(1) One inclined to assume that only good things will happen. "The optimist claims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears that this may indeed be true." — Queen Elizabeth II (now dead), et al.
(2) Brand of mountaineering and backpacking stoves made in Sweden, from the 19th century through the present. (Woot, and so on.)
(3) A Swedish company founded on June 19th 1899 by three engineers, and still in business as a producer of outdoor stoves, cooksets, utensils, and cutlery. Although the company makes modern liquid-fuel and canister stoves, it still has in production two models that it has been making for many decades, one for 70 years and one for over 100 years. The company is now owned by the Katadyn Group.
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Me? Still trying not to burn my fingers while picking my nose.
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so says eff: sporadic spurts of grade eff distraction
definitions: outdoor terms
fiyh: dave's little guide to ultralight backpacking stoves
boyb: dave's little guide to backpacks
snorpy bits: nibbling away at your sanity
last seen receding: missives from a certain mobile homer
noseyjoe: purposefully poking my proboscis into technicals