From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Oct 25 2005 - 19:54:39 PDT
Problem was, needed a fuel right then & there. You can never find a hot 25
YO when you need one, either.
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Brunner" <cjbrunner@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Speaking of alternative fuels:
> Could always go the middle route between Kero and Olive Oil - Scented
> Lamp oil.
>
> No kero smell problems, and burns better than olive oil. Leaves the
> kero for the fuel tank and the olive oil for the evening.
>
> m35products wrote:
>
> >Why, you old romantic fool, you...!!!
> >
> >A P "Slippery when wet" Bloom
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "ygmir" <ygmir@onemain.com>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "m35products"
> ><m35prod@optonline.net>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:01 PM
> >Subject: Re: [MV] Speaking of alternative fuels:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>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
> >
> >
> >>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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