How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb?

[The Jolly Good Framer #1]

How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently
7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs
1 to move it to the Lighting section
2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section
7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs
6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct
19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum
36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs
4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group
13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy
4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

[prospero]

Four. One to hold the bulb, one to hold the ladder, one to turn the house round and one to stand back and take the p*ss.

[WelshFramer]

One to hijack the topic and start talking about ladders.

We've had half a ladder sitting outside the back door for about a year. I stood it up recently but the wind blew it down again. I'm wondering whether to leave it lying down or stand it back up again. If I stand it up it might fall over but if I leave it where it is I'm much more likely to trip over it. Any advice would be appreciated.

I know this might not be the best forum to post a query about ladders but the members here are so knowledgeable, friendly and helpful that I'm sure to get the help I need. (I would try posting in the ladders forum but there's so much flaming going on over there that I'd rather avoid it.)

BTW. It's half of an extending ladder (possibly the bottom half) and it's made of aluminium. I don't know the version number but it might originally have come from B&Q - if that makes any difference.

[prospero]

What an absolutley fascinating post Mike. I have had one and a half wooden ladders kicking about for yonks. They didn't look exactly safe, so I never actually dared use them for climbing up things, but I was loathed to sling them. I always think if you keep something long enough you find a use for it. Lo and behold........



......... a brilliantly improvised post-stripping moulding drying rack.

[WelshFramer]

Could be worth approaching a major supplier such as Lion to see whether they'd be willing to market the idea.

I'm wondering whether an aluminium ladder would work as well - presumably all the stripping solution has been washed off the mouldings before they're put on the drying wrack so it wouldn't attack the aluminium.

[prospero]

I give them a good hosing while on the rack.

btw. The trestles the ladders are on are all stamped "WTH". Which doesn't mean What The Hell. I think it means "Wragby Town Hall". I don't know who nicked 'em but it weren't me.

Coming soon: White Hogarth bean-sticks.

[Bill Henry]

And one, in a misguided effort to be witty, to post a sarcastic image criticizing the entire premise of the Forum.

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[Moglet]

10 to discuss the relative merits of bayonet or screw connectors, and their effect on the longevity of the lightbulb.
7 to analyse the chemistry of the airspace inside the lightbulb.

And then of course, 1 to ....

[Moglet]

[prospero]

This lightbulb........ How much harmfull UV would it be emitting? And what about the colour balance?

I have to know!

[Moglet]

I give them a good hosing while on the rack.

(... visions of orange boilersuit kneeling holidays...)

[MITREMAN]

Bill,
That should be Robo units on your meter

Is that masking tape on it the shame?

I hate light bulds too, three in the kitchen light, screw type always blow my missus is always Moaning
"I can't see" So off i Trot to B&Q come back with the new ones, that never make contact, so a little extra turn....Snap

As for the Ladder I think I have the other bit of Welshframers ladder in my garden, wont fit in the shed,
Move From A - B and back always in the way..
But at last a new Moulding rack quick to B&Q buy them up stick on e-Bay MITRERACKS.

Drinking Wine in the Garden, trying to avoid the ladder wondering how to get the broken light bulb out

MITREMAN

[Bill Henry]

That should be Robo units on your meter

No, “Hobo” units are the official units of most Western “smell-o-meters”. They are defined as follows:

0 hobo units – Hardly a whiff of odor.

10 hobo units – The smell of an corpulent, scrofulous individual not having bathed for 30 days (calibration point).

13 hobo units – Robust flatulence from the aforementioned individual having consumed a full 14 oz. can of uncooked Brussels sprouts.

30 hobo units – The smell of an abandoned hog farm on a hot, humid summer day – the hogs having been fed rancid fish meal.

50 hobo units – A cat that that has been fed nothing but blue cheese for a week defecating on a white-hot hibachi.

100 hobo units – Purely theoretical (comparable to absolute zero). One hundred hobo units would cause painful, agonizing death by asphyxiation.


As you can see, some of the BS on this forum is well off the chart.

A “Robo Unit” would refer to a disorganized, random, and totally incomprehensible rambling thought process. We haven’t seen the absolute magnitude of such an event … yet.

[Moglet]

A possible need for (out)gas chambers (micro or otherwise)???

[Roboframer]

A “Robo Unit” would refer to a disorganized, random, and totally incomprehensible rambling thought process. We haven’t seen the absolute magnitude of such an event … yet.

One unit of Henry is the equivalent of one kilogram meter squared per second squared per ampere squared (kg ­ m 2 ­ s -2 ­ A -2 ).

I've induced that you've been sussed Bill - but I'm glad to remain a mystery

[Moglet]

A “Robo Unit” would refer to a disorganized, random, and totally incomprehensible rambling thought process.

Not to the workings of my grey matter... truly!

If the definition holds, then my "Robo Rating" must be of cosmic proportions...

[prospero]

A Henry is the SI unit of inductance. Actually it's a Henri, but WTH. I don't know what inductance is anyway.


(9.5 on the sphincter scale....)

[WelshFramer]

Here's a light bulb that doesn't need changing very often: http://www.centennialbulb.org/

[WelshFramer]

btw. The trestles the ladders are on are all stamped "WTH". Which doesn't mean What The Hell. I think it means "Wragby Town Hall".

We have a wooden bench in the garden. Underneath the seat it says "Lewes Police Station". Not sure what that means.

[Moglet]

Top-notch frankenthreading, Mike and Prospero!