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[gerrypm]

How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?

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1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been

changed.

 

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the

light bulb could have been changed differently.

 

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

 

1 to move it to the Lighting section.

 

2 to argue then move it to the Electricals section.

 

7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

 

5 to flame the spell checkers.

 

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames.

 

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6

to condemn those 6 as stupid.

 

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".

 

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light

bulb" is perfectly correct.

 

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take

this discussion to a lightbulb forum.

 

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light

bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum.

 

36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where

to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for

this technique and what brands are faulty.

 

7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

 

4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the

corrected URL's.

 

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to

this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.

 

5 people to hotlink to pictures of lightbulbs hosted on geocities.

 

6 people to complain about dead images.

 

3 people to tell them to right click the image and copy the URL into

another window.

 

13 to read all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including

all headers, images and signatures, and add "I agree".

 

5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they

cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

 

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?".

 

13 to say "do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about

light bulbs".

 

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and

start it all over again.

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[big_kev]

So very true.... :rolleyes:

[mumof4]

it is indeed. :rolleyes:

[smudge2002]

Usually I just stand on a dining room chair to change a lightbulb light bulb lamp(hmmm, still not sure which is the correct term) but now wonder if I fall foul of H&S regulations. May be I should use a step ladder, have four people around to hold it steady, be supported from a saftey harness attached to the ceiling, have an ambulance crew on standby in case of injury and have a H&S rep from the local council in attendance to oversee the whole operation. Of course, the whole thing will have to be planned at least 4 weeks in advance and have the plans approved by the H&S rep.

[Ronnie W.]

Why use a "step ladder" don't you get on with your real one?

[katman]

I fall foul of H&S regulations.

 

Hmmmmm... should that be HSE Regulations :)