Mehr Licht, Or, The Light That Failed, Or, The World's Last Sylvania Trade
"Nylons and chocolate bars...."
Nylons and chocolate bars nothing. I'm going to buy a thousand incandescent bulbs for reading lamps, 60-75-100 watt bulbs, and I won't sell my soul for any other (fluorescent) mess of wattage.
No, there'll be no fluorescent lights for me, when the Lights Go Out And It's Closing Time In The Gardens Of The West. I understand that in this country that is due to happen in 2012. A mere four years away, and the ban on incandescent light bulbs goes into effect. Take away my plane or train travel, take away my dilapidated chariot of high-octane fire. Go right ahead, do.
But just as Barbara Fretchie defied Stonewall Jackson's soldiers and would not let them threaten the Union flag she displayed (And General Jackson backed her up: "'Who touches a hair of yon gray head/Dies like a dog. March on', he said.) and was ready to risk everything, I will fight tooth and nail not to have to endure reading by fluorescent light.
I'm ready to defend my sylvanias. The house has been wired. Just try and take them away from me, G-men!
Posted on 6:22 AM by Hugh Fitzgerald
Comments
12 Jul 2008
Mary Jackson
You're incandescent with rage, but not all low-energy bulbs are like that strip lighting that makes everyone look grey.. Low-energy lightbulbs are coming in over here too. I posted my thoughts on this a while ago.
I use them for lights that are flush with the ceiling, where the air doesn't get in to cool the bulb. Conventional bulbs produce too much heat and blow easily. Pace, Clinton, blowing easily is not always a good thing.
12 Jul 2008
Artemis Gordon Glidden
I'll gladly ship you a big ol' box of incandescents if you like. I've replaced them all with compact flourescents, and they're just sitting in piles. 65W floodlights? 40W appliance lights? 30-70-100W threeway (comments, anyone?) lights? Or do you need the heavy stuff, the 120W's? Come on, just try a little bit, you can quit anytime you want.
