And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
So sad. Miss our old big green one with the red gas tank/flame thrower on the front. 8 years old and family camping, it was my job to get the stove going and make the coffee then start the bacon. Imagine these days having a 2nd grader fill a white gas tank from a can, and know how to use the pump etc.
It's funny you mention this. I was thinking of my old green Coleman a few weeks ago, lost forever, and then I opened up an old wooden crate in my barn, lo & behold. There it was, covered with dust and dirt daubers, and with my old nesting cook set too - including the coffee pot ! That sucker's coming out, the leather is getting replaced, and it's getting put back into serviceable shape. Even have the old aluminum fuel bottle. Happy Trails !
I have my Dads ole brass gas tank Coleman two burner. And the silk-mantle Coleman lantern. And the parts list from the '50s- when he'd ordered some mantles and leathers. Mom cooked on it in our kitchen in Denver during the War.
My wife and I decided to start tent camping in 1973. Bought a Coleman wall tent, stove, lantern, and heater. The stove, lantern and heater were all propane all connected to a 20 lb bottle. Lived outside of Trenton NJ at the time and we camped all over Florida, and the east coast between there and Trenton. !974 We bought a travel trailer. Put all the Coleman stuff up in the attic. Last year, my wife decided to give the tent away to one of her girlfriends. 50 years old and that tent looked and set up as brand new. Pissed me off that she gave it away. The lantern, stove and heater is still up there, in the original boxes.
So sad. Miss our old big green one with the red gas tank/flame thrower on the front. 8 years old and family camping, it was my job to get the stove going and make the coffee then start the bacon. Imagine these days having a 2nd grader fill a white gas tank from a can, and know how to use the pump etc.
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A great memory. You had good folks.
DeleteIt's funny you mention this. I was thinking of my old green Coleman a few weeks ago, lost forever, and then I opened up an old wooden crate in my barn, lo & behold. There it was, covered with dust and dirt daubers, and with my old nesting cook set too - including the coffee pot ! That sucker's coming out, the leather is getting replaced, and it's getting put back into serviceable shape. Even have the old aluminum fuel bottle. Happy Trails !
DeleteI got to use the 2 mantle lantern at night too.
ReplyDeleteI still have the old Coleman kerosene stove I bought 50 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI have my Dads ole brass gas tank Coleman two burner. And the silk-mantle Coleman lantern. And the parts list from the '50s- when he'd ordered some mantles and leathers. Mom cooked on it in our kitchen in Denver during the War.
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I decided to start tent camping in 1973. Bought a Coleman wall tent, stove, lantern, and heater. The stove, lantern and heater were all propane all connected to a 20 lb bottle. Lived outside of Trenton NJ at the time and we camped all over Florida, and the east coast between there and Trenton. !974 We bought a travel trailer. Put all the Coleman stuff up in the attic. Last year, my wife decided to give the tent away to one of her girlfriends. 50 years old and that tent looked and set up as brand new. Pissed me off that she gave it away. The lantern, stove and heater is still up there, in the original boxes.
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