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

[Shauna]

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Those kind are very hard to light without the box.   The penley ones are
true strike anywhere matches.


On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:42:20 -0700, Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> had
this to say:

>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
>
><> He who finishes last, wins! <>
>
>I switched to Mac OSX rather than fight Windows
>Using Mozilla Thunderbird  http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
>
>
>
>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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