From: Chris Brunner (cjbrunner@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Oct 25 2005 - 19:39:23 PDT
Could always go the middle route between Kero and Olive Oil - Scented
No kero smell problems, and burns better than olive oil. Leaves the
m35products wrote:
>Why, you old romantic fool, you...!!!
Lamp oil.
kero for the fuel tank and the olive oil for the evening.
>
>A P "Slippery when wet" Bloom
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>Subject: Re: [MV] Speaking of alternative fuels:
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>>Mr. Bloom,
>>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
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>>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
>>
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>the
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>>oil all over eachother, like the Romans........
>>Then it wouldn't really matter if the lamps, or lights, worked at
>>all........
>>Good luck,
>>Henry
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>>
>>----- 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:
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>>>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.
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>>>Bloom had emptied and cleaned them, so that they "would look nice on the
>>>mantle."
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>>>Not having any kero at hand, Mr. Bloom abandoned the lamp idea, lit a
>>>
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>few
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>>>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
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>>>oil?
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>Arthur P. "This discussion beats Jerry cans" Bloom
>>>
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