Just noticed this thread. Good work Daniel - it does create a quiet mood.
Do you speak German in addition to English and Quebecois?
Incidentally, matches that were 70 years old (at least in Canada) probably would have had white heads with red tips (Eddy Match Company). My father used them and as a child I wanted to play with them.
BTW - just looked at your site - nicely done and interesting. Still wearing the leaf eh? They look like your sons.
http://www.kodiakmedia.at/about.html (not the main page, but biography).
Glenn