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:: This one is satisfactorily unrelated for me. I was for Exa-Exabyte, and although I understand the slight argument someone had for it, against Garbage. But this one surely only has convoluted arguments on par with the symbiotic relationship it has with yeast. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.64|172.69.71.64]] 12:40, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | :: This one is satisfactorily unrelated for me. I was for Exa-Exabyte, and although I understand the slight argument someone had for it, against Garbage. But this one surely only has convoluted arguments on par with the symbiotic relationship it has with yeast. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.64|172.69.71.64]] 12:40, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
::: This one feels like a "things to do while stuck at home" that may have been inspired by the COVID-19 lockdown, but that doesn't make it a COVID-related comic. --[[User:Bobson|Bobson]] ([[User talk:Bobson|talk]]) 14:06, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ::: This one feels like a "things to do while stuck at home" that may have been inspired by the COVID-19 lockdown, but that doesn't make it a COVID-related comic. --[[User:Bobson|Bobson]] ([[User talk:Bobson|talk]]) 14:06, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
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She didn’t say it said “use by (some date)”. She just said it says “use by ..”. My interpretation is that it is so old the date has worn off. That happens to my nitroglycerin quite often. I think her interlocutor is saying, if the date has worn off or gotten illegibly smeared, assume it’s expired. —— OTOH the explanation given by the editors is funnier! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.232|108.162.216.232]] 05:08, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | She didn’t say it said “use by (some date)”. She just said it says “use by ..”. My interpretation is that it is so old the date has worn off. That happens to my nitroglycerin quite often. I think her interlocutor is saying, if the date has worn off or gotten illegibly smeared, assume it’s expired. —— OTOH the explanation given by the editors is funnier! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.232|108.162.216.232]] 05:08, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
:In the first panel she states that the guns (plural) are about to expire. So I guess they have bought 2 guns about the same time, from different vendors who handle this wording differently, but both flare guns have a visible expiry date in the close future. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 05:56, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | :In the first panel she states that the guns (plural) are about to expire. So I guess they have bought 2 guns about the same time, from different vendors who handle this wording differently, but both flare guns have a visible expiry date in the close future. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 05:56, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
::I disagree. The other one says Use By and no date. So think either explanation is wrong, or at least the two possible interpretations should be mentioned --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:56, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ::I disagree. The other one says Use By and no date. So think either explanation is wrong, or at least the two possible interpretations should be mentioned --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:56, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
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:::My interpretation of that panel is that Cueball cut her off before she was able to finish her sentence, aware that she was interested in using the flare gun. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.126|172.69.34.126]] 17:24, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | :::My interpretation of that panel is that Cueball cut her off before she was able to finish her sentence, aware that she was interested in using the flare gun. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.126|172.69.34.126]] 17:24, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
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I play the browser-game Urban Dead. The flare-pistols in that have no expiry date (a handy 15HP damage item, ''if'' they hit, so I often save any I scavenge for a time my Action Points are low but I might appreciate a chance killing shot on a worn-down zombie) and are 'safe' to fire at all times - except for your target if hit, of course. Outside they can act as a signal, though never seen that as useful myself, but I always wished that inside a darkened building they'd at least be seen as a flash (maybe transient blinding) to anyone present but not hit by it. I mean, does ''nobody'' notice someone firing off a flare in an unpowered cinema, even the person it was aimed at but apparently just missed? (It was argued that a 'miss' was a misfire, a similar argument given with shotgun/pistol non-hits that no-one even hears, but they have no failure rate when deployed as signal.) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.211|162.158.158.211]] 13:46, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | I play the browser-game Urban Dead. The flare-pistols in that have no expiry date (a handy 15HP damage item, ''if'' they hit, so I often save any I scavenge for a time my Action Points are low but I might appreciate a chance killing shot on a worn-down zombie) and are 'safe' to fire at all times - except for your target if hit, of course. Outside they can act as a signal, though never seen that as useful myself, but I always wished that inside a darkened building they'd at least be seen as a flash (maybe transient blinding) to anyone present but not hit by it. I mean, does ''nobody'' notice someone firing off a flare in an unpowered cinema, even the person it was aimed at but apparently just missed? (It was argued that a 'miss' was a misfire, a similar argument given with shotgun/pistol non-hits that no-one even hears, but they have no failure rate when deployed as signal.) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.211|162.158.158.211]] 13:46, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
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How does one properly dispose of these? I have an emergency smoke"grenade" (it's just a tin can) that expired in or before 2012 in my car. Related question, what is the best way to improperly dispose one of those? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.175|162.158.111.175]] 15:39, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | How does one properly dispose of these? I have an emergency smoke"grenade" (it's just a tin can) that expired in or before 2012 in my car. Related question, what is the best way to improperly dispose one of those? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.175|162.158.111.175]] 15:39, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
:Probably need to contact your local HAZMAT for either smoke grenades or flare guns. Neither one would be appropriate for regular garbage or recycling. And forget about taking them on an airplane. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 16:55, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | :Probably need to contact your local HAZMAT for either smoke grenades or flare guns. Neither one would be appropriate for regular garbage or recycling. And forget about taking them on an airplane. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 16:55, 23 April 2020 (UTC) | ||
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