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How many of us does it take to change a light bulb?

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:02 PM

Still laugh every time I read this!

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:56 AM

 MisterBeasley wrote:
Has anyone ordered light bulbs from Internet Train Light Bulbs dot com? I ordered some 17 years ago and I still haven't received them.  They don't answer my e-mails and their phone is always busy.  Should I be concerned?

Is this maybe a case of the lights are on but nobody's home?

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:09 AM
Has anyone ordered light bulbs from Internet Train Light Bulbs dot com? I ordered some 17 years ago and I still haven't received them.  They don't answer my e-mails and their phone is always busy.  Should I be concerned?

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:55 AM

Enough.......thats how many! Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:51 AM
Philip...     how many "threads" on the base of a light bulb? Smile [:)]

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:41 AM
Does it amaze anyone else that we have an 12 page thread on light bulbs....or is that lamps.....or maybe it's LED's.........or maybe...................
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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:09 AM

Lots of interesting thoughts in this thread.

How many does it take to screw in a light bulb? ................ oh, I don't know.......   let's see........  was that clockwise......or counter clockwise .........  ...   (might have been a digital clock, and we'll never know)..........

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:37 AM

Hey, truth is funnier than fiction.  Y'know those new low-energy bulbs that everyone from the new-low-energy-bulb manufacturers to Al Gore are trying to make us change over to?  Well, they are made with mercury.  So, in many places, you can't just bring them to the dump because they are full of hazardous, evil stuff.  So you have to recycle them.  Anyone know of any programs, anywhere in the country, to recycle mercury-filled light bulbs?  I didn't think so.

Next thing you know, the government will be telling us we have to warehouse these things until recycling programs are in place.  So, guard your train rooms carefully.  Pretty soon the eco-cops will be eyeing them as "temporary" storage sites for bulbs.

Al Gore was born 9 months after Roswell, you know.

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Posted by SteamFreak on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:30 PM

 pcarrell wrote:

You have a point there......and it's not on the top of your head!

Nope... that's the little bulb that goes on whenever I get an idea. It's a whole 7 watts. Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:08 PM

How many watts is this lightbulb? Is it going in the train room? How long is it expected to last? Is it flourescent? Which company is it made by? How can this lightbulb be improved? Does it shed enough light to light the whole room?

Seriously, very funny thread. Also very true.

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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:07 PM

Ahh...This thread brings up a lot of memories...

And I'm still trying to do the math to come up with an answer to the question...

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Posted by galaxy on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:56 PM
 pcarrell wrote:
 SteamFreak wrote:
it seems to me that the original poster was woefully non-specific. Is the bulb in question bayonet or screw base? Fluorescent or incandescent? Floor lamp or recessed ceiling fixture? For that matter, is it household or automotive?

I refuse to take a side until these issues are clarified. SoapBox [soapbox]

You have a point there......and it's not on the top of your head!

Ummm, we need a clarification here..........

 

 

Geeze wazza mutel  high dill dilly dot!!!

 Didn't anybody learn anything????

It never WAS a "light bulb"...

It's a LIGHT EMITTING DIODE  !!!

An LED!!!!

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:09 PM
Nostalgia?
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Posted by loathar on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:52 PM

What's with all the old threads coming back to life? Must be some really bored railroaders out there.

I can't change half of mine. I broke my ladder.Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:38 PM
 SteamFreak wrote:
it seems to me that the original poster was woefully non-specific. Is the bulb in question bayonet or screw base? Fluorescent or incandescent? Floor lamp or recessed ceiling fixture? For that matter, is it household or automotive?

I refuse to take a side until these issues are clarified. SoapBox [soapbox]

You have a point there......and it's not on the top of your head!

Ummm, we need a clarification here..........

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Posted by SteamFreak on Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:41 PM
 Mark R. wrote:

As the last statement from the very first post indicated ....

"1 lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all
over again"  Wink [;)]

Mark. 

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the forum...

Old threads never die! Banged Head [banghead]

But since this has been resurrected, it seems to me that the original poster was woefully non-specific. Is the bulb in question bayonet or screw base? Fluorescent or incandescent? Floor lamp or recessed ceiling fixture? For that matter, is it household or automotive?

I refuse to take a side until these issues are clarified. SoapBox [soapbox]

 

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Posted by jondrd on Thursday, December 28, 2006 5:27 PM

 plane_crazy wrote:
Q: How many subscribers to this message board does it take to change a
light bulb?

 How many of us are there? It probably won't be enough to do the job properly.

 So, I can assume from your post that candles are really, really out. Time to dump some stock. First I get burned with the buggy whip company, now this.

 

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Posted by Mark R. on Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:33 PM

As the last statement from the very first post indicated ....

"1 lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all
over again"  Wink [;)]

Mark. 

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:59 PM

 dingoix wrote:
...Tongue [:P] (BTW, don't try changing it till it cools down...this is the voice of experience)

 

That's why I use Cool White Bulbs Dunce [D)]

Enjoy

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:55 AM
In case anyone hasn't noticed, that light's been costing money for the last 2 years. Now somebody'd better go shut it offTongue [:P] (BTW, don't try changing it till it cools down...this is the voice of experience)
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Posted by SteamFreak on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 11:40 PM

UFO Light Bulb Table/ Desk Lamp

This desk lamp is special designed as a future light bulb shape with silver wires inside. This light bulb is just like a UFO items and made of glasses. Great designer decor. for modern or retro home.

The government is covering up the existence of a UFO light bulbs made of glasses. Trains.com will delete this post because they're in on it. eBay is Satan's Evil [}:)] marketplace. And I'm NOT paranoid.

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Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:59 PM

Here we go again!

 

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Posted by edkowal on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:25 PM
 dgwinup wrote:

FER CRYIN' OUT LOUD!!!  IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS!!!  WILL SOMEBODY TURN OFF THAT DAMN LIGHT AND LET ME GET SOME SLEEP????

Thank you!

Darrell, surly to bed and surly to rise, and quiet...for now

Monsieur:

 A quelles heures voudrez-vous fermer la lumiere, s'il vous plait ???

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Posted by dgwinup on Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:58 PM

FER CRYIN' OUT LOUD!!!  IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS!!!  WILL SOMEBODY TURN OFF THAT DAMN LIGHT AND LET ME GET SOME SLEEP????

Thank you!

Darrell, surly to bed and surly to rise, and quiet...for now

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Posted by edkowal on Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:35 PM
 pcarrell wrote:
What do you plan on changing it into?


Why a model lightbulb farm, of course!!!

-Ed

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Posted by zxb1 on Friday, September 1, 2006 4:49 PM
By the way, where do light bulbs come from ?
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Posted by psaint on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:21 PM

Philip:

I figure with a bit of kitbashing, perhaps a B&M Pacific with a working headlight, of course, and if I'm really ambitious then sound enabled ....  Wink [;)] 

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:12 PM
What do you plan on changing it into?
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Posted by psaint on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:03 PM
Stripes2,    Please don't, I just saved up enough to purchase a light bulb so I can try to change it !!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:18 PM

This makes me want to resurect the thread about "can we afford the hobby" LOL

David

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