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BilSabab lemmy.world BilSabab@lemmy.world
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bitteroldcoot piefed.social bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-22
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They lied!!!! It leaked and destroyed everything you put it in.

Also flashlights were really crap back then. Poorly made, barely any light and the bulb always broke.

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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They lied!!!! It leaked and destroyed everything you put it in. Also flashlights were really crap back then. Poorly made, barely any light and the bulb always broke.

You were around in '41? You aold fart!

Haha, yea, these things always leaked. You didn't leave them in anything.

Alkaline leaked too, just less often. Though Duracell ruined 3 flashlights for me - one that Duracell replaced after their batteries destroyed it the first time.

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
#4 · Quote Reply

They lied!!!! It leaked and destroyed everything you put it in. Also flashlights were really crap back then. Poorly made, barely any light and the bulb always broke.

That's good information to have. I always thought they were shit because I didn't want to buy 4 new D batteries.

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
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FYI - Using light to attract fish may be illegal.

US Context: https://backcastflyfishing.com/are-underwater-fishing-lights-legal/

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Tar_Alcaran sh.itjust.works Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-06
#6 · Quote Reply

FYI - Using light to attract fish may be illegal. US Context: https://backcastflyfishing.com/are-underwater-fishing-lights-legal/

Not in 1941 it wasn't. It's quite possibly dynamite fishing was fully legal back then.

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Tar_Alcaran sh.itjust.works Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-06
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They lied!!!! It leaked and destroyed everything you put it in. Also flashlights were really crap back then. Poorly made, barely any light and the bulb always broke.

The alternative was an oil lamp though. And those leak too...

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
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Not in 1941 it wasn't. It's quite possibly dynamite fishing was fully legal back then.

And you could feed the grizzly bears at Yellowstone, too!

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BilSabab lemmy.world BilSabab@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
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FYI - Using light to attract fish may be illegal. US Context: https://backcastflyfishing.com/are-underwater-fishing-lights-legal/

damn

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newtraditionalists kbin.melroy.org newtraditionalists@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-06-06
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Wait, im confused, are they leak proof?

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Pratai piefed.ca Pratai@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-02-12
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They lied!!!! It leaked and destroyed everything you put it in. Also flashlights were really crap back then. Poorly made, barely any light and the bulb always broke.

It’s like you don’t know how advertising works.

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BilSabab lemmy.world BilSabab@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
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Wait, im confused, are they leak proof?

legally it would be your fault if they leak.

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