First-World Problems...

The first LED bulbs were crap. They didn't even come close to their rated life, they flickered, they buzzed, they weren't tremendously bright, and the color was...how do I say this politely?...shit.

At least they were better than the execrable compact fluorescent bulbs, which were possibly the worst thing ever created by the hand of Man.

Like many others, I bought a fair number of 100 watt incandescent bulbs just to have...mostly because I dislike being told what I can and cannot use in my home.

But those LED bulbs got much better and much less expensive and much more available. And as my conventional bulbs burn out I replace them with 2,700K or 3,000K LED bulbs, except when I buy a box of absolutely horrid-colored 5,000K bulbs by mistake because I wasn't paying attention.

Wow...what an ugly and unpleasant light! I have eight of those bulbs...what the hell am I going to do with them? Maybe put them over my work bench or in the storage end of the basement?

Or bring them to the range and shoot them?

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Oneth

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 02:00 PM (xhxe8)

2 yeah

Posted by: Ciampino - Here woke doctors only at November 13, 2022 02:00 PM (qfLjt)

3 Present

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2022 02:02 PM (Q4IgG)

4 Really don't have much in LED, except a commercial exterior light was given as a job leftover. It's inside my garage and lights it up well

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 02:02 PM (xhxe8)

5 You could swap them with Nanzi for some mercury bomblets...

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:03 PM (Lzpvj)

6 FWP with LEDs... buying the wrong color.
I wanted 'yellowish' light for dusk to dawn of course I ordered the wrong one and didn't note it until the old one was removed, the new one was wired, and mounted 9ft up, and it got dark.

I'm not changing it now. I'll wait for it to fail. I'm sure it'll last longer than I live just to spite me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 02:04 PM (d+Cpn)

7 Pardon the ignorance but what does that K signify?

Posted by: Ciampino - Here woke doctors only at November 13, 2022 02:04 PM (qfLjt)

8 LET THERE BE LIGHT!

*light turns on, sees tank abrams*
*shoots lightbulb*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 13, 2022 02:04 PM (2xlV3)

9
The problem is we're getting Used To the ungodly, harsh "white" light emanating from these chinese LEDS. These "cold" lights are messing with our brains. It's not Normal.

I'm serious. The loss of "warm" lighting is yet another society-destroying technological "advancement."

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:04 PM (dX4IK)

10 I planted a bunch of Led bulbs last fall and got nuttin

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:05 PM (us2H3)

11 Shoot zem! Shoot zem all!

Posted by: random artsnark at November 13, 2022 02:06 PM (inAOq)

12 We replaced every bulb in stately VIA Manor with 2700K, Cree brand LED's

Electric savings can be substantial.

Those 5000k bulbs?

Give them to a Leftist neighbor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2022 02:06 PM (1n+EO)

13 Hubby put in "smart" lightbulbs then he put in lightbulbs witg cameras.
*shrugs*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 13, 2022 02:06 PM (2xlV3)

14 Target practice for the offending bulbs.

Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2022 02:06 PM (Ur3ox)

15 5000K is daylight iirc, anything under that is warm light, no?

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:06 PM (9X/y4)

16 5000k leds are a good idea for a work bench, basement, crawlspace, shed, or as a garage light.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 02:06 PM (d+Cpn)

17
Pardon the ignorance but what does that K signify?
Posted by: Ciampino

Kelvins. It's a unit of light's "temperature."

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:07 PM (dX4IK)

18 I have a LED light in the master bath. It has a switch to change the color temperatures:

2700K/3000K/4000K/5000K/6500K

I'm seeing more of these "selectable" LED lights these days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2022 02:07 PM (Q4IgG)

19 I'd like to cast my vote for shoot 'em.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 13, 2022 02:07 PM (ftFVW)

20

Send them my way, I know where to put 'em!

Posted by: Zombie Robert Maplethorpe at November 13, 2022 02:07 PM (gy9qi)

21 @7 I believe K is for Kelvin (is it too early on the thread for a serious answer?)

Posted by: random artsnark at November 13, 2022 02:07 PM (inAOq)

22 I'm serious. The loss of "warm" lighting is yet another society-destroying technological "advancement."

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue

There's a lightbulb in one room with a remote that lets me pick cold light, warm light, nightlight,or 50% light.
It's actually quite nice.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 13, 2022 02:08 PM (2xlV3)

23 I like 3500K. Nice neutral white color. Not the easiest color temp to find though.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 13, 2022 02:08 PM (+dHQK)

24
Also, Never believe the "K" and "Lumens" ratings on these chinese boxes. They Lie about everything, especially battery capacity (mAh -- milliamps/hour).

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:08 PM (dX4IK)

25 16 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 02:06 PM (d+Cpn)

Set up a perimeter circuit to be flipped in case there is a suspicious noise.

Instant daylight may startle a malefactor.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:08 PM (Lzpvj)

26 I like the 5000K bulbs for the garage, where I want really bright light. Otherwise, I stick to 3000K or lower.

Did I ever tell the story about how fluorescent bulbs screwed with my TV reception? Back in the day, I had a digital antenna in the attic. Every so often, when watching TV, the signal would suddenly be lost. Eventually traced it to some can lights in the basement that had fluorescent bulbs in them. When the lights were turned on, the TV would go out. Turn them off, and the TV came back. Replaced them with LED lights, and never had the problem again.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (uPgE/)

27
The bottle containing Dutchess's potassium bromide capsules came in one of those "safety" bottles. The lid got screwed down such that no matter how hard I pressed down on the lid, it wouldn't unlock to open it. Damn near had to hack it open before it finally yielded. And don't get me started on Delilah's Omeprazole tablets...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (MoZTd)

28 Pardon the ignorance but what does that K signify?
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Kelvin, temperature of light

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (9X/y4)

29 Shows what a shit show of a country we really have become.

Idiots pass laws on what kinda light bulbs we can or can't have...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (R/m4+)

30
Also: Beware of chinese "gimmicky" electrical devices

They'll start fires.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (dX4IK)

31 Since our leaders seem hell-bent on increasing world-wide equity via impoverishment of this country, we'll soon be Third World and all our First World problems will go away! My advice, take the bulbs to the shooting range to help improve an increasingly practical skill.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:10 PM (fs1hN)

32 Other thing I've done is significantly downgraded the amount of light I've been putting in.

A lot of the house was WAY too bright... but I also read using my Kindle... so if its dark somewhere, it really doesn't matter much.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2022 02:10 PM (oHd/0)

33 You want American
You'll take Korean
You get Chinese

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 02:10 PM (Xoxgm)

34

Compact fluorescent lights turned me into a newt!

Posted by: Peasant Bob at November 13, 2022 02:10 PM (gy9qi)

35 Also: Beware of chinese "gimmicky" electrical devices

They'll start fires.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (dX4IK)

you don't mean anal buttplugs, right

Posted by: SHEP at November 13, 2022 02:11 PM (us2H3)

36 29 Shows what a shit show of a country we really have become.

Idiots pass laws on what kinda light bulbs we can or can't have...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (R/m4+)

And don't even get me started about gas Cans.... it's like the people who made the laws have never mowed a damn lawn... oh... actually... probably correct... shit.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2022 02:11 PM (oHd/0)

37 We got some lightbulbs that are supposed to work if power goes out. I haven’t opened the bid yet so I imagine I need to charge them before a hurricane gets us.

Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2022 02:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

38
Set up a perimeter circuit to be flipped in case there is a suspicious noise.

Instant daylight may startle a malefactor.
Posted by: sven

I have a 3 spotlight 5000k movement triggered light setup as well.
When the critters come through I know it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 02:12 PM (d+Cpn)

39 I use 5000K bulbs to light my model railroad, it's closer to daylight.

Posted by: RandomJoe at November 13, 2022 02:12 PM (+ZsZt)

40 I love led bulbs, they don't get hot or draw a lot of juice. Pricey though.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:12 PM (9X/y4)

41 Donate your "box of absolutely horrid-colored 5,000K bulbs" to the Democratic party.

Posted by: Marooned at November 13, 2022 02:12 PM (w6hJ9)

42 28 Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (9X/y4)

Eh....

5000 Kelvin is 8450 degrees Fahrenheit if measuring actual temp....

just saying, another example of "all measures must be EUtopian!" one nice thing about post-western civ Earth will be EUnuchs being put in their place.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:12 PM (Lzpvj)

43 I somehow still have mostlyold fashion lights

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 02:12 PM (xhxe8)

44 I'd like to cast my vote for shoot 'em.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 13, 2022 02:07 PM (ftFVW)

—————-

Ok, that’s one vote for put em over the work bench.

Posted by: Maricopa County at November 13, 2022 02:13 PM (u73oe)

45 I can't stand excretable light.

Posted by: Tom C at November 13, 2022 02:14 PM (UC9jk)

46 Do have a squiggly bulb over kitchen sink, takes a couple minutes to get up to full light

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 02:14 PM (xhxe8)

47 If you miss your incandescent lightbulbs you can thank a Republican for that, the pinhead GOPe a**clown Fred Upton.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 13, 2022 02:14 PM (up/3i)

48 27
The bottle containing Dutchess's potassium bromide capsules came in one of those "safety" bottles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:09 PM (MoZTd)
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What is the KBr for?

Posted by: Ciampino -- Here woke doctors only at November 13, 2022 02:15 PM (qfLjt)

49 I somehow still have mostlyold fashion lights
Posted by: Skip

Oh, I have a bunch of old fashioned bulbs, but they're almost all the wrong power ratings for my current fixtures. Sheesh.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 13, 2022 02:15 PM (ftFVW)

50 Other thing I've done is significantly downgraded the amount of light I've been putting in.

A lot of the house was WAY too bright... but I also read using my Kindle... so if its dark somewhere, it really doesn't matter much.
Posted by: Romeo13

This!
I used 1w bulbs in the wall sconces under the covered patio. Nice gentle 2700k light all around the 8 sided house and it doesn't cost a fortune to keep them on every evening.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 02:16 PM (d+Cpn)

51 Damn.... just hit me...

Those who can... do.
Those who can't... teach.
Those who can't teach... administer it.
Those who fail at administration... regulate it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2022 02:16 PM (oHd/0)

52 10 I planted a bunch of Led bulbs last fall and got nuttin
Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:05 PM (us2H3)

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Fool.

You don't plant them. You put them in your mouth.

Posted by: Hump Fetterman at November 13, 2022 02:16 PM (Qzn2/)

53 I will still go with incandescent until our betters make them disappear. I'm a stubborn SOB. Don't like being forced to change my ways by a rogue bureaucracy.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 13, 2022 02:16 PM (Xrfse)

54 Pricey though.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:12 PM (9X/y4)

Costco! They are often on sale for about $1/bulb.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:17 PM (XIJ/X)

55 A black person invented the incandescent light. I saw it on Twitter.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2022 02:18 PM (Qzn2/)

56 Just processed 37 ballots. Calling it a day.

Posted by: Maricopa County at November 13, 2022 02:18 PM (u73oe)

57 37. We have an electric lawnmower. The grass area of our house is minuscule, it’s only the front and side yards because we turned the postage stamp backyard into 10x20 pool. When you put the concrete around it, voila, no yard. We made it a little grotto area, it’s cute. But no yard.

Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2022 02:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 I like the daylight bulbs for work areas. I am gradually converting over to an all-LED environment. When my legacy fluorescent fixtures age out, they will be replaced by LED's, too.

When I have an LED or twisty bulb go bad, I take it apart and salvage components. The driver board for a twisty bulb will safely power conventional fluorescent tubes up to a 36" size. A good way to update desk lamps and appliance lamps to "instant-on".

A friend gave me an LED "high-bay" lamp, basically a drum with 9 LED strips on heat sinks forming its circumference, with a disc, studded with LEDs on its end. The driver was bad. Messing around, I found that any of these units will deliver a lot of light if powered by 16 to 18 volts DC. I built a little regulator around an LM317 regulator chip; the basic circuit you can find on line worked fine. 18 volt transformers are out there. I would stick with one regulator per LED unit. The chips are dirt cheap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:18 PM (9bKBO)

59 Picked up a box of six 100W equivalent LED bulbs yesterday. 7 bucks more than a box of ten 60W equivalents. Got me wondering how many people are putting up with inadequate light because of that cost difference.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 02:18 PM (Bd6X8)

60
What is the KBr for?
Posted by: Ciampino -- Here woke doctors only at November 13, 2022 02:15 PM (qfLjt)

__________

She has epilepsy. She's 7 and she's been on them and phenobarbital since she was 2.

She's also been bitten by snakes twice and shattered her leg so badly she was in a cast for four months. But for all that she's a merry, happy girl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:19 PM (MoZTd)

61 "Smart" lightbulbs. Charge in the socket, Wi-Fi, color changeable with an app. Power's out for a couple hours....

* honey... would you take this lightbulb out to the generator and charge it up for me? *

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2022 02:20 PM (Q4IgG)

62 new neighbor across the (quiet) street installed new garage/porch/post lamps with incredibly bright halogen range LEDS...lit it up like a Prison, so bright that the street lights don't turn on anymore. Last week they switched to an orange, flickering Flame style bulbs that barely lights up anything...but....when I go to let the dogs in/out seeing them through the trees/shrubs/fence my immediate autonomic response is "FIRE, THEIR HOUSE IS ON FIRE!!"...one of these days it will be, probably caused by their electric cars....and I'll call in the dogs and go back to bed.

Posted by: birddog at November 13, 2022 02:21 PM (uAI4S)

63 5000 Kelvin is 8450 degrees Fahrenheit if measuring actual temp....
----
Kelvin is a measure of the color of light no? 5000 K being the color of north light which is optimal for painting portraits. That's why you see floor to ceiling windows on the north side of artists rooms.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:21 PM (9X/y4)

64 I kinda like being a curmudgeon. It suits me.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 13, 2022 02:21 PM (Xrfse)

65 55 A black person invented the incandescent light. I saw it on Twitter.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2022 02:18 PM (Qzn2/)

black people invented white people

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:21 PM (us2H3)

66 Kelvin Scale -
2,500K - Warm Glow (yellow-ish). All the way to. 5,500K Daylight (blue-ish).

https://tinyurl.com/6wbvck2b

Posted by: MacArch at November 13, 2022 02:21 PM (xtxnh)

67 Gateway Pundit Reported
"We have information that the tens of billions of dollars going to Ukraine were actually laundered back to the US to corrupt Democrats and elites using FTX cryptocurrency. Now the money is gone and FTX is bankrupt."

I know, GP, so consumer beware. But if true, the laundering was expected, but a still a surprise at least to me if it really was this blatant. Another reason why Dems will attempt applying the cheat and probably succeed in winning enough house seats to prevent R takeover and investigation.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:22 PM (fs1hN)

68 Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:22 PM (fs1hN)

Let's try to keep this a lighthearted thread.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:22 PM (XIJ/X)

69 "We have information that the tens of billions of dollars going to Ukraine were actually laundered back to the US to corrupt Democrats and elites using FTX cryptocurrency. Now the money is gone and FTX is bankrupt."

I'm going with a story you'll never see on Hot Air, Alex

for the fucking nine yards

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:23 PM (us2H3)

70
Let's try to keep this a lighthearted thread.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:22 PM (XIJ/X)

__________

Very illuminating comment.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:24 PM (MoZTd)

71 45 Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:21 PM (9X/y4)

It is now, I prefer lumens truth be told.

If we get pedantic lumens measures light volumetrics and kelvin is "a measure" of the ocular perception of "color."

When human civilization had an ounce of liberty "watts sufficed" because we did not have sadistic c*nts trying to force us all to live in a fluorescent looking hell.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:24 PM (Lzpvj)

72 @65

>>black people invented white people

Don't ask Louis Farhakhan or The Black Israelite's about that, they have their own theory's about the origins of white people.

It's not very nice.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 13, 2022 02:24 PM (up/3i)

73 Costco! They are often on sale for about $1/bulb.
-----
Thanks, I'll check them out. I'd like to replace everything with leds.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:24 PM (9X/y4)

74 Let's try to keep this a lighthearted thread.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:22 PM (XIJ/X)

__________

Very illuminating comment.

I'm not bright enough to extend this pun series.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 02:25 PM (Bd6X8)

75 Apologies, I'll save it for Monday.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:25 PM (fs1hN)

76 First world problem: All the toilets available for purchase are too damn tall!

Thanks, ADA.

Posted by: soulpile at November 13, 2022 02:25 PM (hiX0r)

77 66 Posted by: MacArch at November 13, 2022 02:21 PM (xtxnh)

Don't remember them being necessary back in the "bad old days" before donks and elephants killed market choice.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:25 PM (Lzpvj)

78 When human civilization had an ounce of liberty "watts sufficed" because we did not have sadistic c*nts trying to force us all to live in a fluorescent looking hell.
Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:24 PM (Lzpvj)

Haz sad.

Posted by: Candlepower at November 13, 2022 02:26 PM (9bKBO)

79 Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:25 PM (fs1hN)

No worries...and thank you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:26 PM (XIJ/X)

80 78 Posted by: Your Globopedo Betters at November 13, 2022 02:26 PM (gy9qi)

counter-proposal....how's about we read in the dark by your burning tallow?

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:26 PM (Lzpvj)

81 75 Apologies, I'll save it for Monday.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:25 PM (fs1hN)

oh shit

barrel time

NEVER APOLOGIZE ON THE AOS

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:26 PM (us2H3)

82 We have information that the tens of billions of dollars going to Ukraine were actually laundered back to the US to corrupt Democrats and elites using FTX cryptocurrency.

==

I am shocked beyond measure...that it is only FTX and does not involve others...like OX out of Cayman Islands...

Posted by: runner at November 13, 2022 02:27 PM (V13WU)

83
Related: I'm done with Rechargeable Batteries

Why? They're no longer worth it (with exceptions).
Regular (Duracell or Energizer) batteries, today, have very long "shelf-lifes' and lots of capacity. Costco's Kirkland brand batteries are good, too.

Rechargeable batteries, which are all cheap chinese junk now, are good for a few dozen charging cycles. After that, they lose capacity fast.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:28 PM (dX4IK)

84 79 Posted by: Candlepower at November 13, 2022 02:26 PM (9bKBO)

It really is their just rank arrogance, the kids today act like EUtopia should be the intellectual worlds' guiding light....

well "no" if we are going by population we should be using Asian measures.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:28 PM (Lzpvj)

85 I only use crap that is better, not cheaper

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:28 PM (us2H3)

86 When human civilization had an ounce of liberty "watts sufficed" because we did not have sadistic c*nts trying to force us all to live in a fluorescent looking hell.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:24 PM (Lzpvj)

Uh...Kelvin is a very useful descriptor for lighting. I like it.

Do you want to go burn down some knitting machines?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:28 PM (XIJ/X)

87 I know, GP, so consumer beware. But if true, the laundering was expected, but a still a surprise at least to me if it really was this blatant. Another reason why Dems will attempt applying the cheat and probably succeed in winning enough house seats to prevent R takeover and investigation.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:22 PM (fs1hN)

Once they saw Hillary get away with BLATANTLY breaking US Security laws, with no consequence... they just don't care if they get caught anymore... because as shown by the Guy who LIED to get warrants on Trump... there will be no consequence.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2022 02:28 PM (oHd/0)

88 I've been pretty happy with LED bulbs. Good light, don't get as hot, and last a long time. No gripes here.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 13, 2022 02:29 PM (BdMk6)

89 I suppose this could qualify as a FWP. (OK, so I'm going off topic and trying to cover. Gimme a break.)

If you own a mid-size pickup (e.g. Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier), how often have you thought "Dang, I should have gone full-size" (Tundra/Titan)? How about the opposite? I'm looking at a Titan on Carmax but just found a Frontier that looks super nice for about the same $$. Just wondering how often I would regret not going for the full-size.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:29 PM (nfrXX)

90 Wait, the Barrel has Sunday hours? Uh oh....I'm outta here.....

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:30 PM (fs1hN)

91 I can tell you from personal experience that aiming at a burning bulb is not easy. We'd best make sure they're not lit on the range.

Posted by: creeper at November 13, 2022 02:30 PM (cTCuP)

92 I hate LED lights.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 13, 2022 02:30 PM (3ImbR)

93 78

We think it's cute you peasants think you are going to need light bulbs...
Posted by: Your Globopedo Betters at November 13, 2022 02:26 PM (gy9qi)

You can have whatever bulbs you like, as long as they are ours... oh... and hope they run off of batteries, because your power allotment is being cut so I can recharge MY car.

Posted by: Duh Left..... at November 13, 2022 02:30 PM (oHd/0)

94 I don't like LED bulbs at all. They don't give off any light. Incandescent only for me, and that includes Christmas lights, night lights, for lamps, everything.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at November 13, 2022 02:30 PM (Xsv+u)

95 They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, but the Health Inspector would write us up for not having a bleach bucket prepared even when the window blinds were up.

Never understood that.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2022 02:31 PM (vwMFL)

96 92 I hate LED lights.
Posted by: IrishEi at November 13, 2022 02:30 PM (3ImbR)

^^^

this X a megakazillion

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:31 PM (us2H3)

97 Don't remember them being necessary back in the "bad old days" before donks and elephants killed market choice.
Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:25 PM (Lzpvj)

Color temperature ratings were important if you were into photography. Color photos turned out weird if your light source did not match the spectral sensitivity of the film. Remember blue flash bulbs?

Kelvins are perfectly cromulent scale for expressing extreme values far outside our normal range of experience. Fahrenheit is fine for human-scale temperatures; Celsius, slightly less so.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:31 PM (9bKBO)

98 Had an electrician put adjustable LED (replacement) light fixtures under some kitchen cabinets and in basement ceiling. Not an inexpensive job but the visual comfort is now good.

Haven't experienced very good lifespan at all for the bulbs being used in the outside, home lighting fixtures. And, LED street lights are now accused of being blue light rich, creating pollution affecting stargazing and wild life. (It's a thing in Europe and National Geographic.)

More green environment/infrastructure improvements will, again, be the answer.

Posted by: Lola at November 13, 2022 02:32 PM (NIYa7)

99 87 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:28 PM (XIJ/X)

I have slowly become a neo-luddite I suppose.

That said, the use of a thermal measure with a light measure is "meh" recall Watts worked because affordable light x produces y number of lumens at largely z intensity of "kelvins."

Anyway light-hearted enough I suppose by the way NBC and CAC have called the house with "99.5% credibility" to have flipped R by a 1 vote padded margin 219-216.

If the donk wins AK thanks to "preferred choice voting" I am gonna scream.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:32 PM (Lzpvj)

100
What I've noticed with LED bulbs is that they don't burn out suddenly like incandescents. Instead they slowly get dimmer and dimmer. And this only seems to happen with newer bulbs. We have some old ones that have lasted years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:32 PM (MoZTd)

101 Costco! They are often on sale for about $1/bulb.
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Thanks, I'll check them out. I'd like to replace everything with leds.
Posted by: dartist

Make sure you want the 'type of light' (measured in K) that you want before buying 8 or more of them!
(a reference to CBD's FWP)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 02:32 PM (d+Cpn)

102 Okay, so this is horrible. Related but horrible.

Really, REALLY horrible.

You know all the youtube videos of pretty clever people explaining interesting things and how they work? Folks like the Smarter Every Day guy and the Mark Robey (that might not be right) guy or the guy who explains how things work by cutting them in half and then explaining the physics of the insides and why it's clever?

Whelp, turns out Doctor Professor Smartest Black Scientist In America Doctor Neil Degrass Tysone does it, too.

And it's so bad, because it's exactly what you think.

"How does water get up to water towers? You have to pump it! Then gravity lets the water drain. Gravity!"

No, I'm not joking.

https://youtu.be/VAn5xYpbVR8

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 02:32 PM (F9ExA)

103 90 Wait, the Barrel has Sunday hours? Uh oh....I'm outta here.....
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 02:30 PM (fs1hN)

ever wonder why there are no locks on gloryhole establishments

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:32 PM (us2H3)

104 The best Watts are JJ (now of the Cardinals) and TJ (of the Steelers). Top (Sack) Men

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 13, 2022 02:32 PM (xT8gx)

105 CBD -
I bought a few of those Feit A19 LED lights for the coach lights out front and on the patio. They suck...constantly disconnected from the wireless. Went ahead and paid the extra for the Ring lights and have much better success. They stay connected and start even in coldest temps.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (tBR6g)

106 If you own a mid-size pickup (e.g. Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier), how often have you thought "Dang, I should have gone full-size" (Tundra/Titan)? How about the opposite? I'm looking at a Titan on Carmax but just found a Frontier that looks super nice for about the same $$. Just wondering how often I would regret not going for the full-size.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:29 PM (nfrXX)

Key is to get a full size bed. Not the smaller ones. I've got a Colorado which does great. 305 HP... full time 4 wheel drive... drives really well..

Only reason you may need a big one, is if you are towing something HUGE.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (oHd/0)

107
Well, if you want your home to "feel like" Times Square, keep using those bright white LEDs.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (dX4IK)

108 Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (anj39)

109 87 Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2022 02:28 PM (oHd/0)

It was the one two punch of "wow, I just got lucky!" by Grammy H and "No controlling legal authority!" by Albert AlAlgore.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (Lzpvj)

110
Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (anj39)

__________

CFLs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:34 PM (MoZTd)

111 Wars make money for everyone in power
I am not shocked as have been calling it

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 02:34 PM (xhxe8)

112 Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (anj39)

scented candles

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:35 PM (us2H3)

113 Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (anj39)

__________

CFLs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:34 PM (MoZTd)
***

Well that's just mean.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:35 PM (anj39)

114 Here's a good reason to avoid rechargeable lithium batteries in your house:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yGDkiUAwxRs

Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets at November 13, 2022 02:36 PM (QrFBC)

115
Oh!
And all those car/truck Headlights that are literally blinding you...those are all LEDs.

Halogens were good enough. Then they went to Xenon HIDs, which cast a wide, far beam. The LED headlights are just stupid bright. No need for it.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:36 PM (dX4IK)

116 Isn't Feit one of the many Chinese brands? Fkn GE is all CCP and they monopolize most light bulb displays. There's a "generic" brand in my region that isn't US but also isn't Chinese.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 02:36 PM (llON8)

117 I recently bought an LED ceiling light because it looked cool. Had three color temp settings, but only the 3000K setting looked right. Trouble was, when you flicked off the light switch, the module lost power and forgot what temp to use. So each time I turned it off and on again, it came up at a different color temp. Just cycled through.

Back to Wayfair it went. If you're ever looking at one, avoid those with a remote control unless you'll leave the light switch on all the time and only use the remote.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 13, 2022 02:36 PM (wBpKf)

118 If you own a mid-size pickup (e.g. Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier), how often have you thought "Dang, I should have gone full-size" (Tundra/Titan)? How about the opposite? I'm looking at a Titan on Carmax but just found a Frontier that looks super nice for about the same $$. Just wondering how often I would regret not going for the full-size.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:29 PM (nfrXX)

This is going back a ways, but I drove Nissan, Mazda, and Toyota "mini" trucks a lot back in the day, and they were really useful. Cheap to run, and peppy enough to keep up with traffic. My only current pickup is a full-size '88 Chevy 3/4 ton; the light-duty one with the six-lug wheels. It is a complete gem.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (9bKBO)

119 If you own a mid-size pickup (e.g. Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier), how often have you thought "Dang, I should have gone full-size" (Tundra/Titan)? How about the opposite? I'm looking at a Titan on Carmax but just found a Frontier that looks super nice for about the same $$. Just wondering how often I would regret not going for the full-size.

I used to own a Dodge Dakota. Never once regretted buying it until the transmission started making a weird ticking noise after about 7 years of daily abuse. I bought the full size Ram at that point because they weren't moving at the local dealership and it was discounted $10 thousand. No regrets there, either.

Unless you have specific needs to haul a certain weight or volume it's not going to matter most of the time. And if you already know that you have those needs then you should already know which size truck to buy. The smaller truck will be better on gas, of course, but not by that much.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (Bd6X8)

120 I bought a bunch of 4 foot LED shop lights for my garage/shop. Instead of paying about $60 or more a light (which was the going rate when I bought them) I found some for $25 each.

Well, after 18 months several of them failed. There are two strips in each light and one or the other was either flickering or dead. I pulled one apart and found them unrepairable.

Naturally they were from China. But I wonder about the ability to repair or replace the LED strips. Bulbs, whether they're fluorescent, LED or incandescent can at least be replaced.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (Q4IgG)

121 atm, my new hobby is calculating how much time the French waste in the double kiss

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (us2H3)

122 >>> 112 Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (anj39)

scented candles
Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:35 PM (us2H3)

Missed your chance, you should've socked as Gwynneth Paltrow.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (llON8)

123 Posted by: Ciampino - Here woke doctors only at November 13, 2022 02:04 PM
*****
Well, yes…it refers to the term “Kelvin”.

Which does literally have a reference to temperature. In the world of science and astronomy.

But…here it refers to “warmth”, i.e., the warmth of the light. A nice, gentle soft incandescent light “feels” like the light you might get from a candle or nice fire. It has nothing to do with brightness, and more to do with having a warm, yellowish hue.

A “cool” light is shifted to the white or blueish hue. It “feels” cooler.

Now, counterintuitively…a “warm” light has a low “K” number, while a “cool” light has a high “K” number. So, a K number of about 2200 is a warm light…while a K number of 5000 is a cool light. (And the fact that a 5000K light is also some times described as “daylight”, which seems/feels warm, isn’t warm light.)

Posted by: EFG at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (Ae67h)

124 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (tBR6g)

It's a commodity brand, but some of the name brands are stupidly overpriced.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:38 PM (XIJ/X)

125 The LED headlights are just stupid bright.

Distractingly obnoxious, IMO.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 13, 2022 02:38 PM (Xrfse)

126 Earlier this summer when P.G.&E. was all "use less electricity so the folks around Sacramento can have their air conditioning" I relented and replaced all my lighting with LEDs. I thought my wife would notice, she is picky about lighting.
She didn't notice.
My electric bill is about half what it was prior to the switch.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, thanks vets at November 13, 2022 02:38 PM (jTmQV)

127 Just wondering how often I would regret not going for the full-size.
Posted by: Oddbob

Do you tow anything, ever?
We recently bought a 2004 Frontier and towed an ~1900lb trailer from Waco to the Txmome.
The Frontier's cruise control would not hold speed. I had to 'put my foot in it' to hold speed even on slight grades.
But, I use it mostly around town and I've put some quite heavy loads in it already. So I'm happy with it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 02:38 PM (d+Cpn)

128 If you own a mid-size pickup (e.g. Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier), how often have you thought "Dang, I should have gone full-size" (Tundra/Titan)? How about the opposite? I'm looking at a Titan on Carmax but just found a Frontier that looks super nice for about the same $$. Just wondering how often I would regret not going for the full-size.
Posted by: Oddbob

-

I have an old (like probably qualifies for antique tag old) Toyota 4x4 that i'll never give up, but if I bought new I'd buy full size and would always recommend full size for one simple reason if it's ever something you may need to do.

Towing, not just boats and utility trailers and such but camping trailers. There's a huge jump in capacity from the "small" trucks to the F150 size trucks.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 02:39 PM (F9ExA)

129 Or bring them to the range and shoot them?
Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

Choot dem...choot 'em all

Posted by: Troy Landry at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (CCSxw)

130 108 Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?
Posted by: Diogenes

Black lights. It feeds the slime mold and certain other... Things...

Posted by: Neil Jackwagon at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (x+ovg)

131 scented candles
Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:35 PM (us2H3)

Missed your chance, you should've socked as Gwynneth Paltrow.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (llON

aint no way in hell I'm socking Paltrow

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (us2H3)

132 Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:33 PM (anj39)

Not knowing exactly what residue is in the barrel, I prefer being in the dark.

Posted by: RickZ at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (emlEe)

133 and that includes Christmas lights, night lights, for lamps, everything.
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So you're one of those traditionalists that still use those cool candle ornaments that are dying to burn your house down?

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (9X/y4)

134 Also we were discussing it the other night and it's fun to compare modern "small" trucks to the behemoths of the early 2000s.

IIRC the modern Tacoma is within 6" or so of a Suburban.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (F9ExA)

135 Actual FWP: I paid too much to have the dishwasher door seal replaced but the stupid thing keeps coming loose and the dishwasher still leaks intermittently. Do you recommended gluing the seal into the little track and if so, with what type of glue? Should I also check the bottom seal and the little whatever-they're-called parts in the corners of the door?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 02:41 PM (llON8)

136 133 Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (9X/y4)

That old civilization planted our flag on the moon, this one needs safe words to go take a leak.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:42 PM (Lzpvj)

137 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 02:41 PM (llON

I would use silicone glue.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:42 PM (XIJ/X)

138 Tooth and nail to buy an F-150 with a V8
Tundra not a problem. iirc one can purchase a base trim Toy with a V8. The Tacoma will pull 6500# with it's V6.
That you can also purchase with base trim.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 02:43 PM (Xoxgm)

139 This is going back a ways, but I drove Nissan, Mazda, and Toyota "mini" trucks a lot back in the day, and they were really useful. Cheap to run, and peppy enough to keep up with traffic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Remember the Chevy Luv?

https://youtu.be/P1uotHfBe7w?t=5

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:43 PM (dX4IK)

140 Did they ever put lights in The Barrel?

I think it's got some weird necroluminescence thing going in there.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 02:43 PM (Bd6X8)

141 97
Kelvins are perfectly cromulent scale for expressing extreme values far outside our normal range of experience. Fahrenheit is fine for human-scale temperatures; Celsius, slightly less so.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:31 PM (9bKBO)
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I disagree but hey you can keep youropinion as I'm generous (LOL).
Celsius makes sense: a 0 at the triple point of water, easily reproducible, and 100 at the BP of water at sea level atm. pressure (14.7 lbs/sq in).
Kelvin: for scientific purposes, aimplifying by getting rid of + an - temperatures, having an absolute zero.

Posted by: Ciampino --- Here woke doctors only at November 13, 2022 02:43 PM (qfLjt)

142 Halogens were good enough. Then they went to Xenon HIDs, which cast a wide, far beam. The LED headlights are just stupid bright. No need for it.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:36 PM (dX4IK)

The big problem with LED headlights is optics. It's pretty easy to make an effective tight-beam reflector when your light comes from a point source, and the filament of a halogen bulb is pretty close to that. I took an old hand lantern, and set 6 LEDs from an old TV screen into the reflector. I got a real good floodlight, but it doesn't project a beam worth shit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:44 PM (9bKBO)

143 Do you recommended gluing the seal into the little track and if so, with what type of glue? Should I also check the bottom seal and the little whatever-they're-called parts in the corners of the door?

-

Never needed to do it, but before you go with glue consider some type of thick food grade grease. It can be cleaned out of needed, while the glue could cause problems with future seals.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 02:44 PM (F9ExA)

144 IIRC the modern Tacoma is within 6" or so of a Suburban.
Posted by: Gray Man

An extra 6 in matters!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 13, 2022 02:45 PM (x+ovg)

145 ...if I bought new I'd buy full size and would always recommend full size for one simple reason if it's ever something you may need to do.

Yeah, hat's my sticking point. TBH, 95% of the time, I don't "need" a truck at all and probably 90% of the time I do, I wouldn't need the larger load/tow capacity. But when you really do need it, you need it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:45 PM (nfrXX)

146 I love my Himalayan salt lamp. I put a small, regular old bulb in it and it has a warm orangy glow and it's calming and soothing.

Everyone should have one. They balance the ions in the room.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 02:45 PM (U2p+3)

147 143 Do you recommended gluing the seal into the little track and if so, with what type of glue? Should I also check the bottom seal and the little whatever-they're-called parts in the corners of the door?

a few well placed 16d nails should do it

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:46 PM (us2H3)

148 My FWP: Mrs D scored a new washer and dryer awhile back. Samsung. She really likes them. They seem to do a good job.
I hate them.
No matter how many sets of underwear I put in a load of wash, by the time I get them out of the dryer, every one is turned inside out. Every damned one which of course necessitates getting turned right side out before putting them away.
Ugh.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:46 PM (anj39)

149
Fahrenheit
0 degrees: Cold
100 degrees: Hot

Celsius
0 degrees: Cold
100 degrees: Dead

Kelvin
0 degrees: Dead
100 degrees: Dead

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:48 PM (MoZTd)

150 Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:46 PM

Turn them inside out before the cycle. Problem solved 😁

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 13, 2022 02:48 PM (Xrfse)

151
Retiring incandescent bulbs in favor of those corkscrew fluorescent bulbs were nothing less than a blatant payoff to General Electric.

Fookers

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 13, 2022 02:48 PM (ZvxPV)

152 I vote for range use! ( do I get a vote?)

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 13, 2022 02:48 PM (Rbu5d)

153
I got a real good floodlight, but it doesn't project a beam worth shit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Sounds like those old dumb "Quartz Heaters" that were really trendy in the 80's. They only warmed what was directly in front of it.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:48 PM (dX4IK)

154 148.right side out before putting them away.
Ugh.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:46 PM (anj39)

I thought I was imaging it! Our Samsung does the same thing.

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (Rbu5d)

155 >>> IIRC the modern Tacoma is within 6" or so of a Suburban.
Posted by: Gray Man -
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Close.
The Tundra is the big one.
Tacoma is much smaller. I'm looking at the Tacoma because of price point ability to get a V6 (no V

with base trim. Full size Fords or Toys are out of my price range.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (Xoxgm)

156 Yeah, hat's my sticking point. TBH, 95% of the time, I don't "need" a truck at all and probably 90% of the time I do, I wouldn't need the larger load/tow capacity. But when you really do need it, you need it.
Posted by: Oddbob

--

I've run into it myself. You figure out how to work around it for a while, but if there's even the slightest chance then yeah, you'll eventually have two vehicles or sell the first and buy the one you need. Either way you end up spending or losing about the same amount of money.

Or get the Tacoma (great trucks) and keep your eye open for a beater. Problem being that even decent beaters are $15K these days.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (F9ExA)

157 Remember the Chevy Luv?

A re-badged Mazda, wasn't it? Or was that the Ford?

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (nfrXX)

158 Posted by: Diogenes

Heh. I took you for a commando kinda guy. Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (U2p+3)

159 149 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 02:48 PM (MoZTd)

Temp F- I can tell you with some precision roughly what the weather feels like.

Temp C- I can tell you that my country wound up sucking Napoleon's c*ck

Temp-K Earthling we are frying your atmosphere.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (Lzpvj)

160 In my backyard I am using these new fangled LED bulbs w built in motion sensing. They work very well.
If the light comes on in the middle of the night it's usually a cat or a raccoon.
Or a meth head junkie on bath salts...

Posted by: gourmand du jour, thanks vets at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (jTmQV)

161 Remember the Chevy Luv?

https://youtu.be/P1uotHfBe7w?t=5
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:43 PM (dX4IK)

Yeah, They never sold them in Canada. Built by Isuzu, I think.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (9bKBO)

162 >>> 157 Remember the Chevy Luv?

A re-badged Mazda, wasn't it? Or was that the Ford?
Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (nfrXX)

I'm not sure about the Chevy but for a few years the Mazda B-series and Ford Ranger pickups were basically the same.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (llON8)

163 I love my Himalayan salt lamp. I put a small, regular old bulb in it and it has a warm orangy glow and it's calming and soothing.
----
Ha, I got my moms when she passed, cool light but I'm not feeling it.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (9X/y4)

164
A re-badged Mazda, wasn't it? Or was that the Ford?
Posted by: Oddbob

Isuzu, I think.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (dX4IK)

165 Oregon 5 has been called for another GOP pickup, putting the GOP at 212, 6 more seats to go for the majority.

Assuming that GOP wins the races they are leading and supposed to win (CA-3, CA-27, CA-45, CO-3, and NY-22), they need to win 1 of the seats that are still being called tossups.

These seats are AZ-1, AZ-6, CA-13, CA-22, and CA-41.

AZ-1 and AZ-6 could be resolved by tonight's ballot drop, although they might split it up to keep both AZ-1 and Lake's race from being called until tomorrow. CA-13 is very likely to be a loss, but CA-22 and CA-41 look like they should fall to the GOP. CA-22 in particular is Valadao, who is a close ally to McCarthy. I'm also not confident on NY-22, that is very close and could end up being a steal like they just did in MD-6.

Add it all up and House is 220 GOP. And yes, a lot of this depends on Democrats not being allowed to steal anything else.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (5p7BC)

166 I like the mid 2000's chevy HD trucks

tough as hell and 80% the size

fucking hate all the new trucks

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:51 PM (us2H3)

167 Everyone should have one. They balance the ions in the room.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 02:45 PM (U2p+3)

How does it handle Morons???

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 13, 2022 02:51 PM (CCSxw)

168 165 Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (5p7BC)

The main disquieting thing is that all of the slow rolling districts have the DOJ breathing down their neck.

I could see donkey DOJ throwing a fit when they lose the house.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:52 PM (Lzpvj)

169 Heh. I took you for a commando kinda guy. Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (U2p+3)

Sure! Summertime.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:52 PM (anj39)

170 Also we were discussing it the other night and it's fun to compare modern "small" trucks to the behemoths of the early 2000s.

IIRC the modern Tacoma is within 6" or so of a Suburban.

Posted by: Gray Man -
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Close.
The Tundra is the big one.

--

No, the modern Tacoma is similar in size to the 2000s Suburban.

IIRC the F150s and Silverados are larger than the old Excursions. Remember how big you thought those vehicles were? They were jarring when you saw them on the road. Now that's a common size for a truck.

(It looks like a double cab Tundra is about 7" longer than those old Excursions)

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 02:52 PM (F9ExA)

171 How does it handle Morons???
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard

Lightly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 02:52 PM (U2p+3)

172 Well, yes…it refers to the term “Kelvin”.

Which does literally have a reference to temperature. In the world of science and astronomy.
[snip]
Posted by: EFG at November 13, 2022 02:37 PM (Ae67h)

The tie to science/astronomy is that, as the Wiki writeup puts it, color temperature is the color of light emitted by an idealized opaque, non-reflective body at a particular temperature measured in kelvins. The color temperature scale is used to categorize the color of light emitted by other light sources regardless of their temperature. Think Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 13, 2022 02:52 PM (ZSK0i)

173

Grandma's Himalayan salt lamp taste good!

Posted by: Ricky Retardo at November 13, 2022 02:52 PM (x+ovg)

174 Oh man...I still miss my little Toyota 4x4. I sold it in 2001...what a mistake.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:53 PM (XIJ/X)

175 A re-badged Mazda, wasn't it? Or was that the Ford?
Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:49 PM (nfrXX)

Ford sold Rangers that were rebadged Mazdas. I had a Mazda B1800. It was a really tough little truck. I would like to find a Mazda Rotary Pickup one day. Just for the Hell of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:54 PM (9bKBO)

176 I :heart: LED Christmas lights!

Back in the day, I struggled to find enough outlets to plug all those C9s in because "no more than 3 strings" and of course I needed 4, sometimes 5.

Now? Can plug together (thanks also to end -to- end connectors) up to 99 strings! Woot!!! Not that I'd ever need that many.

And yeah, I don't notice a real difference in the electricity bill anymore. C9s really used the juice...

Posted by: JQ at November 13, 2022 02:54 PM (dpnJh)

177 Omeprazole tablets...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
====================

Thought they were taken off the market???

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 02:54 PM (Xoxgm)

178 fucking hate all the new trucks

I would ~~kill somebody~~ give somebody serious noogies to have back the truck my dad had in the 80s. It was a Chevy step-side badged as a C-10 but on a C-20 frame with 8-lug wheels and a granny 4. Only a basic 350 but in low gear that sucker could pull down a house.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:55 PM (nfrXX)

179 In my backyard I am using these new fangled LED bulbs w built in motion sensing. They work very well.
----
I have them too. Claymores are messy.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:55 PM (9X/y4)

180 No politics please.

We have plenty of threads in which to discuss it. Keep this one and others like it free of contentious topics.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:56 PM (XIJ/X)

181 Thought they were taken off the market???

You must be thinking of something else. I take 20 mg of Omeprazole daily. Just bought 3 months worth at Sam's last week.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:56 PM (nfrXX)

182 Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 13, 2022 02:50 PM (5p7BC)

none of this will matter if the GOP house doesn't go all in on investigations

if they work with Joe, they will lose

people don't like crooks and Joe needs to be shown as one

them people may start listening to the voter fraud issues

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 02:57 PM (us2H3)

183 Oops, sorry, thought this was an open thread.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 13, 2022 02:57 PM (5p7BC)

184
Remember the Jeep Comanche?

https://youtu.be/5EK7zv_O7wg

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 02:57 PM (dX4IK)

185 180 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:56 PM (XIJ/X)

How about that *insert team x* in sportsball?

Also, videogame *y* is awesome.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:57 PM (Lzpvj)

186 Thought they were taken off the market???

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 02:54 PM (Xoxgm)

Hardly. Prilosec's a big seller and quite effectiv. Some others like Maalox have been taken off the market for various reasons. And some, like Nexium, are still prescribed but are watched pretty carefully.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 13, 2022 02:57 PM (ZSK0i)

187 Wow...what an ugly and unpleasant light! I have eight of those bulbs...what the hell am I going to do with them?

Give them to Skip ! Today's his birthday !

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 02:57 PM (T4tVD)

188 Some of my LED lights take about a half second between flipping the switch and turning on. Really, really frustrating.

Posted by: CppThis at November 13, 2022 02:58 PM (UewuT)

189 Well, I had better go put my pork loin roast in the slow cooker, and then head back outside and do some chores. Got a little snow augering done. But time to take batteries out of vehicles, and put some cars to bed in the shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2022 02:58 PM (9bKBO)

190 : Gray Man -
Have you speced out the Tacoma? It's small.
It can only pull 6500 lbs.
The cab is not that big.
The cab is nowhere near the size of a Suburban.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 02:59 PM (Xoxgm)

191 Just because it's interesting

2000 Ford Excursion 226.7"

Modern:
"(Ford Supercab, not full double cab) the truck’s overall length is 231.7 inches.
With this setup, the Ram 1500 has an overall length of 228.9 inches.
The Chevrolet Silverado’s length is 231.7 inches."

https://tinyurl.com/27fxl9vj

Toyota Tacoma Double Cab with long bed: 225.5"

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 02:59 PM (F9ExA)

192 No matter how many sets of underwear I put in a load of wash, by the time I get them out of the dryer, every one is turned inside out. Every damned one which of course necessitates getting turned right side out before putting them away.
Ugh.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 02:46 PM (anj39)
~~~~~

Maybe it's a "smart" washer and knows which side is the dirty one.

Posted by: IrishEi at November 13, 2022 02:59 PM (3ImbR)

193 183 Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 13, 2022 02:57 PM (5p7BC)

easy to forget and weekends are their own thing....on the bright side one third of the protrusion in my side is retracted.

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 02:59 PM (Lzpvj)

194 Ford sold Rangers that were rebadged Mazdas.

There was a model smaller than the Ranger, right? My uncle had one that got flipped on its side when his trailer went off into a ditch. Got some help to tip it back over, rehitched the trailer and drove home.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 02:59 PM (nfrXX)

195 In my backyard I am using these new fangled LED bulbs w built in motion sensing. They work very well.
----
I have them too. Claymores are messy.

But they do keep the squirrel numbers down if you remember to reset the next day.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 02:59 PM (Bd6X8)

196 Tacoma dimensions from Toyota dealer

https://tinyurl.com/22pwxd2s

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (F9ExA)

197 LEDs are also toxic to the environment.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (U2p+3)

198 [puts quantum chem/stat mech/thermo notes away]

Off to the hardware store to get the right type of saw for cutting a door in a plastic tub insulated shelter for the backyard cats.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (ZSK0i)

199
Here's a good reason to avoid rechargeable lithium batteries in your house:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yGDkiUAwxRs
Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets]/i]

I contend that he made it go "boom" by folding the sheet over on itself, twice.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (ZvxPV)

200 There was a model smaller than the Ranger, right? My uncle had one that got flipped on its side when his trailer went off into a ditch. Got some help to tip it back over, rehitched the trailer and drove home.

VW made a pickup that was pretty small. Don't know if that's what you're thinking of, though.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 03:01 PM (Bd6X8)

201 I contend that he made it go "boom" by folding the sheet over on itself, twice.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (ZvxPV)

I concur. *Now*, off to the hardware store.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 13, 2022 03:01 PM (ZSK0i)

202 Happy birthday, skip.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 13, 2022 03:01 PM (yFgCz)

203 >>>Or bring them to the range and shoot them?

Heh.
Cracked me up, CBD.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2022 03:02 PM (GkGYg)

204 7 Pardon the ignorance but what does that K signify?

Posted by: Ciampino - Here woke doctors only at November 13, 2022 02:04 PM (qfLjt)
----
Answering my own question after my brain actually unfroze (got no heat as furnace won't light), it would be the color of the light emitted by a black body radiator at different temperatures (K). Assuming a piece of iron heated, it would start a soft red (warm) and all the way to bright white at a high temperature. Probably would need a plasma to get bluish light.

Posted by: Ciampino - Furnace repair is for pros at November 13, 2022 03:02 PM (qfLjt)

205 VW made a pickup that was pretty small. Don't know if that's what you're thinking of, though.

Courier! That was it. Thanks, internet.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 03:03 PM (nfrXX)

206 I don'r buy lightweight shit

but the wife bought me a new Ford F 150

fucking hated it

and a friend of mine son was going inside with owing on a ford courier, so I bought it

the courier was better

Posted by: REDACTED at November 13, 2022 03:03 PM (us2H3)

207 Lithium batteries are in almost everything these days.
Laptops, cameras, phones, anything "wireless" or bluetooth controlled.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, thanks vets at November 13, 2022 03:03 PM (jTmQV)

208 Hope it's been a good birthday day, Skip.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2022 03:04 PM (GkGYg)

209 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:04 PM (T4tVD)

210 And some, like Nexium, are still prescribed but are watched pretty carefully.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM
-----------------------------

I was thinking of Zantac.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 03:04 PM (Xoxgm)

211 5000K - 7000K is an awesome color if you're a plant in the vegetative stage of growth in an indoor hydroponic grow room.

For humans, not so much. And even the plants get sick of it when they reach sexual maturity, and want high-pressure sodium instead of metal halide.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:04 PM (oINRc)

212 Pardon the ignorance but what does that K signify?
~~~~~

Kelvin

Posted by: IrishEi at November 13, 2022 03:05 PM (3ImbR)

213 Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 02:45 PM (U2p+3)

******

I agree with your first paragraph. Completely and whole heartedly.

The second is non-cromulent.

Posted by: EFG at November 13, 2022 03:06 PM (Ae67h)

214 Mazda B-series and Ford Ranger

That was more than 29 1/2 years ago.
Drove it tile overdrive didn't.

Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2022 03:06 PM (FhXTo)

215

Zantac/ranitidine is the one that was taken off the market due to containing NDMA a possible cans are causing agent.

The brand name since reappeared as zantac/famotidine, which was the original Pepcid.

Omeprazole lantoprazole Prilosec prevacid etc etc all fall into a different class called PPIs and are readily available over the counter.

Posted by: Dr Nick Riviera at November 13, 2022 03:06 PM (x+ovg)

216 Happy B-Day, Skip. And many more.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 13, 2022 03:06 PM (Xrfse)

217 Here's a good reason to avoid rechargeable lithium batteries in your house:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yGDkiUAwxRs
Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets]/i]

I contend that he made it go "boom" by folding the sheet over on itself, twice.

Just sat through a presentation on Lithium batteries yesterday. When Lithium burns it's hot enough (3600 F) to disassociate hydrogen from oxygen in water. I'd guess the folding started the burn, then in the water hydrogen got trapped between the folds and built up until BOOM!.

There's Big Clive video where he tears a Lithium battery apart and the innards catch on fire while he's playing with them on his bench, which is where I got the idea that folding the sheet that way was probably a bad idea.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 03:07 PM (Bd6X8)

218
I wonder how much the CFL manufacturers paid the Bushes to pimp their bullshit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:07 PM (oINRc)

219 There are snacks in the Barrel, nice!
*munching*

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 03:07 PM (fs1hN)

220 LEDs are also toxic to the environment.

So are CFLs.

Incandescent aren't.

But what can we actually get, now?

Posted by: JQ at November 13, 2022 03:08 PM (dpnJh)

221 198 [puts quantum chem/stat mech/thermo notes away]

Off to the hardware store to get the right type of saw for cutting a door in a plastic tub insulated shelter for the backyard cats.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (ZSK0i)
----
I use an old pet carrier. Sealed the top and sides with plastic trash bags and put newspaper inside. Several months ago a neighbor's chicken was laying an egg everyday in that carrier, until another neighbor's dog killed it. Then a week later we found 2 kittens sitting in it, siblings, almost identical except boy and girl. Added to the house cats.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Furnace repair is for pros at November 13, 2022 03:09 PM (qfLjt)

222
Delilah's having neck problems and the vet prescribed Carprofen. The Omeprazole is to help with any stomach irritation. But Lila went to the doggie chiropractor on Friday so maybe she won't need the medicine any longer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:09 PM (MoZTd)

223 219 There are snacks in the Barrel, nice!
*munching*
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 03:07 PM (fs1hN)

now for the main course

Posted by: John Holmes at November 13, 2022 03:09 PM (us2H3)

224
Who am I kidding? I should have asked how much the CFL manufactures paid to the DNC to order Bush to mandate their shit product for everyone.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:10 PM (oINRc)

225 There are snacks in the Barrel, nice!

Proceed at your own risk.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 13, 2022 03:10 PM (Xrfse)

226 Happy B-Day, Skip. And many more.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

"Billions !)" (in Carl Sagan's voice)

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:11 PM (T4tVD)

227 70
Let's try to keep this a lighthearted thread.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 02:22 PM (XIJ/X)
============

Do we get a political thread after this one?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 03:11 PM (Xoxgm)

228 There are snacks in the Barrel, nice!
*munching*
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Been nice knowing you, Chuck.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 03:11 PM (Bd6X8)

229
There are snacks in the Barrel, nice!

Proceed at your own risk.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 13, 2022 03:10 PM (Xrfse)

__________

It only tastes like chicken.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:11 PM (MoZTd)

230

CHUCK, NO!!!!!!

Posted by: Dr Nick Riviera at November 13, 2022 03:11 PM (x+ovg)

231
Zantac/ranitidine is the one that was taken off the market due to containing NDMA a possible cans are causing agent.

-----

Was that the reason? I thought it was the link to renal failure. But I might be remembering some other poisonous "medicine."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:12 PM (oINRc)

232 Hiya JQ !
How you ?

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:12 PM (T4tVD)

233 There’s a way to turn LED bulbs onto IEDs but it’s classified.

Posted by: epador at November 13, 2022 03:12 PM (BbSpR)

234

Well, time to go suck out the aquarium.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 13, 2022 03:12 PM (x+ovg)

235 try the dip, Chuck

Posted by: SHEP at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (us2H3)

236 If you didn't watch Chappelle last night on SNL, you didn't miss anything.

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (T4tVD)

237 And right on time, the neighbor fires up the riding mower for the 4th day in a row.

Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (Ur3ox)

238 There are snacks in the Barrel, nice!
*munching*
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 03:07
----------------

Anyone seen a bag of dried mealworms laying around? I know I put it down here somewhere. Was going to feed the chickens, but got distracted...

Posted by: JQ at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (dpnJh)

239 Have a routinely driven 2004 Toyota Tacoma equipped with one bench seat & the full sized bed.

Ride was always rough but have never regretted owning the small truck, for only a driver and one passenger, with the full sized bed often used for hauling hardwood & yard debris, and picking up smaller furniture, fixtures & finishing materials for the house.

(Also own a 2015 RAV4 & gave a relative a 2005 Corolla which still runs well. Everything stays operational only thanks to access to a great mechanic who keeps everything in decent shape.)

Posted by: Lola at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (NIYa7)

240 Think Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 13, 2022 02:52 PM (ZSK0i

*****

I shall contemplate this on the Tree of Woe.

Posted by: EFG at November 13, 2022 03:14 PM (Ae67h)

241 234 Well, time to go suck out the aquarium.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 13, 2022 03:12 PM (x+ovg)

LOL that was unexpected.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2022 03:15 PM (GkGYg)

242 236 Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (T4tVD)

The snit fit between Chapelle and SNL is as real as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 03:15 PM (Lzpvj)

243
And right on time, the neighbor fires up the riding mower for the 4th day in a row.
Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (Ur3ox)

Sounds like me and Joe Mannix when we were kids. My old man bought a house with a fuckin' *7-acre* lawn. That's right - the lawn was *7-acres.* With sprinklers. And he used 'em.

We would mow that lawn for months straight. By the time we got it all mown, it was time to start again.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:15 PM (oINRc)

244 And right on time, the neighbor fires up the riding mower for the 4th day in a row.

You live next to Hank Hill?

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 03:16 PM (nfrXX)

245 220 LEDs are also toxic to the environment.

So are CFLs.

Incandescent aren't.

But what can we actually get, now?
Posted by: JQ
--------------------

Save the planet Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 03:16 PM (Xoxgm)

246 And right on time, the neighbor fires up the riding mower for the 4th day in a row.

You live next to Hank Hill?

Someone makes a propane powered riding mower?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 13, 2022 03:16 PM (Bd6X8)

247 "And all those car/truck Headlights that are literally blinding you...those are all LEDs. "

Two things going on, I believe.

Many of the LEDs you see on the road are NOT DOT approved for highway use, but Bubbas get then at Auto-zone and slap them in their 15 year old Honda.

The other is gas mileage.

I suspect the federal mandate for daytime running lights, and the reduced engine power needed to illuminate LED bulbs drives some of it as well.
It doesn't seem to be bulb life, as we have tons of vehicles with one headlight out down here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2022 03:17 PM (1n+EO)

248 219 There are snacks in the Barrel, nice!
*munching*
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2022 03:07 PM (fs1hN)

It's sad, really. Gone.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2022 03:18 PM (GkGYg)

249 And right on time, the neighbor fires up the riding mower for the 4th day in a row.

--

Cutting up leaves?

Or, as one of my elderly neighbors admitted to, just getting out of the house. I give a lot of leeway to guys doing yardwork so long as it's not super early or late.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 03:18 PM (F9ExA)

250 LEDs are also toxic to the environment.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (U2p+3)

1. I doubt it.
2. I don't care.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 03:18 PM (XIJ/X)

251 >>> 243
And right on time, the neighbor fires up the riding mower for the 4th day in a row.
Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (Ur3ox)

Sounds like me and Joe Mannix when we were kids. My old man bought a house with a fuckin' *7-acre* lawn. That's right - the lawn was *7-acres.* With sprinklers. And he used 'em.

We would mow that lawn for months straight. By the time we got it all mown, it was time to start again.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:15 PM (oINRc)

You could put several cows on 7 acres...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 03:19 PM (llON8)

252 Someone makes a propane powered riding mower?

Not that I know of but that might actually make sense for a commercial use mower.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 03:19 PM (nfrXX)

253 "And all those car/truck Headlights that are literally blinding you...those are all LEDs. "
________________

This. Dazzling the poor people with these low-rent lasers is a pet peeve of mine.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:19 PM (YqDXo)

254 Shoot them. Wait, have nurse shoot them for you. Saves on ammo.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2022 03:20 PM (u73oe)

255
I just looked it up, and the average lawn is about 1/4-acre. So that damned lawn was *28* regular lawns.

*spits*

I've hated mowing ever since.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:20 PM (oINRc)

256 253 Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (T4tVD)

In an ideal world it would be legal to dazzle them back with mirrors....

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 03:21 PM (Lzpvj)

257
Or, as one of my elderly neighbors admitted to, just getting out of the house.

__________

There is much merit to this. Do something productive AND hide from the wife.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:21 PM (MoZTd)

258 250 LEDs are also toxic to the environment.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (U2p+3)

1. I doubt it.
2. I don't care.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 03:18 PM (XIJ/X)
_____________

My man.

You know what really IS toxic to the environment? Batteries. Battery manufacture is about as dirty an industry as you'll find.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:21 PM (YqDXo)

259 Everything stays operational only thanks to access to a great mechanic who keeps everything in decent shape.)

Posted by: Lola
------------------------

Sigh, my mechanic just retired.
I'm, now, giving up my old 150 and shopping for a new one. Ha, Tacoma's been in my eye. Saw one bouncing down the road giving me second thoughts.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 03:21 PM (Xoxgm)

260
Many of the LEDs you see on the road are NOT DOT approved for highway use, but Bubbas get then at Auto-zone and slap them in their 15 year old Honda.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

True. But most new cars today are being built with LED headlights, or offer the option.

And there's No Effort to properly adjust headlight-aim, anymore. No one gives a shit, it seems.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 03:23 PM (dX4IK)

261 That's right - the lawn was *7-acres.*

Oh, that is just.. wrong..
Lawn is only ~1/4 acre here. It's more than enough!
----

Infidel, is your neighbor using a lawn sweeper, keeping up with the leaves? We have a tow-behind unit for our tractor, worth its weight in gold now that we're 29. (But no, don't use it *every day*)

Posted by: JQ at November 13, 2022 03:23 PM (dpnJh)

262 Its not warm out thar.
(ask me how I know....)

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:23 PM (T4tVD)

263 The daylight bulbs are great for non living areas, especially colocated with outside cameras. At least with my cameras, the night mode is lower than the rated 4k and the daylight bulb keeps it in day mode for full res.

Posted by: EGGO at November 13, 2022 03:23 PM (2V01g)

264 Many of the LEDs you see on the road are NOT DOT approved for highway use, but Bubbas get then at Auto-zone and slap them in their 15 year old Honda.

Something I've started seeing recently on semis is an LED light bar that's probably about 6" tall and 3' across stuck on the front bumper containing what must be two or three hundred LEDs. And apparently not tied into the same dimmer switch as the headlights.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 13, 2022 03:23 PM (nfrXX)

265 A Tacoma is one of the few vehicles I would consider buying with 100K miles so long as the owner had a folder of maintenance records.

Interestingly, the others are Land Cruisers and the Lexus LX that is based on the Land Cruiser.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 03:24 PM (F9ExA)

266 You could put several cows on 7 acres...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 03:19 PM (llON

------------------------

A pair of sheep would do the job.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 03:24 PM (Xoxgm)

267 215
Zantac/ranitidine is the one that was taken off the market due to containing NDMA a possible cans are causing agent.
----
That cancer scare is a real scam. Many drugs include the dimethylamino group CH3-N-CH3, usually intoduced using dimethylamine CH3-NH-CH3 (DMA). Traces of DMA may remain in the final product because of poor purification techniques and poor quality control. (Also our equipment gets better and better at detecting smaller and smaller quantities of everything except bullshit.) A *trace* of this *trace* *may* react with nitrous acid in the lower gut to form N-nitroso-DMA, a carcinogen. Where does the nitrous acid come from? From nitrites added to sausage, bacon, and similar processed meats. So, minuscule chances but that's our litigious society.

Posted by: Ciampino - is there a unit to measure bulldust? at November 13, 2022 03:24 PM (qfLjt)

268 Our neighbor growing up had 41 acres that looked like an Oakmont fairway for the US Open. Not a weed in sight. That's all the guy ever did was slave over his lawn.

Whatever makes you happy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 13, 2022 03:24 PM (yFgCz)

269 Its not warm out thar.
(ask me how I know....)
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:23 PM (T4tVD)

—————-

*Everyone in chorus*

How not warm is it?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2022 03:24 PM (u73oe)

270
There is much merit to this. Do something productive AND hide from the wife.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:21 PM (MoZTd)

In the immortal words of The Business: "I like drinking. It's a way of life. It gets me out the house, and away from the wife."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:25 PM (oINRc)

271 Multiple lower powered LEDs allow lots of design possibilities vs the old round or rectangle.

Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2022 03:25 PM (FhXTo)

272 Or, as one of my elderly neighbors admitted to, just getting out of the house.

__________

There is much merit to this. Do something productive AND hide from the wife.

--

It really is. I use "cleaning the garage" as an excuse sometimes, but cutting the grass is a pretty good idea, too.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 03:26 PM (F9ExA)

273
Our neighbor growing up had 41 acres that looked like an Oakmont fairway for the US Open. Not a weed in sight.

__________

Through sheer neglect and indifference, I don't have a single weed in my lawn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:26 PM (MoZTd)

274 Zantac/ranitidine is the one that was taken off the market due to containing NDMA a possible cans are causing agent.
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VA prescribed for at least 10 years. Threw it out and they prescribed it AGAIN from another company. They'll croak me one fine day.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 03:26 PM (9X/y4)

275 It doesn't seem to be bulb life, as we have tons of vehicles with one headlight out down here.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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Playing One Eyed Jack's on a date is not as fun as it used to be.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 03:27 PM (Xoxgm)

276 So, minuscule chances but that's our litigious society.

AARRGGHH!! my talc-less crotch.

Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2022 03:27 PM (FhXTo)

277 colored paper lampshades. Light pink + nasty white bulb works pretty well.

Posted by: HughMBehavior at November 13, 2022 03:27 PM (iIGSY)

278 Answering my own question after my brain actually unfroze (got no heat as furnace won't light), it would be the color of the light emitted by a black body radiator at different temperatures (K). Assuming a piece of iron heated, it would start a soft red (warm) and all the way to bright white at a high temperature. Probably would need a plasma to get bluish light.
Posted by: Ciampino - Furnace repair is for pros at November 13, 2022 03:02 PM (qfLjt)
__________

Yep. That plasma would be the sun. Al Gore showed his ignorance when he was babbling about the sun being at "millions of degrees." The surface of the sun is about 6000 K, as we know from the black body radiation.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:27 PM (YqDXo)

279 "Something I've started seeing recently on semis is an LED light bar that's probably about 6" tall and 3' across stuck on the front bumper containing what must be two or three hundred LEDs."

I have no idea where they might be getting them from

https://tinyurl.com/4h5y5hc9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2022 03:27 PM (1n+EO)

280 *Everyone in chorus*

How not warm is it?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

I saw a bird rubbing 2 sticks together !

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:27 PM (T4tVD)

281 That cancer scare is a real scam. Many drugs include the dimethylamino group CH3-N-CH3, usually intoduced using dimethylamine CH3-NH-CH3 (DMA). Traces of DMA may remain in the final product because of poor purification techniques and poor quality control. (Also our equipment gets better and better at detecting smaller and smaller quantities of everything except bullshit.) A *trace* of this *trace* *may* react with nitrous acid in the lower gut to form N-nitroso-DMA, a carcinogen. Where does the nitrous acid come from? From nitrites added to sausage, bacon, and similar processed meats. So, minuscule chances but that's our litigious society.
Posted by: Ciampino - is there a unit to measure bulldust? at November 13, 2022 03:24 PM (qfLjt)
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Well done.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:29 PM (YqDXo)

282
How not warm is it?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

I saw a bird rubbing 2 sticks together !
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:27 PM (T4tVD)

__________

I saw a politician with his hands in his OWN pockets!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:29 PM (MoZTd)

283 Not saying it’s cold here, but I just saw a whole flock of witches tits heading south.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2022 03:29 PM (u73oe)

284 So you're one of those traditionalists that still use those cool candle ornaments that are dying to burn your house down?

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 02:40 PM (9X/y4)

A real traditionalist uses a real candles.

Posted by: Javems at November 13, 2022 03:29 PM (AmoqO)

285 Ranitidine, loved it.
Famotidine, not so much.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 13, 2022 03:30 PM (Xoxgm)

286 No leaves to speak of. Just his thing.

Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2022 03:31 PM (Ur3ox)

287 Lightbulb joke:

Why do lightbulbs hate us?

Because we flip them off all the time.

Just doing my part to keep the thread light or maybe that was to keep it dark.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2022 03:31 PM (xUoge)

288
I could swear Zantac was making people's kidneys go on permanent vacation, but again, maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:31 PM (oINRc)

289 I just got a lamp back from the ex that my mother bought in 1973. It's a super-cool ultra-modern chrome (polished stainless steel) lamp with a cluster of big round bulbs, arranged in a 2/1/2/1/2/1 pattern. The big old decorative bulbs look super cool against the polished steel.

But... CA has outlawed the things. LED bulbs lose the effect with their big electronic base. So, I had to purchase some on eBay. I've gotten lots of banned items on eBay because those sellers don't have to conform (or just don't) to CA's draconian laws. I can't tell you how many times I go to buy something on Amazon (shower head and humidifier most recently) and it says they can't ship to my area. Idiots. They can't seem to figure out it takes so much water to get your hair wet, or flush a turd. So it either takes longer to wash up, or more flushes and 5x the amount of water.

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at November 13, 2022 03:33 PM (zB/T/)

290 259. Would buy another in a minute if single row seating with the full size bed was manufactured again. The second row seating currently available doesn't seem practical at all & seemed quite uncomfortable.

A lot of owners of the older Tacoma small trucks keep waiting for Toyota to wise up. Alas, the 4x4s became the big thing.

Keep thinking and searching; you'll find something fabulous for your lifestyle.

Posted by: Lola at November 13, 2022 03:34 PM (NIYa7)

291 250 LEDs are also toxic to the environment.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 03:00 PM (U2p+3)

1. I doubt it.
2. I don't care.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at

I bring this up because MOST of the environmental bullshit they force us into actually causes more problems than the solve. Windmills kill birds. Solar panels are toxic. Batteries are toxic.

What have they forced on us that is actually green and healthy and does what they say it's supposed to do? f

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 03:34 PM (U2p+3)

292 I have 5000K lights in the computer room, where good, clean light really helps. It looks awful from the outside at night, no comforting Thomas Kinkaid yellow glow coming through the windows, but day-um, you can read what's on a piece of paper, and your eyes don't get tired after long hours of work.

Posted by: MathMom at November 13, 2022 03:35 PM (ormqo)

293 Not saying it’s cold here, but I just saw a whole flock of witches tits heading south.
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With a shitload of brass monkeys following closely behind.

Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 03:35 PM (9X/y4)

294 I also have them in the kitchen. Started doing that when living in Alaska and having four hours of daylight. It feels like there is a skylight in the kitchen with 5000K light. I love it.

Posted by: MathMom at November 13, 2022 03:36 PM (ormqo)

295 Not saying it’s cold here, but I just saw a whole flock of witches tits heading south.
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With a shitload of brass monkeys following closely behind.
Posted by: dartist at November 13, 2022 03:35 PM (9X/y4)
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We're bringing up the rear.

Posted by: Well-diggers asses at November 13, 2022 03:36 PM (VoNp6)

296 Fen with a flip off joke.
What's the world coming to ?

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:37 PM (T4tVD)

297
Remind me next week to quiz Ace on the origin of the Thumbs Up gesture.

Was it started by Fonzie?
Was it a WWII thing?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 03:37 PM (dX4IK)

298 Use those daylight bulbs in the laundry room where you need stark lighting to spot stains that need treating.

Or you can send them to me. I prefer daylight-colored bulbs in all of my workspaces. Yellowish "warm" lighting makes me feel sluggish and grumpy because it's harder to see fine detail.

Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2022 03:38 PM (Emce2)

299 288. Cancer allegations.

CBD warned us to 'keep it light" so now I'm vanishing.

Good day.

Posted by: Lola at November 13, 2022 03:38 PM (NIYa7)

300 Would buy another in a minute if single row seating with the full size bed was manufactured again. The second row seating currently available doesn't seem practical at all & seemed quite uncomfortable.

--

The thing I want back is just the basic work truck. Rubber floors you pull the mats out and take a water hose to clean out. Exposed wiring to add radios or switches for lights. Vinyl seats and vent windows for air circulation for people who don't want to pony up for A/C. 4x4 optional, and either at the hubs or old shift tech that was out in the late 90s. That sort of thing. Mark it for $19,999 and they'd sell every single one they could put on the lot.

Posted by: Gray Man - Look for rainbow books at your kids library, press charges against librarians at November 13, 2022 03:39 PM (F9ExA)

301 282
I saw a politician with his hands in his OWN pockets!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:29 PM (MoZTd)
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He was taking a break from stealing from us and was just playing pocket billiards.

Posted by: Ciampino -- is there a unit to measure bulldust? at November 13, 2022 03:40 PM (qfLjt)

302 You can adjust the color temp of your monitor and your smart phone using a number of free programs/apps. The main goal of the programs is to reduce the blue light component of the overall emitted light in the evening, because it makes your brain believe it is still daytime, making it hard for a lot of people to fall asleep. You can also adjust color temperature to reduce eyestrain.

I use the f.lux freeware on my pc's. I use the Twilight app on my Android phone. There are others.

Posted by: Gref at November 13, 2022 03:40 PM (AMIL/)

303 Totally different FWP. I dropped paypal. I am wondering about dropping or reducing Soldiers Angels as well when I switch to alternate way of donating as they are very tied to paypal and I have a bit of tingle that they may have gone corporate and woke themselves. So I'd love opinions on them and also on Vet Dogs which seems like a cool program and while Vet Dogs mails me too many solicitations at least they are not wasting their funds by sending me calendars or other such stuff as well. I have to go do stuff but will read all replies later this evening. Thanks horde.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at November 13, 2022 03:42 PM (3cGpq)

304
Rubber floors you pull the mats out and take a water hose to clean out. Exposed wiring to add radios or switches for lights. Vinyl seats and vent windows for air circulation for people who don't want to pony up for A/C. 4x4 optional, and either at the hubs or old shift tech that was out in the late 90s.

__________

AM radio

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:42 PM (MoZTd)

305 256...In an ideal world it would be legal to dazzle them back with mirrors....

Posted by: sven at November 13, 2022 03:21 PM (Lzpvj)

It's not legal?
Uh-ohhh...

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 13, 2022 03:43 PM (Rbu5d)

306 I like to keep it light. With 5000K bulbs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2022 03:43 PM (63Dwl)

307 300. Again, in a minute - though I'd have A/C - but it's unlikely to be, at least until BBB ends around 2050+

Posted by: Lola at November 13, 2022 03:43 PM (NIYa7)

308 1. I doubt it.
2. I don't care.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 03:18 PM (XIJ/X)

My new mantra for 2023!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 03:44 PM (anj39)

309
I've hated mowing ever since.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

You started hating mowing after you moved from that house?
It wouldn't have taken me that long to hate it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 03:44 PM (d+Cpn)

310 297
Remind me next week to quiz Ace on the origin of the Thumbs Up gesture.

Was it started by Fonzie?
Was it a WWII thing?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 13, 2022 03:37 PM (dX4IK)
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At least from Roman Times.

Posted by: Ciampino --- is there a unit to measure bulldust? at November 13, 2022 03:45 PM (qfLjt)

311 AM radio

-

Radio extra, but wiring for speakers in place.

No speakers, though.

Posted by: Paul Pelosi for Senate at November 13, 2022 03:45 PM (q4IYH)

312 Bye Lola !

Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:45 PM (T4tVD)

313 I can't tell you how many times I go to buy something on Amazon (shower head and humidifier most recently) and it says they can't ship to my area. Idiots. They can't seem to figure out it takes so much water to get your hair wet, or flush a turd. So it either takes longer to wash up, or more flushes and 5x the amount of water.
Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at November 13, 2022 03:33 PM (zB/T/)
_______________

Shower heads now come with a flow restrictor that makes the shower more like a plant mister.

Pro tip: it would be a shame if somehow that flow restrictor would for obscure reasons fall out of the shower head.

A must-see, from Leah (a treasure) at SeeJaneDrill, on how to do this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_Fw8-DxdA

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:45 PM (YqDXo)

314
Shower heads now come with a flow restrictor that makes the shower more like a plant mister.

_________

Things should be sold in two varieties

1) Californian
2) American

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2022 03:47 PM (MoZTd)

315 LED's are a huge improvement over fluorescents. I could hardly read under fluorescents and on top of that, they give me migraines.

Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2022 03:47 PM (Emce2)

316 Had to get gas $4.11 ( had a little off)
But hay the cleanest election ever wants this.

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 03:47 PM (xhxe8)

317
I love everything about my new home, except mowing the lawn, which I never had to do at other houses/apartments.

Luckily, it's a normal lawn. But I still have Post Lawnmowing Stress Disorder. Every time I hear one kick on, I'm like "oh, no."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:49 PM (oINRc)

318 Mrs D has the tv on for background noise.
Wonder Woman is on with Linda Carter. Was that just a shitty costume or did she really have a saggy ass?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 03:49 PM (anj39)

319 Everything went to her tits.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 13, 2022 03:50 PM (v78y0)

320 I love everything about my new home, except mowing the lawn, which I never had to do at other houses/apartments.

Luckily, it's a normal lawn. But I still have Post Lawnmowing Stress Disorder. Every time I hear one kick on, I'm like "oh, no."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:49 PM (oINRc)
______________

My wife and I picked up robots for sweeping and for mopping floors, and we love them. We're now eyeing a robot for mowing the lawn, which we'll buy when the price becomes more reasonable.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:50 PM (YqDXo)

321 271 Multiple lower powered LEDs allow lots of design possibilities vs the old round or rectangle.
Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2022 03:25 PM (FhXTo)

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They're great until you have to write a check to replace one.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2022 03:51 PM (Qzn2/)

322 It was a counterweight for the tits.
Posted by: Misogynistic Space Dick at November 13, 2022 03:50 PM (x+ovg)

If it works like an old elevator - why isn't Paul Pelosi's cuckquean's ass up around her neck?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:51 PM (oINRc)

323 LED's are a huge improvement over fluorescents. I could hardly read under fluorescents and on top of that, they give me migraines.
Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2022 03:47 PM (Emce2)
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It's the 60 cycles per second flickering.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 13, 2022 03:51 PM (VoNp6)

324 My wife and I picked up robots for sweeping and for mopping floors, and we love them. We're now eyeing a robot for mowing the lawn, which we'll buy when the price becomes more reasonable.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:50 PM (YqDXo)
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Just wait until they get together to plot the revolution...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 13, 2022 03:53 PM (VoNp6)

325
My wife and I picked up robots for sweeping and for mopping floors, and we love them. We're now eyeing a robot for mowing the lawn, which we'll buy when the price becomes more reasonable.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2022 03:50 PM (YqDXo)

Dude - I was at a tradeshow last year, and I saw Stihl's new lawnbot.

I remember how much I loved my Stihl MS440 chainsaw when I was lumberjacking. They make good shit. I want that lawnbot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:53 PM (oINRc)

326 Sad to me Molly Hemingway thinks Republicans just need to push early voting.

I BET NO ONE MATCHES SIGNATURES

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 03:53 PM (xhxe8)

327

You can get a robot to mop your floors? Damn, that would be handy...

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 13, 2022 03:54 PM (x+ovg)

328 Mrs D has the tv on for background noise.
Wonder Woman is on with Linda Carter. Was that just a shitty costume or did she really have a saggy ass?

-

I remember no imperfections, but I was also of the age where she was the first woman that made me think "oh, okay. I understand now."

Posted by: Paul Pelosi for Senate at November 13, 2022 03:54 PM (q4IYH)

329 LED's are a huge improvement over fluorescents. I could hardly read under fluorescents and on top of that, they give me migraines.
Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2022 03:47 PM (Emce2)
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It's the 60 cycles per second flickering.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Everyone should check and see if their monitors can be set to other than 60hertz. I used work with software geeks who lived with red eye until I set their monitors to other than 60hertz.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2022 03:55 PM (d+Cpn)

330 236 If you didn't watch Chappelle last night on SNL, you didn't miss anything.
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2022 03:13 PM (T4tVD)

I just watched it and mainly it wasn't funny because he was mumbling.

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=_m-gO0HSCYk

Posted by: m at November 13, 2022 03:55 PM (GkGYg)

331 You can't beat the Democrats at their game unless you want gk push fraud like they do.

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 03:55 PM (xhxe8)

332
I remember no imperfections, but I was also of the age where she was the first woman that made me think "oh, okay. I understand now."
Posted by: Paul Pelosi for Senate at November 13, 2022 03:54 PM (q4IYH)

The video for Madonna's "Express Yourself" gave me my first special feeling in the trouser-region. I was maybe 7 years old, but I said "oh, ok. I get it."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2022 03:55 PM (oINRc)

333 I should try a LED, just don't see paying out nose for something that may or not payoff in future.

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2022 03:57 PM (xhxe8)

334 I bring this up because MOST of the environmental bullshit they force us into actually causes more problems than the solve.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2022 03:34 PM (U2p+3)

Agreed. But the improvements in LED technology were driven by the market.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2022 03:57 PM (XIJ/X)

335 I remember no imperfections, but I was also of the age where she was the first woman that made me think "oh, okay. I understand now."
Posted by: Paul Pelosi for Senate at November 13, 2022 03:54 PM (q4IYH)

I had that moment when we had new neighbors move in and their daughter was about two years past needing a bra.
Yeah.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2022 03:57 PM (anj39)

336 Yes, they improved. The color of the light is basically, any color you want. For Halloween, I changed my porch lights to be orange for one day. On Christmas, I plan to have them fade from red to green for a day. The rest of the year I'll just have them be normal white.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 13, 2022 03:57 PM (buTO7)

337 Quit spending money. Don't buy shit. Conserve.
Let them fund their own insanity. It may be a little painful, but sooner or later they will break. Then slaughter them all;p

Posted by: observer at November 13, 2022 03:58 PM (5q7FG)

338 *hits F5 impatiently waiting for sous vide thread*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 13, 2022 04:00 PM (llON8)

339 nood food

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 13, 2022 04:00 PM (VoNp6)

340 So far, LED Christmas lights cannot compare to the old-fashioned incandescents. They just look wrong.

Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2022 04:00 PM (Emce2)

341 Get washed up and upstairs

FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip nood advisor at November 13, 2022 04:01 PM (xhxe8)

342 33 You want American
You'll take Korean
You get Chinese

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman a
****
Other than military industrial - America manufacturing is gone and they outsource most of the engineering to India and parts to chinaland. Quit living in the past.

Posted by: NipsyAtTheJingoAteMyBaby at November 13, 2022 04:03 PM (ZFYhP)

343 Getting ready to redo some lighting in the house and have decided to go with tunable LED can lights, and solatubes. Kinda stoked for it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2022 04:03 PM (tBR6g)

344 I use an old pet carrier. Sealed the top and sides with plastic trash bags and put newspaper inside. Several months ago a neighbor's chicken was laying an egg everyday in that carrier, until another neighbor's dog killed it. Then a week later we found 2 kittens sitting in it, siblings, almost identical except boy and girl. Added to the house cats.
Posted by: Ciampino -- Furnace repair is for pros at November 13, 2022 03:09 PM (qfLjt)

Back from the hardware store. The only carrier I have is still in use for vet clinic purposes and I'm sheltering four cats. So, got a fair-sized translucent storage container and used a Dremel sawsall to chop open an entrance/exit and a cheapie 6" hacksaw to finalize the cut. Looking good so far and the cost is quite minimal.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 13, 2022 04:09 PM (ZSK0i)

345 I remember from high school (maybe undergrad) physics that the candela was defined as 1/60th of the luminous intensity of a square centimeter of black body radiator maintained at the temperature of freezing platinum, or something close to that. I'm sure it's been changed by now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 13, 2022 04:20 PM (bW8dp)

346 I never bought any CFLs. I switched over to halogen lights when I couldn't gat incandescents, which was not too often. CFLs are a government created problem: bad lighting, bad design, questionable longevity, insignificant cost savings, toxic hazard when broken. I went with LEDs when cost was not more than 50% above incandescents as the energy savings made up for the premium.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 13, 2022 04:51 PM (VVjh+)

347 Don't ever drop or break them. You'll have to call in the EPA for cleanup.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 13, 2022 05:33 PM (dQfJF)

348 I use the 5K on the outside of the home. The glare from them at night is brutal if you're looking at my house.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at November 13, 2022 07:25 PM (vo6HG)

349 My wife and I call those 5000s "east german stairwell" bulbs.

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