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clara

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JUL 06, 2004 08:44 PM

...always makes me feel like a tough guy. I mean, I know I'm using a jeweler's screwdriver, but my hands kind of smell like gas station when I'm done. In my mind I'm wearing leather pants and picking my teeth with a switchblade when I finish with the lighter.

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Palm Bay, FL
February 2003

JUL 06, 2004 08:46 PM

Ooooooo, a girl who fixes stuff. Yummy. love

AlienEeeter

AlienEeeter

Akron, OH
May 2004

JUL 06, 2004 08:46 PM

I felt that way after helping my mom move. I felt like a real manly man, because I helped carry a couch.

Dravenraine

dravenraine

USA
November 2003

JUL 06, 2004 08:48 PM

What you just said was SO HOT!! love

clara

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JUL 06, 2004 08:57 PM

I'm just talking routine maintenance. Tonight I did a simple flint replacement.

*studies oily fingernails*

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003

JUL 06, 2004 09:11 PM

dkmfc said:
I keep the spares in the cotton



hey, that's an excellent idea!

Stiles

Stiles

Philadelphia, PA
November 2002

JUL 06, 2004 09:13 PM

Zippos light Oxy-Acetylene torches really well.

mark13

mark13

Pittsburgh, PA
February 2004

JUL 06, 2004 09:25 PM

Clara said:
...always makes me feel like a tough guy. I mean, I know I'm using a jeweler's screwdriver, but my hands kind of smell like gas station when I'm done. In my mind I'm wearing leather pants and picking my teeth with a switchblade when I finish with the lighter.



I always used my thumbnail. The screw doesn't need to be all that tight! Then again, if that's what it takes to give you the leather pants and switchblade image, I'm all for it!

One of the things I miss most from my smoking days is my zippo. It's around here somewhere.

clara

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JUL 06, 2004 09:28 PM

mark13 said:
I always used my thumbnail. The screw doesn't need to be all that tight!


It does in my mind, but I'm the sort of person who slowly grinds her teeth into dust and picks scabs until blood pools.

mark13

mark13

Pittsburgh, PA
February 2004

JUL 06, 2004 09:31 PM

Clara said:

mark13 said:
I always used my thumbnail. The screw doesn't need to be all that tight!


It does in my mind, but I'm the sort of person who slowly grinds her teeth into dust and picks scabs until blood pools.



Now I understand. I usually stop picking when I start bleeding. I've once again run into someone tougher than I am. Sadly, this is not unusual.

Scopitone

Scopitone

Irvine, CA
OLD SKOOL

JUL 06, 2004 09:36 PM

Clara said:
...always makes me feel like a tough guy. I mean, I know I'm using a jeweler's screwdriver, but my hands kind of smell like gas station when I'm done. In my mind I'm wearing leather pants and picking my teeth with a switchblade when I finish with the lighter.



Hot

Scopitone

Scopitone

Irvine, CA
OLD SKOOL

JUL 06, 2004 09:36 PM

Tankboi

tankboi

Portland, OR
March 2003

JUL 06, 2004 09:41 PM

wow, i tottaly thought we were all getting zippos surgically implanted.
frown

clara

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JUL 06, 2004 09:51 PM

tankboi said:
wow, i tottaly thought we were all getting zippos surgically implanted.
frown


That's an interesting idea. I'll call you when I finish medical school.

Arsenic_

Arsenic_

HOPEFUL

Jacksonville, FL

JUL 06, 2004 10:02 PM

*hearts Clara*

tomahto

tomahto

San Bruno, CA
June 2003

JUL 06, 2004 10:03 PM

I replaced a corroded P-trap under the kitchen sink.

hylian42

hylian42

North Richland Hills, TX
April 2004

JUL 06, 2004 10:07 PM

Clara, we all know you ARE a tough guy. smile

Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

JUL 06, 2004 10:11 PM

I feel the same way when I unscrew and open up someone's phone to look for water damage. They get this gently admirable look in their eyes in the few seconds between when I *kaswish* pop the backplate off and when I tell them that this is not covered by the warranty.

mk700c

mk700c

Ann Arbor, MI
December 2003

JUL 06, 2004 11:15 PM

clara

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JUL 06, 2004 11:19 PM

Two of you are entirely too secret society for this thread.

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

JUL 07, 2004 11:38 AM

Clara said:
...always makes me feel like a tough guy. I mean, I know I'm using a jeweler's screwdriver, but my hands kind of smell like gas station when I'm done. In my mind I'm wearing leather pants and picking my teeth with a switchblade when I finish with the lighter.



Priss

Priss

Charlotte, NC
October 2003

JUL 07, 2004 11:46 AM

I love that movie!
my mom found my zippo fluid when I was in highschool and came to the very rational conclusion that I was huffing butane tongue

Trevallion

Trevallion

Murfreesboro, TN
February 2004

JUL 07, 2004 11:55 AM

Real tough guys light their hand rolled cigarrettes made out of self grown and harvested tobacco with two rocks and a couple of twigs. That's tough.