[Leonard Blaisdell[_2_]]

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