This is a variation on a conversation that is often heard in our house. Let’s just say we have differing ideas about why one might turn on a lamp.
KARI: You know, the lightbulbs in our house seem to be good ones. We haven’t had to change many of them, and we’ve lived here a year and a half.
MIKE: One’s going to blow up right now. Exploding all over you.
KARI: Yes, I’ve jinxed it now, but you know what I’m saying.
MIKE: Yeah, and it’s a good thing for you that none of them have gone out. Because one day all the lights in our house will be fluorescent, energy saving bulbs.
KARI: I hate waiting ten minutes to be able to see. Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a lamp?
MIKE: We’re saving so much energy!
KARI: I hate having to turn on a lamp and then wait in the other room.
MIKE: It’s so good for our power bill!
KARI: I don’t turn on a lamp because I want light in ten minutes. Lamps are about instant gratification.
MIKE: I remember when I worked in Danville, and I put fluorescent lights in the staff room and everybody got mad at me.
KARI: I can’t imagine why they’d be mad.
MIKE: Me, either. Just go in and turn on the light an hour before you want to take your break, and everything should be fine.
KARI: An hour? Gosh, sounds like you’ll save lots of energy that way.
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Is this why my room didnt have a light bulb in it?
Did it not? lol. Probably what happened is that one died somewhere else and we were out of lightbulbs so we stole yours.
Or we can blame Mike and his power-saving ways.
i’m not a fan of florescent lights.
i’m with mike – i’ve started using florescents in my house.
OTOH, one time my parents came to visit, arrived while i was still at work and replaced one of the bulbs since it took longer to come on and they thought it had burned out…
happily, the newer (spiral) florescent bulbs don’t have the delay like the first few i bought.
We have some of the spiral ones. It’s not that there’s a delay, it’s just very dim at first. And when I turn on a lamp, it’s usually to read. It makes me feel as if I’m reading by candlelight. hee hee.
The Arkansas State Police Veteran’s Association (or some such entity) sells these things over the phone. My family used to buy them regularly…until I accidentally intervened one day.
I was 14 and all alone in the house; I get this phone call from some guy saying he’s from some nice-sounding (and therefore suspicious) charitable organization, and he has light bulbs that last 5 years. I laughed in his face. “Five years?? HA! What kind of idiot do you take me for? Hell no, we don’t want your ripoff light bulbs! No light bulb can last five years!!” Then I hung up on him. Later on, someone told me about these bulbs and I felt bad.
Moral of the story: Don’t ever feel bad for mocking a legitimate charitable organization. They’re all greedy jerks anyway.
I use the 2 year halogen bulbs. Those are awesome. I have to change regular bulbs all the time. Krissy likes to have all the lights on, especially when I’m not around.