Store Match Books Safely: Is There a Risk?

[Greg Bernhardt]

I have a shoe box full of old match books from bars and casinos etc. I store them in a closet. It just dawned on my that it might not be an ideal storing situation. Is there any danger them like this? Should I put them in a metal box and in a garage? Could them spontaneously light and burn my apartment down?

 

[dlgoff]

I stored a bunch of match book matches for camping. They had been stored in "zip lock" baggies for years and when I went to use some, they wouldn't ignite. They had absorbed moisture and just crumpled when striking.

 

[lisab]

*wonders if Greg is secretly a survivalist*

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

*wonders if Greg is secretly a survivalist*

I'm not that bad. I do need to make another thread about the 2000 cans of beans in my bunker though.

 

[dlgoff]

I'm not that bad. I do need to make another thread about the 2000 cans of beans in my bunker though.

Note to self: purchase gas mask.

 

[davenn]

Dave <---- ponders what the critical mass of phosphorus and baked beans is ?