Sheldon wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 ave Smith wrote:
> >On 2021-01-31 Gary wrote:
> >> Alex wrote:
> >>> Matches *are* expensive!
> I use wooden matches and I don't consider $1.29 a box expensive when a
> box can last well beyond ten years.
> >> What I miss are those books of paper matches. 20 matches in a book and a
> >> box of 50 books for very little cost. Are they still made?
> >>
> >> I don't often look but I have looked in 2 grocery stores, 2 drug stores
> >> for them. Even convenience stores had them but no longer.
> >> All I've seen are wooden matches lately.
> >>
> >
> >They still sell them here. You can also get boxes of wooden matches,
> >both the safety heads and strike anywhere. What I have not seen in
> >years are the promotional matchbooks. Hotels, restaurants, hotels,
> >motels and many other business had handed out matchbooks. I don't know
> >if they went the way of the dodo because of the popularity of disposable
> >lighters of because smoking became unpopular.
> I think book matches went the way of flat wooden toothpics. Now
> plastic lighters are very inexpensive and so are plastic toothpics.
> But we always keep wooden matches, sold in every stupidmarket.


Amazon still sells book matches I see:

https://smile.amazon.com/Diamond-Del...s%2C169&sr=8-2

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Best
Greg