How many mailing list members does it take to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently. 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs. 13 to flame the spell checkers. 18 to correct spelling/grammar flames. 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb". 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive. 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp". 5 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct. 6 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy". 4 to post that this mailing list is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb mailing list. 11 to defend the posting to this mailing list saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mailing list. 1 to show everyone how he didn't have to change the bulb but fixed it up with duct tape & balin' wire and wants to know if he's now qualified for "Redneck Status". 3 willing to let him have honorary status. 15 saying he is disqualified because his fix actually worked and continues to function and besides nobody was hurt during the repair. 3 to claim that since they have superior visual skills they don't need those "damn bulbs". 27 to say the new energy saving bulbs will never replace the old standards and speculate which models will be discontinued in 5-10 years. 1 to ask, "can you kill an elk with a light bulb?". another one to say, "Yeah, but a heavy bulb penetrates better and is more likely to make up for poor placement.". 8 will insist that the light trajectory from a fixture featuring multiple 60-watt bulbs is flatter than the trajectory of a single big-bore bulb of the same total wattage. 36 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. 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs. 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's. 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group. 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too". 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy. 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "what he said". 4 to say that, "BY GOD lightbulbs are for sissies!" and that in their day they had to use coal oil lanterns and home made candles. 8 to post rolling eyes....Here we go again!! 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?". 14 to say "do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs". 20 to wonder why some of these people don't read their owner's manual instead of asking the whole world where the light bulb is, what type it is, and how to change it. But they don't want to post such a question. 8 to say that flourescent is far superior to incandescent. 12 to refute that it makes no difference whether one uses incandescent or flourescent. 3 to state that they "know someone" who was blinded by the use of incandescents and only an inexperienced person or outright fool would choose anything other than flourescent. 3 to state that they have tried reading upside down using incandescents and can still see absolutely no difference between the two. 1 to put his incandescent light bulbs (lamps/lightbulbs) in nothing but fiberglass swirly colored light fixtures. 6 to condem anyone using grid power, obvious from their reference over which type to use and demand that everyone switch to eco-friendly candles. 6 to push for the further development of LED clusters. and finally, 1 mailing list "lurker" to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
