Posted on 08/10/2014 3:21:11 AM PDT by EC1
I'm interested more in the experienced preppers here and their take on the matter.
Lamps? Oil? Wicks?
Long outdated.
I’m more interested in cheap Yorkshiremen. A good friend of mine lives in York and is she ever stingy. Must be its proximity to Scotland!
I know they are one shots - but I like candles.
5 bucks gets you a month or so of lighting and they never go off. They don’t take a lot of room, either.
I have two oil lamps. The oil is a pain. It will eventually “go bad.” Whereas candles, you can remould the dripping wax back into new ones, as long as you have wicks.
Prefer the convenience of electric light, of course. Don’t we all! But a candle with a reflector is a pretty adequate substitute.
There is frugal reality, and fake frugality.
My wife is mentality geared toward frugality. She buys only items when they are discounted, otherwise, she walks away. From fruit to coffee, from bottled water to beer....it has to be on sale or it just won’t be bought.
Every light in the house has been flipped to LED type....lower electrical usage. The dish washer is only used when completely full. You buy only four-star name-brand products because of their maintenance and reliability, but only if they are discounted or priced-down at the right season.
Trips? Always possible but cannot be done unless they are discounted and done in the off-season.
Careful....its a slippery slope to niggardly.
Bump for later.
We do have that reputation.
It’s for a reason. We are both one of the poorest areas of the UK and - at the same time - one of the richest for many centuries. It just didn’t filter down. So most Yorkshire people are a touch canny with their cash.
Love the place. Love the people. But they can be tighter than a bull’s backside in fly season :)
How are those LED’s?
I avoid them, the earlier versions tended to trigger migraines for me.
It’s very beautiful. I’ve visited several times. My hero, King Richard the Third, was devoted to Yorkshire. I actually have a copy of the Dalesman sitting on my desk as we speak.
Totally off topic - but have you read James Herriot? He writes of Yorkshire like I can only dream of doing.
Of course! I bought all his books when they were first published back in the 1970s. He was an amazing storyteller. I also have a picture book he wrote about Yorkshire.
:D
Have a peek at Ken Wilson. The Wreck of the Rohilla. Two of my second/third cousins were involved in the rescue attempt. I think you’d enjoy it.
Current LEDs are fine. I’m replacing all bulbs with them.
Thank you!
I am a touch cautious when it comes to setting off migraines. Those things should be on the torture list.
Very hard to get information about this - Amazon had no description. Where did the wreck occur?
Ping.
5.56mm
‘Lamps? Oil? Wicks?’
Candles and any good hand pumps you can get. Don’t depend on electricity being available.
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