The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart.
March 30, 2024, 10:53 AM
Expert308
I've always liked candles, except that sooner or later they always set off the smoke detectors. So much for "atmosphere" at that point. But yeah, they are actually cool - no pun intended.
March 30, 2024, 11:00 AM
monoblok
Of course they'd tax your ability to see.
Appreciate the vid, Para. Quite illuminating (yeah, I had to say it).
-MG
March 30, 2024, 12:35 PM
OKCGene
Wow. What a memory. I used to have beehives and I made some candles from the extra bees wax.
I need to get with a few local bee keepers and get some wax and make some more candles.
Thanks for the video Para. .
March 30, 2024, 12:47 PM
Gustofer
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Originally posted by OKCGene: Wow. What a memory. I used to have beehives and I made some candles from the extra bees wax.
Yep. I do it each year, and keep the extra stored in little one ounce blocks (I picked up a few molds just for that). You just never know when you might need them.
Big fan of the Townsend's site. Been watching his videos for years. I got my favorite fried chicken recipe from there.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
March 30, 2024, 02:24 PM
mdblanton
Very enlightening . I had not seen his channel before but will add it to my rotation.
March 30, 2024, 04:29 PM
sjtill
I used to have a beat-up old book published in 1893 IIRC, for the Chicago World's Fair. It had a long article in it about how cities suddenly became dramatically safer after the introduction of...gas lighting. Apparently Paris was the first city to install gas lighting in the early 19th century. That may or may not have been the origin of the phrase "City of Light" to describe Paris.
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March 30, 2024, 11:17 PM
Rey HRH
Wow, you're not kidding. Interesting, entertaining, and touched on peripheral areas also.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
March 31, 2024, 06:19 AM
lastmanstanding
I have about ten emergency candles stored in a just in case backpack at all times. Along with several lighters and matches of course.
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton
March 31, 2024, 06:25 AM
r0gue
Interesting. Even back then, the government were using limits on the free use/creation of essential items, to drive their revenue (their power).
March 31, 2024, 06:38 AM
GCE61
Very interesting, thanks for posting that! I’ve watched the number of his videos and he always does a good job on them.
. I had not seen his channel before but will add it to my rotation.