From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Oct 25 2005 - 19:05:20 PDT
Why, you old romantic fool, you...!!!
A P "Slippery when wet" Bloom
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> Mr. Bloom,
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Subject: Re: [MV] Speaking of alternative fuels:
> the oil lamps used by the Romans worked more like a candle.The wicks were
> just open to the air, and, the oil wicked up and burned open.
> The lamps I'm assuming you are using are for Kero, pretty much only.
Liquid
> paraffin will work, too.
> Olive or vegetable oil will burn, but, since it's not a volatile as kero,
> etc, it'd probably really soot your lamps and air, if it'd burn at all in
> those lamps.
> Of course, you could have lit the candles , forgot the lamps,and, rubbed
the
> oil all over eachother, like the Romans........
> Then it wouldn't really matter if the lamps, or lights, worked at
> all........
> Good luck,
> Henry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:12 PM
> Subject: [MV] Speaking of alternative fuels:
>
>
> > Esteemed Fuel Alternators:
> >
> > We suffered through yet another power outage that lasted two hours the
> > other
> > night.
> >
> > When Mr. Bloom went to fire up the kerosene lamps, he discovered that
Mrs.
> > Bloom had emptied and cleaned them, so that they "would look nice on the
> > mantle."
> >
> > Not having any kero at hand, Mr. Bloom abandoned the lamp idea, lit a
few
> > candles, finished his newspaper, and went to bed.
> >
> > Question: Could Mr. Bloom have used olive oil in the lamps? Isn't that
> > what
> > the ancient Romans used to illuminate their debauchery? Would it have
> > stunk
> > up the room as bad as, or worse than, kero? How about plain old
vegetable
> > oil?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Arthur P. "This discussion beats Jerry cans" Bloom
> >
> >
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