The realitivity of Lightbulbs and Forums

[ToughJustice]

Finally, this is the answer to the age old question of "How Many Forum Members does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?"

~1 to change the lightbulb and to post that the lightbulb has been changed.
~14 to share similar experiences of changing lightbulbs and how the lightbulb could have been changed differently.
~7 to caution about the dangers of changing lightbulbs.
~1 to move it to the Lighting section.
~2 to argue to then move it to the Electricals section.
~7 to point out the spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing lightbulbs.
~5 to flame the spell checkers.
~3 to correct the spelling/grammar in these flames.
~6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
~6 to condemn the previous 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 "lightbulb" is perfectly correct.
~19 to post that this forum is not about lightbulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum.
~11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use lightbulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum.
~36 to debate which method of changing lightbulbs is superior, where to go to buy the best lightbulbs, what brand of lightbulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.
~7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different lightbulbs.
~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 lightbulbs relevant to this forum.
~13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, just to add "Me too".
~5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the controversy of the lightbulb discussion.
~4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?".
~13 to say "do a Google search on lightbulbs before posting questions about lightbulbs".
~1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

Sorry, but with the recent post that have been going on I couldn't resist.

[kentbwj]

LOL! Classic post!

[ullrichk]

You would have better luck by searching for darksuckers on this forum.

You have been warned!

[HeavyRescueTech]

I got to say, that has to be one of the funniest posts I've seen in a long time!!!!

[SAFD46Truck]

in the immortal words of Metallica......"You know it's sad but truuuuuuuuuuuuuuue!!!!!!!!!"

[Resq14]

Originally posted by ullrichk
You would have better luck by searching for darksuckers on this forum.

You have been warned!

2004
http://cms.firehouse.com/forums2/sho...threadid=58075

2002
http://cms.firehouse.com/forums2/sho...ight=Lightbulb

2001
http://cms.firehouse.com/forums2/sho...ight=Lightbulb

2000
http://cms.firehouse.com/forums2/sho...ight=Lightbulb

[stillPSFB]

there are few that escaped the list -
~ 6 posters (quoting from the relevant OSHA standard) telling us that you can't just change 1 light bulb, you must change 2 at once in order to comply with 2-in/2-out,

and not forgetting
~ 1 post from George telling us that we are all ****ing hopeless because we all should have a reference library about changing light bulbs (Sorry George, just couldn't resist after the thread in the firefighting forum )

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

The Fire Service is a lot like the inventory of a lighting store.....

You have your spotlights, which shine brightly in one area.

You have your floodlights, which shine brightly over a wide area.

You have your chandeliers, which look pretty and shine depending on the dimmer seting.

You have your "rough service" bulbs, which take a beating and still get the job done.

Last, you have your share of 4 watt "nightlights" that barely illuminate their own way.

[Patrick631]

Very Funny! How do you guys come up with this stuff.

Keep it up.

Patrick

[Dave1983]

[Station2Capt]

I knew Gonzo would have a good reply. Can always count on you Gonzo to have a great "quote" or word of good advise.