I'd have no problem IDing it. But I'm keeping it too.
Fill in the blank. "If you, you just might be a flashaholic!"
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Flavalanch - That word congers up a terrible scenario.
For a time, we were hand-feeding a couple of squirrels from one of our kitchen windows. Then one day I imagined a nightmare that might occur if Mr. Nuts decided to hop into the house and have a run-around.
BTW, Mr. Nuts came by his name honestly, as he was easily identifiable as being a male.
For a time, we were hand-feeding a couple of squirrels from one of our kitchen windows. Then one day I imagined a nightmare that might occur if Mr. Nuts decided to hop into the house and have a run-around.
BTW, Mr. Nuts came by his name honestly, as he was easily identifiable as being a male.
Question for all the folks with 300+ lights: do you keep batteries in them?
Mine are a historical collection, so no. I have a few modern flashlights I use all the time.
Oh Hell no!
Some, yes. The 100-ish year old antiques generally have enough parasitic drain that when I want to use them the battery's are dead so no, not in those anymore.
For storage, quite a few live in boxes. Some stay new in package and get stashed.
For display, my home appears littered with them.
My flavalanch is usually more like bowling pins.
I wish I lived in Star Island, although I have invested a lot of $$$ in my collection in not up to the Star Island's upper status.
letschat7 many of the flashlights are put away in storage boxes in a closet, those that I like to see them more often because they are some of my favorite lights, I actually keep in a large glass case and I also have two small wall mounted display cases which are typically used for Schott glasses and I used them to display the smaller Surefire lights.
aznsx
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I love squirrels and spend a lot of time watching and photographing them (and other wild things). I'd really enjoy doing that, but then I recall the time a little flying squirrel in KY had me taking rabies shots every day for 14 days after just a tiny nip on a finger that didn't really even hurt. That said, I was young and stupid and I did try to catch the little thing with my hands, so I deserved it. If I was him, I'd have done the same thing. Now I just watch and photograph them.
Bull-Dozer
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You may be a flashoholic if you find yourself cranking down the room temperature, crawling under a blanket and fidgeting with a light or two while watching X-Files reruns and Sleepy Hollow for the heavy shadows and dark scenes because you miss the best flashlight season of all - those gloomy Fall evenings.
You just might be a flashaholic if you invite the question, "Which is your favorite flashlight?"
You are CERTAINLY a flashaholic if you then need clarification of the question.
Flooder, thrower, battery type, size, etc.
You are CERTAINLY a flashaholic if you then need clarification of the question.
Flooder, thrower, battery type, size, etc.
Or the question "which is your favorite?" causes you to sweat, lose sleep, shy away from family, call in sick to work or other neurotic behaviors.
I knew I had a problem when the tracking said my shiney new SureFire EDCL 2T had been delivered so I left an evening meeting at work drove 50 miles in a snow storm, shined the light down my street, took some beam pix, put the light away and drove back to the meeting. Boss said "where'd you go?" I replied "a new flashlight arrived at my house". Boss said "you couldn't wait until after the meeting?" I replied "no".
I knew I had a problem when the tracking said my shiney new SureFire EDCL 2T had been delivered so I left an evening meeting at work drove 50 miles in a snow storm, shined the light down my street, took some beam pix, put the light away and drove back to the meeting. Boss said "where'd you go?" I replied "a new flashlight arrived at my house". Boss said "you couldn't wait until after the meeting?" I replied "no".
LOL... And the worst part of the trip was that it was UP HILL BOTH WAYS!
letschat7
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Thats me with a Streamlight Scorpion and Cast Away!
Jean-Luc Descarte
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From my experience last night:
If the power goes out suddenly and without any foreshadowing, and you're the first to deploy a flashlight, you just might be a flashaholic.
I know I was. Only took me like 15 seconds because I was expecting the power to blink back on.
Unfortunately it was only a 2min blackout followed by a 20s one. I felt cheated.
If the power goes out suddenly and without any foreshadowing, and you're the first to deploy a flashlight, you just might be a flashaholic.
I know I was. Only took me like 15 seconds because I was expecting the power to blink back on.
Unfortunately it was only a 2min blackout followed by a 20s one. I felt cheated.
letschat7
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I hate that feeling.
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I was taking a shower and a breaker tripped in my house, making the restroom go dark. While my kids yelled about the power loss, I wordlessly reached out of the stall, over to the flashlight on the counter, switched it on, and ceiling bounced the light. Finished the shower with no delay.
About a year ago, for some reason my daughter and I swapped cars, so she had my keys, and I, hers. I was in a walmart, when the power went out. I was disappointed that when I reached for my keys, with my EDC, it wasn't there in my pocket. Darn, I lost the opportunity to show the world how I was prepared!
To my amazement, it would not have impressed anyone, because every other person had switched their cell phone flashlight app on. I didn't even know where my flashlight app was. I have since moved it to my front screen. I have used it a few times.
I guess it was within five minutes that the power returned.
IMA SOL MAN
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Don't you hate it when that happens?
I used a ham radio repeater with a phone patch to call in a jeep rollover once. While I was on the patch with 911/dispatch, another motorist with a cell phone stopped and called it in, too. Buzz kill.
Before cel phones, not long after a tornado had destroyed the Wal Mart in my town....
my boys and I were in the nearby Wal Mart and the power went out in a thunderstorm. Being a smoker meant I had a cigarette lighter. My kids were so happy to have some light as the sound of the heavy rain beat on the flat roof. They thought for sure another tornado was destroying another Wal Mart. We made our way toward the front door when suddenly the lights came back on.
Thunderstorm? What thunderstorm? after that. Afterall Wal Mart sold Game Boy consoles and we were there to buy a couple.
my boys and I were in the nearby Wal Mart and the power went out in a thunderstorm. Being a smoker meant I had a cigarette lighter. My kids were so happy to have some light as the sound of the heavy rain beat on the flat roof. They thought for sure another tornado was destroying another Wal Mart. We made our way toward the front door when suddenly the lights came back on.
Thunderstorm? What thunderstorm? after that. Afterall Wal Mart sold Game Boy consoles and we were there to buy a couple.
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