TTWOT - Is it me?

"Bill Wright" wrote in message ...

When our European masters outlawed 60W and 100W light bulbs I bought
hundreds of each. I now sell them at a small profit to friends and
neighbours, who are massively grateful. I can see a future in selling
illicit products like this.

Bill

I have 60 and 100 watt lamps hanging about because I bought lots years ago
and haven't used one for about 5 years! I can't find anyone who wants the
blessed things now that CFLs and halogens are so good, and the cheap shops
around here are still selling 4 x 60w for a pound. My father in law for
instance is partially blind. For him it means we can use a 25 watt CFL in a
shade rated for 60 watts of incandescent lamp. A huge increase in
illumination for him, without scorching the shades which is what used to
happen.

I got rid of a a few when my parents recently moved house and we replaced
all their better CFLs with 60 and 100 watts for the new owners. Sadly, when
we got to the new house I inherited a few more incandescents when we put
those CFLs in their place!

I agree with Dave Farrance. Where CFLs are not suitable, the "new" halogen
lamps are very good, a huge improvement of the light of an incandescent. My
only bugbear now is the rough service lamps I use in lead lights which
consume 60 watts in return for a horrible yellowy shade of illumination.

In article ,
Woody wrote:

Ah, but what do you main by minimal? I saw Kit-Kats the other day
at 57p - that's 11/8d in old money

Closer to 11/5.

when they used to cost 6d. Now
I know there has been inflation over 40 years but surely not that
much

True, the retail price index is only about 11 times what it was 40
years ago,

-- Richard

Blame Ikea - they started it ;-).

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:04:29 +0100, "Woody"
wrote:

Has anyone noticed that more and more light bulbs - especially
the 18/20/23W PLCs - are now ES? I was in Morrison's yesterday
and about 80% of all bulbs on display were E14 or E27, mostly the
latter. Homebase next door this afternnon were not much
different.

Probably because people had already bought most of the stock of BC
bulbs, leaving the ES ones that few people actually want.
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Richard Tobin wrote:
In ,
wrote:

Ah, but what do you main by minimal? I saw Kit-Kats the other day
at 57p - that's 11/8d in old money

Closer to 11/5.

when they used to cost 6d. Now
I know there has been inflation over 40 years but surely not that
much

True, the retail price index is only about 11 times what it was 40
years ago,

-- Richard

Not comparable though is it? Food prices have not behaved consistently,
some things have gone down [relatively speaking] whilst other things
have risen. Technology prices have dropped like a stone.

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

Blame them for what?

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David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:41:46 +0100, David Kennedy
wrote:

Blame them for what?

Selling stuff using non-standard fittings, using non standard sizes
etc.
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We were about to embark at Dover, when
(Woody) came up to me and whispered:

I saw Kit-Kats the other day
at 57p - that's 11/8d

11/6 surely?

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

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On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:55:47 +0100, Doctor D wrote:




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I agree with Dave Farrance. Where CFLs are not suitable, the "new"
halogen lamps are very good, a huge improvement of the light of an
incandescent.

Halogen lamps _are_ incandescent lamps.


--
Regards JB Good

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:54:18 +0100, "Johny B Good"
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:55:47 +0100, Doctor D wrote:




====snip====


I agree with Dave Farrance. Where CFLs are not suitable, the "new"
halogen lamps are very good, a huge improvement of the light of an
incandescent.

Halogen lamps _are_ incandescent lamps.

Indeed. As described he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogen_lamp

The halogen gas allows the lamp to operate at a higher temperature and
thus with higher efficiency.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)