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My Grandfather, closet flashaholic
By: Dale Date: March 3, 2013, 5:51 pm
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Sunday morning myself & Mrs. D went to my grandparents. We try
to stop by as much as possible being they won’t be around
forever.
I took my BTU & M10 with me. So Mrs D starts breakfast. Grandma
starts complaining about grandpa. Fortunately the old boy is
pretty much deaf.( He sits around in his own world most of the
time) He can’t hear all the world class grumbling about him by
granny.
So I pull out the BTU & M10. My grandfathers eyes light up. He
sits clicking thru the modes amazed at how bright it is. I
taught him the ramping driver on the M10. Next thing I know…
Grandpa is pulling flaslights outta closets, drawers, they are
just everywhere.
He must have 30-40 lights around the house. Now nothing high
tech or anything. Lots of old C & D battery lights. Nice to see
the old boy is still competitive though. He walks me into the
bedroom & starts boasting about he has a light brighter than the
BTU. He reaches down and pulls up what looks like a 20lb ham
with a handle. it was a archiac spotlight. You plug the light
into the wall the battery is built in.
He threw the beam on the wall, all proud. He said.. See that
light won’t outshine this… I clicked on the BTU. * POOF* His
beam disappeared. He started laughing. We had some fun shining
the lights around a bit & headed back to the dining room. Upon
entry grandma started gripping again.
My grandfather walked around the dinner table sat back down &
went back into his world. Was kinda a neat experience. Next week
think I’ll take over The TK70 &
Electrolumens..__________________
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Re: My Grandfather, closet flashaholic
By: Spasmod Date: March 3, 2013, 6:12 pm
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I love this story Dale. Did you take the Electrolumens over btw
? I'm intrigued to find out whether he liked it ?
PS.. I fixed the formatting for you. It does play up sometimes
when copying over. Hope you don't mind.
Spas
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Re: My Grandfather, closet flashaholic
By: Dale Date: March 3, 2013, 6:25 pm
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No worries! Appreciate it! Yes, he loved the Elektrolumens...
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Re: My Grandfather, closet flashaholic
By: JohnnyMac Date: March 22, 2013, 12:20 pm
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I love this story. Makes me really miss my grandfather. He
would have loved my lights too. :(
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