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#1 dude3

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 06:49 PM

I have three in-use light bulbs in my room: two in the overhead and one in a lamp. About two months ago, one of the overhead bulbs burned out, so I put my lamp in active duty. When the lamp is turned towards the ceiling, it provides quite a bit of light, so it didn't really make much difference. Unfortunately, the lamp bulb burned out two nights ago, leaving only the one overhead bulb.

Things are getting dire. I may have to learn how to utilize sonar.

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 07:13 PM

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 07:23 PM

No....that burns too quickly

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 08:29 PM

Use the flashing Christmas lights.

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 10:14 PM

If you cover portions of your unused carpet with lots of hand soap (liquid hand soap) and/or soak it in some rubbing alcohol, you could light part of your room on fire. It'll burn like napalm for a while.

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 11:05 PM

Keep your computer on, and use the monitor.

Or get a pet bat.

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Posted 05 April 2005 - 11:29 PM

A while back, I decided that there was no particular reason to have six 60 watt lightbulbs above the mirror in my bathroom, so I deactivated three of the six light sockets and replaced the remaining three bulbs with 40 watt bulbs. It's still too friggen bright in there, but at least I no longer scorch my corneas every time I have to stumble in there in the middle of the night. I have dimmer switches on all the other lights that beat 25 watts in my realm of the house and keep the place about as dark as it would be if I were using candles instead of electricity to light the place.

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 01:15 AM

I bought six of those "ultra-efficient-super-long-life-bulbs" when I arrived for college. I figured that their five-year lifespan would be perfect for a four-year college degree. Alas, only three are still operational.

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 08:36 AM

Sundered Angel, on Apr 6 2005, 01:15 AM, said:

How long ago might this have happened to be?

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 11:21 AM

dude3, on Apr 6 2005, 12:49 AM, said:

Things are getting dire. I may have to learn how to utilize sonar.

... am I the only one here who is going to suggest spending a couple of bucks and replacing the bulbs, or is that too sensible ;p

I could do with some more lighting in here, really... I should grab some LEDs and experiment.

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 11:30 AM

I was going to suggest that as well...

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 12:30 PM

Jon Pearse, on Apr 6 2005, 10:21 AM, said:

... am I the only one here who is going to suggest spending a couple of bucks and replacing the bulbs, or is that too sensible ;p

I thought about it, then I remembered what board this is.

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 10:24 PM

Jon Pearse, on Apr 6 2005, 08:21 AM, said:

... am I the only one here who is going to suggest spending a couple of bucks and replacing the bulbs, or is that too sensible ;p

After the first one burned out, I went out to my garage to see if we had any spare bulbs, but there weren't any properly-shaped ones. After that I got discouraged and totally lost my momentum.

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 11:06 PM

I rarely have my light on (only if I am reading at night) other wise I just use the computer. My curtains are always closed, unless my grandma opens them while I am at school.

Works for me.

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Posted 06 April 2005 - 11:12 PM

"Yeah, I got so discouraged after not finding one that I just decided not to replace it at all. It is really hard to see these keys... Also, the monitor is my only source of light, so I can't log off. DON'T LEAVE ME HERE ALONE!!!"

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Posted 07 April 2005 - 01:22 AM

Well, if you can ever get up the courage stop by habitat for humanity and look through there stock. They probably have tons of lightbulbs...actually walmart might be cheaper.