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![]() "Frank Gilliland" wrote in message ... On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 04:16:38 -0500, "Jimmie D" wrote in IHonh.19219$_X.15045@bigfe9: Ive been told that alcohol is good fuel for Coleman lanterns. Is this true. I tried it once in a camp stove and it seemed to work OK. NO! Not unless it was made for alcohol. The main reason is that alcohol (ethanol) will always have some water. It absorbs water right from the air, whether in storage or from the air that you pump into the fount. The ethanol/water solution is corrosive to the parts and you get all kinds of nasty white/green deposits inside the fount. For the same reason you should never use oxygenated gasoline in dual-fuel lanterns and stoves. When they were designed it was never expected that gasoline would ever contain ethanol. Coleman made a short run of lanterns and stoves that could run on oxygenated gasoline but no longer (and they are now prized collector items). You -can-, however, run the lantern on kerosene! You have to pre-heat the generator to get it started, and it will clog up more often, but it will run just fine. I wouldn't use it indoors or in a tent because kerosene will run rich in a gas lantern and you could die from carbon monoxide poisoning. But outside it should be fine. You can even run a gas/kerosene mix for easier starting. I haven't tried diesel or heating oil yet but I suspect they would work like kerosene. Speaking of kerosene I have a lantern you would love. It a railroad lantern with mirror for signaling. It was my grandfathers when he used to work for the RR. He ran a depot for the GA&FL. or G&F as it was called then.. ITs brass with two big concave mirrors one red and the other not tinted..Only used one mirror at a time, actually Im not sure if you were suppose to swap the mirrors but grandpa did. When I was a teenager we actually used it for camping. Soon it will be in a RR museum in South GA. The mirror is really the interesting part to me as I have never seen one like it before. IT looks like it was made by blowing a sphere then silvering the inside and flattening it. Only half of the sphere was silvered, the part next to the blowing stem the rest is clear and form the front of the mirror.When the depot was shut down there were several old mirros around that the stem had broken on, as you can imagine the silver probably didnt last long after this. Are you familar with this type of lantern. |
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Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 05 Jan 2007 03:12:40 GMT, Steveo wrote in : I can still primitive camp a bit, butt toilet paper is high on the must have list right Absolutely! In a major disaster, everyone should know where their local TP warehouse is located! Good advice all the way, Frank! -- Be the rain. |
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Frank Gilliland wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:27:17 -0500, "Jimmie D" wrote in : snip Amen on that, almost totally lost interest in electronics when I started doing it for a living. I know exactly what you mean. It was a cool hobby when I was a kid, and I still keep a bench at home. But now every time I do something electronic it's like I'm working and not really enjoying it anymore. Go figure. My lawn is the last to get food. ![]() -- Be the rain. |
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On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 06:22:57 -0500, "Jimmie D"
wrote in 3yqnh.19222$_X.2678@bigfe9: snip Speaking of kerosene I have a lantern you would love. It a railroad lantern with mirror for signaling. It was my grandfathers when he used to work for the RR. He ran a depot for the GA&FL. or G&F as it was called then.. ITs brass with two big concave mirrors one red and the other not tinted..Only used one mirror at a time, actually Im not sure if you were suppose to swap the mirrors but grandpa did. When I was a teenager we actually used it for camping. Soon it will be in a RR museum in South GA. The mirror is really the interesting part to me as I have never seen one like it before. IT looks like it was made by blowing a sphere then silvering the inside and flattening it. Only half of the sphere was silvered, the part next to the blowing stem the rest is clear and form the front of the mirror.When the depot was shut down there were several old mirros around that the stem had broken on, as you can imagine the silver probably didnt last long after this. Are you familar with this type of lantern. I can't quite picture it in my head. Got a pic? Or can you find a similar lantern on ebay? |
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On 05 Jan 2007 12:17:23 GMT, Steveo wrote in
: Frank Gilliland wrote: On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:27:17 -0500, "Jimmie D" wrote in : snip Amen on that, almost totally lost interest in electronics when I started doing it for a living. I know exactly what you mean. It was a cool hobby when I was a kid, and I still keep a bench at home. But now every time I do something electronic it's like I'm working and not really enjoying it anymore. Go figure. My lawn is the last to get food. ![]() Hey, maybe you know how to fix this problem: The edge of my lawn that hits the sidewalk always drys up about mid summer. I thought it was getting burned by the heat from the concrete but it doesn't come back no matter how much I water it, shade it, fertilize it, areate it.... and no, it's not from people walking their dogs. Is this some weird type of grass that only grows next to concrete? Should I just reseed? |
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Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 05 Jan 2007 12:17:23 GMT, Steveo wrote in : Frank Gilliland wrote: On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:27:17 -0500, "Jimmie D" wrote in : snip Amen on that, almost totally lost interest in electronics when I started doing it for a living. I know exactly what you mean. It was a cool hobby when I was a kid, and I still keep a bench at home. But now every time I do something electronic it's like I'm working and not really enjoying it anymore. Go figure. My lawn is the last to get food. ![]() Hey, maybe you know how to fix this problem: The edge of my lawn that hits the sidewalk always drys up about mid summer. I thought it was getting burned by the heat from the concrete but it doesn't come back no matter how much I water it, shade it, fertilize it, areate it.... and no, it's not from people walking their dogs. Is this some weird type of grass that only grows next to concrete? Should I just reseed? Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is an annual grass that dies every summer. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more with the fine fescue/rye blend. |
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On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in
: snip Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is an annual grass that dies every summer. Nice and sunny. It comes back every spring all nice and green, then croaks. ****es me off. But it doesn't get a chance to go to seed so it has to be a perennial strain of something. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more with the fine fescue/rye blend. I'm definitely saving this post.... Thanks!!! |
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Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in : snip Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is an annual grass that dies every summer. Nice and sunny. It comes back every spring all nice and green, then croaks. ****es me off. But it doesn't get a chance to go to seed so it has to be a perennial strain of something. The **** grass is what goes to seed generally, the annuals. Most desirable turfgrass is perennial and never goes to seed because you cut it every week. It never gets tall enough to produce seed... like corn. If you see grass that's only 2 or 3 inches tall going to seed it's more than likely an annual grass. It's considered a weed in most parts and people will pay to try and prevent it. Golf courses hate it. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more with the fine fescue/rye blend. I'm definitely saving this post.... Thanks!!! Glad to help. That's just a stab in the dark but it might be the problem. It's real common here. We slice seed those areas for people in the spring and fall. |
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![]() "Steveo" wrote in message ... Frank Gilliland wrote: On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in : snip Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is an annual grass that dies every summer. Nice and sunny. It comes back every spring all nice and green, then croaks. ****es me off. But it doesn't get a chance to go to seed so it has to be a perennial strain of something. The **** grass is what goes to seed generally, the annuals. Most desirable turfgrass is perennial and never goes to seed because you cut it every week. It never gets tall enough to produce seed... like corn. If you see grass that's only 2 or 3 inches tall going to seed it's more than likely an annual grass. It's considered a weed in most parts and people will pay to try and prevent it. Golf courses hate it. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more with the fine fescue/rye blend. I'm definitely saving this post.... Thanks!!! Glad to help. That's just a stab in the dark but it might be the problem. It's real common here. We slice seed those areas for people in the spring and fall. I let my fescue get tall enough to go to seed a couple of times a year. I have a neighbor who really hated this and she let me know in her catty way. Funny thing the rest of my neighbors found out what I was doing now they are too. I told her it was a good thing we didnt live a little further south. Then she would have to put up with me burning off my St Augustine every couple of years. |
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![]() "Jimmie D" wrote in message . .. "Steveo" wrote in message ... Frank Gilliland wrote: On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in : snip Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is an annual grass that dies every summer. Nice and sunny. It comes back every spring all nice and green, then croaks. ****es me off. But it doesn't get a chance to go to seed so it has to be a perennial strain of something. The **** grass is what goes to seed generally, the annuals. Most desirable turfgrass is perennial and never goes to seed because you cut it every week. It never gets tall enough to produce seed... like corn. If you see grass that's only 2 or 3 inches tall going to seed it's more than likely an annual grass. It's considered a weed in most parts and people will pay to try and prevent it. Golf courses hate it. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more with the fine fescue/rye blend. I'm definitely saving this post.... Thanks!!! Glad to help. That's just a stab in the dark but it might be the problem. It's real common here. We slice seed those areas for people in the spring and fall. I let my fescue get tall enough to go to seed a couple of times a year. I have a neighbor who really hated this and she let me know in her catty way. Funny thing the rest of my neighbors found out what I was doing now they are too. I told her it was a good thing we didnt live a little further south. Then she would have to put up with me burning off my St Augustine every couple of years. Why would you burn off St. Augustine? Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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