[pct-l] [Fwd: Re: flying with gear - Get a duffle bag!]

[Tortoise]

I meant to send this to the liswt.

-------- Original Message --------

I bought a box of Diamond strike-anywhere (not safety) matches at a 
local supermarket this spring. Look around. they still are available.

Tortoise

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Shauna wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:18:40 +1200, Denis Stanton <denisstanton at mac.com> had
> this to say:
>
>   
>> Older matches had all the chemicals on the match, which meant they  
>> could be struck on any surface capable of supplying some friction and  
>> therefore some heat.  The only place you are liable to see non-safety  
>> matches nowadays is in old Western movies where the tough cowboy  
>> strikes a match on his boot, the bar or sometimes the unshaven face  
>> of some adversary when he wants to start a fight.
>>     
>
>
> I managed to fine some real non-safety matches, the brand is Penly.
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Tortoise

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