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<p>And one to post that the NYT is full of liberal lies.</p>
<p>And me, the environmentalist is hoping that you are using compact fluorescents…</p>
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Yes! And prevent global warming!!! :D</p>
<p>Until the passel of posters comes in to tell us all that global warming is just a myth…</p>
<p>it depends on whether we follow the xiggi method.</p>
<p>But who’s providing the day care?</p>
<p>Three to say that if you’d started planning the light-bulbing changing process a long time ago, you’d be better prepared for the event now.</p>
<p>However, Then 23 to say lightbulbs were totally different in their day; how could they possibly have been ready for the way they are now?</p>
<p>Also, once the lightbulb is changed:</p>
<p>5 to wonder if it’s shining properly; should they get up on a ladder and look closely, or would that be too intrusive?</p>
<p>3 others to say the other bulbs in the lamp are taking up too much space and damaging their bulb; should they call in an electrician?</p>
<p>4 to wonder if they are giving the lightbulb enough watts; 6 others to say the bulb needs to find its own watts, 1 nice person to say each bulb needs a different wattage approach.</p>
<p>10 to argue over whether the country where the lightbulb was made is a disadvantage in the purchase decision.</p>
<p>100 to just read the thread and wish they could add something illuminating.</p>
<p>LOL, conyat</p>
<p>just 1… to explain that although the bulb is very bright, he’s an underachiever and could have lasted longer.</p>
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And one MORE to say that he was a precocious OVERACHIEVER who was pushed too hard by overly ambitious parents and just burned out early… ;)</p>
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plus a dozen or so to comment, appreciatively or not, on the contributions of other posters.</p>
<p>btw, I’m with you, garland. conyat’s was definitely an LOL</p>
<p>5 CCers to say that the user should have considered Black Light</p>
<p>3 Ccers to say that Yellow light bulbs are the best and are discriminated against in the selection process.</p>
<p>Then the folks from Sinners Alley show up with their rose colored bulbs.</p>
<p>1 ccer to hijack the thread, talking about lampshades and how she wants suggestions on where to buy them and that she needs one because her favorite was destroyed in an unfortunate party incident involving Great Uncle Vinnie.</p>
<p>after that, the thread is never the same</p>
<p>^^And at THAT point, an oblivious CCer wanders onto the thread and says, “Watt the hell’s going on here?..Screw this…” ;)</p>
<p>Just wanted to shed some light:</p>
<p>“Changing a light bulb used to be easy, despite all the jokes about how many people it took to do it. But today replacing a bulb involves more decisions than ever. In the quest for more energy-efficient lighting, a variety of different types are now available. And some of the bulbs that we have used for years are being phased out in favor of higher efficiency versions.</p>
<p>The mushroom-shaped R-type and funnel-shaped PAR-38 incandescent bulbs are out of production. They’ve been replaced by halogen bulbs. Although more expensive than standard incandescent R and PAR bulbs, halogen bulbs offer longer service life and use about one-third less electricity.</p>
<p>The biggest change in home lighting is the increased availability of compact fluorescents. These combine the high efficiency of the familiar tubular fluorescent with the size of a conventional, screw-in incandescent bulb. Instead of the familiar pear shape, most compact fluorescents have a glass tube that loops or folds back on itself. Some manufacturers cover this with a cylindrical glass shroud or a funnel-shaped reflector.</p>
<p>Compact fluorescents are available either as two-part units (ballast and separate replaceable bulb) or as integrated units with the bulb permanently attached to the ballast. Although the two-part compact fluorescents are slightly more expensive initially, they’re cheaper in the long run because you need only replace the bulb and not the ballast. The integrated compacts are a bit less expensive and usually a little smaller.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3676/is_199711/ai_n8759715[/url]”>http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3676/is_199711/ai_n8759715</a></p>
<p>Let’s not forget to use “US Bulbs & Watt Report”. I heard that only the top ten or twelve are worth looking at. (Of course, you need to get on a list or have a “tip” to buy those.)</p>
<p>11,000+ posts and one mod to turn off all the lights with a flick of a switch! :eek:</p>
<p>hahahahahhahaha
very funny collegeMom</p>
<p>“772 to pass judgment on all helmet-wearing light bulb changers as hooliganistic misogynists who are rarely sober enough to change light bulbs, their own clothes, or anything…”</p>
<p>And of those 772, most send their daughters to single sex colleges or small LAC’s to avoid any association at all with such helmet wearing drunken predominantly male bulb changers. They would also never consider any Southern schools, because they believe that this task also has a major racial divide, in addition to the sexual advantage of the caucasian male in screwing in a bulb. ;)</p>