tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post3097110141119775406..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Olio: Shut Up And Buy The Fucking Light Bulbs, Lady EditionJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-85100117173474795862011-06-15T06:57:07.769-04:002011-06-15T06:57:07.769-04:00I love "Wharf Rat".I love "Wharf Rat".sarcasmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892220818186905613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-86568873026727846912011-06-15T03:52:26.182-04:002011-06-15T03:52:26.182-04:00I love this statement;
"Nor does it allow ho...I love this statement; <br />"Nor does it allow households to make choices about how best to conserve electricity. A well-designed policy would allow different people to make different tradeoffs among different uses to produce the most happiness (“utility” in econ-speak) for a given amount of power. Maybe I want to burn a lot of incandescent bulbs but dry my clothes outdoors and keep the airAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79728654029996485722011-06-15T00:46:15.349-04:002011-06-15T00:46:15.349-04:00I got some fairly expensive CFLs a dozen years ago...I got some fairly expensive CFLs a dozen years ago via some mail order catalog with discounts via my electric company. All except one (which got whacked) still work.<br /><br />A couple years later I got some cheap ones and they were crap.<br /><br />More recent purchases have lasted well (we will see).<br /><br />Unfortunately I've got a number of fixtures where I either can't use them Uncle Glennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04653788281813801165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-72667467052103634712011-06-14T20:51:30.874-04:002011-06-14T20:51:30.874-04:00That was beautiful MDS....That was beautiful MDS....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-34698359402445575332011-06-14T19:35:20.127-04:002011-06-14T19:35:20.127-04:00In my experience, libertarians are republicans who...In my experience, libertarians are republicans who claim to smoke pot thinking that will up their chances of getting laid.<br /><br /><br />Also in my experience, they would be a damn sight more enjoyable to be around if they actually did smoke the occasional bowl.Liberty60noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-89616107356318318992011-06-14T18:28:17.063-04:002011-06-14T18:28:17.063-04:00The CFL I killed prematurely was because I failed ...The CFL I killed prematurely was because I failed to read the fine print on my motion detector activated porch lite (CFL was one type light NOT recommended).<br /><br />Other than that I'm fairly happy with them. The (short) longevity of some of the older ones was because I'd have to keep trying to jiggle them in the socket when the ballast would start to hum.<br /><br />Haven't had LanceThrusterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034741254580206813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-43431365835378592372011-06-14T05:47:09.880-04:002011-06-14T05:47:09.880-04:00Great pith on "libertoonianism," but in ...Great pith on "libertoonianism," but in the interests of fairness doctrine of false equivalencies, on our side lies the fringe of "anarchists," who likewise with their libertoonian confreres deny the human need, compulsion, and arrangement for hierarchy. I am not sure that anarchists ever get laid, but boy can they score drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-2679380135541483492011-06-13T23:39:20.938-04:002011-06-13T23:39:20.938-04:00Ketchup on fried okra? You're joking, right? ...<i>Ketchup on fried okra?</i> You're joking, right? Nobody does that.M. Krebsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-4124685376401283582011-06-13T23:32:03.108-04:002011-06-13T23:32:03.108-04:00All's I can say is that, at my joint, on fucki...All's I can say is that, at my joint, on fucking average, CFLs don't pop out nearly as regularly as the old bulbs did. I don't remember where I got this, but supposedly the trick is not to use them in places where they're turned on and off frequently. If you flip them on and off all the time, their life span is no better than an incandescent bulb -- possibly worse, I don't M. Krebsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-30417740787130525592011-06-13T11:58:03.855-04:002011-06-13T11:58:03.855-04:00As always, you get what you pay for with CFLs.
Ch...As always, you get what you pay for with CFLs.<br /><br />Cheaper "6 for $12" 3 generation old CFLs have crappy ballasts, ugly colour balance, shoddy QA and predictably disappointing lifespans.<br /><br />Modern CFLs start quickly, work in colder temps, give better spectra of light and last longer than incandescents. <br /><br />I'm going on 3 years on the one in my bedroom fan, a NoPublicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-48306381837052534892011-06-13T10:13:02.832-04:002011-06-13T10:13:02.832-04:00I have the same problem with CFEs that Voxpoptart ...I have the same problem with CFEs that Voxpoptart has. They don't last long enough in my house to offset the higher cost per bulb.<br /><br />The last time I got involved in a conversation about "Why do my CFEs die?" the consensus was that they're more sensitive to dirty power. If your voltage tends to fluctuate a lot, then CFEs will die a lot.<br /><br />Where this ties in RobertBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-83527461280993146972011-06-13T00:10:24.303-04:002011-06-13T00:10:24.303-04:00Rick Perry... oh yeah, a fine candidate.
The man ...Rick Perry... oh yeah, a fine candidate.<br /><br />The man went full retard in 2009 with Texas teabaggers by flirting with secession. I'm sure the rest of the U.S. will just love learning about that.TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972726941993291842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-57187108261167574192011-06-12T21:47:53.598-04:002011-06-12T21:47:53.598-04:00John: Could be. But she's worked a lot of hous...John: Could be. But she's worked a lot of houses with the issue, which is a real one. (It relates, she says, to something about Duke Power flooding my home periodically with more than 120 volts, thus damaging the bulbs if I recall correctly, and there's an excellent chance I don't.) At any rate, for *some* reason, CFLs simply don't work like they're supposed to for a lot of voxpoptarthttp://www.epinions.com/user-voxpoptartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-529713900222344202011-06-12T13:35:14.531-04:002011-06-12T13:35:14.531-04:00@ voxpoptart
"I don't *like* sharing expe...@ voxpoptart<br />"I don't *like* sharing experiences with Glenn Reynolds, or even a planet with him, but from what our electrician says, a lot of houses just aren't wired to get any benefits from the new bulbs. And that really is rather annoying."<br /><br />Your electrician should stick to wiring stuff. That is a ridiculous assertion.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14886046607470111570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-11546908425096926132011-06-12T11:36:24.634-04:002011-06-12T11:36:24.634-04:00Speaking as a lefty environmentalist, albeit one w...Speaking as a lefty environmentalist, albeit one who is only a whimsical technophile at best: I've had Glenn Reynolds's experiences with compact fluorescents. The not-at-all-compact striplight fluorescent in our kitchen works great, but our CF's burn out as regularly as our incandescents, sometimes faster, and my wife hates the flickering too.<br /><br />I don't *like* sharing voxpoptarthttp://www.epinions.com/user-voxpoptartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-46756077643652582232011-06-11T10:21:38.952-04:002011-06-11T10:21:38.952-04:00Not just that, but what kind of absolute asshat ca...Not just that, but what kind of absolute asshat calls their philosophy "dynamism" and constrasts it with "stasis"? What can you say about a group that thinks *labeling* is proof of work?Vivekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028041840451806544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-4956551002111009242011-06-11T00:35:34.346-04:002011-06-11T00:35:34.346-04:00Here, let me shorten that for you:
"Oh, Chri...Here, let me shorten that for you:<br /><br />"Oh, Christ: Virginia Postrel"<br /><br />done!whetstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-65946048775116894392011-06-10T14:26:34.481-04:002011-06-10T14:26:34.481-04:00As I have pointed out many times over the years, a...As I have pointed out many times over the years, a libertarian is someone who hates government interference with private property until his neighbor starts tuning his Harley in his garage with the door open every evening at 11:30 and then the cops better do something right fucking now!!Uncle Omarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-5055354755226464282011-06-10T13:58:47.703-04:002011-06-10T13:58:47.703-04:00"Hey, who decided that had to be counter-cloc..."Hey, who decided that had to be counter-clockwise, huh?"<br /><br />Leftists.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-64160092331937400982011-06-10T13:58:26.197-04:002011-06-10T13:58:26.197-04:00When one reads of a candidate's staff of strat...When one reads of a candidate's staff of strategists, advisors, and press people departing en masse, you have to remember that these people make their money representing candidates. If the horse they originally chose to ride dies on them, like any parasite they must find another host for sustenance... hence, Prick Perry suddenly appears electable. They convince an already oversized egomaniac&squatlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-37902747595902486142011-06-10T13:45:11.214-04:002011-06-10T13:45:11.214-04:00Libertarians smoke pot. That's the heart of th...Libertarians smoke pot. That's the heart of their appeal, and the source of their confusion.James Stripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.com