On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Chuck Holst <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote: > BTW, Craig, is that > an Optimus 8R you have? Linda and I each have one, but I prefer the > Whisperlite for the relative silence it provides. > > Yup it's an 8R Optimus. I picked it up in Paris in 1972 when I was bicycling through Europe for a month and it's done yeoman service ever since. I agree that it's noisy but is just works and works with no trouble and is relatively small. I might get a Kelly Kettle for more quiet cookery. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking .net ' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 10 2010 - 17:45:45 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:39 PDT