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

[sammystingray]

How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?
Found this on another board, cut and paste, enjoy

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

1 to change the light bulb and 1 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

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

53 to flame the spell checkers

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames

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

... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

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

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped

111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this forum

306 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

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

14 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

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is a "FAQ"

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

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

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

[sammystingray]

I "borrowed" this, and it made me laugh.....puts things in perspective.:D

[waterfaller1]

Very good...:D We should sticky this,but there would be 506 members that thought they logged on to a light bulb BB:D :D

[RyeBread]

:D Me three.

[ReefNut]

lol :D

[wamp]

Me three.


:)

But seriously, this is not a joke BB. This board is for Reef Tanks not jokes. I think this should be posted elsewhere. Perhaps htp://ww.jokes.cm

[ShaneV]

htp://ww.jokes.cm

wouldnt that be http://www.jokes.com :)

[RyeBread]

Originally posted by ShaneV
wouldnt that be http://www.jokes.com :) Can't you learn how to start your sentances with capital letters?

[ReefNut]

Originally posted by RyeBread
Can't you learn how to start your sentances with capital letters?

Abbreviations are really inappropriate for a BB and you misspelled sentences:

[dreeves]

Abbreviations are really inappropriate for a BB

BB? Exactly how stupid, (for a lack of better term), was this statement? :eek:

[overanalyzer]

Hey I used to be in the jokes industry and trust me - I'm a clownfish - I know funny!! and this is not funny


:D Perfect start to a hectic day!

[dreeves]

It's kinda funny...you know it is...

[overanalyzer]

Originally posted by dreeves
It's kinda funny...you know it is...

I'm kidding - see claiming to formerly be part ofhte light bulb industry and finding nemo for the two hidden jokes ;)

I was actualy LMAO this morning .....

[Scotts]

Originally posted by overanalyzer
I'm kidding - see claiming to formerly be part ofhte light bulb industry and finding nemo for the two hidden jokes ;)

I was actualy LMAO this morning .....

That should be "I'm kidding - see claiming to formerly be part OF THE light bulb industry and finding nemo for the two hidden jokes."

Look if your not going to type correctly get off of this board. We don't need your type around here.

Well someone had to start the flaming. :p :D

Please take this in the spirit that it was intended. :)
Scott

[chinnyr]

I just thought I would post a pic of mine!

[lopeyc]

Is that the kind of light bulb I'd get for my planned 90g reef tank?

Thanks for the help.

:D

[MarVida]

Just wanted to try to clear up a common misconception. IMHO Edison gets way too much credit for this thing. In 1809 Humphry Davy, an English chemist, invented the first electric light. Development continued in 1820 with Warren De La Rue, in 1835 with James Bowman Lindsay, in 1850 with Edward Shepard, in 1854 with Henricg Globel, in 1875 with Herman Sprengel's invention of the mercury vacuum pump (which really turned things around), Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans patented a lightbulb in 1875, and who can forget Sir Joeseph Wilson Swan's contribution of 1878. Then along comes Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 to take credit just because of a carbon filament burning for 40 hours.

Just my .02

[overanalyzer]

Originally posted by Scotts

Please take this in the spirit that it was intended. :)
Scott


Me too!!

I have tears in my eyes:D :D :D :D

[ReefNut]

So when choosing a light bulb does size matter?

[thebatcave]

me three

[HairTrigger]

Is there something in there about how many members will argue about the logistics of the lightbulb thread? :D

Nice one Sammy.

[fishkiller]

lopeyc- Dude, you so should have read the rest of the thread before you asked that question, unless that was intended as a joke. You COULD have been burned on that bad. Good people here though. Sammy- you forgot about the 3 people that claim that they use incandescent (spelling, OH GOD!) lights on their reef tank, and recommend it for everybody as a cheap alternative to real lighting.

[Birdy]

ROLFLMAO!!!!:D :D

[lopeyc]

Originally posted by fishkiller
lopeyc- Dude, you so should have read the rest of the thread before you asked that question, unless that was intended as a joke. You COULD have been burned on that bad. Good people here though. Sammy- you forgot about the 3 people that claim that they use incandescent (spelling, OH GOD!) lights on their reef tank, and recommend it for everybody as a cheap alternative to real lighting.

Was I too subtle? ;)

"1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again."

[Scotts]

Originally posted by ReefNut
Abbreviations are really inappropriate for a BB


Why does this remind me of the department of the redundancy department????
Scott

[HairTrigger]

I dnt thk abbvs are inapp 4 a bb. its jst a mttr of bng able to dcphr thm. as in shrt hand. abbv this. :D

[TangMan99]

Oh my God! It may be a joke, but the truth of it is quite scary.

[Old Yeller Tang]

It's a good one! I had already read it over at --.
Thanks for bringing it over here, Sammy!

[NM reef]

Seriously....the entire lamp replacement thread must have come from a government department of lamp replacement! Only the federal government could be so duplicate and redundant....as a common place occurance!! For gods sake if it didn't origionate from the federal government do not...I repeat DO NOT...let them see this thread....if they do it'll be printed on every single light bulb package in America!!:cool:

[Lesleybird]

They missed one important point...............It takes at least a couple of dozen members to decide which type of light bulb to use to replace it! I mean really.......like are you sure that light bulb is the right degrees kelvin? The right spectrum? The right wattage????? I mean we really didn't get to discuss what was to go under that bulb! This bulb cannot be changed with out all this information. I would say it takes at least a couple of weeks and a whole bunch of us to even determine how to change a light bulb. Lesley
:confused: :confused:

[Wrassecal]

Originally posted by NM reef
Seriously....the entire lamp replacement thread must have come from a government department of lamp replacement! Only the federal government could be so duplicate and redundant....as a common place occurance!! For gods sake if it didn't origionate from the federal government do not...I repeat DO NOT...let them see this thread....if they do it'll be printed on every single light bulb package in America!!:cool:

The correct spelling of originate is originate.

Your redundancies are getting a little redundant.

You have not offered any real help. Please try to stay on topic.

This is not a board for consipiracy theorists, there is another board for that.


:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[ophiura]

Originally posted by ShaneV
wouldnt that be http://www.jokes.com :)

Watch the links. I guess it is a unrelated info site, and not a competitor, but just a reminder.

IMO, light bulbs are delicate and are often put in fixtures that are too small for them. Sometimes they burn out because people put them into the wrong fixtures. This is unnecessary and a waste of bulb life. I think some bulbs should only be sold to experienced electricians.

[NM reef]

LMAO....debi this thread reminds me of a very funny dam situation with a pond and beavers!!!!! LMAO....:D

[Infalable]

still laughing mao. how many lumens does my light - i mean lamp - have to be. That joke sure is us tho. too funny
OOPS I FORGOT TO CAPITALIZE

[krishj39]

Originally posted by sammystingray
How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?
Found this on another board, cut and paste, enjoy

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

1 to change the light bulb and 1 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

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

53 to flame the spell checkers

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames

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

... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

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

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"

109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped

111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this forum

306 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

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

14 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

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is a "FAQ"

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

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

1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

Me too!

Great thread, very true, I've probably been every one of those people at one time or another.

[ophiura]

Check out this Bulb (http://www.bulbcollector.com/) site!

And

How they work! (http://www.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm)

But while we are all enjoying this fun and games thread, I need to add a sobering story. The other day, I was feeding the gecko tank at work. We have this super hot but flimsy fixture over it, and it was all coming apart. I moved it, and got one heck of a jolt of electricity.

Bottom line....it can be dangerous to change or play with light bulbs. They are not toys.

[m.rogers]

what about the 1 person that tell every one that you don't need to spend all that money when you can just set up your tank in front of a window and let the sun do all the work.

sammy to funny

[Wrassecal]

Originally posted by NM reef
LMAO....debi this thread reminds me of a very funny dam situation with a pond and beavers!!!!! LMAO....:D

;)

[The Claw]

Its a known fact that light bulbs should be left in the store where they belong. Sooner or later we are going to run out of them. No matter what size of fixture we use, they will eventually die.

[joe's reefer]

HEY ITS DONE ITS A JOKE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE REALITY...LOL

[oO BubbaGump Oo]

Its a known fact that light bulbs should be left in the store where they belong. Sooner or later we are going to run out of them. No matter what size of fixture we use, they will eventually die.

[sammystingray]

The biggest problem is folks using 100 watt bulbs in rooms way too small for them. Some folks claim there is no need to even do bulb changes, but I disagree.

[overanalyzer]

Originally posted by sammystingray
The biggest problem is folks using 100 watt bulbs in rooms way too small for them. Some folks claim there is no need to even do bulb changes, but I disagree.

me too!

[ReefNut]

Bulb changes are the key to success!!!!

[Wrassecal]

Originally posted by ReefNut
Bulb changes are the key to success!!!!
There is no need to ever change a light bulb if you keep it on a timed cycle of day/night.

[MarVida]

Since first getting into this hobby I have been aclimating my lamps using a dimmer switch. I have found best results when aclimating them over a 1-3 hour period depending, of course, on what you're keeping in the room.

[DonJasper]

Originally posted by m.rogers
you don't need to spend all that money when you can just set up your tank in front of a window and let the sun do all the work.

sammy to funny

Really? No wonder I've been having problems. What kind of lights should I get?

PS - Used the wrong to. It should be too. Why are there three two's?

[Squidd]

How can I tell if my BLACK LIGHT has burned out?

:cool:

[fishkiller]

joesreefer- Awsome avator!! I have a shirt that shows a deer hunter up on a building roof loading a 300 Winmag smiling. Below the picture, it says in big green letters, "I LOVE A PARADE".. Tasteless, but I love the reactions I get from people, especially when there is a serial sniper on the loose. :cool:

[bigmac]

Originally posted by sammystingray

Found this on another board,

shame on you for copying from another BB:p

[Thomas712]

Even sammy posted it back in 2003

[Wrassecal]

:eek: I'm sure at some back a couple years ago I knew what NM was referring to with the dam, pond and beavers. I don't think I've changed my bulbs since this thread was started.

[fishy411]

i think if we add up all the posts at the end of this month we may have close to the numbers in the original post.

[Alucardsay]

HAHAHAHAHA lolololololol man that was enlightening and funny at the same time. The real funny part is that its most likely true. This just goes to show that we as a society complain too much and have too much time on our hands.:thinking: :thinking: :thinking:

[crazyguy]

why are black people so tall?

because there knee grows


if u think im being racist then....

what do u call a bus with white kids?

a twinkie

[crazyguy]

im so sry my son posted that

[bluegill]

I would be doing this great true post of sir sammystingray's an injustice if I didn't revive it after 6 months on the shelf.

Sorry.

:na-na:

[socal57che]

So when choosing a light bulb does size matter?

I've heard that size doesn't matter as long as you use it well, but have never been told first hand so you may disregard my input as not being well founded. Heresay is inadmissible, and therefore I request it be stricken from the records.

[keonia]

***)
What kind of light bulb? oh I mean
what Kind of LIGHT BULB? opps.. I used capital letters!!

I love this new popcorn guy... gal.. face.. ***) ***) ***) ***) :happyfish

[sweetdawn]

we should have a smiley that looks like a light bulb and lights up

[fishnerd]

They missed one important point...............It takes at least a couple of dozen members to decide which type of light bulb to use to replace it! I mean really.......like are you sure that light bulb is the right degrees kelvin? The right spectrum? The right wattage????? I mean we really didn't get to discuss what was to go under that bulb! This bulb cannot be changed with out all this information. I would say it takes at least a couple of weeks and a whole bunch of us to even determine how to change a light bulb. Lesley
:confused: :confused:


What about the CRI(Color Rendering Index)???
Gosh, a daylight bulb, lamp, torch wouldn't be daylight without a CRI of at least 93