Suppose you want to get a lighter for something, say incense, candles, propane stove, any need at all for a hand-held flame. Maybe there are matches all around and you just prefer the feel and control of 'Manual Flaming.' It's your fire. You'd think that you could just pop down to the supermarket and pick one up at the register- or at a coffee shop that also sells tobacco products. You would be thinking Western. In India, you need to go to a Provisionist who sells provisions, things to live on; lighters, buckets, bangles and hair care products. When you ask for a lighter and have exact change, the transaction may end there if you don't get sucked into additional purchases. If you don't have exact change they won't either, and you will be forced to buy three. But that's fine, you rationalize, these things are like 2-for-a-buck at 7-11 anyway and these are 3/$1. Always light up in the store. I don't mean the incense, but the lighter. Try it out, make sure there is fluid in them. If you don't you will get home to find that they are not only low on fuel, but only have half of the usual capacity. But don't let that get you down. They are set on "Encore" setting, so large Iron Maiden can see them backstage and MUST hit the stage for three more numbers! The other half of the lighter has been altered and is now a flashlight. You can now look deep in your bag for your smokes or whathaveyou without setting your hair on fire. These India-flavored flashlights are very festive. Here's what I got in mine! I'm not sure if they are Bollywood babes, but I think I'm gonna go through a lot of incense while I'm here...
---Aeryk---
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