Flashlight temptation

I was in Dollar General. The flash light aisle had a one D cell (I know, only one of those one D lights I've ever seen) flash light. LED, looks more like a square Cree emitter than a bubble end LED. Comes with one carbon zinc D cell. Size is about the same as the old two D lights that were all over the place when I was kid. Price $2.50. I'd love to buy one, but money is tight. And it would just come home and sit. I have enough lights to do what I need, at present. When money loosens up a bit, maybe I'll buy one "for testing".

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Stormin Mormon
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Money is tight for $2.50?

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Meanie

...yeah and flashlights are like heroin or sugar to him!

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bob_villain

Yes, sure is. Tragic, actually.

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Stormin Mormon

I am in the same circumstances. It sucks.

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T

Actually the Clintons started all that. Obama made it so very much worse. Keep in mind that we are a one party state: Democrat and Democrat Lite (RINO) are really birds of the same feather. One is a little more patriotic than the other.

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T

Your name is well chosen. Yes, believe it or not there are a great many people who have almost zero discretionary funds. Every cent they earn is earmarked for absolute essentials.

Naturally this opens all sorts of political diatribe and rhetoric but even after we sort out the terminally lazy, the products of public education, the mentally deficient, etc, there are still many millions of people in the situation.

I have little hope this will change; it will probably get worse. Most of the much lauded new job creation we hear about lately in fact represents people who had to move from skilled middle class jobs to mind numbing minimum wage, or worse, jobs. Responsible people with good work ethics that we simply don't need any more.

Let them starve in the streets, forced sterilization, massive incarceration for trivial reasons, or invent a society/economy that no one has yet begun to conceive. Your call. Might want to ask candidates some real questions.

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Winston_Smith

Because I asked a question about $2.50? If you're that uptight about a simple question, then you should stay away when I'm a real prick.

Yes, believe it or not there are a great

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Meanie

T did mention some thing about Mormons, in earlier posts. I sense he's really felt the Spirit in the LDS church.

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Stormin Mormon

You're only saying that because you want the USA to be as f***ed up as Canada .

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Terry Coombs

It is an earmark of the left to blame all their failures on their opposition. Only intelligent people recognize their own mistakes.

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Frank

I remember the Reagan years. I bought equipment, hired help, and had money to spend. During the Reagan prosperity, I would have bought the flash light with no hesitation.

Also remember the GWB unemployment rate of 5% or so, much lower than the 20% or so rate now days.

- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .

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Stormin Mormon

It has nothing to do with whether I'm uptight. It's about the intent of your post. Nice attempt to shift the goal post.

No one thinks it was an honest question. Either you accept what Stormin' wrote or you are calling him a liar and taking him to task. Or putting him down because he is poor.

Your style and your chosen screen name both show your intent to attack targets of convenience on whatever basis you can drum up.

Now, be a man, step up, and take on the issues I raised - or be written off as a troll.

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Winston_Smith

On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 6:48:44 PM UTC-5, uYmQm?? ? ?????? ? ?? ?????? ??uYmQm wr ote:

...and Reagan's own guy admits his GOP destroyed the U.S. economy:

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bob_villain
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He is in this predicament because his Mormon brother, GOP Mitt Romney, has outsourced all the US jobs overseas, and his GOP president, Dubya Bush, created the 2008 biggest recession since the Great Depression.

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AZjhv⚛← Mighty

I saw one of these somewhere, probably Dollar General and was wondering how they powered the LED from a single 1.5 V battery. I thought about getting one since I don't have one like it which is good enough reason, but also to see how good it works if it works and that kind of thing. Looks like some reviews on Amazon for one like it. I found no tear downs for one on Youtube. Pure research here... we gotta know these things. Inquiring minds want to know.

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My 2 Cents

How do you power a 1000W car stereo amplifier from a 12V battery?

power = volts*volts / ohms

1000 = 12 * 12 / R R=1/7 ohm? (I think not!) [For pedants, try at 14V -- and again at ~9]
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Don Y

Years ago, Dorcy came out with some LED lights that used one AAA cell. Aparently, someone smarter than myself made a voltage multiplier circuit, and made it small enough to go into small flash lights.

Might have been Infinity Light, used one AA cell. Not really super bright, but beats being in the dark.

My question with with the 1D light from Dolgen, is it bright enough to be useful?

I may end up buying one to find out.

- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .

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Stormin Mormon

Shouldn't you be looking for a nice Mormon lady that will keep you warm in that trailer?

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bob_villain

The reviews answer some of my questions. Don't ever drop the light, and about 2/3 as bright as a three LED light. And the ones with the slide switch (like Dollar General) ones don't work very well.

Thank you, that's very useful. My liklihood of buying one just went way down

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Stormin Mormon

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