Do *you* have a lantern battery for me?
Jul. 1st, 2006 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yrmencynI cannot find a lantern battery to save my soul. You all know the batteries I'm talking about, the ones with the little conical springs sprouting from the top. I have an incredibly cheap-ass flashlight that takes one. I use this light not because it's fancy or anything (like I said, it's cheap-ass), nor because it's light and packable (it takes a lantern battery, for chrissakes), but because it throws a whole, whole lot of light, yet I don't worry about losing it or breaking it, since it cost me something like $5 dollars about an equal number of years ago.
But I can't use my giant flashlight, because I can't find a battery. First I tried at Albertson's, a long shot to be sure, but it's the closest store, and they have ziploc containers, some of which I needed. I couldn't even find the batteries there, so I gave up on that jaunt. I then decided to make a drive out to Target, because hey, it's a bigger store. And if Wal-Mart carries lantern batteries (as I'm pretty sure they still do), surely Target does too. No luck. Seriously, I looked all over that blasted store, and there is nary a lantern battery to be had. They have lanterns in their sporting goods section that appear to require them (although an increasing number seem to be plug-in-rechargeable, which may explain the sudden dearth of gigantic single-use batteries that have no other conceivable purpose), but no batteries. It's maddening.
You also can't buy a 4- or 6-pack of AA's anymore, I think. I had to buy 16 AA batteries -- what is that? I just don't use that many batteries. I was only barely consoled by .99$ key lime-white chocolate cookies in the checkout line.
So, yes, in about 30 minutes I'm headed out. I'll have my phone with me, but I generally have it turned to silent in camp situations. Feel free to leave me a message, or maybe I'll even be both free and aware of the flashing screen. What an idea! I'll be back from training the night of the 6th, unless it's like last year and I get sucked into dinner and drinks in Lafayette (or was that just after the encampment itself? I can't recall).
But I can't use my giant flashlight, because I can't find a battery. First I tried at Albertson's, a long shot to be sure, but it's the closest store, and they have ziploc containers, some of which I needed. I couldn't even find the batteries there, so I gave up on that jaunt. I then decided to make a drive out to Target, because hey, it's a bigger store. And if Wal-Mart carries lantern batteries (as I'm pretty sure they still do), surely Target does too. No luck. Seriously, I looked all over that blasted store, and there is nary a lantern battery to be had. They have lanterns in their sporting goods section that appear to require them (although an increasing number seem to be plug-in-rechargeable, which may explain the sudden dearth of gigantic single-use batteries that have no other conceivable purpose), but no batteries. It's maddening.
You also can't buy a 4- or 6-pack of AA's anymore, I think. I had to buy 16 AA batteries -- what is that? I just don't use that many batteries. I was only barely consoled by .99$ key lime-white chocolate cookies in the checkout line.
So, yes, in about 30 minutes I'm headed out. I'll have my phone with me, but I generally have it turned to silent in camp situations. Feel free to leave me a message, or maybe I'll even be both free and aware of the flashing screen. What an idea! I'll be back from training the night of the 6th, unless it's like last year and I get sucked into dinner and drinks in Lafayette (or was that just after the encampment itself? I can't recall).
