Lantern Mantles? Coleman or generic?

IIRC I was told the old Coleman mantles were dipped in some Thorium compound which improved the light output and made them slightly radioactive.

Must be working. They are multiplying rapidly.

Walmart has an Ozark Trail version. Four D cells, and a 9 watt U-tube shaped fluorescent. I havn't tested the amp draw, but the light is excellent. I loved it so much, I bought a second one.

There is more on the Thorium aspect of gas mantles in this article:

Erik

I think the Costco version is by GE. I have at least four of them by now, they come in handy.

All the knots you need illustrated:

You talk out your ass, again, mor(m)ons lead the birth rate stampede every year in every measure.

By your own report:

WASHINGTON -- Utah women again labored to the highest birthrate -- by far

-- among the states in 1999, according to federal data released Tuesday.

The new federal study reported that Utah's "fertility rate" -- the number of live births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 -- was 93.1. That is 41 percent higher than the national average of 65.9. The next highest fertility rate among the states was 81.1 in Arizona...

The report also figured the state's "birthrate" -- the number of live births per 1,000 residents. Utah's birthrate was 21.7 per 1,000 residents

-- again, the highest in the nation, and a third higher than the national average of 14.5. . .

You mor(m)ons also led the nation in bankruptcies. Fuck up or failure?

Just the facts, Ma'am. Thank you. Utah also has high rates of homosexuality, incest, rape, child abuse, child sexual abuse, child ritual sexual abuse, spousal abuse, and general crimes of perversion.

As with anything, lots of Mormons are good people, but not all. Some are nutcases who have some pretty strange ideas about religion and even the path of the country. Egomaniacs who teach egomania and supremacy. Stormin Mormon is always posting the link to his LDS faith. I would like to post this for any recovering Mormon or anyone who wants a different side of the argument:

From there, you can find as much as you want to know about it. Apparently, people are leaving the church.

Another good read you can't put down is Secret Ceremonies by Deborah Laake. (sp)? A view from the inside.

Steve, a plain vanilla Christian now

I dont go camping much anymore, and Ive not been night fishing in years, so my lantern usage is largely very limited anymore. But like fire extinguishers, they are mighty nice to have on hand when you really really need one.

I found 2 more lanterns this morning....shrug. I had previously stored a decent quantity of fuel for them back in 1999, Something on the order of 10 gallons of so, and since then have given away or burned up about 4 gallons.

Ive changed out some of the lantern generators to multifuel, so I can burn gasoline or oil field "drip gas"(which works surprisingly well in lanterns)

But to the point...I probably wont need 2 mantles in the next 2 yrs, but on the other hand, if the economy goes into the toilet, which I suspect it will, I might need a lot more of them then anticipated. They dont rot, they dont spoil, and they dont go bad if stored in a clean dry place...hence my comment that my next of kin (with luck) will be peddling them at the big He Died of Old Age Big Assed Yard sale in the distant future. Along with the 12 or so fire extinguishers Ive got mounted here and there around the property and shops.

If they are gonna sit in a clean dry place for 30 yrs, Id rather not pay a lot for them, but on the other hand, if I have to use them, Id rather have some on hand that actually work properly.

Shrug

Gunner

"Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes.""

I tossed 3 of them. The rechargagble batteries had leaked/gone bad or the tubes had failed. I keep some of those around normally, including some pocket sized ones. But they are largely used for illumination until I can get the genset fired up, or getting a gas lantern fired up.

Gunner

"Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes.""

And they work Great for about 5 hours. After which you have to stick in new batteries. In a couple weeks, you have used up all of your batteries. Assuming that the bulb hasnt burned out.

If the power is off for an extended period of time with gas lanterns, I just go siphon out another gallon or two from one of the vehicles.

Shrug

Gunner

"Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes.""

Doesn't keep you very warm in your ice fishing shanty though. ;)

Wes

Again Gunner is ahead of the curve wanting to stockpile. Some tree huggers will try to ban them because they are slightly radiocative one of these days.

Wes

So Utah shares lots of things with Washington DC.

Fascinating

"Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes.""

These last about 15 hours and run on D-cells. It's the GE Steel beam, currently $14.99 at Costco. They work dramatically better than older battery operated flourescents.

Stealth Pilot schrieb:

My internet is broken, there is a sane and nice dude on usenet!

Karsten

Oh I wish I wish!

Gunner

326 Olive Ave Taft, Ca, 93268

They work fine in single mantle lanterns as I recall.

Thanks!!

Gunner

"Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes.""

What's the battery life, in your version?

Ayup,..in fact it so easy that the straight exceptions are rare.

Say Frank...didnt you say you were a Democrat?

Hummmm I wonder.....

Least the Republican ones hide.

Laugh laugh laugh

Gunner

"Upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, H. L. Mencken predicted in his diary that Roosevelt would be remembered as a great president, "maybe even alongside Washington and Lincoln," opining that Roosevelt "had every quality that morons esteem in their heroes.""