This is Linux- or IT-related? Remember, the list is now technical-only for a few weeks. Even later on, this is pretty damn off-topic.
Complaints? Go off-list. --- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" Download your free copy: http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General BRLUG" <general at brlug.net>; <libranet-ot at yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 3:57 PM Subject: [brlug-general] A Warning and a Question about TOKIO BrandDisposable Lighters > Another good reason not to smoke. A TOKIO disposable > lighter exploded in my car yesterday. > > I bought an el-cheapo disposable lighter last Monday, > I can't remember which shopette I was in when I bought > it. > > Yesterday morning (Thursday) the flint shot out of it > when I tried to use it. I was driving to work, so I > tossed it on the passenger seat and forgot about it. > I got in the car after work and headed home. As > usual, I had to stop and pick up some stuff at the > grocery store. I took a cigarette out just before I > turned on the road to the store and lit up using the > car's lighter. I had my grocery list in my shirt > pocket, so I dropped the pack of smokes on the seat. > When I parked I pulled out the list and reached for > the cigarettes to return them to my pocket and noticed > all these shards of green plastic on the seat. Now > that I was parked, I could really look around, and I > noticed a few pieces on the dash board, on the console > between the front seats, and some on the passenger arm > rest. Then I saw the jagged top of the lighter wedged > into the fold of the front passenger seat. I know the > lighter had been facing silver top facing the front of > the car when I got out of the car, because I almost > picked up but remembered it was useless. However, no > the silver end was well into the fold where the top of > the seat meets the bottom, so it must have ricocheted > off the front of the glove compartment. > > The thing had exploded while I was at work. This is > October and even in Louisiana it doesn't get that hot > in October. > > I've left lighters in my car all year round for years > and never had one explode. It seems to have been a > pressure only event, with no fire, or, at least no > signs of fire. > > The brand name is TOKIO, and the O's have three > vertical lines instead of holes. I have tried to find > out who this company is off and on all day without any > sucess. > > Do not purchase this brand (TOKIO), and if you have > one to get rid of it. > > Had the lighter been in my hand or shirt pocket > instead of an empty car that could have been ugly. > Judging by the dispersal pattern in the car it went > off with sufficient force to have driven the very > sharp shards well into flesh at close range. > > If any of you spot one of these lighters in a store > could you jot down the address or phone number for me? > > I want to contact the company and let them know about > this batch before some kid loses an eye while watching > dad light the fire place. > > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." > - Ambrose Bierce > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
