On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:17:18 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Harold and Susan Vordos" quickly quoth:
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:24:44 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Harold and Susan Vordos" quickly quoth:
I've never seen them, but then I don't get out much! :-)
Ya gotskta Google it, 'Arry.
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/rev...ze_mag3led.htm $
Didn't need Google------someone posted a link! :-)
Yeah, ya lazy old bastid.
http://www.niteize.com/category.php?category_id=28 $$$
Just put earmuffs on before you open that Scotch wallet of yours for
this little 1-watt Luxeon upgrade. This won't get the 11 hours the
3led job will give you, though.
I'm afraid, from your description, this old dude, living on SS, won't be
popping for one of the 1 watt units. I just need something reliable for
getting back and forth between the shop and the house I'm building. I work
after dark, and there's no lights wired yet. A guy could get hurt! :-)
I got real tired of replacing the bulbs in those damned mini-mags, and I'm
used to the reduced light they emit-----I kept tired batteries in mine to
prolong bulb life. Besides, I like the color of light from those LED's.
I've never had one die, though I don't use mine much. My 2AA mini-mag
has been in my truck for nearly its lifetime, and that's a 1990 F-150.
I got my single AAA mini-mag from Southcom in 1977 and it's still
kicking, too. It has lived in various backpack, bounced heavily and
dropped 15' on occasion, with nothing but a battery change every
decade or so. I hadn't really thought of the lifetime flashlights
have, but they sure are durable. I've replaced $1 flashlight bulbs and
a couple of Kryptons, but never a mini-mag type.
So, do you want this super-light- intensity or a better light with
longer hours? If and when the incandescent bulb goes in my 2AA
Mini-Mag, I'll go with the 3led upgrade. I have a tactical for the
blinding super-light. I used that last night in an attempt to find the
refugee Cicada in my dining room at 10pm. yawn
Cicada? Not a katydid? I like those guys----sort of cool!
Good question. Its long, ear-piercing sound made my normal tinnitus
pale in comparison, like a giant cricket on steroids. No, it wasn't a
katydid. The sound was like a cricket chirp (but long, steady, and
drawn out) for about 2 minutes at a time. 'Twas like a kid sitting
there with a sig gen on 4kHz with an amp and a speaker. Arrrgh!
I brought my ladder back into the shop yesterday and heard the damned
thing again last night, so I went out and flipped the thing over. I
wish I'd photographed it before squishing it but I didn't want to
chance it getting away into an even harder-to-find place. It was about
an inch long, green, with .25x.625 transparent wings. The tiny face
reminded me of a praying mantis.
How was your summer? Both days of ours were nice. Coolest summer I've
seen in my 11 years here.
We had a lovely summer, 20% cooler than most and really nice for all 4
months. /neener We only had a couple or 3 weeks of 90+ temps, and
those were only for a week at a time instead of all summer long.
Now I want a mellow and warm winter. Where's that ferocious old Global
Warming (kumbaya) when you need it, huh?
--
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels,
throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions,
without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act
with cheerfulness. -- Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711