Hi Pete, I never heard of Butane/Propane mix. The burner looks great. Enjoy!
Actually, if itās a 50/50 mix of (iso)butane/propane, then itās a drop-in for CFC-12, if you have an old-timey car AC.
I was running HC-12a for years. CFC-12 was obscenely priced (IF you could still find somewhere to buy it), conversions to HFC-134a sucked, and HC-12a was a drop-in replacement (same P/V curves) which worked like a charm. The way the EPA badmouths it and outright lies about its legality, youād think Hitler invented it in his garage.
Did you say cold? Youād have to ādetuneā the AC somewhat if you didnāt want to actually hang meat in your car on the ride home. Quite a few times the coils would ice-up, and youād have to turn off the AC for a few minutes to let the ice melt, then turn it back on again. 
You could buy it (made for ACs) by the can, so two 16oz cans of CFC-12 would be replaced with two ~4oz baby-cans of HC-12a.
Buy these cans in bulk, get the right fittings, and you could make a good living recharging ACs of old-timey cars!
These camping tanks are typically 70-80% butane / 20-30% propane mix. Some of the better brands like Olicamp or MSR use isobutane. This cheap Coleman one does not.
I ordered two Seagate 5TB portable hard drives today.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822179116
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$110 each plus tax.
Sale ends at 11:59PM PST, and you have to be a subscriber to their email ads to get the deal.
It's not a tremendous sale (especially if you live in a state that has to pay tax), but it's the lowest price I could find right now.
EDIT:
Here's a screenshot of the ad:
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Nice! I just ordered a Seagate Expansion 4 GB Desktop HD for my Media for $94 free shipping and no tax. I have a few 2 GB versions for the past few years with no problems. This will be connected to the Mac Mini connected to my Livingroom 65ā LG OLED HDTV replacing a 2GB Seagate which is running out of space.
Picked up a 24ā monitor not too long agoā¦
Nice Pete. I have a 24ā Dell monitor on my PC since 2005. Itās been 100% reliable and the picture quality is still close to perfect with no backlight bleed. Iām amazed itās still working. It owes me nothing.
This is Bullsh*t I got this message newegg.com telling me that they couldnāt verify my PayPal payment method for my new HD. I checked out my Paypal payment method which is attached to my Visa credit card and everything checks out. Iāve since re-ordered with the same credit card and everything went well. What the hell is going on?
Picked up some more AAA cellsā¦
I gave up on Keurig coffee makers a few years ago after my 4th machine died. At best I got two years out of each one. I really missed the convenience of K-Cups.
Fast forward, I really wanted to get a new brewer, but I wasnāt going to buy a Keurig branded machine. After reading excellent reviews on Amazon, I ended up ordering a Mueller Ultima Single Serve K-Cup Coffee Maker. I also ordered 2 boxes (72 count each) of Green Mountain Dark Magic K-Cups.
I hope itās as good as people say.
I hope you like it, Glenn.
I typically stay away from āpodsā style coffee unless there is nothing else available, mainly because I turned into a huge coffee snob over the years. However, if I had to have one, it would be Nespresso. It beats any kind of k-cup machine taste hands down, in my experience.
Hi Pete, for the past 3 years Iāve been brewing coffee in a 20 year old 4 cup Farberware Percolator. Makes great coffee but Iām sick of washing out the pot and cleaning the coffee grinds out of the basket.
The Dark Magic K-Cups are the strongest Iāve tried, and I tried many. Iād say itās as good as any coffee Iāve used in my perc. The only thing Farberware has over the K-Cup brewers is the coffee is hotter. Since I drink my coffee black, it really isnāt an issue.
I hear ya.
My main issue with the āpodā systems is that they do not generate enough pressure to properly extract flavors and you also end up with coffee that is too acidic, alas, thatās personal preference, I guess.
My usual caffeine fix is via those ravioli-type āpodsā at work.
Typically an espresso + espresso + espresso + espresso in a mug, with plastic-milk and sugar.
I tried my hand at milchkaffee by topping off the quad-espresso with milk, but it cools it down way too much unless I preheat the milk, which I just canāt get motivated to do, not unless/until I already have my coffee. Vicious circleā¦
Iād otherwise need a regular basket-type coffeemaker, like on weekends at home, so I can make it a mite powerful as I want, vs relying on someone elseās idea of how āstrongā or ādarkā (read: burnt ātil it tastes like an ashtray) their coffee might be.
My typical workflow is this:
- Grind 17 grams of freshly roasted Brazilian beans
- Pull a double espresso shot
- Add some hot milk and some hot water.
Coffee snobbery at its finest. 
Nothing wrong with being a coffee snob. I just like a few cups of java a day. Freash of course. Iām not nearly as picky as you. I have total respect for your requirements. Iām like that with Stereo equipment. Been an audiophile since the late 1960ās
Picked up another portable gas stove. This one is slightly larger so it can accommodate bigger pots and has a wider flame spread. Itās going camping with me this weekend.
Makoto Kurosaki, Nakiri vegetable knife. 165mm x 52mm, San Mai, Hammer forged, HRC-62+, Shirogami #2 edge steel, Kurouchi finish. Wa handle, black pakkawood ferrule, rosewood handle, and a Nakiri saya (wood sheath)
I donāt have a workshop in the house we are renting, so I keep things stored in tool boxes, tool bags, and tackle boxes I modify to suite the type of tool needs. Here is the soldering box I just started cramming everything in.
