"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
12/12/2018 at 19:21 • Filed to: None
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"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
12/12/2018 at 19:21 • Filed to: None | 2
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The latest post from our resident space crab inspired me to share a couple pictures of an antique lamp I own.
My parents bought it over 40 years ago. When they bought it they took it to an antique show hoping to find someone to turn it back into an oil lamp. What they discovered was that it never was an oil lamp.
Apparently it was built by a company that had found themselves with oil lamp parts when the new fangled electricity thing was all the rage. The solution was to build electric lamp components that fit onto the lower portion of an oil lamp.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 19:48 |
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Nice. I like it, my wife doesn’t get it
shrug.gov
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Kiltedpadre
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/12/2018 at 19:50 |
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Lady’s just don’t understand. How can she doubt the opinion of the chandelier pimp.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 19:54 |
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She also hates the 1996 Camry SE V6 Coupe.
RPM esq.
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 19:57 |
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There is an old house in my family that has a couple of lamps like this, with an electrical wire running from the base through what presumably would have been the oil reservoir. Always struck me as extremely weird and dumb, but I guess it was an efficient use of the existing parts.
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Kiltedpadre
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/12/2018 at 20:01 |
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My wife hates station wagons. There’s no accounting for taste.
wafflesnfalafel
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 20:01 |
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that is cool - my mother has one we would use during power outages growing up. It’s got a porcelain base - but not as tall as that one.
Chariotoflove
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 20:01 |
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The scene on the lower part is both kitschy and cool. It makes it look like it would be at home in an old Vermont cottage.
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Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 20:03 |
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Why do spouses hate wagons?!?!!
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Kiltedpadre
> RPM esq.
12/12/2018 at 20:04 |
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On this one the plug comes out right above what would’ve been the reservoir.
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Kiltedpadre
> wafflesnfalafel
12/12/2018 at 20:06 |
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I have three oil lamps for outages, but this one is electric so it would be useless with the power out.
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Kiltedpadre
> Chariotoflove
12/12/2018 at 20:06 |
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Kitschy yet cool is probably the closest I’ll ever get to stylish.
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Chariotoflove
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 20:09 |
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It’s a good thing to be, at least in my book.
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Kiltedpadre
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
12/12/2018 at 20:12 |
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I showed her an AMC Eagle with wood sides and her response was “you don’t actually like that do you?”
Yes I like it. It’s amazing!!
LastFirstMI is my name
> Kiltedpadre
12/12/2018 at 21:45 |
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But was it a major award?
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Kiltedpadre
> LastFirstMI is my name
12/12/2018 at 21:57 |
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No, but it is fragile though; so it must be Italian.
Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!
> Kiltedpadre
12/13/2018 at 11:10 |
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My late father-in-law has a massive oil lamp collection. Unfortunately o r mayb e fortunately, he auctioned most of it off before he died. The house I now live in was his and most of the light fixtures are either converted oil or gas lamps. We also have a very small collection of oil lamps that he did we wanted to keep. I will try to remember to post them up tonight. We lit the oil lamps for our wedding as a tribute to him. We also had the wedding at our/his house and property as a tribute to him also. I unfortunately never got to meet him.