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Subject:Re: Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Light me a Match From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:32:47 PST
>if you put the abrasive strip on the back and don't close the box before
>turning it over to strike, all your matches will fall out. (Your consumer
>wouldn't be very happy.) So that design wouldn't work very well, would it?
>However, if you put the strip of the front, you will still have your fire
>hazard.
That's matchBOOK, not matchBOX. Matches don't fall out of matchbooks,
because they're physically attached to them and have to be torn out.
-- Robert
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