Change for the sake of change….WHY?
I had to replace the light fixture on our ceiling fan last night. So we go to the local Big Home improvement store (Name Withheld) first after getting insulted by the condescending little guy with the apron. He proceeds to tell me that “I cannot buy a new fixture with a normal light bulb”. I just wanted a simple one light fixture, OH NO we can’t be having that. Now I know that one cannot find a normal old fashioned light bulb anymore. They have gone by the way of the cassette player and the carburetor. But now I am finding that they (You Know Who They Are) are changing the bulbs over to the little base type Called Candelabra. What was wrong with the original light bulb base the one that has been around since Tommy invented the damn thing! How does changing the size of the base improve the planet? which I thought was the reason for the new bulbs in the first place. I know I’m old and stuck in my ways but, why change just to change? I know change is inevitable but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!!!!
October 18th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
You want to to back to cassettes? And FI is way better than carbs.
But I agree, CF and LEDs still have a long ways to go to come up the quality of light given by inefficient incandescents.
October 24th, 2012 at 11:49 pm
Cassettes, let me think bout that one. You is right FI is better. And I have had good luck with LEDs. I don’t mind the new florecent bulbs, they are much more efficent, my only gripe is the size of the screw in base.