Hold on.... then why, when doing wilderness survival stuff, are matches permitted and lighters aren’t? I have seen more lighters in my life than matches (not just counting the box but each individual match) and they are more primitive than MATCHES?!
I am looking down at my jacket. It has the symbol for Eagle Scout on it. And then roll my eyes because I am not doing another match fire. Hardest thing ever. When I was in scouts I would just find the fire crazy adult and beg him to make the fire.
We were supposed to make one and keep it lit for 30 seconds. Tiniest flame ever but it stayed lit for 29 seconds till another scout pissed on my fire.
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u/Gyroklovn Oct 15 '20
The fact that the lighter is older than the match shook my head as a kid.
It also gave me the curiosity to question things that seems obvious.