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OneMoreRobot3021



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Velcro
#7808471 - 12/28/07 08:12 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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So long ago when I was working at Google I, er, absconded with some velcro I found buried under some dirty old shit in a stockroom [<--making excuses for stealing]...and I finally got around to doing something I've had in mind for a while. The velcro comes as two strips with sticky backing, each strip being one side of the velcro. I slap the fuzzy end on to a surface where I want to be able to store a lighter, and then stick the scratchy side of the velcro, cut down to a small strip, on to my Bic lighters. You definitely want to put the fuzzy side on the wall/surface because the lighter will travel around and have more of a chance to run into crap that might muck up the fuzzy side.
I've got one under the coffee table, and one on each window sill in the kitchen where most everybody does their cigarette smoking, the one under the table being for pot in the living room. My roommates know the rule that the velcro lighters don't leave the house and that you gotta put em back where you unstuck em from. Otherwise the whole system would be in shambles.
So yeah. Velcro.
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circularvortex
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You can get that shit at hardware stores pretty cheap.
What works better than this for lighters is to permanently attach those lighter leashes in strategic locations via a screw or glue or some such. That way you don't have to rely on the honor system.
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primativezen
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I've got the exact same velcro (lightproof opening for an mj grow box) and I'm definitely gonna do this. No more stolen lightches (hopefully)!
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Prisoner#1
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I'd refrain from putting nails in or welding on disposable lighters to try and retain them
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circularvortex
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You don't nail the lighters, you nail the clip for the leash....
What good would a lighter nailed to a wall be?
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OneMoreRobot3021



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No way...it's half about the experience, the crunchy rip of the velcro. Makes smoking even more fun.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Prisoner#1
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Quote:
circularvortex said: you nail the clip for the leash....
and how are you going to secure the lighter to the leash silly...
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Liz
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Funny, my fiance does the same thing. Velcro freaking everywhere in our house. Velcro attaching pens to the grocery list next to the fridge....velcro under our welcome mat in our hallway to keep it in place...I could go on. Velcro does work wonders though.
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debianlinux
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Re: Velcro [Re: Liz]
#7808764 - 12/28/07 09:51 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I use velcro to secure my detachable penis.
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Leinahtan
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Quote:
Prisoner#1 said:
Quote:
circularvortex said: you nail the clip for the leash....
and how are you going to secure the lighter to the leash silly...
The leash attaches to the lighter =x
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