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What a week the past week has been, some good and some not so good. I have had a few chats with a fellow member here Suncoaster for awhile now when he mention John, himself and Betty, his partner (these are not there real names) were making the trip down south to visit family and friends. Half jokingly I asked him to drop in or I could catch up with them somewhere if he liked. Knowing what its like living away from family, when you have a short time to visit people 90% get missed out due to time constraints.

It was with just a little (ok a lot) of excitedness from me John and Betty were able to make time for a short visit. The kids were horrified. Dad, you're letting strangers come to our house off the internet that you dont know. They could be axe murderers they protested loudly. Hmm, to keep the kids happy I decided I'd ask two question before I let them in.

The allotted time came and finally there was a loud knock on the front door to which my daughter who was in the lounge room, cringed and yelled the axe murderers are here. Ok, I thought to myself and opened the door. Standing there were two charming well dressed people. After polite introductions I thought to myself now or never. Sorry guys but before I let you in there are a couple of questions I have to ask.

My daughter looking on nervously from the safety of the couch crushing a pillow, (tongue in cheek) I asked Betty, are you axe murderers? To my daughters relief the answer was a softly spoken no. I turned and looked at her and she responded with a quick wink and a look that said thanks dad.

The second question had me more worried than my daughters fears. I turned and looked Betty in the eyes looking for any sign that l may not be told the truth and quietly asked, are you into flashlights. With a laugh and wave of her hand Betty responded with a quick no. Whew I thought to myself. Betty is not infected with this horrible affliction.

To cut a long story shorter my wife and I (who managed to make it home time to miss most of the fun with the flashlights) had the most wonderful evening to the point I got up in the morning and had a happy buzz still flowing through my body.

It turned out that Betty may not have told me the complete truth in the doorway as when talking to John about any subject relating to flashlights there was a third person joining in on the conversation. If you ever have the good fortune to meet Betty do not doubt anything she tells you about flashlights as she will be right. A real closet knowledgeable flashaholic if you ask me.

John bought with him flashlights and accessories that I have only seen in pictures and will never own. From his TN31, Bettys much loved and cherished SRK, XtinD C8 from IOS, Terminator and lots of others, that I cant tell you how I felt after seeing and handling them in the flesh.

To top the night off a visit was made to the back door to compare all these lights. Shining them at the tree about 120 meters away and comparing all there beams. To actually see these lights in use after reading all the reviews and members comment on these lights it was amazing to see them working. All Johns and Bettys lights were I say it again, amazing. The two stand outs were the TN31 and bang for buck would be the XtinD. This light literally blew my socks off. I dont own an XM-L C8 but comparing it to my similar JM05 there was no competition.

The night had to end eventually and with John foolishly leaving behind his Xtind for me to return when my wife and I next go to QLD. This may not be for who knows when, but John knows it will be returned one day. You would think that after such a wonderful evening that nothing could go wrong. Well let me tell you. Standing outside in the cool night air my wife who as mentioned missed out on most of the evening decided to make up for lost time and was literally chewing of Bettys ear who was doing a good job herself to my wife talking andddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd talking. Its times like this that make life so enjoyable.

To John and Betty, all I can say on behalf of my family and myself, thanks. Also thanks to the members here that I can share this with.

Cheers all.

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Sounds like you guys had a blast. Love hearing stories like this.
Maybe someday we can get a new England flashaholics meet

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Kids! You have just got to love the brutal honesty, it is so funny. Axe murderers!

Great story, BTW!

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Thank you for sharing! :beer:

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great story. I met up with don kidik, and our families spent new year together, it definitely was fun, I’ve also not forgot about sorting out the uk northern chapter blf camping trip, just tied up with trying to buy a house, for anyone reading.

it is good putting faces to names on the Internet, which opens up a thread I’ve been pondering for a while, more on that in a bit.

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Also so glad to hear other Aussies so heavily afflicted!!

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Nice to hear about flashoholics meeting in real and actually appear to be sociable people (and not weirdo's stuck into a cave, like I fear we are )

Thanks for the story

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Woulda been hilarious if you had them pick up an axe on the way over and brandish it for your teen daughter! We’d have been able to hear her screaming here in Texas! lol

Cool that y’all got to meet and a good time was had by all. Wonder if John and Betty were wondering what kind of weirdos you and you’re kids were while driving over. :wink: They could be fingernail painterholics or something! We may not escape without smelling of formaldehyde! lol (assuming here that a teen girl paints nails like they were billboards or something, mine does)

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Bugger. The axe would of been a real laugh. It would've even been funnier if they said no, we have one already. I thought about the finger nails later but there would not of been time. Also it would just not of been as enjoyable. For me anyway.

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Great story. I enjoy this forum for the members who populate it and believe that most are as they seem only more spontaneous. I edit and delete and rephrase to try and say what I want which doesn’t happen in real conversations so I’d probably end up with my foot in my mouth at some point but no axes here. Honestly. Well, maybe a crowbar or two but those are for work.

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Axe murders? Get real! Everybody knows that we prefer to club you with our Defiants, Gladiators, or D Maglights. Or at least I do. J)

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amateur, you should be using

and

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Nope, the business end is too smooth. You want fins and nubs for higher localized impact forces (a drawback for the Maglights, but they have been used by cops for decades for skull-whacking, so probably OK).

We are such nice people MRsDNF, can I stop by someday? :party:

Now, why can’t I get the image of a triple XML axe out of my head? J)

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Really guys. I'm just a big old dopey Moose. I leave all the violence to the better half.

Speaking of a Defiance, I'm just posting up a new thread. Sneak peek, cant say anymore.

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have you done any double blind placebo controlled studies that demonstrate this effect you speak of? :bigsmile:

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Nope, simple physics. Same impact (pounds) applied over a smaller area (square inches) = greater impact force (pounds per square inch) = better kersplatt. But if you care to volunteer as a crash test dummy, we can do the experiment. J)

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We don need no stinkin axes!

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with all the reality denyers around you i cannot blindly accept this thing you call “science”
if you were the test victim of the stun light, there wouldn’t be need of an encore, and besides you could call mythbusters, they have an actual dummy

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Sounds like it was great fun!! Thanks for sharing. I TRY to believe most folks are good...and reading things like this aids in my therapy!

Dan.

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How would you placebo a whack on the head? Besides, there should be aftermarket pointy thing/bezels for Maglites by now. There are certainly glass breaker tail caps.