Marduke
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Sorry, I just had to dig this pic out again. Cracks me up every time....
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Sorry, I just had to dig this pic out again. Cracks me up every time....
That is freaking hilarious!! :twothumbs
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"I'm a cheap *** *******, so recommend me a sub 20 bucks light from DX".
... that I need by the end of the week and my life will depend on ...
Thank God for Darwinism! 😉
- Greta I demand you ban "insert member here" because he pissed me off! (Even though I personally am about to insult anybody who replies to this thread including the headmistress herself.)
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TITAN1833
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TITAN1833
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Why wont my light come to me when I click my fingers :mecry:
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I bought an 18650 for my light. It wouldn't fit until I tapped it with a hammer a few times. Now the light gets hot and I can't get the battery out. Should I demand a refund? No, you should not.
My flashlight had batteries that leaked so I cleaned it out with baking soda and vinegar. The light is wet now and smells funny. What should I do? Lemme guess -- it's wet because you didn't dry it out and it probably smells like... vinegar?
My light no longer works. This is my third post. Why won't you *******s help me? Possibly because you gave no details in the first post, or the second, and now you are cussing us out. And still no details.
There are 57 posts in my last thread about XYZ, but where's an answer. Why won't anyone help me? I've been checking my email everyday. Uh, email? You did read through the posts for your answer didn't y... Oh, sorry. What was I thinking?
Here's one that comes up often and makes me scratch my head even though it is not the start of a thread. How come there will be multiple answers or positive suggestions in a thread (and from different members) but the discussion still goes on and on? Sometimes it's as if the answers were written in invisible ink.
My flashlight had batteries that leaked so I cleaned it out with baking soda and vinegar. The light is wet now and smells funny. What should I do? Lemme guess -- it's wet because you didn't dry it out and it probably smells like... vinegar?
My light no longer works. This is my third post. Why won't you *******s help me? Possibly because you gave no details in the first post, or the second, and now you are cussing us out. And still no details.
There are 57 posts in my last thread about XYZ, but where's an answer. Why won't anyone help me? I've been checking my email everyday. Uh, email? You did read through the posts for your answer didn't y... Oh, sorry. What was I thinking?
Here's one that comes up often and makes me scratch my head even though it is not the start of a thread. How come there will be multiple answers or positive suggestions in a thread (and from different members) but the discussion still goes on and on? Sometimes it's as if the answers were written in invisible ink.
Illum
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Some people don't like discussions, they feel if the discussion continues than that means the question has not been answered.
Its like someone who once posted "My rechargeable cells won't work properly" and turns out he hasn't charged them for a bit, so a list of decent chargers were recommended and a through procedure perscribed...but then the threads went into LSD and cell density so far up the creek that the op made a new thread on the same topic the next day asking the exact same question...where I've informed b@rt and it was wiped. :thanks: b@rt
ask and you shall receive 🙂
Hooked on Fenix
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Been using a rechargeable lithium ion battery in my Fenix L0D for a week. It gets too hot to hold after setting it down while on for an hour. It just stopped working. Can someone suggest a longer lasting, super bright, 1/2 ounce, 1AAA light that doesn't get hot when I tailstand it until the batteries go dead on turbo?
Okay, the following type of thread is not something that's annoying or obnoxious. But, I have seen it come up quite a bit... and it makes me do this --> :thinking:
At the risk of looking like an @$$, here's the thread...
"Just wanted to say Hi."
Often followed with "I'm new here. Just checking in." Then comes a very short and generally not too detailed bit of background info., along with no specific question. On other forums, such threads are usually frowned upon. Sometimes there's a sticky where new members can post an introduction or just say Hi. Sometimes they are told to just start participating, and other members will get to know them that way.
However, it seems odd (at least to me) to post a topic in which a new member just says "Hi," without even asking a question.
At the risk of looking like an @$$, here's the thread...
"Just wanted to say Hi."
Often followed with "I'm new here. Just checking in." Then comes a very short and generally not too detailed bit of background info., along with no specific question. On other forums, such threads are usually frowned upon. Sometimes there's a sticky where new members can post an introduction or just say Hi. Sometimes they are told to just start participating, and other members will get to know them that way.
However, it seems odd (at least to me) to post a topic in which a new member just says "Hi," without even asking a question.
Hooked on Fenix
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Just bought a 17 watt Luxeon l.e.d. flashlight off of ebay. It is barely brighter than my 3 watt Luxeon l.e.d. flashlight. Why isn't it over 5 times brighter than my 3 watt light? Isn't that false advertising? Did I get a dud? Should I buy another one and hope I get a good one this time (as I only spent $10 on it)?
I personally vote that no thread is dumb because..
Without them, you all would really have nothing to do because almost everything possible except new stuff has already been saved into CPF.
CPF is a virtual library where everything has been done..
Without these, no flashaholic could flex their lumens.
Theoretically, hypothetically, technically and subcompositably I win.
Without them, you all would really have nothing to do because almost everything possible except new stuff has already been saved into CPF.
CPF is a virtual library where everything has been done..
Without these, no flashaholic could flex their lumens.
Theoretically, hypothetically, technically and subcompositably I win.
We *DO* have a forum for threads like this. The Cafe! 😀
Ah, quite right. But it's the very new members who sometimes post such a thread in General, rather than the more laid back Cafe.
Also, my post got a response from Greta. Too bad for Search. I guess that means I win. I R Winna! W00t!
Ladies & Gentlemen, I think we might have a winner... (drum roll please)
And the award goes to (a short pause as the envelope is ripped open) the ever popular (it must be popular -- 'cause it's a thread in 14 different categories -- and growing as we speak!
)
"Have anyone seen the video of ______" (pick your choice of any one of many viral videos)
and the crowd goes crazy!!! :candle::candle::candle::candle::candle:
And the award goes to (a short pause as the envelope is ripped open) the ever popular (it must be popular -- 'cause it's a thread in 14 different categories -- and growing as we speak!
)"Have anyone seen the video of ______" (pick your choice of any one of many viral videos)
and the crowd goes crazy!!! :candle::candle::candle::candle::candle:
Maybe 1st runner up status. "Winner" would easily be all of the Surefire vs. _____ topics.
