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

[motai]

All of this seems oddly familiar...

Didn't we just go through this a short time ago?

 

[BobG]

You should turn off the circuit breaker before changing the light bulb/lightbulb/lamp/electrical_glowing_thingy just to be safe. Especially if you break the light bulb in the socket and have to use a raw potato to get the base of the bulb out.

 

[BobG]

I take all the bad things I said about them back.

What a cool site. If you go back to the home page, they have a section for old radio vacuum tubes, X-ray tubes, and so on.

They even have their own forum. A priceless discussion: http://bulbcollector.com/forum/index.php?topic=563.0

Edit: Link updated to new location (You can't actually edit an eight month old post).

Edit: You can't change a light bulb unless it's UL certified.

 

[Evo]

You should turn off the circuit breaker before changing the light bulb/lightbulb/lamp/electrical_glowing_thingy just to be safe. Especially if you break the light bulb in the socket and have to use a raw potato to get the base of the bulb out.

Raw potatoes are dangerous because they're wet. I use a wadded up old sock, works fine. (except for the times I've had to use needle nose pliers)

 

[Gale]

hey, i just changed a lightbulb... man it was so awesome. i like, turned it, and it came out... i burned my fingers at first though, cause it was still hot from being turned on. Also, it was very hard, because once the light was out, i couldn't see any more because it was dark. i also dropped the dead light bulb and broke it on the floor, but i didn't really worry, since i couldn't see where the glass shards were anyway. then i forgot to turn off the switch, so when the bulb was screwed in a little, it nearly blinded me. But, the bulb was changed! woooot

 

[Moonbear]

hey, i just changed a lightbulb... man it was so awesome. i like, turned it, and it came out... i burned my fingers at first though, cause it was still hot from being turned on. Also, it was very hard, because once the light was out, i couldn't see any more because it was dark. i also dropped the dead light bulb and broke it on the floor, but i didn't really worry, since i couldn't see where the glass shards were anyway. then i forgot to turn off the switch, so when the bulb was screwed in a little, it nearly blinded me. But, the bulb was changed! woooot

Oh, yeah, it's a bad idea to change lightbulbs while barefoot. I did that once...I was barefoot and climbed up on a chair to change a bulb (ladders are too much trouble). The old bulb slipped and smashed in an extraordinarily spectacular crash onto the edge of the fireplace hearth. There was glass EVERYWHERE and I was surrounded. I had to figure out how to get down without stepping in glass, so wound up leaping to a sofa what was still clean, then from the sofa to another chair, until I could reach a pair of slippers that were near the chair (see, it's a good thing I never learned to keep my slippers in the bedroom where they belong). I managed to not cut myself, but for a moment I thought it was going to be inevitable. That took forever to clean up too. I kept finding bits of glass for a week...every day I was vacuuming again, and still finding more glass. You'd have thought I'd dropped a plate glass window from all the glass around.

 

[Evo]

Since I'm sick, I'm reading the classics. This made my lungs hurt.

 

[Hurkyl]

Ah, so you're the lurker. Almost a year past due, though.

 

[Lisa!]

Q.How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

A. None! Because they don't need any light other tan their monitor while posting at PF.

 

[twisting_edge]

Q.How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

A. None! Because they don't need any light other tan their monitor while posting at PF.

That was my answer:

None: Both CRTs and flatscreens are self-illuminating.

(I'm one of the "me too"s.)

 

[jim mcnamara]

Are there "me threes" as well?

 

[radou]

Q.How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

A. No PF members except the members of the notorious sisterhood know how to change light bulbs. It is a secret never to be revealed.

 

[Artman]

It has come to the attention of the PhysicForums Electricians Union Steward of PF brotherhood Local 1234.5^6 that there has been discussion of the changing of Lightbulbs/Light bulbs/Lamps/electrical_glowing_thingys without the use of union labor.

If the matter is not satisfactorily adjusted the steward shall submit the grievance in writing to the Office of the appropriate Director within ten (10) working days. The grievance shall be taken up at a grievance meeting between the Director (or his designated representative) and the grievant, the steward and/or the Union's Business Manager (or his representative.)

If a satisfactory settlement cannot be reached, and the Union wishes to process the grievance further, the grievance shall be presented in writing to the Director of Employee/Labor Relations. The Director of Employee/Labor Relations (or his designated representative) shall answer the grievance in writing within fifteen (15) working days after a final hearing, except in cases of termination, which will be answered within five (5) working days. If a suitable settlement still cannot be reached,the Union wishes to process the grievance further, the Union may institute arbitration proceedings.

Either party may request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or the American Arbitration Association to submit a list of seven (7) arbitrators from which the parties may jointly make such selections. If the parties fail to agree on the selection of an arbitrator from this list, each party shall alternately strike one name each until but one (1) name remains and the person so named shall be the arbitrator.

The arbitrator shall have no authority to add to, subtract from, or in any way modify the provisions of this Agreement.

The decision of the arbitrator made in compliance with the foregoing shall be final, shall be in writing, shall include the reasons for such findings and the conclusion, and shall be rendered within thirty (30) calendar days following the date of the last hearing conducted by the arbitrator unless an extension of such period is agreed to by the electrical thingy changer and the Union.

Each party shall be responsible for one-half (1/2) of the expenses and the fees of the arbitrator designated under this Article VIII, as well as any expenses for the services of a court reporter and for copies of transcripts going to the arbitrator. Each party shall bear the full cost of its own copy of the transcript.

Until such time as a settlement can be determined, changing of Lightbulbs/Light bulbs/Lamps/electrical_glowing_thingys shall not be conducted, whether those changes be physical or metaphysical.

 

[Office_Shredder]

I take all the bad things I said about them back.

What a cool site. If you go back to the home page, they have a section for old radio vacuum tubes, X-ray tubes, and so on.

They even have their own forum. A priceless discussion: http://bulbcollector.com/forum/index.php?topic=563.0

Edit: Link updated to new location (You can't actually edit an eight month old post).

Edit: You can't change a light bulb unless it's UL certified.

http://bulbcollector.com/forum/index.php?topic=801.0

This is bull****. One thread on that forum was about WWI French floodlights... nobody even bothered to warn the poster that the floodlights are lit with mustard gas, and they were originally used to kill German troops as they exposed their positions!

The light bulb industry has been hiding this fact for too long. Studies show that all three people who have never been exposed to a light bulb nor communicated with someone who has have a 100% success rate at not developing niccotine addictions, regardless of whether they smoke or not. The government must stop protecting Big Bulb and start protecting the people!

 

[Artman]

http://bulbcollector.com/forum/index.php?topic=801.0

This is bull****. One thread on that forum was about WWI French floodlights... nobody even bothered to warn the poster that the floodlights are lit with mustard gas, and they were originally used to kill German troops as they exposed their positions!

The light bulb industry has been hiding this fact for too long. Studies show that all three people who have never been exposed to a light bulb nor communicated with someone who has have a 100% success rate at not developing niccotine addictions, regardless of whether they smoke or not. The government must stop protecting Big Bulb and start protecting the people!

As this post illustrates, the handling of Lightbulbs/Light bulbs/Lamps/electrical_glowing_thingys without the use of experienced union labor can result in great harm or even death.

We will fight this as long as it takes.


PhysicForums Electricians Union Steward of PF brotherhood Local 1234.5^6

 

[BobG]

http://bulbcollector.com/forum/index.php?topic=801.0

This is bull****. One thread on that forum was about WWI French floodlights... nobody even bothered to warn the poster that the floodlights are lit with mustard gas, and they were originally used to kill German troops as they exposed their positions!

The light bulb industry has been hiding this fact for too long. Studies show that all three people who have never been exposed to a light bulb nor communicated with someone who has have a 100% success rate at not developing niccotine addictions, regardless of whether they smoke or not. The government must stop protecting Big Bulb and start protecting the people!

I'm curious about the methodology of the survey. Presumably, the three had to be studied by someone and the surveyors must not have ever come in contact with a light bulb, correct? But the surveyors couldn't be part of the survey, because, while they had never personally experienced a light bulb, they had come into contact with someone who had? Still, either the surveyors had to know what a light bulb was, which meant the survey was possibly corrupted by surveyor bias about the subject, or, the surveyor did not know what a light bulb was and there is no way to verify the surveyor even conducted the survey correctly.

It seems to me it would take at least 27 surveyors to survey the three individuals. One group of three that had no awareness of light bulbs, but had been in contact with individuals who might know what a light bulb was even if they had never experienced one themselves;
a group of three surveyors that had no awareness of light bulbs, but had been in contact with individuals who had been in contact with light bulbs, but had never seen a lit lightbulb; a group of three that had no awareness of light bulbs, but had been in contact with individuals who had actually seen a light bulb in action; a group of three that knew what a light bulb was, but had never seen one and knew no one that had ever seen a light bulb; a group of three that knew what a light bulb was, but had never seen one, but did no someone who had seen a lightbulb; a group of three that knew what a light bulb was, and knew someone who had seen a lightbulb in action; a group of three that knew what a lightbulb was, and knew someone who had had a bright light shined in their eyes; a group of three that knew what a lightbulb was and knew someone who had been killed by a lightbulb; and a group of three that had personally been killed by a lightbulb. That way results could be cross referenced to eliminate variations caused by the surveyors.

 

[Office_Shredder]

and a group of three that had personally been killed by a lightbulb

Any group of three will do it for you! We're all slowly being poisoned, and the economic stranglehold Big Bulb holds over us keeps anyone from stopping it! You must all move to Kazakhstan, as I have, to survive the upcoming epidemic!

 

[Hurkyl]

I, for one, welcome our new light bulb overlords.

 

[Gokul43201]

Is it just me or is it still dark in here?

 

[Artman]

Is it just me or is it still dark in here?

Yeah, it's pretty dim. I think maybe it is you.

 

[Astronuc]

Let's go back to the beginning, which came first,

the light or the bulb?


Then one must ask, how do they put the light in the bulb and keep it there until ready for use.

 

[BobG]

Let's go back to the beginning, which came first,

the light or the bulb?


Then one must ask, how do they put the light in the bulb and keep it there until ready for use.

The domesticated bulb came along no later than 1000 AD. It's unknown how long untamed bulbs have roamed the Earth.http://www.holland.nl/uk/holland/sights/tulips-history.html

Light came along either on Aug 13, 3114 BCE (Mayan), March 29, 3760 BCE (Jewish), Oct 23, 4004 BCE (Ussher), 5199 BCE (Maria de Agreda), 13.7 x 10^9 BCE (plus or minus 200,000 years), 77,760 x 10^9 BCE (Puranic Hinduism), 155 x 10^12 BCE (current iteration of the universe).

Since the earliest possible date for the bulb is unknown, the results are inconclusive.

 

[radou]

Don't make things too complicated, since at the beginning God said: '...and let there be a bulb.'

 

[Gokul43201]

I think ...

Liar!

I'll get you next time.

 

[Astronuc]

Yeah, it's pretty dim. I think maybe it is you.

I bet he didn't see that coming.

 

[twisting_edge]

Where's the environmental impact statement?

 

[BobG]

Don't make things too complicated, since at the beginning God said: '...and let there be a bulb.'

Yeah, but his was filled with hydrogen.

http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2333360.php

Of course, it takes a hell of a lot of PFers to change the bulb.

 

[Lisa!]

Is it just me or is it still dark in here?

http://www.xtratime.com/forum/images/smilies/shades.gif

 

[turbo]

That's what happens when a light bulb burns out. Light bulbs are electrically-powered darkness-suckers and when they fail, the darkness leaks back out of them. This is especially annoying in windowless rooms because the bulbs have to suck up a LOT of darkness, and when they fail, it all comes back out, making the room so dark that you have to lug in a portable hand-held darkness-sucker just to be able to change the one mounted on the ceiling.

 

[SpaceTiger]

* 5 to flame the spell checkers

Mmmm...sweet fire. So many memories.

Can I do this?