What Color Are YOUR Matches? Repost 2016

 

Something RED from the past and this  post is from the past

I NEED matches, because I love candles and lighting things in the back yard.

and taking cool photos of lighting candles.

What color are your matches? Do you keep matches? I tossed my match box away and pulled out the above.

I shouted in to the living room... Bob... "the matches are GREEN... "

"What?" came the aggravated answer

"Green the matches are green"... (how could I know it was the best part of a tennis match and I caused him to have to rewind to see and hear...)

I have NO memory of buying these matches.. 

It says  these matches are :Sourced from responsible trees.

 (don't worry about fire hazard, these were made from Responsible Trees)

Strike on Box (what, should I use my thumbnail like a cowboy)

Extra thick for LONGER BURNING.... WOO HOO and THANK YOU

Made in USA since 1881... the only ones I have seen were red and I was Made In 1944

My question to me, is how long have I had those red headed matches that I have been using the past few months? and How and When did I buy green matches and not know it?

I googled green matches and found that 

A. if i had red headed matches they were OUT OF DATE and very old and should be discarded.

B. they come in Strike Any Where  on anything, no box needed (one man on you-tube said he carries the strike anywhere in a box in his backpack when camping)  Can you see what might happen?

C. They sell them on Amazon for 5 bucks.. and the can be shipped in USA but not overseas..(I can tell you I did not pay 5 bucks for a box of matches even though I have no memory of buying them.

WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR MATCHES

Santa from the past

Christmas Past something Santa/Something Red from prior posts.

Son Dan's wife Michelle gave me my favorite Santa of my life in 1987

More on my favorite coming soon to a blog near you. to be continued

To Smell or Not to Smell

 

Most of you know I have Scent Sensitivities and if a person with perfume on comes near, or someone lights a scented candle, or a Dumbo waiter has so much cologne on, I have been known to complain. I also complained recently because Dawn has a new scent and blah blah blah.

today I am lodging a new complaint.

The new jar of Vicks Vapor Rub came to my door in the free to me by health insurance order.

The jar it is replacing is about 5 years old. I use it when I have a cough and sometimes on the bottom of my nose to help me breathe when allergies are keeping me awake. This was learned from My dad who was born in 1913.

the NEW Vick's  has no scent! ingredients the same, looks the same, not the same. Since it was generic, I bought the Brand Name Vicks, and it has no scent either.

Yes, there are matches in my AI creations of Vicks Vapor Rub, because I have loved matches my entire life, and learned a use for matches other than fire, again from my dad.

The smell of a match when struck, that delightful to me smell of Sulphur, covers bad odors. 

In fact, he kept matches in our bathroom's and for all my decades of life, I too have used matches for odor removal and simply put LOVE the smell. 

THEY have removed the smell.

If anyone know where to buy matches that still smoke and stink, please advise. 

Yes, these are images from Bing Designer because I rather play with AI than take a photo of the Real Stuff here in my house. 

A Word To The Wise Part 2

Once upon a time, there was a MadSnapper that loved to play with fire.

While cleaning the kitchen she found a box of long matches that were 20 years old. So old they would not strike and burn but required a much newer match and a lot shorter, to ignite them. MadSnapper feared if she put them in the trash bin, when the garbage gobbling truck picked them up, and squeezed all that garbage they would ignite causing the city garbage truck to burst into flames, thereby killing the driver and the two riding on the back.

In a matter of moments of lunacy, she took a PLASTIC bottle, stood the matches in it and used 6 matches trying to light them. At first it was small, see above photos, then the 20 mph winds that were blowing in the Florida Cool Front, whooshed them into mighty flames. 

I was ready with iPhone in hand and grabbed these burst photos, You do not get photos of the mighty flames because I put the phone down and screamed for Bob, who was 6 feet away and did not even notice what I was doing Until I Screamed.

the reason for the scream, was the fact they were in a FLAMMABLE BOTTLE, the fire was raging, the wind was howling, and I was afraid to pick up the bottle, because if I dropped it in the zillion pine needles on the ground it could, well, burn our house down and the neighbors too.

THE MAN, while cursing like a sailor and yelling at me for doing it, grabbed it, dropped it on the grill, and TRYED to Blow it out with his mouth...

OMG! I ran to the small bucket that the faucets drips in and dumped it on the flames and Thank You Lord, the fire went out. 

Close but no disaster, NO THANKS TO the Firebug that calls herself MAD snapper.

The Man said WHY DID YOU DO THIS?

When I explained about the fire in the garbage truck, things did not go well.

I think I heard the word Idiot a few times in between HBO words.

The answer is Senior Moment! next time I will use Glass Bottle. KIDDING!

Would you throw old matches in the trash bin?

 

My 2 Fire Blankets are HERE! Amazon brought next day.I pray I never need them