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One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed.



Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
light bulb could have been changed differently.



Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.



Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
light bulbs.



Five to flame the spell checkers.



Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.



Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another six
to condemn those six as stupid.



Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the correct
spelling.



Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take
this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.



Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light bulbs
and there fore the posts are relevant to this group.



Thirty six to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where
to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this
technique and what brands are faulty



Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.



Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL.



Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.



Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including
all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"



Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.



Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"



Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions
about light bulbs"



Three to tell a funny story about their show dog and a light bulb.



AND



One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now with
something unrelated they found at snopes.com and start the thing all over
again.



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Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:17 am

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One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed. Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light...
Rosanna Tarsiero
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Feb 24, 2008
12:17 am

Brilliant, Rosanna! If it were actKM we'd also have five posters who would argue whether changing a lightbulb was an epistemological, ontological or narrative ...
Patrick Lambe
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Feb 24, 2008
1:26 am

... And don't forget the couple of old flame-warriors coming out of retirement for every other debate and complaining that "moderators are not doing their job...
Cornejo Castro, Miguel
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Feb 24, 2008
10:43 am

I hope you post this on your blog, Ms. R and then we can all point to it!! ... Nancy White | Full Circle Associates | Connecting communities online ...
Nancy White
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Feb 25, 2008
12:15 am

And of course, I'm sure everyone is being environmentally aware and changing to compact fluorescent light bulbs;) ... -- Susan Rose Leader, Ethical Society...
Susan Rose
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Feb 26, 2008
9:37 pm

And one to reply that CFLs may not be as good for the environment as most assume. Breaking a CLF leads to a toxic contamination situation. ...
Christie Mason
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Feb 26, 2008
9:47 pm

Rosanna, thanks for a great day / work starter. Regards Kamran...
Kamran Niazi
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Feb 25, 2008
5:46 am

The bulb is the glass portion of what is properly called a lamp. May I recommend a couple of websites: http://catalog.myosram.com/ ...
Andy Roberts
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Feb 25, 2008
9:07 am

... <g> Actually, you something about people emailing about the need to move to energy efficient bulbs / the fact that you can't see as well with them / the...
Emma Duke-Williams
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Feb 25, 2008
10:30 am
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