[TheForge] how many?

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Applause...root,  LOL!! Mr Schade!!!!

schade at acegroup.cc wrote:
> 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
> 
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