… when you’re at an acquaintance’s holiday party and someone is fondling the new 9-LED junk light they just received as a gift, practically begging for someone to notice and ask them about it… and your significant other gives you a pleading look, no, please, don’t… and your only choice is to discreetly hide all your EDCs and play dumb. “Ooh, pretty! Such a shiny blue finish! Is that metal? And bright, too! Gee, second cousin Bob, that’s really keen!”
(disclaimer: this approach may be somewhat easier if you’re wearing nail polish and cute shoes)
I’ve been flashlight training both my boys (3 and 5) recently. I bought them single AA incandescent party favor lights. Cheap, no loss if they break or lose them and not bright enough to hurt anyone even if shined directly into eyes. Like training wheels…
Anyway they LOVE having flashlights (just like daddy!) and I have a chance to teach them how to use them safely, with no danger if someone slips up.
About the addiction… you never use the bathroom light, ever, because as the darkest rooms in the house the bathrooms are ideal places to do bounce tests.
When you know your “Flashaholic” anniversary date!!! 11.24.2012!!!
That[first torch] was a no name[Sipik??] pivoting head $7 light!! I went from that to what I am waiting for now which is a TK61vn just tested last night at 622Kcd!!!,AND A lot of nice ones in between!
… when you find yourself listening to music with lyrics like this:
In the blinding light, a lamp reveals nothing.
Must I always seek darkness to retain my essence?
It was human to seek the light; it is human to love the dark.
Day breaks over the peaks, chasing night into shadows.
...
His corpse fades into the light, and with it, I too am swallowed
into the ever-blinding mouth.
I’d quote the rest, but… it takes a somewhat darker turn from there.
When you argue with your ‘significant other’,about her wanting a new high-end mixer,but you feel you ‘need’ another new light at a comparable price more. HB
When you name your dog Fenix.
When you put in a new flashlight order before your last one arrives.
When you put in a new flashlight order before your last two orders arrive.
When you look forward to power outages.
When your wife asks your looking at on the computer and you tell her your looking at some hot babes on a porn site. Then she replies, No your not. Your looking at more flashlights.
When traveling you have at least five flashlights in your luggage aside from the one you’re carrying in your belt because you can’t decide which flashlight to bring.
When you’re grilling chicken outside and it’s below zero. Your guest guest is holding your sk68 while you take the chicken off the grill and it suddenly shuts off.
Rather than immediately going inside out of the cold, you try to explain protection circuits on Li-ion cells.
When you order xml reflector to xpg emitter centreing thingamebobs because, you know, it seemed like a good idea and somehow you invisage youre going to need them.
