• @[email protected]
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    403 months ago

    Cigarette lighter? You mean the finger print eraser and “lesson enforcer”? It was always empty when I grew up, seems like every child needed to learn that it was still hot even after the glow had vanished :)

    The bic type lighter where everywhere, including in the coin shelf in cars

    • @dohpaz42
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      153 months ago

      I still have a bic lighter, and I quit smoke 10 years ago. Never know when it’ll come in handy.

      I also remember when there were cigarette vending machines in restaurants. $1.25/pack and no age verification. 😉

      • @[email protected]
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        23 months ago

        I still have a bic lighter, and I quit smoke 10 years ago. Never know when it’ll come in handy.

        We got one from a gas station for lighting birthday candles. I just got a firepit and went to use it to start a fire and realized I’ve never used one before and had to try a lot of times to actually get it to light.

        • @[email protected]
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          33 months ago

          They’re pretty shit for lighting anything that’s not cigarettes or similar. They burn the fuck out of your finger if held any orientation but vertical which makes lighting a campfire annoying. Gotta light the kindling in your hand then place it under the wood once lit.