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

[undrwater]

Look. The shop I work for provides me with a DEEP discount on whatever light bulb (or lightbulb) I want.

Which is the best?

 

[Diving Dubai]

shall we start debating what is a better connection pins or screw in?

Screw in of course. The pins are a failure point.... You will die in a dark place if you use them

 

[lermontov]

shearwater has a always been a favourite for technical advancements- i heard rumour that theyre developing a small hand held device with a light bulb at one end it works without any sort of cables or connections- downside is each night you have to reconnect it to the old network

 

[kelemvor]

Screw in of course. The pins are a failure point.... You will die in a dark place if you use them

Although pins are far superior, screw in is the industry standard. Also, in some places you will have to use a pin to screw in adapter because you can't plug in a pin bulb anywhere.

 

[Compressor]

An oldie, but a goldie:

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

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.
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 group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group.
203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.
111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.
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 URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs.
3 to post about links they found from the URLs 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 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again...

And on SB, also:
47 to say "you're going to die if you change a lightbulb that way."
163 to say "get a BP/W."
176 to complain about the poor standard of lightbulb training these days.

Fabulous. So funny (and true).

 

[ScubaJill]

Lightbulb changers who are over a certain age need to have a bill of clean health from their general practitioners. Lightbulb changing can be strenuous and lead to serious health consequences for those who are inactive and typically get out of their BarcaLoungers too quickly to prove that they can still change a lightbulb no matter their age. Climbing back into the BarcaLounger is usually the more challenging part of changing the lightbulb.

 

[woodcarver]

I only change bulbs by myself. My help is never there when I need him

 

[boulderjohn]

(many of the latter group write articles and books based on things they learned online but conveniently forget that once the money starts coming in)..

I just saw this thread and am wondering just who you could be talking about.




Not.

 

[joe10540]

Look at all these people throwing lumens at a lux problem!

 

[AdivingBel]

Hey, nobody touches my bulbs...