I miss "strike anywhere" matches. They were the absolute shit. You could strike them on a rock, on your pants, on your thumbnail, on a Zippo lighter that was out of fluid. You could dip them in molten paraffin and make waterproof strike-anywhere matches. Somehow, the molten paraffin didn't set them off.
Then they went away.
The excuse they gave here was that "a rat could get into your pantry, gnaw on the matches, and burn your house down".
My ass. In all the years I lived with this wondrous product, I never, EVER, heard of a rat trying to eat one. Rats, in general, seek after food. they don't care if it's cooked over a match flame or not. Still, they banned them.
Bastards.
Another hard to get product is MRE heaters, the little chemical dynamos that you heat MRE's with. For the longest time, you could get MRE's without heaters. They're edible, I reckon, but hot food is better. Nowadays, I get MRE's by the case, and WITH the heaters - almost heaven... almost. In their infinite wisdom, the MRE's I can get now are "salt free". What the hell is up with that? Heaters now, but no salt - can't they just market a whole-food solution? The human body NEEDS salt - it's a necessary electrolyte. I have to get those little picnic salt shakers to go with the MREs now.
These regulations are fuckin' nuts. When they "regulate" my ability to go to a salt lick, boil down some salt, and use it to cure my jerky with, they'd best not come after me for ignoring it.
That'll get ugly, if they try to regulate me out of making my own stuff.
By "ugly", I mean "BOOM BOOM BOOM" ugly. Who the hell wants to continue living under a communist regime anyhow? Better to put an end to it and take some porters to hell with you!
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Then they went away.
The excuse they gave here was that "a rat could get into your pantry, gnaw on the matches, and burn your house down".
My ass. In all the years I lived with this wondrous product, I never, EVER, heard of a rat trying to eat one. Rats, in general, seek after food. they don't care if it's cooked over a match flame or not. Still, they banned them.
Bastards.
Another hard to get product is MRE heaters, the little chemical dynamos that you heat MRE's with. For the longest time, you could get MRE's without heaters. They're edible, I reckon, but hot food is better. Nowadays, I get MRE's by the case, and WITH the heaters - almost heaven... almost. In their infinite wisdom, the MRE's I can get now are "salt free". What the hell is up with that? Heaters now, but no salt - can't they just market a whole-food solution? The human body NEEDS salt - it's a necessary electrolyte. I have to get those little picnic salt shakers to go with the MREs now.
These regulations are fuckin' nuts. When they "regulate" my ability to go to a salt lick, boil down some salt, and use it to cure my jerky with, they'd best not come after me for ignoring it.
That'll get ugly, if they try to regulate me out of making my own stuff.
By "ugly", I mean "BOOM BOOM BOOM" ugly. Who the hell wants to continue living under a communist regime anyhow? Better to put an end to it and take some porters to hell with you!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’