That was my family. And it was huge - mom was one of twelve and all her brothers and sisters smoked, as did my dad, my grandparents, and every single person who came around as a friend. Many a night I had to go outside to get outta the fog.
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Intrepid37
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I love smoking & miss the rituals & accoutrements. It's just not good for you, but gosh it sure made movies look good-
Sorry Masha that I added a gif...howabout this meme?
Sorry Masha that I added a gif...howabout this meme?
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I welcome gifs drawn from image hosting sites. It is items which open a link to a social media site which I abhor. Major social media sites scrape data from each hotlink and target sites according to frequency of use. It is also that approx. fifty percent of YouTube links to post-2018 uploads generate a warning on my computer. I must go through two additional steps to confirm that I am willing to take the risk of opening a page which contains links which may compromise personal data.
The "who knows what this is?" item is a valuable teaching moment for curious children. Many people mistakenly identify it as: 'cigarette lighter'. The reason they are that diameter and become so hot is because they are: 'cigar lighter'. A cigarette lighter does not need such a large thermal mass. I was given a cigarette-lighting attachment for an 808 e-cig battery. The coil in it is smaller than typical in a lightbulb and the nichrome wire is much thinner.
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Masha wrote: ↑July 20th, 2023, 9:58 am
The "who knows what this is?" item is a valuable teaching moment for curious children. Many people mistakenly identify it as: 'cigarette lighter'. The reason they are that diameter and become so hot is because they are: 'cigar lighter'. A cigarette lighter does not need such a large thermal mass. I was given a cigarette-lighting attachment for an 808 e-cig battery. The coil in it is smaller than typical in a lightbulb and the nichrome wire is much thinner.
"Yah, zat is vat I alvays taugh dey ver for too, und vy I make sure my Hummer vas equip wit one so vin I drive it around Calie-fornia!"
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I'll bet it's safe to say that those who wouldn't have a clue what a car cigarette lighter was, also wouldn't have a clue who that guy was either.
(...but being the old fart that I am, I loved how spot-on your comment was here, anyway)
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Intrepid37
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Thank you, Dargo. If we were Japanese, maybe us old people would be revered.
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Haha! Reminds me of when TikiKid was going to visit my sister-in-law in Colorado. She mispronounced it "Cada-rado" and I coached her, "Say it like COLOR - ADO"
And you do know I'm a painter and MrTiki is color blind. Color blind people typically can't see red/green, sometimes blue/orange or even more rarely yellow/purple. No color blind person sees all black/white grays like that map.
Knowing how he perceives color, I can mentally subtract those waves and identify what exactly he DOES see. In the past decade or so I have successfully "taught" him how to identify color and he's developed into an excellent painter himself!
And thanks for the clarification about car lighters-I did not know that!