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Time to fill up the lanterns with whale oil blubber again.
1 posted on 12/14/2013 5:04:40 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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I f’ing hate these new bulbs. They feel like they suck your soul out of your body.


2 posted on 12/14/2013 5:06:09 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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OMG, I’m glad I happened to see this on FR. I’d forgotten more bulbs are going extinct. Will buy more now before the end.


3 posted on 12/14/2013 5:07:57 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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Some days it’s like government is just around to be a total pain in the ass.


5 posted on 12/14/2013 5:10:12 PM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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since regular bulbs’convert 95% of energy to heat, and only 5% to light, could one not reclassify them as heaters that also incidentally give off light?


7 posted on 12/14/2013 5:14:23 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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The CFL bulbs contain Uptonite.


8 posted on 12/14/2013 5:15:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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This is SO stupid!

I especially need to stock up on candelabra bulbs.

This annoys me to no end and I don’t like having to use up shelf space hoarding dang light bulbs.


9 posted on 12/14/2013 5:15:17 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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Here in Seattle, I can legally sell marijuana, but I can go to jail for selling the wrong kind of light bulbs.


10 posted on 12/14/2013 5:16:10 PM PST by zeestephen
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Some people need full spectrum light bulbs, especially in the winter.


11 posted on 12/14/2013 5:16:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I purchased 5 of the new LED light bulbs today (Lowes brand) and I have to say I am very impressed. They put out 60w and only use 13w and they are bright! Much warmer light than I expected. If they last half as long as they claim it will be worth it.

Probably going to go LED in the house as well considering my kids have never turned a light out!


12 posted on 12/14/2013 5:20:00 PM PST by volunbeer (We must embrace austerity or austerity will embrace us)
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It gets more and more expensive to live ...


13 posted on 12/14/2013 5:20:08 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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Lousy light to read by


17 posted on 12/14/2013 5:23:36 PM PST by RnMomof7
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I remember putting a 100 watt bulb in one of those light bulb holders with a hook and laying it inside my car hood when the temps were really cold. That kept the engine warm enough to start up, which it did not do without the heat from that bulb. Guess I couldn’t do that with these new bulbs.


22 posted on 12/14/2013 5:29:51 PM PST by CitizenM (Obama - The architect of the decline of the U.S.)
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I never liked the CFL’s but the LEDs are awesome and pull a lot less current.

Regardless of whether it should be regulated, probably shouldn’t, it is the direction as a consumer I am headed in anyway.


24 posted on 12/14/2013 5:30:16 PM PST by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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I have been stockpiling.


28 posted on 12/14/2013 5:33:00 PM PST by impimp
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The incandescent light bulbs I use are for my outside buildings. Who cares if they give off heat. They are there to light the night.


31 posted on 12/14/2013 5:35:22 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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I know some dim bulbs in DC I would like to replace.


34 posted on 12/14/2013 5:38:21 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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WARNING, VERY GRAPHIC and NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN.














MERCURY POISONING THREAT broght to every home by the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF.
37 posted on 12/14/2013 5:39:19 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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This is liludicrous. Incandescent light bulbs have their use jus like any other product. What about infrared bulbs? I dont get it.


52 posted on 12/14/2013 5:56:36 PM PST by lavaroise
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Nobody really complained about Congress telling us what kind of toilets we had to use, so what’s the big deal with light bulbs?..../s


56 posted on 12/14/2013 5:59:23 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
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FUFU and FUGB


60 posted on 12/14/2013 6:11:16 PM PST by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're shouting "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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