My Strange Addiction - Page 3

Lola Bunny · 08-19-2011, 04:59 PM

I haven't had any good experience with inexpensive candles. They don't smell good. Actually, they don't really give out any scent at all. Just a candle burning away uselessly.

Pico and ME · 08-19-2011, 05:16 PM

I'm the same way about not liking a lot of light. Especially overhead lights. I'm constantly turning them off after someone leaves them on.

Clodfobble · 08-19-2011, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

My soot-covered ceiling asks Yankee Candle lovers to switch to soy.

Lord knows that crap is only good for burning up anyway. Blech.

infinite monkey · 08-19-2011, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

I haven't had any good experience with inexpensive candles. They don't smell good. Actually, they don't really give out any scent at all. Just a candle burning away uselessly.

Certainly one pays for quality, like in everything else. I've bought good candles and I know there's a difference. I like the light and the bit of odor; it's just me and a cat. Plus, I'm hard of smelling.

monster · 08-19-2011, 08:41 PM

I buy cheap ones. the expensive ones are overpowering and generally just too sweet and icky. You just gotta be careful -some cheap ones smell like toilet cleaner

monster · 08-23-2011, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

used hockey gear.

scored a goalie stick for $3.50 today. Hector doesn't need any more sticks, didn't have a measuring tape to tell if it was his size paddle, blade curve looked a little too much but hell, $3.50 -beat up sticks sell for $30 and this one is autographed by someone and clearly hasn't been used since that happened when it was fairly new. Turned out the paddle was exactly the right size for hector, as was the angle of the blade, and the curve is something he's been looking to experiment with.....

Aliantha · 08-23-2011, 10:43 PM

We have a shop here called Dusk which sells all that candle type stuff. Some is ok, some I don't like.

My favourite candles to burn are some small ones which were limited edition of my favourite fragrance by narcisso rodriguez. I'm nearly out of them now, and I stocked up.

monster · 08-23-2011, 10:48 PM

I make my own candles from old hockey tape (microwave it to melt it), bacon fat and a little salt. I uses twisted tape for the wick. I have used (jockstrap) cups as a mold, but only as a joke. I usually use disposable drinking cups.

monster · 08-23-2011, 10:49 PM

(It's a fantastic fundraiser, makes people laugh, but they can't help but buy.....)

08-19-2011, 05:16 PM	#32
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I'm the same way about not liking a lot of light. Especially overhead lights. I'm constantly turning them off after someone leaves them on. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

08-19-2011, 08:41 PM	#35
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I buy cheap ones. the expensive ones are overpowering and generally just too sweet and icky. You just gotta be careful -some cheap ones smell like toilet cleaner __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-23-2011, 10:43 PM	#37
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We have a shop here called Dusk which sells all that candle type stuff. Some is ok, some I don't like. My favourite candles to burn are some small ones which were limited edition of my favourite fragrance by narcisso rodriguez. I'm nearly out of them now, and I stocked up. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-23-2011, 10:48 PM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I make my own candles from old hockey tape (microwave it to melt it), bacon fat and a little salt. I uses twisted tape for the wick. I have used (jockstrap) cups as a mold, but only as a joke. I usually use disposable drinking cups. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-23-2011, 10:49 PM	#39
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(It's a fantastic fundraiser, makes people laugh, but they can't help but buy.....) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-19-2011, 04:59 PM	#31
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	I haven't had any good experience with inexpensive candles. They don't smell good. Actually, they don't really give out any scent at all. Just a candle burning away uselessly.

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