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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:10 AM
[tup][tup][tup]

Too many regurgitated bad questions. Waiting for fresh question, topic, direction.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:07 AM
Ed - Mook never misses any of them whenever they are.

I was always taught that farmers had a big meal at noon - so it was breakfast, dinner and supper.

Being a good sturdy city girl - I did breakfast, lunch and dinner - which was our big meal. Snacks never optional.....

Moo

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Posted by edblysard on Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:39 AM
Ahh,
But, is Dinner in the afternoon, or evening?
Or do you have Supper instead?

[:D]

biged,
I think they are doing a goggle search to find the correct BN study to quote...and conferring with their overlord to see about argueing open access to the socket for the lightbulb...

Ed

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:07 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean...we have an ongoing "debate" here, is it a refrigerator, or an icebox?

She grew up in the south, and still calls it a refrigerator…
Ed

Ahem.....I was born and raised here in the true Middle West and it was an "icebox" when the iceman cometh and puteth it in the box. (I actually SAW a true icebox when we stayed in a lodge in .......Minnesota!

When Sears delivered it and put the plug in the wall, it was a refrigerator.

And a soda is made with ice cream, fizzy water, flavorings, whip cream and - bing - a cherry on top - two straws - for sharing.

A pop is something you used to have to have a church key to take the top off. Now you just pop the top and spill it all over yourself......

But I digress -

I can find no fault with the original posting. Every bit is true!

Mookie

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:04 PM
hmm...i drink soda from the 'fridge and i'm from the north(kinda).

AND, it's OFTEN without the T [tup]
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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:54 PM
....Bean counters probably work day shift.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:52 PM
When I open this tread, the ads by Google runs a line of ads down the right side. They're all for lightbulbs ![(-D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:46 PM
Ed
I am surprised the 2 bean counters have not been on to show you a there
way to change a light bulb.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:18 PM
Ed: Great ! Isuppose she drinks soda too! Unlike us northerners who drink pop. You have an icebox in your refridgerator? Weird.......

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Posted by edblysard on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:02 PM
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean...we have an ongoing "debate" here, is it a refrigerator, or an icebox?

She grew up in the south, and still calls it a refrigerator…
Ed

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:49 PM
Ed: The whole purpose of any forum is to promote marital bliss. If I weren't having inane arguements with strangers, I'd have to debate the light bulbs issue with my spouse !

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Posted by cheese3 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:01 PM
well it is called a "lamp"

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:57 PM
You left off how to collect dust bunnies [:p]
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:57 PM
Aww man, that is a good one! And so true to say the least!

What about the 1 that says "Let this post die" but continues to post and/or edit posts to bring it back up again?[:D]

Or the 3 that keep posting how many members are watching the topic at the moment in time?[:p]

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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:36 PM
That's very funny. And every word of it is true.[8D] I've seen all of the above on this forum.
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Sound familar?
Posted by edblysard on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:10 PM

How many forum 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

1 to move it to the Lighting section

2 to argue then move it to the Electrical section

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

5 to flame the spell checkers

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames

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

7 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs

4 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs

3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group

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 Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"

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

Found this on another forum, though you guys would get a kick out of it, considering...

Ed

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