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    Your Favorite Non-Political Bumper Stickers & Signage

    A 76 year old woman in Florida was recently issued a license plate for her car reading SQZ A55.
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    Your MEMORABLE Outdoor Pics!

    Juvenile Western Screech Owl:
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    Which discontinued flashlights do you wish were still made?

    1. 4Sevens Quark Mini CR2. Simple lightweight 3-mode twisty. 2. Surefire Outdoorsman, single cell, 2-mode. 3. Sofirn C01 and C01S.
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    A photography thread

    If you do experience distortion from the wide angle lens, that can be corrected later in Photoshop.
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    HDS Systems #23

    The surefire diffusers do loosen over time. I have used a little piece of rubber cut from a rubber band to tighten them up again.
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    Recommend A Book, Part II

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    Update surefire L1

    Write to Vinh at skylumen.com. His email address is at the very top of each page of his site. He should be able to help you.
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    Update surefire L1

    Please report your progress updating the L1 when there is progress to report.
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    Update surefire L1

    It looks like a Gen 5 to me. See post #10 in this thread: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/the-surefire-l1-evolution.151425/. Nice light. I would write directly to a modder like SkyLumen and see what they have to say.
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    Minimum usable illumination -- ideas?

    When I first started reading CPF, there was one member who suggested that, in his experience, a light in the 7 to 10 lumen range was the most practical and useful for EDC. This was long before the day of HDS Rotaries and Anduril 2 lights. A light that is too bright for a particular purpose can...
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    Let’s hear from the hard core AAA users!

    I don't know about special treatments, but my ti Prometheus Beta is quite smooth to operate when the threads are clean and lightly lubed with NyoGel.
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    Recommend A Book, Part II

    This excellent memoir by geologist Marcia Bjornerud intertwines her personal journey with accessible science. Especially strong on basic rock types and plate tectonics. Emphasizes our connection as a species to the planet. Well written; scientifically and spiritually relevant.
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    The Sandwich Shoppe?

    I've never had a problem ordering from the Shoppe. Write a friendly status inquiry, or just give them a few more days. You'll get your Aleph part.
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    NW Arkansas - any of you living there?

    Sonoran Desert? Did someone say "Sonoran Desert?"
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    {{ Stuff that just works }}

    That would have been better, you're right!
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