I used to work at a retail auto parts store in the hood.
Folks used to come in fairly frequently and buy
a few of the eye dropper battery electrolyte testers (made from glass)
the cheap $1 pliers and a handful of lighters.
They'd bite the test tubes to make sure they were glass instead of plastic (for anti-freeze) to ensure that they wouldn't melt.
When the manager realized what was going on, he'd group them near the register for convenient shopping.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa
SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten