, republicans be damned? And you're still sitting there bitching about how the Republicans are fucking things up for this current administration.

The joke is on you.

At 12/11/09 02:11 PM, Elfer wrote: And as we can see, my middle point is reinforced by our good old microcosm of the US, the politics forum.

You mean the one where you say it doesn't matter who's to blame, but then you proceed to assign blame to the democrats for continuing to fuck up our country anyway?

As we can see, we all think it's more important to fight over whose fault it is than admit that it's a systemic problem that exacerbated by such arguments.

I think it's important for people to quit acting like their shit doesn't stink and take responsibility for their own actions, but I guess it's that's just far too much to ask for, hm?

At 12/11/09 02:59 PM, aviewaskewed wrote: His approval ratings are starting to slip based on the continued recession

Only now starting? Really? What news outlet are you watching?

but I just hate that once again we seem to resort to partisan politics, at least insofar as "well, THIS side fucks it up worse then MY side when they do it..." that just ain't helpful.

Did I at any point give any indication that "my side" was better than "your side," or what my side even was?

And you want to sit there and complain that I'm resorting to partisan political tactics?

For shame, avie, for shame.

At 12/11/09 12:44 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: Because the President and NOT CONGRESS controls the budget.

And Nancy Pelosi is quick to put the blame for this on everyone except congress (click), including giving Obama credit for things she likes and defending him against things she dislikes.

At 12/11/09 11:15 AM, Memorize wrote: We should blame Bush for doubling the debt, but not Obama for "planning" to double the debt again?

Won't happen. Let's face it; Obama is the dems version of SuperMan, he can do no wrong because he is Obama and they'll go out of their way to rationalize any actions taken by or attributable to him. Why? Because they want him to go down as not only the greatest president in American history, but the greatest democrat president in American history.

And anyone who disagrees with that fact is a dirty stinkin inbred racist whose whole family needs to be culled from the population.

At 12/11/09 05:36 AM, Dawnslayer wrote: Would anyone like to rephrase this answer so it's comprehensible?

Al Gore is the chairman of Generation Investment Management, a London based firm that sells Carbon Credits.

Here's the idea behind the whole carbon credits thing; he's selling you a piece of paper that's only value is based on the supposed actions of others (carbon offsetting) so that you can claim you're actually doing something about the environment while actually doing NOTHING... and he stands to make a shitload of cash from doing it.

So, we've got...
- college dropout
- privileged son of a senator
- career politician
- modern day seller of indulgences.

At 12/10/09 11:09 PM, stafffighter wrote: I submit this question to all of you.

I'd rather be too cold, for the simple reason that it's an easier fix; just layer your clothing and get out extra blankets. Too hot? Yeah... good luck with that.

But then... you're pipes can't bust in the summer.

I'm speaking from experience, though. The central unit is working now, but this is the second time it's done this in the last six months. The last time of course being right in the middle of summer when we had overnight lows in the mid 70's. That was fun.

At 12/10/09 04:46 PM, SeanyPancakes wrote: The difference is, Democrats invest in our infrastructure, whereas Republicans invest in self-created interventionism abroad.

If the democrats are going to be a shining example to the American people that they are indeed better than the republicans, wouldn't they make it a point not to increase the ceiling for the national debt for any reason?

At 12/10/09 12:57 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: I'm wrapped up in a blanket here.

I had to bundle up last night just to sleep; our central unit went out. We cranked our gas stove to 250 and left the door on it open all night to keep the kitchen pipes from freezing over, and I had to scramble to find and fill a kerosene heater to keep the kids warm.

We're probably going to wind up changing out the central unit sometime before spring. Fun fun. :-\

At 12/10/09 07:05 AM, Korriken wrote: since we're on the topic of KFC... I present to you... Samurai Sanders!

.... with a remote control in his hand?

At 12/9/09 06:13 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: New Lounge rule: one racist implication at a time.

Works for me. ;-D

It turned out I only had about 5 or 6 of the spices on that list, so I made a special trip to the store a little while ago to get the rest, along with Accent Seasoning, which is pure MSG. The seasoning mixture on that sight yields about a cup and a half of mixture, so you'll have it in abundance.

Result of the experiment; mixed. I skinned and baked about a dozen chicken legs with the seasoning mixture dusted over them, as apposed to breading and frying them (not enough oil for the deep fryer this week). The overall taste is fairly close to the actual KFC recipe; spicy but not overwhelming, with a nice savory finish to it.

Probably all that MSG in the mixture.

All in all, it's a pretty decent spice recipe. I'm going to hang onto it for use with other stuff... I'd love to see what it would do to a nice steak cooked medium well.

At 12/9/09 04:22 PM, Der-Lowe wrote: UNFAAAIR

Sorry, dude. You do get the racist implications, though, right?

There's a copy-cat recipe for their chicken spices here. I've got everything except the MSG in my cabinet, so I may try it out here shortly.

At 12/9/09 09:21 AM, Der-Lowe wrote: KFC = CFK in English?

Uh.... no.

I demand math kitty pic now! =D

I see no one wants to touch that one with a 39 and a half foot pole.... so...

A black guy at work told me he'd cut me if I didn't bring him some KFC the next time I went there on lunch break. He said this in front of a manager no less.

Couldn't make this shit up if I tried.

At 12/6/09 10:30 PM, Malachy wrote: Last year when I was in the Political Science degree (part of the social science department, sometimes called "Government studies" in other universities) it was a bachelor of arts.

This year, when I changed my major to Social Science with a contract option of History and Political Science (obviously still in the social science department) it is a bachelor of science degree.

Where I went, all you had to do to change your degree from a Bachelor of Arts to a Bachelor of Science degree was take a foreign language course. Aren't arbitrary changes fun?

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I restructured the main build for my brute in City of Villains. Not going to go into great detail because I know how everyone here isn't into online gaming, but... when all is said and done, he'll be able to take damage like an M1 Abrams tank.

Yeah, I had a nerdgasm when I realized that.