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This goddamn magical Rain Lamp...

MSnider44MSnider44 Posts: 746
edited December 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
Look what one of my best college buddies surprised me with a couple weeks ago. Unexpectedly received a big box from him by mail. Opened it up, and ..... bam. This. He came out to visit me in San Diego from Indianapolis over the summer, we went to my favorite bar, El Dorado, they had this flowing behind the bar and we both were amazed by it. A couple months later, I surprisingly have one in my home. Props to my boy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNf2PT2v1LU&feature=youtu.be


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  • MSnider44MSnider44 Posts: 746
    C'mon! Gimme a comment.

    Or at least a "Dude ... how's that work, and more importantly, how'd you get that to work?"

    These lamps are rare artifacts from the underworld Ebay interwebs, previsouly only possessed in the 1960's and 1970's by grandmothers / grandfathers in their mostly dusty, mothbally, cocktail dens with mod furniture and upholsterings. Left to rot in cardboard boxes never to be found again!
  • AnnafalkAnnafalk Posts: 4,004
    Oh one of those feels a bit like back to 1988 :D they are kind of cool though..I want one also!!
  • PapPap Posts: 28,975
    8-)
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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    Wow !!! I just love it. what a great gift :thumbup:
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  • twisted thoughtstwisted thoughts Posts: 4,377
    So cool of your friend! My grandma used to have that same exact one... I always used to turn it on when I went to her house... was amazed by that thing when I was a kid. My grandma left this world quite a few years ago, and I totally forgot about that thing till seeing your post... Thanks for sharing :D
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  • AnnafalkAnnafalk Posts: 4,004
    So, where will you put it? Are you bringing it to where you work?
    Do you need to refill the water often? :corn:
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    the 1970's kicked a lot of ass. i love those (oil filled) raining lamps. i mean, they were oil run right? very fucking cool. i think about these lamps all the time actually & i am amazed you posted this & have one

    if i remember correctly you can speed up the flow or slow the flow
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • PapPap Posts: 28,975
    chadwick wrote:
    if i remember correctly you can speed up the flow or slow the flow

    Or, you can go with the flow as QOTSA would say. :lol:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    MSnider44 wrote:
    Look what one of my best college buddies surprised me with a couple weeks ago. Unexpectedly received a big box from him by mail. Opened it up, and ..... bam. This. He came out to visit me in San Diego from Indianapolis over the summer, we went to my favorite bar, El Dorado, they had this flowing behind the bar and we both were amazed by it. A couple months later, I surprisingly have one in my home. Props to my boy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNf2PT2v1LU&feature=youtu.be


    1395126_10202838638393481_1167461775_n_zps43d42746.jpg

    that looks so cool.

    How does it work?

    How did you get yours to work?
  • oceaninmyeyesoceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    rollings wrote:

    that looks so cool.

    How does it work?

    How did you get yours to work?

    :lol::lol::lol:
    And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
  • MSnider44MSnider44 Posts: 746
    Annafalk wrote:
    So, where will you put it? Are you bringing it to where you work?
    Do you need to refill the water often? :corn:

    It's with me here at home. FIlled with mineral oil. It recycles, so no need to fill it again!
  • MSnider44MSnider44 Posts: 746
    rollings wrote:
    MSnider44 wrote:
    Look what one of my best college buddies surprised me with a couple weeks ago. Unexpectedly received a big box from him by mail. Opened it up, and ..... bam. This. He came out to visit me in San Diego from Indianapolis over the summer, we went to my favorite bar, El Dorado, they had this flowing behind the bar and we both were amazed by it. A couple months later, I surprisingly have one in my home. Props to my boy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNf2PT2v1LU&feature=youtu.be


    1395126_10202838638393481_1167461775_n_zps43d42746.jpg

    that looks so cool.

    How does it work?

    How did you get yours to work?

    I had to open it up and clean out the motor a bit. Then fill the bottom container part up with mineral oil, flip the switch, wait a couple minutes, then voila. Make it rain.
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    these rain lamps are really fuckin cool & are all about the 70's as far as im concerned
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • MSnider44MSnider44 Posts: 746
    Just an FYI, I'm making it rain-lamp tonight. Rare for San Diego.
  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    MSnider44 wrote:
    Just an FYI, I'm making it rain-lamp tonight. Rare for San Diego.


    I'm feeling a bit jealous... :P I want one of these rain lamps !!!!
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