How many online forum members does it take to change a light bulb?
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 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.
1 blind user who doesn't share the significance of the issue
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….
45 Google geniuses who find the topic on an Internet search and reply to it 6 years later without checking the date of the post
Untold numbers of Apple fanboys who can't deal with the issue until Siri tells them there's an app that can do it for them

As posted in https://forums.malwarebytes.org/inde...-a-light-bulb/

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Dave

What's a "light bulb?"

In the spirit of the post text, it's up to someone else to answer the question.

ps
Have you posted your question in the correct thread??

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Dave

I changed a light bulb once.

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I've heard that BMW make the best light bulbs. Is that true? (c;

Cheers

Nigel in NZ

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Does "light bulb" lose anything in the translation to Spanish? ref: Chevrolet Nova in Spanish.

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I won't be bothering with a literal translation, for this thread has surpassed
intellectual realism and entered into the realm of games.

The strangest light I have encountered was during a field investigation for MUFON mutual UFO network mufon.com following up on a multitude of reports of "luz mal" evil lights - near a very small village in northwest Argentina.

We, Elisa and I, asked a land owner if we could bush camp on his property, parked our bikes, set up our tent without the fly - a Sierra Design 4 man with 360* netting that allows us to see the stars and any "luz mal." And, we set out three flares in a triangular pattern so we could respond if we thought appropriate.

Around midnight the "luz mal" began, it was distant - over nearby mountains, so we set up all the cameras and turned on the tape recorder and waited. The "luz mal" appeared like long lasting lightning, it lit the sky and kept it lit for almost 30 seconds - we began recording each "luz mal" and tried to determine if the strange lights were getting closer.

They were. the 'luz mal" was traveling toward us not only in our direction, but coming down from over the nearby mountain peaks to ground level. Each "luz mal" was closer than the last. When I estimated the "luz mal" to be about 3000 meters, I asked Elisa if she thought we should light the flares. " Hell yes" she said, "it knows we are here, it is coming right for us."

We scurried to our assigned flare, lit it and then I lit the third flare creating a glow at each corner of the triangle. As soon as all the flares were lit, the "luz mal" lit up and stayed lit as it traveled toward us at what I estimated was about 10k an hour. Then, about 500 meters out, it stopped, and we could clearly see the light source, that was it just a light, now stationary.

I slung my machate over my shoulder - for my own security - not that I though I could do any damage to the evil lights if warranted and with our two professional camcorders and flashlights in hand, we slowly made our way toward the evil lights. It was continuous and stationary, then when we were about 100 meters from it, it went out. Just like that - it was dark where it was.

? "lam zul" a egnahc ot woh wonk enoynA

xfiltrate eat, drink and we'll leave the lights on for you*

We bought two new KLR650s and will be spending the winter on the west coast of Mexico. We will be at our ranch in Flagstaff for a couple more weeks, so if you are going to visit - do it soon.

Xfiltrate - please note; Machete.

Tourider, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was world class artist Sr. Diego Rivera's wife. After spending the better part of a year painting one of his famous murals contracted by the Mexican government and long waited for by the world's leading art critiques, and the masses of lover's of art, he invited La Señora Frida Kahlo, his sometimes beloved wife, to view his new creation that would soon
rock the world of art.

When she arrived and as Diego stood anticipating her comments, for as you know, she was also an artist, she looked first at the expansive and emotion evoking work of art, then examined Diego carefully and proclaimed, "Diego, your fingernails are dirty" and walked away.

Tourider, thanks for keeping the tradition of Frida Kahlo alive and well here at the Hub Pub.

xfiltrate eat, drink and do not hesitate to do the right thing.

Listen... I was in the light bulb industry !!

You have to be careful with them.

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Did some trips.
Rode some bikes.
Fix them for a living.
Can't say anymore.

Xfiltrate - Please note: Frida and HUBB.

I find the Norwegian translation - "lyspære", or "light pear" - to be more accurate.

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All you wanted to know
about riding in Norway

XFILTRATE; sure you lit a flare?? could you perhaps have lit something else?
Am I behaving as OP suggested?

I can see why your word works just fine for the old style "pears" - tungsten filaments and all that - but we are using the new fangled low energy illumination nowadays surely?
Old language dies hard perhaps?

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Dave

You stick it in the ground in October and in March little flowers come up.

Now globular festoons may sound like something best treated with penecillin but will actually let you read after dark

Andy