- Flashlight - 3 Updates
- What are they reading? - 2 Updates
- Thin chicken slices too muscular - 2 Updates
- Flashlight - 1 Update
| janperry@example.com: Jul 01 03:40AM -0400 >is supposed to be low current, but I don't know. So either that small red >LED is draining the batteries (three either AAA or AA, I forget) or >something else isn't remaining off when the switch is off. If that red Led is flashing all the time, its draining the batteries. Even if it takes a few months, it is still drawing current. That is a very stupid design. What is the point of having a flashing red LED when the thing is turned off. When I turn something off, I want it ALL THE WAY OFF. Otherwise it's killing my batteries or running up my home electric bill. If I owned that thing, I'd open it and clip the wire to that red LED. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jul 01 10:43AM -0700 On 07/01/2017 05:01 AM, Derald wrote: > was the standard mark I, mod 2 "zoom" light and hers one of those fancy > jobs with different light levels, flashing beam, SOS, whatever. Those > "features" turned out to be more nuisance that benefit. Yes, but the light itself at whatever zoom level needed is really slick. The first one I saw (TruTorch) belonged to a woman who used it to illuminate the Lehman Cave in Nevada and I was struck with instant envy, although not $56 worth. There are lots of Chinese flashlights that look exactly the same, but I wanted something with easy return capability. I eventually found the $20 Bell&Howell as-seen-on-TV model at Dick's sporting goods right across the street. 45-day no-questions-asked return policy. Factory lifetime guarantee. I guess B&H has been around long enough for that to not be a total joke, although I didn't read the details. Anyway, I love it. I want to go to another cave now! -- Cheers, Bev "My life outside of USENET is so full of love and kindness that I have to come here to find the venom and bile that I crave." --R. Damiani |
| Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted@comcast.net>: Jul 01 04:17PM -0700 >the local aluminum recycler and we're back to using two incandescent >minimags that have been in service since 1986 or thereabouts. Good >luck. Mine were bought in 2012,13,14 and are still crystal clear. Maybe it was the batteries you used. Mine are all standard, no flashing mode. Amazon shows I bought 6, but damn, I only see 3 here. One of the missing AA ones pissed me off by flickering, but that's apparently a contact problem that can be fixed by a light sanding of the end cap. I'll try that if it ever shows up. Just ordered a second AAA Mag Lite, as it's easy to clip on a shirt pocket and throws all the light I need. I'll only buy the silver finish now, as they don't hide themselves. |
| janperry@example.com: Jul 01 03:26AM -0400 I see these ads on tv for Psychics. They cost $1 a minute or something like that. First off, I dont believe in such nonsense, nor would I get invloved in something like that, knowing darn well they will make sure to keep the caller on the phone as long as possible, so they can steal $50 or more from your credit card.. However, I once thought that so called "psychics" were supposed to tell you your future. But on these commercials they say something like "the best rerading you will ever get". I cant help but ask, what they heck are they reading. Why should a person pay $1 a minute to have someone read to them. I am perfectly capable of reading a book, as well as most people are. I sure the hell am not gonna pay $1 a minute to have someone read a book to me over the phone. But the question still exists. What book are they reading? No, I dont intend to buy it, but I would like to see what the book costs. I bet it costs less than making one phone call to those so called "psychics". Of course we all know there is a sucker born every minute, and they are the ones who fall for these scams. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jul 01 10:51AM -0700 > costs less than making one phone call to those so called "psychics". > Of course we all know there is a sucker born every minute, and they are > the ones who fall for these scams. ...and two to fleece him. 'Nostradamus for Dummies'. -- Cheers, Bev "I love this country... ...and the freedoms we used to have..." --George Carlin |
| hchickpea@hotmail.com: Jul 01 12:33PM -0500 >Why is it allowed for supermarkets to sell what they advertise as thin, sliced chicken? I just bought a package that has 3 slices, and one of those 3 was even smaller than the 2. I have a habit of putting each slice between wax paper and bang the hell out of them and yet after frying them, most of them are tough. It is obvious too easy to get rid of that type of chicken, though for me they were not cheap.How do they get away with selling those 'rubberized' chicken slices..most of them were not chewable and had to be discarded.. Is there a way to avoid those type of chicken slices? its hard to tell when your looking at them on the counter. I've not seen (or paid attention to) chicken sold that way. The standard way to handle any tougher meat is to slice on a bias to the grain of the meat, so that there is only a short section of muscle fiber in each slice. Most "rubber" chicken has been overcooked at high heat. Fear of salmonella has most home cooks cooking far longer or hotter than needed. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jul 01 10:49AM -0700 > there is only a short section of muscle fiber in each slice. Most "rubber" > chicken has been overcooked at high heat. Fear of salmonella has most home > cooks cooking far longer or hotter than needed. Life used to be better. I don't remember my grandma washing the Thanksgiving turkey, although I do remember her removing pinfeather stubs. Fowl didn't used to be 'cleaned' in its own juices, though. I wonder if dropping boneless skinless chicken breasts (yeah, I'm lazy and I don't like dark meat) in a bleach solution and then rinsing would take care of any residual nastiness. I've never been a germophobe (and I have witness who will swear to it), but I worry about raw chicken. -- Cheers, Bev "My life outside of USENET is so full of love and kindness that I have to come here to find the venom and bile that I crave." --R. Damiani |
| Derald <derald@invalid.net>: Jul 01 08:01AM -0400 >The LED Mini-Mags are good, but not perfect. They will roll off a >work surface, so I put a tab tie loop in the lanyard hole. >The on/off/focus is clumsy to use one-handed. But I like them. Wow; you know it's been raining for days and keeping me out of the veggie garden, if I'm reading month-old newsgroup posts. When the LED mini maglite first appeared in stores here, DW&I each grabbed one, although I do not care for LED flashlights葉he light produced is the "wrong" color but that's a separate issue. My LED light was the standard mark I, mod 2 "zoom" light and hers one of those fancy jobs with different light levels, flashing beam, SOS, whatever. Those "features" turned out to be more nuisance that benefit. At any rate, after just a few months of use, on lenses and reflectors, both of the lamps began accumulating a film of very fine grey dust that I took to be some sort of dry lubricant; carbon or moly, maybe, that reduced light output more than a littleå‚ummer. Any effort at cleaning was only temporary and the deposits returned after only a day's use. Both flashlights were divided between the local co-generating landfill and the local aluminum recycler and we're back to using two incandescent minimags that have been in service since 1986 or thereabouts. Good luck. -- Derald "...the only traits that are passed down in your family are perversity, ego-centrism, laziness and sociopathic tendencies." --Lynn Barton, Filedheacht Music School, East Bridgewater, MA 2016 |
| You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an email to misc.consumers.frugal-living+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. |
