Chemo wrote on Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:36:12 -0800 (PST):

> 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 post in ALL CAPS

> 2 to explain that this is considered shouting and impolite

> 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.

> 50 people to argue over the environmental benefit of
> fluorescent bulbs versus incandescent bulbs

> 19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to
> please take this discussion to a light bulb 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.

> 5 People to post pics of their own light bulbs.

> 15 People to post "I can't see S$%^!" and their own light
> bulbs.

> 7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light
> bulbs.

> 4 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post
> the corrected URLs.

> 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 search on light bulbs before posting questions
> about light bulbs"

> 1 moderator to lock the light bulb thread.

A pretty fair summary! LOL.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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