Posted on 11/16/2009 4:08:16 PM PST by Libloather
Looked it up. Nothing on Google or Ebay. If you own one, you may have a treasured keepsake.
I've added something else to my survival closet.....old fashioned light bulbs....
suppose the day will come when it will be illegal to use them...
My electric provider, Aiken Electric Cooperative has mailed each customer a CFL at no charge. I took mine back and when they asked why, I said, "Why would I knowingly bring hazardous material into my home." When they acted incredulous, I gave them a copy of this. Go read that. The EPA treats cleaning up a CFL bulb like it was anthrax or something. No CFLs for me. The light they give off is horrible.
I'm stocking up on incandescent bulbs.
IMHO, the next "big" thing in indoor lighting will be LEDs. Gonna blow CFLs outta the water. Nice light, almost no heat, super cheap to run and last for decades.
Write the CEO and claim you’re a shareholder. There’s no way they can verify that you are or aren’t a shareholder. Trust me on this - I work with proxies and shareholder issues on a regular basis.
Tell him/her that you’re pi$$ed at the waste of money. Tell ‘em that you consider their lightbulb project to be a useless feel-good stunt an that you have no time or patience for that kind of money-wasting BS.
LOL
Now, the question is whether or not there will be someone monitoring to see whether or not you “properly disposed” of your new mercuric tarbabies...Or whether you are in violation of some clause of EPA regulations.
It’s a collectors item NOW, for sure. It was probably back in the 1970’s when it was produced.
Growing up, at bedtime my grandma would always tell me to “blow out the light;” with the shame of youth, I kept this as our little secret; but imagine my surprise many years later while passing a neighbor’s bedroom window, I heard the unfathomable phrase uttered by the husband, “...blow out the light and I’ll eat ?,” as I ran down the street.
LOL
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