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Yes.:biggrin5:

 

My parents and grandparents had Zippos, but I never did. As for the maturity levels of the inhabitants here: It doesn' matter, because you always have an equal possibility of offending or delighting, no matter what the topic of your post!

 

Au contraire mon ami

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It won't open:frown2:

Now it did

 

Some people are impatient

 

Looks like I’m over the hill and gaining speed.
Sure hope there isn’t a blind corner with a ‘sudden stop’ in my future :fingerscrossed:

 

I've got a slim line Zippo with our ship's outline and hull number lying at the bottom of the entrance to the San Juan harbor. Fell out of my shirt pocket back around late '64 or early '65 when I leaned over the side to watch a herd of porpoises follow the ship in to port. Seeing it fall to it's death is an image burned into my memory and I still feel anguish over it's demise.

If you want to start a Zippo thread, Nathan, rather than let this one get hijacked you can move it over if you want.

 

Perfect, a thread for us old wise butts:beer

 

First zippo I owned, I found. We moved into a new house, I got the previous owners son's bedroom. Hidden in the closet door was a zippo and a stash of cigarettes. Didn't have much use for the cigs, but got plenty of use of the Zippo, without causing too much civic unrest.

 

I had many Zippo's but the fuel gives me headaches. I used to carry two for hand warmers when I was younger when skiing. Remember the hash makes on the bottom?

 

I have my dad's Zippo around here somewhere, it looks like an old Zenith television.

Dad used to buy all of his TVs and stereos from the same local shop. The shop owner gave it to him for being such a good customer.

Dave

 

^^^^^^ LMAO :lol:

 

Zippo's, I have several, most are from my time in the Navy, they are retired but I still carry fire with me. One of those small butane lighters. I also have a Zippo hand warmer which I am going to fuel up as soon as I post this. By the way, they still sell them, they do work.

 

^ Yep

 

Was a plank owner on that ship and she's been working for Gillette and cutting whiskers now for 20 years this month.

 

With the temps hitting -10, even lower with the wind chill, I dragged out my old handwarmers....fueled them up after sitting for 10 years....and the happily kept running for 10 hours on one fueling....helped keep me toasty...
Don't remember them having such a smell... Maybe the fuel was going bad after sitting? Anyway...still better than the OLD charcoal powered handwarmers (still have 2 of those too..and a supply of fuel sticks)....and last a heck of a lot longer than the chemical ones...
Funny thing is, the local cigar shop was running adds for the zippo handwarmers this past Christmas....so they still make them....and actively sell them.

 

They come in Camo now...




Zippo Hand Warmer Realtree Camo Lighters Direct - Authorized Dealer of Cigar Lighters and Accessories

 

I picked up one of these a few months ago... an old school lighter with a new package to help prevent the lighter fluid leaks mentioned earlier. I got it as a novelty (and to add 10 bucks to an order to get $15 free shipping)



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