"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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huh? a Dietz lantern puts out more light than four birthday candles?
have
ever lit either, doony?

** Yes...& yes.....move on!

okay, doony, sell your piddly stuff wherever you feel you can smoke a sucker.

From: "Don White"
Date: 7/15/2004 12:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
huh? a Dietz lantern puts out more light than four birthday candles?
have
ever lit either, doony?

** Yes...& yes.....move on!

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
okay, doony, sell your piddly stuff wherever you feel you can smoke a
sucker.


** Jax, Jax Jax. Please try to follow the bouncing ball.
You keep mixing me up with the original poster...or God knows who. I am not
a salesman, nor do I have anything to sell...expect maybe 'good advise'
which i'll pass to you 'no charge'. Accept your limitations and move on.

maybe 'good advise'
which i'll pass

yeah, 'good advise' such as reading by the light of 4 birthday candles is just
fine.

good on ya, doony. you are a genuine asset to your third grade class.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
maybe 'good advise'
which i'll pass

yeah, 'good advise' such as reading by the light of 4 birthday candles is
just
fine.

good on ya, doony. you are a genuine asset to your third grade class.

12 (that's twelve) candlepower...sigh!

maybe 'good advise'
which i'll pass

yeah, 'good advise' such as reading by the light of 4 birthday candles is
just
fine.

good on ya, doony. you are a genuine asset to your third grade class.

12 (that's twelve) candlepower...sigh!

according to Lehmans ...

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...D=476&itemType
=PRODUCT&iMainCat=669&iSubCat=683&iProductID=476

.... it is 2.8 candle power.

I seem to remember that is equvilent to about a 7 watt electric light bulb.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
according to Lehmans ...

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...D=476&itemType
=PRODUCT&iMainCat=669&iSubCat=683&iProductID=476

... it is 2.8 candle power.

I seem to remember that is equvilent to about a 7 watt electric light
bulb.


Don't believe everything you read.... and what's the
matter........getting a bit old?
I understand 'older' people need more light for reading as they age.

don't confuse you facts, eh doony?

according to Lehmans ...

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/prod...D=476&itemType
=PRODUCT&iMainCat=669&iSubCat=683&iProductID=476

... it is 2.8 candle power.

I seem to remember that is equvilent to about a 7 watt electric light
bulb.


Don't believe everything you read.... and what's the
matter........getting a bit old?
I understand 'older' people need more light for reading as they age.

(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