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How many EO members to change a light bulb?

Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 18:36

Penguin (NSW)

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

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

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 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 nothing" and their own light bulbs

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 search on light bulbs before posting questions about
light bulbs"

1 to bring politics into the discussion by adding that George W.
isn't the brightest bulb.

4 more to get into personal attacks over their political views.

1 moderator to lock the light bulb thread.

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

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AnswerID: 231048   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 18:44

Member - Cruiser (NSW) replied:

Work smarter, get the wife to change the bulb

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AnswerID: 231056   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 19:07

GeoffMc replied:

You've said it all!

My Hero.
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AnswerID: 231058   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 19:11

On Patrol (Aust.) replied:

I like that Penguin (NSW)
You have just about nailed it mate.
Well done, but the better way to do it would have been to...............LOL.
Colin.
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AnswerID: 231061   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 19:23

Motherhen replied:

It's just BRILLANT - so ture - but why have i seen i twice this weekend? Didn't the moderators like it first time around?
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FollowupID: 491954   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 19:35

Penguin (NSW) posted:

OK - mea cupla - I must confess to plagiarism but I thought it was worth it. :-)

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AnswerID: 231067   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 19:39

Member - Matt M (ACT) replied:

Penguin,

Do an archive search, this has been done before.

Matt.
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FollowupID: 491957   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:03

Exploder posted:

Yeah.



LOL
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FollowupID: 491958   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:03

Exploder posted:

Yeah what he seid.



LOL
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AnswerID: 231074   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:02

Wisebyname replied:

EO member changing in cab bulb.
Point 2
or
1 of the 14

Changing bulb in cabin of Lux to 'ubute LED', I managed to stuff one end in behind tab and shorted 2 of 4 LED's in ubute LED.
Persistance and risk of failure saw me tear one end off ubute, now stuck behind tab.
Next day in daylight I retreived end cap, sit back onto ubute and make doubly sure that both bulbs are of same length, of course they are.

WOT THE?
Now the stereo's not working but everything else is OK.
I will advise of the outcome when I come to a conclusion of how I could have done the job differently.

In the meantime,

get on with your life............

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AnswerID: 231075   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:02

Member - Michael J (SA) replied:

The wife does mine.......
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AnswerID: 231083   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 01, 2007 at 20:36

Bob Y. - Qld replied:


Penguin,

Did you mean incandescent lightbulb, or compact fluoro,or maybe edison screw, or bayonet?

We won't have to worry about incandescents soon, the government thinks they are going to ban them.
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FollowupID: 492122   Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 13:15

Member - Ruth D (QLD) posted:

Got a good laugh out of this Post of Penguin's - he's very clever, and spot on. Say, Bob Y, we intend being near your place from the last few days of May for about 10 days, then going on to Birdsville - visitors are going to Winton, Boulia and down to Birdsville. Give us a chance to chip the weeds from the front yard and clean Big Red out of the House. Guess we'll see you for a fish dinner at our place? We'll be the ones with the cappuccino machine in the camper trailer! You think I'd joke about something as serious as that? Say, what's the river level?
Oh no
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Oh, no all the fish will be drownded!
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FollowupID: 492684   Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 04, 2007 at 22:02

Bob Y. - Qld posted:


Hello Ruth,

How's things? Good to hear from you, have wondered if you were down in the sandy country yet.

Sounds good that you are to visit, few of the flies may have gone by then.

River is still trickling here, dropped away from around a metre or more here, late last week. Don't think there is likely to be a fresh in it now. We pagan souls here on the middle reaches of this mighty flow, copped bugger all flood, so are to do penance this year, I'd say.

Promise of a fish dinner sounds good, and I'll have a long black in a mug, thanks.

Expecting Big Kidz here in June, we have a new, elevated camping site that has enticed them back again. They're off to NT again.

Cheerio,
Bob
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AnswerID: 231251   Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 14:54

Member - bushfix replied:


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AnswerID: 231540   Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 03, 2007 at 21:58

Member- Rox (WA) replied:

I can get what your talking about but what about fridges which is better Engel or weco?
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AnswerID: 231714   Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 04, 2007 at 22:23

Shaker replied:

I posted this last week ... & it got deleted, dunno why???
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AnswerID: 231738   Submitted: Thursday, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:22

Alloy c/t replied:

Have never had to change the light bulb in my Waeco so the whole post is totally inappropriate and an aspersion on the collective intelligence of the forum , we all know that to change a light bulb we must use a licensed electrician lest we be accused of not following the correct workplace health and safety procedures for such an arduous task LOL.
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