In Defense of the Incandescent light « on: January 03, 2021, 11:36:39 PM » Author: HomeBrewLamps
https://slate.com/human-interest/2008/01/in-defense-of-incandescent-light.html “The dead, the gentle dead—who knows?— In tungsten filaments abide. And on my bedside table glows Another man’s departed bride. And maybe Shakespeare floods a whole Town with innumerable lights, And Shelley’s incandescent soul Lures the pale moths of starless nights. Streetlamps are numbered, and maybe Number nine-hundred-ninety-nine (So brightly beaming through a tree So green) is an old friend of mine."
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	Re: In Defense of the Incandescent light « Reply #3 on: January 06, 2021, 07:37:16 AM » Author: AngryHorse
Here’s my tribute BEHOLD THE MIGHTY HALOGEN!
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	Re: In Defense of the Incandescent light « Reply #6 on: January 06, 2021, 02:26:29 PM » Author: AngryHorse
And doesn’t that liquid refreshment look so much better under halogen lamps?
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	Re: In Defense of the Incandescent light « Reply #8 on: January 06, 2021, 03:10:19 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Funny we’re on the subject of drink, as I type this, I’m sat here with a large glass of Baileys!
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	Re: In Defense of the Incandescent light « Reply #10 on: January 06, 2021, 03:25:07 PM » Author: Bulbman256
I have No Idea what you lot are talking about, I mostly just know Simpsons references lol.
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	Re: In Defense of the Incandescent light « Reply #11 on: January 06, 2021, 03:38:57 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Do you guys have Baileys in the US?, there’s three religions in the UK over the Christmas period, Christmas trees, a turkey, and Baileys Irish cream!
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	Re: In Defense of the Incandescent light « Reply #12 on: January 06, 2021, 04:52:51 PM » Author: Bulbman256
Quote from: AngryHorse on January 06, 2021, 03:38:57 PM Do you guys have Baileys in the US?, there’s three religions in the UK over the Christmas period, Christmas trees, a turkey, and Baileys Irish cream!    Never heard of it, but it seems it is avaliable here. That reminds me, I have a Bombay sappire bottle i have to turn into a lamp.
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	Re: In Defense of the Incandescent light « Reply #14 on: January 06, 2021, 06:41:39 PM » Author: Bulbman256
Quote from: Mandolin Girl on January 06, 2021, 06:21:31 PM We used fine sand to weight our Jim Beam table lamp. I don't have such a thing, might use pennies or get some road salt from the garage. Problem is finding a way to mount a socket, need some sort of cork or rubber plug the size of 3/4 an inch in diameter.
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