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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4119598" data-attributes="member: 5412">We have several of those hurricane lamps in the house that are over a hundred years old. You can still get wicks for them, and they will provide light for months with a 5 gallon jug of lamp oil if it gets bad. The new lamp fuels don't smell like coal oil or kerosene.Those are used for short term power outages though and house decorations. If long term the gas generators come on to keep the wife cool or warm depending on the season.We still have a propane lantern and a Coleman double mantle lantern if needed. Kids and I spent a lot of time fishing with the Coleman on docks at Lake Ponca at night for catfish. Had to cut a beer can as a reflector for the back side so we could see the poles and stay in the dark, away from the insects. The leather cup on the plunger would dry out occasionally. Some oil off the dipstick of the truck worked into the leather would keep it going for another year or two.</blockquote>