Posted on 06/13/2008 6:24:37 PM PDT by Libloather
What would happen if one compact fluorescent was accidentally busted on the Capitol steps? I guess that would be considered a terrorist attack...
Closely related to the Keepers of Odd Knowledge Society.
Will I let one of those compact flourescent lightbulbs into my house? NO! But, please.
Sheesh. As a boy, every time a fever thermometer broke I collected the mercury to play with (20 or more times a CFL’s mercury) and decades later I’m still perfectly fine perfectly fine perfectly fine perfectly fine perfectly fine perfectly fine perfectly fine perfectly fine perfectly fine perf
Congressman Poe (Texas) takes this point up in a speech in the U.S. House: http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg
What a load of BS.
I hate to say it, but this sounds like two cases of hysteria, with Rush feeding the frenzy.
Is he serious about this, or is he joking?
Jonathan Edwards as your trial lawyer if you drop one of these bulbs?
Good grief.
Most bulbs here (except the decorative incandescents) have been replaced with CFLs. The newest are in areas where the color is more important (living room lamps, etc.) the oldest where it isn’t (garage, etc.). Shaded from direct view, we find them perfectly fine.
I agree.
Me too. I, wait, what were we talking about?
I'm assuming that my pack a day habit is much more dangerous.
This is a bogus, distracting issue.
Those of us that want to engineer a living space that requires the least amount of energy ($$) with good living conditions have been looking at conserving resources (my re$ource$) for a long time.
Energy($$s) saved at home can be expended on the range, and when precision 50BMG rounds from Arizona Ammunition are more than $5US/round... I need to save pennies.
/johnny
And boy howdy could you get a penny to shine like the dickens by rubbing ... really rubbing that ol’ mercury all over the copper.
Personally I like them but understand that others don’t and they shouldn’t be forced to use them any more than I want to be prevented from using them.
“Sheesh. As a boy, every time a fever thermometer broke I collected the mercury to play with (20 or more times a CFL’s mercury)”
There was some common use for mercury, but I don’t remember what. But as a kid, I also remember playing with the stuff and how it’d slide and roll around in your hands, and dropping it from one hand to the other. We also called it quicksilver, and I distinctly remember playing with globs of it as big around as a quarter.
More Chinese junk being pushed down our throats by bought-and-paid-for politicians.
where are you getting LED [HILED or HIOLED] lamps that come anywhere near duplicating the color and intensity of incandescent bulbs?? And for how much??
I knew these were on the development track, but hadn’t yeat heard that any were “ready for prime time.”
This is an interesting account. My experience has been different. I’ve been around quite a few broken fluorescent tubes (the four foot kind) - back when I was working at a hardware store to pay for college, and never encountered symptoms remotely like the ones described.
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