Let the Record show that Gerald Miller on or
about Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:03:28 -0500 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:52:55 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Let the Record show that Gunner Asch on or
about Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:18:24 -0800 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Cool. Hadn't thought of that.

I'm with you on using the least necessary amount of "light". One
think I despise are Coleman lamps at camp sights, blazing away, and
lighting up everything. That's not the problem - it is that the light
kills my night vision a half mile away. Arggh.

Thats why they all..all have valves on them that allow you to turn the
light from BRIGHT all the way down to DIM..which also saves fuel.

Difficult for me to do from a quarter mile away, in someone else's
camp. I use low level lighting myself. I did know a guy who made
shades for Aladdin lamps. Basically a lightweight wooden frame
covered in parchment. Lights up your camp, but doesn't blind the
neighbors.

My other grip along that line are security lights. "In town" it's
not a big problem, but hauling down a country road and come round a
corner, and you swear there's oncoming traffic .. but its a security
light lighting up the night. Arrgh! Some kid's people!

Like the time my supervising engineer wanted to put a high output
airport approach strobe beacon in the median of a four lane freeway.
Can you imagine this thing being remotely activated on a foggy night?

Gack!
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pyotr filipivich
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