I've used the fireplace clicky lighter every other time. The way this seems to work is that you turn the gas on, turn it to light, press the red button, and then stick the lighter in. It is just in a fairly awkward spot where I feel like my hand will be in the flame while I am lighting it. It also appears to be instaled upsidedown.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 17, 2009 6:13:55 am PDT #14167 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jessica - Oct 17, 2009 6:19:50 am PDT #14168 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Theodosia - Oct 17, 2009 6:28:01 am PDT #14169 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sophia, I bet I have a similar-style furnace (we think 1922-ish). Before I got a fire-clicker-thingie, I'd use a fork and twine a match between the tines. To light it on fire, I'd bring down a small candle, so that I could twine the match BEFORE it was on fire. And then I'd put on an oven mitt to hold the fork.
Luckily, there is a pause between relighting the pilot light and the full-on furnace firing up (there is a thermocouple that has to get up to a certain temperature, to make sure there is flame to ignite all that gas -- safety!) so there's small chance that it could come on when I've got my arm inside the damn thing, but Safety First, you know?
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 17, 2009 6:32:23 am PDT #14170 of 30001
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
Congratulations Jessica!
Can anyone explain the mystery of how Moxie soda is still being sold after more than a century despite tasting like it does? I like old-fashioned sasparilla drinks and thought I'd give it a try, but I can't imagine anyone willingly choosing to drink that swill over water.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 17, 2009 6:35:48 am PDT #14171 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Good idea, theo. I can get matches at the gas station. They just don't have a fire clicky stick! The gas is off, so there is no hurry, I am just cold!
Tom Scola - Oct 17, 2009 6:36:06 am PDT #14172 of 30001
hwæt
Can anyone explain the mystery of how Moxie soda is still being sold after more than a century despite tasting like it does?
Ted Williams.
Amy - Oct 17, 2009 6:38:54 am PDT #14173 of 30001
Because books.
Buffista parents take note - Children's Place is having a massive sale right now
We hit it yesterday for Sara -- long-sleeved fall shirts marked down to $7.99 and then an additional 50% off. We scored so. much. stuff.
Jesse - Oct 17, 2009 6:41:46 am PDT #14174 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can anyone explain the mystery of how Moxie soda is still being sold after more than a century despite tasting like it does?
My childhood best friend drank it with milk. ISTG.
Callaluna - Oct 17, 2009 6:46:26 am PDT #14175 of 30001
Can anyone explain the mystery of how Moxie soda is still being sold after more than a century despite tasting like it does? I like old-fashioned sasparilla drinks and thought I'd give it a try, but I can't imagine anyone willingly choosing to drink that swill over water.
Because its pretty much the only soft drink we Mainer's can claim as our own and dammit we are not giving it up! Besides, we find it funny when you out of staters are silly enough to taste it. I haven't known anyone since my great-grandmother who willingly consumed that swill! :D
Sparky1 - Oct 17, 2009 7:23:43 am PDT #14176 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Congratulations, Jess on the baby chickadoodle!
Happy engagement, Gris!
My uncle (from Maine) drinks Moxie.
We all just had a photo session with a photographer friend. He left at almost exactly noon, and the husband, dog and baby are already sound asleep, exhausted by their turn at being models.