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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:19:25 PM EDT
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Congrats on your quitting - but you need a time out for starting again.....
IMO Zippo's aren't cool. There are many great windproof lighters (I have two) made for outdoor camping gear that will put Zippo's to shame! |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:23:17 PM EDT
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There used to be a kick A$$ web site that was about doing tricks witha zippo lighter thoose were some cool tricks....
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:23:40 PM EDT
[#3]
They just are, i have 3 or 4 of them.
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:23:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:24:34 PM EDT
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Tell me about it. I'm a victim of working with a habitual chain smoker. After being around him for 2 years, I just couldn't take the temptation any longer. 
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:24:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:24:53 PM EDT
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Incidentaly are those OTHER windproof lighters that put Zippos to shame guarenteed for life??
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:25:38 PM EDT
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for me it's a nostalgia thing.
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:25:51 PM EDT
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I have a store stand that holds 96 or 98 zippos that has a light and it rotates picked itup from an old store that is going out of business I have 24 zippos and working on the collection...
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:26:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:28:40 PM EDT
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My 50th anniversery D-Day zippo is so cool! Mine is at home and I wont be there til Wednesday, but it is just like this one. 
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:31:58 PM EDT
[#12]
Zippos are outdated...
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:34:24 PM EDT
[#13]
That is a cool zippo, I have the same one. I bought it new in 1994 and carried it with me all over the world, but I quit a few years ago so now it just sits, all beat up, at the bottom of a rubbermaid container with other keepsakes. |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:36:46 PM EDT
[#14]
Mine is still in the felt lined tin, never been used. Got it from the VFW. |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 5:38:29 PM EDT
[#15]
The ONLY good thing about smoking is that it gives you a legitimate reason to carry a Zippo around.
I have had a Zippo for a long time, but I don't smoke. Still love the Zippo though. |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 6:00:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2006 9:26:27 PM EDT
[#17]
I can't explain why they're so cool.
I've got two of them, and I've never smoked in my life. |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 9:29:30 PM EDT
[#18]
My definition of cool is Humphrey Bogart in a trenchcoat and fedora, leaning up against a street lamp post at night, lighting up a cigarette with his zippo.
But no, I don't smoke. |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 9:36:07 PM EDT
[#19]
I dug mine out last week and started using it again.. I dunno, it's just one of those things
 ETA.. Plus they are made nearby (Bradford, PA)
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Posted: 3/13/2006 9:54:10 PM EDT
[#20]
I like 'em.
They aid an air of class to smoking. Besides - who else here has picked up a chick because you lit her smoke with a zippo?  They are perfect conversation starters... |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 10:18:59 PM EDT
[#21]
That ping when you open a Zippo, and the click when you close it. The just-right feel in your hand. The simplicity of the design. And nearly endless designs available. All that make Zippo cool.
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Posted: 3/13/2006 10:24:57 PM EDT
[#22]
I love my Zippo. Sturdy, high quality, simple and absolutely reliable. In a world full of disposable crap and breakable techno-wizzy products, Zippo lighters are icons that are still made to last.
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Posted: 3/13/2006 10:25:05 PM EDT
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You should see the things in Japan. They're nut about 'em. Standard Zippos go for the equivalent of about $30. Engraved ones (especially from Navy ships) fetch over $40. I saw a few gold plated ones for $70. Guys cleaned out the ship's store just to resell them to the novelty shops. |
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Posted: 3/13/2006 10:25:32 PM EDT
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If all the above isn't enough, if you break it or wear it out, you call them and they send you a postage paid envelope to send it back to them under warranty.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:46:59 PM EDT
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Why are they cool? They feels great in your hand, they have a long history, and they are made in America, and I believe waranteed for life.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:54:20 PM EDT
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Because they will last through an entire live performance of "Freebird" and still have enough juice left to fire up your last Kool Menthol.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:09:57 PM EDT
[#27]
Its becuase of the smell of the lighter fluid. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:10:38 PM EDT
[#28]
nice for tagging
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:12:09 PM EDT
[#29]
I never liked the taste they gave to a cigarette. The new windproofs are much cooler.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:14:58 PM EDT
[#30]
The definition of "cool".....Is just BEING "cool".
Zippos are just..."cool". I smoked for a few years. Clearly, Zippos are cool. We had a Troop CDR that w got a Zippo for...Engraved....... "You're OK, sir." Was the inscription. I love Zippos. I have a comulson to buy them, even though I have no use for them. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:16:00 PM EDT
[#31]
here's mine... I'll send a NIW USGI 30 round mag to the first person who can identify mine....
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:16:07 PM EDT
[#32]
Like I need a lifetime warranty on a three dollar lighter ? |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:17:18 PM EDT
[#33]
quite possibly the greatest reply to a thread I have ever read. Kudos |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:20:25 PM EDT
[#34]
<bows> Thank you, sir. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:32:26 PM EDT
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CHAD!  
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:34:25 PM EDT
[#36]
Now, tell us the story of the Chadanesian lighter...that's rather, uh, unique, I'd imagine.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:36:55 PM EDT
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My Zippo from 1985. Bought this one in Germany at the PX when I started smoking. Added my unit crest.
 My Grandpa's lighter. Not a Zippo but "Penguin" brand. 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:38:02 PM EDT
[#38]
Is that...Chad? I'm really drawing a blank. ETA: beat to it. Thats rather unique - what is the story behind it? |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:45:06 PM EDT
[#39]
Because you can burn down a communist hut with one , then later , use it to light your salem |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:48:01 PM EDT
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The lighter is from CHAD. The country, not the guy down the street who walks around in his underwear. Do I win? I cant find exactly what the eagle is for. I dont know if its the national bird, or just a symbol. The eagle inspires many many cultures. ETA - I said this in the chat room first! [16:27] Mister44: CHAD! [16:27] Mister44: the lighter is from chad I got a phone call and couldnt post sooner |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:59:12 PM EDT
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Zippos are the equivalent of the 1911 for lighters. It has been eclipsed by superior designs, but there are just so damn many different ones out there...you can find one for any taste. They look neat and they've got history, and they still do the job they were designed to.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:02:56 PM EDT
[#42]
Yep Class.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:09:01 PM EDT
[#43]
Because Keyser Soze uses one.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:10:09 PM EDT
[#44]
I have several of them. One my Grandad carried during WWII, and a late 40's early 50's era casite Zippo NIB. I know there were only a handfull of the Casite Zippos made, and I have one.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:10:32 PM EDT
[#45]
 i carry both with me every day (lighter and camera). i didnt even have to get up to take this pic and then post it oh yea, dinner pic! |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:18:34 PM EDT
[#46]
I've got four of these, three are still brand new, Just been using this one for the last five years. When the boat was getting decommissioned I got four of them from the ship's store for $10 total
+1 on the smell of lighter fluid 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:24:33 PM EDT
[#47]
Im a grown man and that kinda stuff makes me cry. 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:34:40 PM EDT
[#48]
I have 10 or 12 of them, Ive carried one since I was 16 or so never smoked once in my life. Some of my friends smoke and my dad smokes so I use mine alot besides just playing with it.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 2:39:22 PM EDT
[#49]
Because James Friggin Bond used one.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 3:00:28 PM EDT
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And when they are doing "Freebird", your regular Bic just won't cut it.
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