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Posted: August 30 2005 at 10:13pm | IP Logged Quote Rod True Quote Rod True
How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb?
One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed.
Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how
the
light bulb could have been changed differently.
Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
changing
light bulbs.
Five to flame the spell checkers.
Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.
Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another
six
to condemn those six as stupid.
Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the
correct
spelling.
Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please
take
this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.
Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light
bulbs
and there fore the posts are relevant to this group.
Thirty six 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
Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL.
Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to
this
group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.
Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
including
all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"
Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.
Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
questions
about light bulbs"
Three to tell a funny story about their show dog and a light bulb.
AND
One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and
start
it all over again!
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 10:20pm | IP Logged Quote old man Quote old man
Clever, clever, clever. And right on the money. That's what makes this forum so much fun.
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 10:20pm | IP Logged Quote Josh H Quote Josh H
Hmmmm... we are not like that around here are we
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Posted: August 30 2005 at 10:57pm | IP Logged Quote Terry Stowell Quote Terry Stowell
and every member to contribute to the design, manufacture, and implementaion of a jig to change the light bulb
Good to hear from you Rod, haven't seen you in a while.
Edited by Terry Stowell on August 30 2005 at 10:59pm
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 12:33am | IP Logged Quote Rod True Quote Rod True
Thanks Terry,
Been busy building one of the smallest guitar shops out there, but it's mine, all mine, all 185 sft of it
starting the next build between work, vacation with the fam and my brother in-law is getting married so life is busy.
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 12:40am | IP Logged Quote Brazilwood Quote Brazilwood
Very funny Rod, that made my day. And what a great addition from Terry We need a jig for everything !
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 2:24am | IP Logged Quote CarltonM Quote CarltonM
You forgot the discussion about in what type of case the bulb should be shipped, by what carrier, and what would be a good color for the fixture in which it will be screwed.
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 2:31am | IP Logged Quote Rod True Quote Rod True
And is the wattage correct for my bender?
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 4:50am | IP Logged Quote RussellR Quote RussellR
You forgot that we need to establish the Latin Name for the Light Bulb and discuss where they might be found
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 8:13am | IP Logged Quote Josh H Quote Josh H
Here we go, a thread discussing a hypothetical discussion about a thread on light bulbs. (that didn't make much sense).
Josh
Edited by Josh H on August 31 2005 at 9:27am
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 9:20am | IP Logged Quote Mark Laura Quote Mark Laura
But how does the bulb light up? What kind of wire do I use? How do I hook it all up? What color bulb do I use?
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 9:46am | IP Logged Quote Don Williams Quote Don Williams
Ameritage makes a great case for a lightbulb.
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 7:42pm | IP Logged Quote Shawn Quote Shawn
Im Old School...what do we need light bulbs for?...I have it on good authority that Stradavarius never used a lightbulb!
I think that only really knowledgable Luthiers build by sunlight and do their finishing by candlelight.
Lets get back to the "art" of luthierie by swearing off electricity as well as it promotes and enables the use of the lightbulbs that are killing guitar building today.
Part of the decline in things like hand bending sides has to be blamed on Charles Fox as he was the person that lured many into using multiple lightbulbs (and high wattage ones at that) in his "Fox style" bender. How will people ever believe that our guitars are hand made if there are not scorch marks on the inside and cracks in our sides on the outside?
Thanks for the post...it is even funnier than writing letters about lawn mowing...
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Posted: August 31 2005 at 10:29pm | IP Logged Quote Dennis E. Quote Dennis E.
Way I heard it was just takes one luthier to change a light bulb ... but he's gotta build a jig first.
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