25 August 2013: Bedtime

I wanted to mess around a little bit with the DIY light box before bed.  :D

02 August 2013: My Weekend Schtuffs

13 July 2013: Mighty Corny Dumparoonie!

Hung out with some cool kids today.  :)

Lighters, Galore!

Finally found some 40th Anniversary gold topped Bics today!  I had gone to like seven 7-11 shops and a couple of CVSs and liquors before I found any gold tops!

This finally came in the mail today.  :)  Tossed a Thunderbird insert in there and I was ready to rock.  :D  This was part of my mini retail therapy shopping spree last week when SHTF.

Zippo Hand Warmer (094/365)

I received this Zippo brand hand warmer a few days ago.  This will be part of my EDC for the season.  The package came with the warmer unit + catalyst piece, a warming pouch, and the filler cup.  :)  As I'd mentioned in the Charcoal Hand Warmer post, I'm putting the charcoal one on hold for "emergency" use and using the Zippo on a more regular basis.

So far, the Zippo has worked well for the few days that I've owned it.  It's extremely easy to use, though I do need to get newer lighter fluid.  My lighter fluid was so old that it had degraded a little and wasn't very flammable.  The hand warmer gets nice and toasty (though so far, not as toasty as my charcoal one) and there is no scent that I can detect.  I hope that the "lack" of warmth was due to the old lighter fluid.  :(

The other day, I went all around town looking for lighter fluid, but to no avail.  I was only able to find butane canisters around.  :(  What's going on?

The first time I'd tried to fill it using the little filler, I didn't press the tip into the cotton and I'd made a mess.  I learned that I needed to kind of "tap" the tip of the filler into the cotton, allowing the fluid to wick into the cotton and into the filling chamber.  :)

Would I recommend it?  Most definitely.

Cheers!

Thunderbird Insert (090/365)

Found this in my mail today.  :)  I love it!  I opened it up as soon as I got it and stuck it into my Doraemon lighter (old picture below):

It works wonderful.  The only thing that scares me a little is that as soon as you open the lid of the lighter, the butane starts up and so that means I can't fidget with the lighter as I normally would.  It would waste the butane otherwise.  :( 

That's the only downside I see though - loss of having a fidget item in my hands.  I'm extremely happy with it overall though.  It fits my real Zippos as well as my "Zippos."  Now that I don't have to worry about the lighter fluid evaporating in between uses ('cause it's butane and all), that means that I can gut the rest of my lighters and use the cases as outfits for my Thunderbird according to what I'm wearing.  :P  Yes.  The girl side of me is definitely showing.  :P