[TheForge] how many?

[schade at acegroup.cc]

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

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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

7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light 
bulbs

13 to flame the spell checkers

18 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"

6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is 
"lamp"

5 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light 
bulb" is perfectly correct

6 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in 
violation of their "acceptable use policy"

4 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take 
this discussion to a lightbulb forum

23 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and 
lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light 
bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this forum

1 to show everyone how he didn't have to change the bulb but fixed it 
up with duct tape & balin' wire and wants to know if he's now qualified 
for "Redneck Status"

3 willing to let him have honorary status

15 saying he is disqualified because his fix actually worked and 
continues to function and besides nobody was hurt during the repair

1 to ask if the changer was sure the light bulb was full curl

6 jumping up to argue that it was/wasn't full curl and that they're 
willing to bet huge sums of money on it.

3 to claim that since they have superior visual skills they don't need 
those "damn magnum bulbs"

27 to say the new energy saving bulbs will never replace the old 
standards and speculate which models will be discontinued in 5-10 years

1 to ask, "can you kill an elk with a light bulb?"

another one to say, "Yeah, but a heavy bulb penetrates better and is 
more likely to make up for poor placement."

8 will insist that the light trajectory from a fixture featuring 
multiple 60-watt bulbs is flatter than the trajectory of a single 
big-bore bulb of the same total wattage.

8 others will insist upon the opposite view, using taylor knock-out 
values as evidence.


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

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 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

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including 
all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they 
cannot handle the light bulb controversy

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "what he said"

4 to say that, "BY GOD lightbulbs are for sissies!" and that in their 
day they had to use coal oil lanterns and home made candles

8 to post rolling eyes....Here we go again!!

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

14 to say "do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about 
light bulbs"

20 to wonder why some of these people don't read their owner's manual 
instead of asking the whole world where the light bulb is, what type it 
is, and how to change it. But they don't want to post such a question.

8 to say that flourescent is far superior to incandescent.

12 to refute that it makes no difference whether one uses incandescent 
or flourescent.

3 to state that they "know someone" who was blinded by the use of 
incandescents and only an inexperienced person or outright fool would 
choose anything other than flourescent.

3 to state that they have tried reading upside down using incandescents 
and can still see absolutely no difference between the two.

1 to put his incandescent light bulbs (lamps/lightbulbs) in nothing but 
fiberglass swirly colored light fixtures.

6 to condem anyone using grid power, obvious from their reference over 
which type to use and demand that everyone switch to eco-friendly 
candles.

6 to push for the further development of LED clusters

and 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now 
and start it all over again