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    Which discontinued flashlights do you wish were still made?

    These are certainly not mainline, but one has been in my pocket for over 10 years and still is. Still works. would be nice to be able to buy a new one but they seem to be gone. A nice light for $12.99! Zoom spot-to-flood, high/med/low/strobe/SOS, tail switch, and 18650 battery. It's the OxyLED...
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    How many mpg do you get

    My 2014 Ram 1500 truck gets 15-17 mpg around town and 23-25 taking it easy on the highway. My wife's little 2011 Eclipse gets about the same, it is the Sport version and geared very low from the factory. About 26mpg is the best we've seen from it. We are both retired and don't drive much like...
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    What watch you're wearing?

    The trits are what lead me to this watch. I was doing a lot of traveling for work with many hotel stays. It was nice to be able to wake up in the dark and know the time at a quick glance without having to wonder where the room clock was. When it's dark enough I can still see the glow on the bed...
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    What watch you're wearing?

    I haven't found anything recent on this watch. It is quartz, Swiss made, sapphire crystal, battery, and runs 60 seconds per minute. :clap: Yeah, the accuracy is bizarre, and likely neither normal nor expected by Luminox. It may be possible that any inherent stability could be attributed to the...
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    What watch you're wearing?

    Luminox Atacama, might be the "Field 1920" although they don't show this exact item on the web site. I pulled the leather band due to "pool time" and replaced it with a silicone band from Amazon. It's been at least 15 years, not a mark on it despite working with my hands. Battery good for 3-5...
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    Storm Checkin

    You don't become cooler with age, but you could care less about being cool, which is the only true way of being cool. This is called the Geezer's Paradox. :cool:
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    Security Check?

    Perhaps my part-time gig as an AI Bot for Google Analytics wasn't such a good idea after all... :cool:
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    Security Check?

    Well, I never click on anything. The verify page comes up, with a little circular spinner, and after about 5 seconds the site loads as normal. Doesn't seem like much of a verification process without any human interaction. :unsure:
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    How to get rid of ants?

    So does automatic choke cleaner but Windex smells so much better. :yellowlaugh:
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    How to get rid of ants?

    For us it took a little detective work and determination, but we found a very small leak under the dishwasher, giving the ants something to drink. Fixed the leak, followed by some of the aforementioned bleach/borax/terro/amdro, etc. No more ants for at least a year, woohoo! :rolleyes:
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    How to get rid of ants?

    The little liquid Terro bait-traps work very well for inside, and the cats leave them alone as well. We have found that a 40lb bag of food grade diatomaceous earth outside the house is like "ant napalm". Like borax it is a crystal that is sharp to them and cuts their exoskeleton. But it can...
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    Hello, any help, Sofirn C8L not working...

    Final? Update... First, thank you again @glockboy for your help here. Your posts answered all my questions and provided a solution previously unknown to me. After charging for about 5-6 hours last night, then some quick midnight testing outdoors, and about 1 more hour of charging this morning...
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    Hello, any help, Sofirn C8L not working...

    The charge status LED is still red so I'm just going to leave it charging overnight. Seems the least I can do considering the condition of the battery when I received. Yeah, I think I was confusing the charged output of the 18650 with the 21700. Or something. Sofirn says total charge time...
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    Hello, any help, Sofirn C8L not working...

    Update: it's been on the charger for over 2 hours now. The charging-state LED is still steady red, should have changed to flashing green or steady green. I measured the battery voltage, currently 3.87 volts under no load. Out of all the possible light outputs I can only get 2 that seem to be...
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    Hello, any help, Sofirn C8L not working...

    @glockboy Hey I think that's going to work! I was holding everything in my hands during the "jump" and even though DC I could feel a tingle. After just 3 attempts lasting mere seconds the 21700 is now showing 2.16 volts! I out the 21700 back in the C8L and the red LED staying lit, so there...
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