[TigersEye]

Yes, I have some bulb-shaped fluorescent lights in a couple of places. It's not the look of the curly bulbs I dislike so much, although they won't work with some lamp shades, it's the light itself. Looks like incandescent bulbs will still be available for those who take the trouble to find them.

Just watch though; we will see local municipalities in real blue towns start banning the use of them. But I don't live near one of those. :-)

[COBOL2Java]

Just watch though; we will see local municipalities in real blue towns start banning the use of them. But I don't live near one of those.

It wouldn't surprise me to see some of those municipalities have teams of "neighborhood watch" busy-bodies looking for incandescents on exterior lighting. [knock at door] "Excuse me, but I notice you've been using those "rough-service category" incandescent bulbs. Those are for industrial use only!"