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In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
AA batteries.
Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
day before yesterday.
Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.

[ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.

leo

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"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> AA batteries.
> Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
> day before yesterday.
> Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
> when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
> curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
> sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
> the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
> Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
> Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
> a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.
>
> [ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
> pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.
>
> leo

What a nice story!

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On 1/8/2019 1:05 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> AA batteries.
> Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
> day before yesterday.
> Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
> when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
> curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
> sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
> the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
> Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
> Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
> a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.
>
> [ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
> pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.
>
> leo
>
Wow, talk about good timing. I have a couple of LED lanterns and though
seldom needed, they do make life easier when you do need them. I hope
you did not get too cold in that time.

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Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> AA batteries.
> Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
> day before yesterday.
> Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
> when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
> curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
> sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
> the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
> Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
> Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
> a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.
>
> [ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
> pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.

for those of us with a computer UPS and an LED
light of any kind on a plug you can probably run
the LED light off the UPS battery for quite a long
time (leaving the computer off in an emergency is
no big deal to me).

in other words, no need to buy yet another
device which does the same thing.

obfood: i had manicotti and squash yesterday.


songbird

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KMart (before they closed here last year) had small "camping" LED lanterns for $5 each.
I bought two for me, and a couple for my son and grandson. They have the LED lights
all the way around the cylindrical lantern, and the light is adjustable from dim to super
bright. It was the best money I ever spent on an emergency light for temporary power
outages.

N.

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On 1/8/2019 1:05 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> AA batteries.
> Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
> day before yesterday.
> Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
> when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
> curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
> sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
> the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
> Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
> Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
> a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.
>
> [ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
> pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.
>
> leo
>
What excellent timing and a fortunate "mistake". :)

Jill

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On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 10:05:22 PM UTC-8, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> AA batteries.
> Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
> day before yesterday.
> Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
> when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
> curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
> sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
> the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
> Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
> Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
> a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.
>
> [ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
> pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.
>
> leo

I have an LED lantern that uses a crack to charge it up. No other batteries needed.

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"ImStillMags" wrote in message
...

On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 10:05:22 PM UTC-8, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> AA batteries.
> Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
> day before yesterday.
> Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
> when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
> curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
> sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
> the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
> Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
> Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
> a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.
>
> [ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
> pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.
>
> leo

I have an LED lantern that uses a crack to charge it up. No other batteries
needed.

==

Do you mean a crank? To wind it up?

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On Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:05:16 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> AA batteries.
> Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> included).

The picture in the link showed 4 lanterns and 12 batteries. I
remember thinking it was odd that they used 3 batteries each rather
than an even number of batteries.

-sw

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On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 11:19:06 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags wrote:

> I have an LED lantern that uses a crack to charge it up. No other
> batteries needed.

Yeah, but crack is more expensive than batteries.

-sw

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On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 12:32:29 PM UTC-8, Ophelia wrote:
> "ImStillMags" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 10:05:22 PM UTC-8, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> > In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> > said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> > provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> > camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> > So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> > bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> > description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> > AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> > AA batteries.
> > Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> > three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> > included). Well, that wasn't what I thought I would receive. I got them
> > day before yesterday.
> > Then last night, I was in bed thumbing through TV channels in the dark
> > when a amazing event occurred while it was snowing. Through the white
> > curtains, a brilliant purple light lit up the sky for a second, and a
> > sound like moving heavy wood furniture on a wooden floor accompanied
> > the flash. It was surreal and a bit scary.
> > Power went off immediately and wasn't restored for twelve hours.
> > Boy, were those little lanterns safe, light, portable and handy! I made
> > a fortunate, perfectly timed, mistake.
> >
> > [ObFood] Soy and ginger marinated chicken breast cubes and broccoli,
> > pan fried and mixed with white rice. Meh.
> >
> > leo
>
> I have an LED lantern that uses a crack to charge it up. No other batteries
> needed.
>
> ==
>
> Do you mean a crank? To wind it up?

oh...yeah. typo

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On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:26:00 PM UTC-8, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:05:16 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> > In the flashlight and lantern thread, one of the ladies gave a link and
> > said that she would maybe think of buying the lantern in the link she
> > provided. I thought, what the hell, I've used white gas and propane
> > camping lanterns throughout my life. I've never had a LED one.
> > So I followed the link and purchased the lantern for about twenty six
> > bucks. The description said lantern. Somewhere, not obvious, in the
> > description it said four. Somewhere in the description, it said twelve
> > AA batteries. So I was expecting a large LED lantern that used twelve
> > AA batteries.
> > Imagine my surprise when I received four smaller lanterns that used
> > three AA batteries apiece neatly packaged in one box (batteries
> > included).
>
> The picture in the link showed 4 lanterns and 12 batteries. I
> remember thinking it was odd that they used 3 batteries each rather
> than an even number of batteries.
>
> -sw

I like the crank one because you don't need to worry about batteries and you always have light.

I got one like this.

https://smile.amazon.com/Lantern-AGP...crank+led+lamp