To hell with the wally world emergency lamps.... looky here

[swampdragon]

DILLIGAF?

This thread was interesting..

Yeah!
How DARE the original poster crack jokes and have fun with his own thread!
And all these other members need to remember they are only here to keep "you" interested in the topic!
Bastards.

[HDR]

Yeah!
How DARE the original poster crack jokes and have fun with his own thread!
And all these other members need to remember they are only here to keep "you" interested in the topic!
Bastards.

I guess only you have the right to a personal opinion. As you seem to voice yours often why is it such a big thing when another returns the favor??

MY interest?? Well, they lost my interest; so if it was for my interest they wasted their time and mine.

Same as answering your comment was a waste of time.

[slamfire51]

Since when do godless heathens wear underwear?

Much less washing them.......

[alismith]

Well...on the bright side....at least we're not still wearing fur underwear. It's really hard to wash.

Which is the correct way to wear that; fur inside or outside? (A friend wants to know....)

[swampdragon]

I guess only you have the right to a personal opinion. As you seem to voice yours often why is it such a big thing when another returns the favor??

MY interest?? Well, they lost my interest; so if it was for my interest they wasted their time and mine.

Same as answering your comment was a waste of time.

[swampdragon]

Which is the correct way to wear that; fur inside or outside? (A friend wants to know....)

Fur inside in the winter months because it's warmer that way.
In the summer, it's fur outside so you don't sweat so bad.
You have to make sure to scrape the leather side REALLY smooth with a bone and a rock though.
Rough grained leather can be uncomfy.

[alismith]

Fur inside in the winter months because it's warmer that way.
In the summer, it's fur outside so you don't sweat so bad.
You have to make sure to scrape the leather side REALLY smooth with a bone and a rock though.
Rough grained leather can be uncomfy.

Ok, got it. So, porcupine fur ONLY in summer. Check!

[Integratedj]

Hopefully goat bladder condoms won't be necessary.

Hell no. I'll go to free belly lotion for my wife before I fuck with any goat parts on my crank.

[HDR]

Hell no. I'll go to free belly lotion for my wife before I fuck with any goat parts on my crank.

Enjoying the feelings of goat would be an acquired taste I don't wish to experience.

[mrkalashnikov]

The olive oil lamp is way cool. I'll bet they smell good as well. I luvs me good virgin olive oil, whether for bread dippin', cooking, or just plain swilling. Great stuff for the arteries & ticker. I suppose if one could find pyrex jars, that would solve the potential heat-cracking issue.

[HDR]

Golly our barracks lawyer limited himself.



Oh Happy days...

[Mark Ducati]

I like your thinking, but I think this is probably safer/easier as these are ceramic heat resistant stoppers:



http://www.winebottleoillamp.com

3 for $14.97

[O.S.O.K.]

That's cool too - but use the kerosene with those - the oil actually needs a "floating" holder for the wick to keep the flame near the oil - as the oil was consumed and lowered in the jar, the flame got lower and lower.... of course, i could've just pushed the wire holder down but a floating holder would be better.

Or maybe just get some of the old aladin's lamp type lamps...

[HDR]

That's cool too - but use the kerosene with those - the oil actually needs a "floating" holder for the wick to keep the flame near the oil - as the oil was consumed and lowered in the jar, the flame got lower and lower.... of course, i could've just pushed the wire holder down but a floating holder would be better.

Or maybe just get some of the old aladin's lamp type lamps...

For what they had to work with the ancients were pretty slick.

http://venetiancat.com/LAMPS/Canaani...1500-600BC.jpg

Theirs burnt without floating wicks.

[O.S.O.K.]

And the next step:



At first, I thought these were wickless but I guess they used a wick too - the design keeps the oil level near the wick though so no floating needed...

http://ancientlamps.com/index.html

[slamfire51]

And the next step:



At first, I thought these were wickless but I guess they used a wick too - the design keeps the oil level near the wick though so no floating needed...

http://ancientlamps.com/index.html

Did you rub it before you lit it?

A genie may be burning in there.

[O.S.O.K.]

Well, yes, yes I did. It was actually round with a little nub on one side but as I rubbed it, the nub grew...

This seemed normal to me and I didn't think anything of it until you mentioned it....

I think it must be a fertility lamp

[slamfire51]

Well, yes, yes I did. It was actually round with a little nub on one side but as I rubbed it, the nub grew...

This seemed normal to me and I didn't think anything of it until you mentioned it....

I think it must be a fertility lamp

More than likely, the Genie is very appreciative. Did you smell cigarette smoke after you rubbed him...er...it?

[HDR]

And the next step:



At first, I thought these were wickless but I guess they used a wick too - the design keeps the oil level near the wick though so no floating needed...

http://ancientlamps.com/index.html

They used a wick.

As the lamp burns the oil level lowers; so "the design keeps the oil level near the wick" wouldn't be possible.

Oil Lamps from Thailand

15,000 Years of oil lamps. The oldest indoor light source. These oil lamps burn regular vegetable oils from your kitchen. The rope wick is included but can be replaced at any hardware store. And we'll send along instructions.
http://www.natashascafe.com/html/oilamp.html

Keeping the oil level near the wick with this design would be challenging.

[O.S.O.K.]

My point was that because of the shallow and wide resevoir for the oil, the oil stays "relatively" close to the wick - or maybe the better way to say it is that it goes down slower than if the column of oil is narrow.

Make sense?

I figure that they would probably of only burned the oil for a few hours in the evening at a time anyway and I imagine the evening routine would involve filling the lamp before lighting it.

I wonder what the common fire makeing technology was?

You never see anyone in the movies making fire... there's always some around - lamps, fires, etc. - but you never see anybody "generating" fire...

What tools did they use in ancient Greece and eslewhere? Flint and steel? Friction stick?, When was the match invented?

Ah, I see that it was in the 1800's... So, before that, fire was generated by some form of spark or friction. Wow.

Really makes you think - we haven't had really high-tech stuff for very long... not long at all.