How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?

[TheWatchman]

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

5 to flame the spell checkers

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames

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

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.

[RM]

Watchman,

That's pretty good. Thanks for the chuckles. Lord knows I have probably held most of those positions at one time or another.

[Peter Bro10]

This sounds generally correct, but you forgot to include the wondering off topic... besides, we all know we should have started by lighting a candle and be done with it!!!!!
but what kind of candle should we light????

[BILLW]

I don't care who you are - now that's funny !

Bill :)

If you can't laugh at that I don't know what to tell you, LOL

[Jenney]

It is funny, very funny.

I can't wait to bring it back up again in six months!!!

Jenney tongue.gif

[johnfowles]

May I suggest this picture which is a bit too large to display here

http://www.eproducts.co.nz/files/images/Bayco%206%20Piece%20Bulb%20Changing%20Kit.jpg
this one is smaller though
http://blog.ultralab.net/~blogger/andy/archives/lightbulb.png
How many men does it take to change a streetlamp bulb?
"I found out recently when this bright yellow van drew up opposite and I happened to have the DV cam ready. The interesting thing to watch is where he tries to put the lamp back together and the catch breaks off or something, so he holds it in place with a roll of sticky tape. Perhaps a frequent occurence, but I wonder how long it will remain adhesive in the rain?"
But.. you missed the point Al
Confucious had the answer years ago:
the more the merrier for after all:-
"many hands make light work"

[Peter Bro10]

very wise John, thanks for the bit of wisdom!

but back to the topic now... I counted 176 according to Watchman's post. so is that the answer????

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Peter Bro10:
very wise John, thanks for the bit of wisdom!

but back to the topic now... I counted 176 according to Watchman's post. so is that the answer???? An exceedingly good question Peter to which I can only retort as folows:-

According to the authoritative Wiki at:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
Where I read read:-
the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. When the answer was revealed as 42, they were
forced to build a more powerful computer to work out what the Ultimate Question actually was, but their plans never come to fruition. (Later on, referencing this, Adams would create a puzzle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_Puzzle) which
could be approached in multiple ways, all yielding the answer 42.)
on that page I then read:-
"Douglas Adams who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
created a puzzle whose question was unknown, but whose answer is already known to be 42

[Peter Bro10]

Oh, I see John... It's all so clear now!!! It's 42?

[brink-]

Very funny Al, you were right on the money! lol

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

That's 177 people. 178 if you include the boy who does the math...

[Peter Bro10]

the boy doing the math is merely an observer of the excercise and not participant. However, if the observer at any point interacts with the other participants, well..... sorry, I've gone too deep again. ouch!

[Yuri]

Analogies....

Most of the population listens to generic music.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2219/genericmusicon8.jpg

I, like many others fell in love with music during the psychedelic era in the 60's.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6987/psychadeliceb6.jpg

We 'Lightheads' come in all shapes and sizes, some brighter than others, but all contrubuting "illuminating" tales and observations.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4838/lightheadspy3.jpg

When Gord and the boys finish thier encore, we all give him a standing ovation!

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9428/standingovationyi4.jpg

Let]s all pray that Gord's career continues to be long and colourful!!!

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2214/lightfootco8.jpg

Thanks also to Thomas Edison, his parents & entire family tree without who there would be no lightbulbs to change!

Ditto to Charles Townes, father of the Laser. Without his contribution, we might still be listening to Gord on vinyl!

{how about threads on the mumber of electronic engeneers required to service lasers and LED's?}

'Lightheartedly' yours,

Yuri

[johnfowles]

You are truly a bright spark Yuri, BUT you omitted to identify which bulb shape you are or whether any of them resembles Char.
And we all know who "sparkie" is!!
http://home.datacomm.ch/k.schraner/blitzanimation.gif
If you are on a dial-up give it time to load and start flashing

[Yuri]

Thanks John,

Six months ago I was a high voltage quartz halogen/mercury vapour spotlight. My world was so bright.

After my illness last April, I feel like a match in a dark room, which is slowly consuming itself.

'Shocking', but true. Still fighting to regain that spark....

Yuri

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

Originally posted by Peter Bro10:
the boy doing the math is merely an observer of the excercise and not participant. However, if the observer at any point interacts with the other participants, well..... sorry, I've gone too deep again. ouch! Ahh well, he might as well include me anyway. ;)

[charlene]

LOLOL! Sue!!!
oh lordy I needed a good laff today!
lol

[Yuri]

ColoradoSue,

Please explain to this "dull bulb" what you meant by "one of Gordy's guys loved the Scorpio one"

Are you refering to one of Gord's band members?, or someone else?

Never heard of any of Gord's people lurking this site.

Yuri

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

Originally posted by Yuri:


Never heard of any of Gord's people lurking this site.

Yuri It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out the band members and Gord himself were all the time watching this site, seeing what we have to post.

;)

[joveski]

i see the lightbulb has been changed

[brink-]

Originally posted by Fading Away:
quote:Originally posted by Yuri:


Never heard of any of Gord's people lurking this site.

Yuri It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out the band members and Gord himself were all the time watching this site, seeing what we have to post.

;) [/QUOTE]What a unique new name Douglas.

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

Originally posted by joveski:
i see the lightbulb has been changed Is it any brighter now? :redface:

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

Originally posted by brink-:
quote:Originally posted by Fading Away:
quote:Originally posted by Yuri:


Never heard of any of Gord's people lurking this site.

Yuri It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out the band members and Gord himself were all the time watching this site, seeing what we have to post.

;) [/QUOTE]What a unique new name Douglas. [/QUOTE]Thanks. I tried to come up with a name from GL lyrics that was unique. F-Away was a good name too. I actually tried to change it back (it seemed more appropriate) but someone has taken it already!! :mad: :redface:

:) :D

[geodeticman]

Watchman - your thread opener was hilarious ! Thanks I needed the laugh....

, geo Steve

p.s. I'd add some to the list to admonish others sanctimoniously of the toxic nature of the bulb breaking if it is in fact a fluorescent bulb. The phosphorus is both inhaled as a toxic powder, and absorbed by osmosis through the skin as a systemic toxin.

Oh - and three to criticize the the person who posted on toxicity;

4 to rail to his/her defence and slam the criticizer, and the moderator to cool things down;

2 for John and I to debate wether the bulb portion of a std. lightbulb is in fact an oblate speroid, or a sphere, :)

one Boulder Colorado denizen to argue the answer is zero - Boulderites screw-in hot-tubs not light bulbs;


2 physics majors to argue wether a light particle photon has zero mass at rest or at the constant "C" speed; 3 attorneys to determine who is culpable if the whole thing blows up legally,

and one practical person to sweep up the glass shards of the bulb that went bad; or don a filter mask and rubber gloves if a fluorescent bulb.

This one practical private industry person would become 3 if a municipal job; 6 if a County Government, 12 if a State job, 24 if a Federal job, and 48 plus ambassadors and extradition lawyers if the bulb was over an international boundary;

to determine if over a such a boundary 6 land surveyors to determine this to +/- 3 feet, 3 geodetic surveyors, 2 cartographers, and a photogrammetrist to determine this within +/- 5mm and 3ppm.. Oh - and one idiot to hold up the bulb over their head while standing under high-power lines while their internal organs cook.

plus - 2 EE's to argue that LED's will take over virtually all incandescent or fluorescent lightbulbs !

-all in fun; hope I offended no one :)
geo Steve

[Peter Bro10]

-all in fun; hope I offended no one :)
geo Steve [/QB][/QUOTE]


Geo Steve,
you should know by now that it is utterly impossible to not offend anyone! don't sweat it! and thank you for the "en lightenment"!

[Gitchigumee]

This is no lie, I tried changing a lightbulb last night, but alas, I was out of lightbulbs, and so I am still in the dark.

[johnfowles]

Originally posted by Gitchigumee:
This is no lie, I tried changing a lightbulb last night, but alas, I was out of lightbulbs, and so I am still in the dark. Methinks you should invite Borderstone to stay he is I understand like Yuri quite a bright spark

But meanwhile GG try to refrain from sticking your fingers in the open socket , unless you are sure thst the light switch is off. How do you know if it is off?
1 If you put your finger in the socket and feel a strong tingle it is not off.
2 if you are in the US and the sytem is not a pair of two-way switches the main on/off switch's lever will be down
3 if on the other hand you are in the UK and I, believe, Australia the lever will be up (*** see below)
Don't ask me why but I do not think it has anything to do with whether the water drains out of a sink in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction... oh yus
from a blog on a scientific experiment made during a visit to Quito Ecuador on the equator at:-
http://jasonpearce.com/blog/2005/12/21/how-water-drains-on-the-equator/-

"Draining water from a sink worked as expected. In the northern hemisphere, the water circled counter-clockwize. In the southern hemisphere, it circled clockwize. And right on the equater, the water drained straight down. The impressive part was the difference in draining methods was apparent in less than 10 feet on either side of the equator."
Obviously no (Keith) Urban Legend there!!
*** from a wiki at:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_switch
"The direction which represents "on" also varies by country. In the United States it is universal for the "on" position of a toggle switch to be "up", whereas in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand it is "down.""
John the "wise" not "wize" wotever neckst? No dowt sumebuddy will insist that there are metals or elements named "cadmium", "sodium" "uranium" and no it can't be write "aluminum"!!!

[johnfowles]

to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again;OK

I am not a lurker
Rather more than 6 months have elapsed
But having refound this thread I could not resist replying
Whatever happenned to Al the Watchman anyway?
Surely he is not still sulking
http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2x2914941/man_changing_light_bulb_cb100474.jpg

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

What was he supposed to be sulking about? :confused:

And what happened to that Viole(n)t Blue Horse that used to post years ago?

[timetraveler]

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

5 to flame the spell checkers

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames

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

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.Hey there Watchman! Thanks for the big grin that I now have on my face. With the rotten way the weather has been here, I really needed a reason to smile. Thanks a ton!:)

[BILLW]

What was he supposed to be sulking about? :confused:

And what happened to that Viole(n)t Blue Horse that used to post years ago?


As far as I know good old Al (The Watchman) went into law enforcement and moved south. I haven't heard from him in awhile. I think he also was using his K-9 skills on the job.

Good one about Viole(n)t!!! Who can ever forget the wonderful entertainment when she(?) and Al (The Watchman) would go toe-to-toe. Really funny stuff.

I won't mention your involvement in those fine days since you were moved to the witness protection program - just kidding - good to hear from you.

When I first saw the post I thought "OMG - he's back!" After all these years I don't know if we could stand the excitement - and then I saw the date. Oh well !

Bill :)

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

As far as I know good old Al (The Watchman) went into law enforcement and moved south. I haven't heard from him in awhile. I think he also was using his K-9 skills on the job.

Good one about Viole(n)t!!! Who can ever forget the wonderful entertainment when she(?) and Al (The Watchman) would go toe-to-toe. Really funny stuff.

I won't mention your involvement in those fine days since you were moved to the witness protection program - just kidding - good to hear from you.

When I first saw the post I thought "OMG - he's back!" After all these years I don't know if we could stand the excitement - and then I saw the date. Oh well !

Bill :)

Yes I think he lives in North Carolina now. (We're friends on Facebook). I remember you told me about him and the Blue Horse going at it. She used to go toe to toe with me before I got expelled, (I wasn't around when all that went down) then I guess Watchman took my place lol. I wonder if those threads were deleted or not... :confused: