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A tale of two friends and the Mag Lite:
Fifteen years ago, a friend living in Pakistan sent me a Mag Lite for my birthday in a vain effort to make me more ‘handy’. Though the larger cause was doomed from the start, I’ve been a Mag Lite user ever since, keeping one close at hand in each of the family cars and in each level of the home.
About the same time, a good friend in Costa Rica and I were exulting in the merits of Dockers pants. Memorably, he exclaimed ‘Why does anybody else even make pants?!’
That was probably unfair to Dockers’ competitors and is probably not completely accurate when asked about makers of other flashlights.
But it is a question worth asking.
The Mag Lite is a marvel of over-engineering. You may never need the strength of the casing, the brilliance of the light itself, and the potency of six batteries in a very long flashlight.
But when you do, and you hear the satisfying ‘click’ of the Mag Lite on button, you’ll wonder why anybody else even makes flashlights.
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