@chienfou One lantern is for me, one for the ferryman as mentioned, one for Hades and one for Persephone, his consort, to ensure fair judgement after crossing.
I could sell them (at a hefty mark-up) to Diogenes if he wants to look at night for an honest man in the Houston Ship Channel.
He’s rich now, if he invested appropriately back then.
Just think of all the compound interest.
@phendrick He’s gonna need something a lot brighter than 60 lumens for that. Hell, 60 lumens will vanish in the light pollution from the refineries. Besides, he allegedly did that in daylight. Sixty lumens and fourteen bucks will get you a latte, but the barista won’t even notice that the torch is on. Not even down in the tunnels around the courthouse.
Make that 80 lumens. Still not bright enough, for all that it’s more than twice as much light as the old incandescent D-cell Maglites used to put out. (It’s hard to believe that we used to think those things were really good.)
@brennyn@phendrick@werehatrack long ago a friend was in police training and told me they were indeed taught to use the Mag-Lite (which they all carried) as a club (Minus the side handle though — that makes it even more serious!)
…Like I could use another hole in my head.
@shahnm Great answer!
I could give one to Charon whilst crossing the river Styx.
@Pavlov
what’ll you do with the other 3?
@chienfou One lantern is for me, one for the ferryman as mentioned, one for Hades and one for Persephone, his consort, to ensure fair judgement after crossing.
@chienfou @Pavlov Are you sure fair judgement is what you’re looking for?
I could sell them (at a hefty mark-up) to Diogenes if he wants to look at night for an honest man in the Houston Ship Channel.
He’s rich now, if he invested appropriately back then.
Just think of all the compound interest.
@phendrick He’s gonna need something a lot brighter than 60 lumens for that. Hell, 60 lumens will vanish in the light pollution from the refineries. Besides, he allegedly did that in daylight. Sixty lumens and fourteen bucks will get you a latte, but the barista won’t even notice that the torch is on. Not even down in the tunnels around the courthouse.
Make that 80 lumens. Still not bright enough, for all that it’s more than twice as much light as the old incandescent D-cell Maglites used to put out. (It’s hard to believe that we used to think those things were really good.)
@werehatrack I think those Maglites were more for use as a club than a light.
@phendrick @werehatrack
They are completely that, to the point of some people installing side handles.
@brennyn @phendrick @werehatrack long ago a friend was in police training and told me they were indeed taught to use the Mag-Lite (which they all carried) as a club (Minus the side handle though — that makes it even more serious!)
@phendrick @werehatrack
Precisely why I keep one under my car seat.
generating a bunch of UFO sightings.
Nostalgia
A liars contest was won with this one: “in my house there are three boys and three flashlights and they all work”
I was disappointed when I discovered they float on water. I thought it would be some cool hovering lights.
one if by land, two if by sea.
@hchavers
4 if by Humvee…
@chienfou @hchavers Too late, if by drone.
Attracting my long-lost daughter to inherit the kingdom of Corona.