Mark@Sea

OS, PM sent so as to avoid total thread hi-jack....

OS, I must confess that one aspect didn't occur to me... my lanterns, stoves, etc. are almost all 40-90 years old. Instead of coated steel, my fuel tanks are painted or nickel plated brass. And rather than the plastic valves and fuel/air pickup tubes used in current models, mine are honest machined brass and bronze. There is a bit of a quality difference. Coleman doesn't have all the answers, either. They will steadfastly deny ever having made one, but I have several lanterns designed to use both gas and kerosene - this is stamped into the collar of the lantern. Those are what I consider to be 'dual fuel'.

Hiking water filters are widely available and some are very, very capable at filtration. I've seen lifeboat rations, and I'll pass, thanks.

I'm not a chemist... that being said, there is little practical difference between coleman fuel and unleaded, other than the additives (some of which are pretty nasty) used in unleaded. Unleaded will clog generators slightly faster (even so, we are talking about several hundred hours of operation here), but I wouldn't hesitate to use unleaded in a stove or lantern. Generators cost an average of 6 bucks: I would expect a useful life of 20+ gallons of fuel through it at a minimum. Given the $5-$7 gallon difference between coleman and unleaded... As far as cleaning firearms, kerosene good, Coleman fuel okay but potentially very exciting (say hello to Wiley Coyote on your way up), unleaded bad. It's the additives - I wouldn't want to have that much skin contact. They are really nasty stuff. Too painful to get into the history of Coleman on a cellphone keyboard, but white gas was what was used in colemans and cars for years before Coleman started selling fuel and cars started needing higher compression (and thus a lead additive to seal valve seats). If your lantern or stove generator is clogged and you can't find a replacement, shoot me a pm... Disclaimer: Don't get me started on ethanol. As far as I can tell it's only benefit is to allow ADM and Conagra to sell more corn. I'd love to meet the bahstud that mandated its' use in motor fuels.

Emergency Essentials - Be Prepared Emergency Preparedness Food Storage Tastes good, up to 25 year shelf life, wide variety. If I could just keep my wife out of the raspberry crumble...

Those are nice. I have a set on a hi power, and they feel great, too...

Chomsky, a devoted communist, isn't worth the ten minutes it would take to shred his ravings. I have yet to meet a leftist who responds to fact and logical deduction anyway - right now the left are beginning to trumpet 'economic recovery' in the face of staggering unemployment (which continues to grow 'unexpectedly' monthly), deficits have gone beyond unsettling to the realm of insane, healthcare reform which will RAISE costs passed to their acclaim, cap and tax and amnesty are fighting it out to be the next truly bad law to get passed... No wonder this idiot is worried about November.

People keep confusing race with culture. Granted, some are doing it deliberately, because it provides cover for their culture of lawlessness.

Arizona is defending itself from an invasion. Texas and New Mexico are still begging the Federals for permission to defend themselves. Get 'er done, Arizona! Hope Texas is next!

A set of millet 22 rings will do you fine. About 20 bucks, available at most any gunshop, dicks, probably Even wally world.

I'm just outside Kingsport, pm me with an email or phone number....

Why, it's all just a matter of perspective. Don't you know those 5 protestors who found it necessary to beat a young man senseless and throw a young woman down and stomp her were just proactively defending themselves from vicious Republican policies that might force them into manual labor? And those TEA party jerks, don't they realize the Obama has implemented policies ensuring that 19 to 22 percent of working class Americans have seen their income tax burden drastically reduced? /sarc Yeah, easy to see that there is a storm coming.

Just the fact that the left are running a PR campaign against people who have done nothing more or less than reaffirm their oath to the Constitution shows pretty conclusively that the left know they are currently shredding the Constitution, and intend to go even farther in the future. It shows the left are afraid of these groups, and hopes that tags like "hatriots", charges of racism, homophobia and domestic terrorism will weaken the resolve and public support of men and women who've done so much to defend this country. The left are lying, evil people. How could any honest person support their agenda?

Yep, sounds normal....

Woodford reserve.

I really think we'd do well to move election day to 16 April.

You know dirt, right? Mike was on the design team.

Can't help with that one. Will be a pain to fix it right. I see them pretty regularly around home, will keep it in mind...

Nice! Be patient with the stock work, it will really pay off...

Post a pic. Repairing the cooler unit shouldn't be hard.

Torchship? Regardless, I blame global warming.

Thanks. This was 21 years ago, just about...

CNN has nothing, on any subject, worth my time to read or watch.

Wasn't a tgo member - I was trying to acquire another military truck.

Great, you're gonna love it. Now you get to try a dozen different types of 22 to see what it likes. My goodest likes green tag ($12/box), but won't shoot Eley match for doodly.