"Don White" wrote in message ...
"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
donny, just WHAT hurricane did you say hit you WHERE and you were unable
to buy
a Dietz lantern to light your way for HOW many days?

btw, doonny, have you ever tried to read by light of Dietz lantern? It is
like
trying to read by the light of four birthday candles.

"Don White", why is it the you who live in Virginia have a Canadian
email
address?

** Jax... I think you're getting me mixed up with the original poster.
Late in September of 2003 we suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Juan,
which should have been classed as catagory 2 strength as it roared through
here. See the sites Gene pointed out.
I was able to buy a lantern as soon as the stores re-opened...no problem.
My street's power was out for 6 days & nights as I mentioned.
No, I haven't tried to read by Dietz lantern......I was more concerned with
walking around the house without bumping into tables or falling down stairs.
We try to be resourceful in this area..vs NY where all goes to sh*t when a
little brownout happens on occasion.






In 1985, got hit by Hurricane Kate. Didnt have power for three weeks.
Used our trusty carbide lamps for light. Not too useful for sailing
although they would be useful for JAX (throw some calcium carbide into
the bilge to clean it). So why is it that ppl in VA think not having
power for a few days was such a disaster?

gene, you have no reason to lecture anyone on anything mechanical. it took you
yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrs to get a license attainable by 18 year old kids.

you still don't count enough to proofread for.

gene, you don't seem understand. you are not worth proof reading anything
for.


No, Jax, *you* are the one that doesn't understand. You aren't
proofreading in homage to any reader, you are proofreading in an
attempt not too look careless, uneducated, and incompetent to write
comprehensible sentences.

It really is a message to readers about your character and polish. I
can only image that your mechanical ability and understanding of
physics mirrors your sloppy posts. Bolts not torqued. Use of pliers
instead of a wrench. Hammering things into place. Physics principles
used to fit situations that just don't fit. All because you can't be
bothered by the details.

Without going into the content of your posting, doesn't that about sum
it up?

gene, you seem to have qualified for the not-coveted-at-all "schlackoff award
for abject stupidity" by your post below.

gene, you have no reason to lecture anyone on anything mechanical. it took
you
yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrs to get a license attainable by 18 year old kids.

you still don't count enough to proofread for.

gene, you don't seem understand. you are not worth proof reading anything
for.


No, Jax, *you* are the one that doesn't understand. You aren't
proofreading in homage to any reader, you are proofreading in an
attempt not too look careless, uneducated, and incompetent to write
comprehensible sentences.

--



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http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/ Homepage
http://www.southharbourvillageinn.com/directions.asp Where Southport,NC
is located.
http://www.southharbourvillageinn.linksysnet.com Real Time
Pictures at My Marina
http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats
at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide

gene, you don't seem to understand. I don't care whether or not you think I

look careless, uneducated, and incompetent to write
comprehensible sentences

you worry about what I think, I don't worry about what you think. that's the
way it is, gene, get used to it.

It really is a message to readers about your character and polish.

no it isn't, gene, it is a message to you about what I think of you.

I can only image

it is unlikely, gene, you can imagine anything.

*I* don't really care.

obviously not, gene.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
It really is a message to readers about your character and polish.


obviously not, gene.

Give it up Jax. You've been proven wrong (as usual) on the lantern question
so take your correction like a man and move on.

huh? a Dietz lantern puts out more light than four birthday candles? have
ever lit either, doony?

It really is a message to readers about your character and polish.


obviously not, gene.

Give it up Jax. You've been proven wrong (as usual) on the lantern question
so take your correction like a man and move on.

(Parallax) wrote:

"Don White" wrote in message ...
"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
donny, just WHAT hurricane did you say hit you WHERE and you were unable
to buy
a Dietz lantern to light your way for HOW many days?

btw, doonny, have you ever tried to read by light of Dietz lantern? It is
like
trying to read by the light of four birthday candles.

"Don White", why is it the you who live in Virginia have a Canadian
email
address?

** Jax... I think you're getting me mixed up with the original poster.
Late in September of 2003 we suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Juan,
which should have been classed as catagory 2 strength as it roared through
here. See the sites Gene pointed out.
I was able to buy a lantern as soon as the stores re-opened...no problem.
My street's power was out for 6 days & nights as I mentioned.
No, I haven't tried to read by Dietz lantern......I was more concerned with
walking around the house without bumping into tables or falling down stairs.
We try to be resourceful in this area..vs NY where all goes to sh*t when a
little brownout happens on occasion.


In 1985, got hit by Hurricane Kate. Didnt have power for three weeks.
Used our trusty carbide lamps for light. Not too useful for sailing
although they would be useful for JAX (throw some calcium carbide into
the bilge to clean it). So why is it that ppl in VA think not having
power for a few days was such a disaster?

In our part of the world, when we don't have power, we don't have
water either because the pump in the well is electric. So no flush
toilets, no water, and no heat (if it is in the cold months), no TV to
see the Weather Channel, and no computer.

Plus of course no refrigeration.

It's something when you go out to the boat to use the bathroom.

grandma Rosalie

Do what we here in Florida. Fill the bath tub with water before the
power goes out. Put a bucket in the bath room, then use a bucket of
water to flush the toilet.
krj

Rosalie B. wrote:
(Parallax) wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message ...

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...

donny, just WHAT hurricane did you say hit you WHERE and you were unable

to buy

a Dietz lantern to light your way for HOW many days?

btw, doonny, have you ever tried to read by light of Dietz lantern? It is

like

trying to read by the light of four birthday candles.


"Don White", why is it the you who live in Virginia have a Canadian

email

address?

** Jax... I think you're getting me mixed up with the original poster.
Late in September of 2003 we suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Juan,
which should have been classed as catagory 2 strength as it roared through
here. See the sites Gene pointed out.
I was able to buy a lantern as soon as the stores re-opened...no problem.
My street's power was out for 6 days & nights as I mentioned.
No, I haven't tried to read by Dietz lantern......I was more concerned with
walking around the house without bumping into tables or falling down stairs.
We try to be resourceful in this area..vs NY where all goes to sh*t when a
little brownout happens on occasion.

In 1985, got hit by Hurricane Kate. Didnt have power for three weeks.
Used our trusty carbide lamps for light. Not too useful for sailing
although they would be useful for JAX (throw some calcium carbide into
the bilge to clean it). So why is it that ppl in VA think not having
power for a few days was such a disaster?


In our part of the world, when we don't have power, we don't have
water either because the pump in the well is electric. So no flush
toilets, no water, and no heat (if it is in the cold months), no TV to
see the Weather Channel, and no computer.

Plus of course no refrigeration.

It's something when you go out to the boat to use the bathroom.

grandma Rosalie

Kelton Joyner wrote:

Do what we here in Florida. Fill the bath tub with water before the
power goes out. Put a bucket in the bath room, then use a bucket of
water to flush the toilet.
krj

Well that's what we do too - those of us that are prepared. But after
a week, you may run out of water. We used to pull water out of the
pond in that case. I don't know if the flooding would have impacted
the septic tank though.

Rosalie B. wrote:
(Parallax) wrote:

In 1985, got hit by Hurricane Kate. Didnt have power for three weeks.
Used our trusty carbide lamps for light. Not too useful for sailing
although they would be useful for JAX (throw some calcium carbide into
the bilge to clean it). So why is it that ppl in VA think not having
power for a few days was such a disaster?


In our part of the world, when we don't have power, we don't have
water either because the pump in the well is electric. So no flush
toilets, no water, and no heat (if it is in the cold months), no TV to
see the Weather Channel, and no computer.

Plus of course no refrigeration.

It's something when you go out to the boat to use the bathroom.

grandma Rosalie

grandma Rosalie