[RebelBanker]

Are you SURE this wasn't from The Onion?

[editor-surveyor]

"Are you SURE this wasn't from The Onion?"

The onion should be the official publication organ of the California legislature.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I manage the electrical department at a Lowe's here in Kentucky and you would not believe all of the new regulations being passed by the government recently.

All ceiling fans manufactured after Jan. 1, 2007 have to use candelabra (small-base) bulbs, even though bulb manufacturers are several months behind in production of these bulbs. And by 2011, all fluorescent fixtures will use the smaller T8 bulbs instead of the T12's.

While I can see the advantages of using T8's over T12's (they use 80% of the electricity and give off the same amount of lighting), I am stumped over the decision to reduce the size of the bases on ceiling fan bulbs.