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Offline 333

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How many forum members does it take...
« on: April 27, 2008, 07:42:24 AM »
Does this remind you of an oil thread?


 How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?
 
 One to change the light bulb and a second to post that the light
 bulb has been changed (the first does not have regular email access).
 
 Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs
 and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
 
 Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
 
 Seven more to point out spelling or grammar errors in the posts
 about changing light bulbs.
 
 Five to flame the spell checkers.
 
 Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.
 
 Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
 ... another six to condemn those six as stupid.

 Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give
 correct spelling.
 
 One to post the old joke about "Hams don't change light bulbs,
 they redesign the ciruit to use LED's".
 
 Two to post that "LED's" is incorrect grammar, and that the
 plural form of LED is LEDs.
 
 Three to post that the "LED's" / LEDs postings are Off Topic
 as the current discussion is about light bulbs.
 
 Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs or LEDs
 and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb
 or LED) forum / mailing list / chatroom / whatever.
 
 Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use
 light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.

 Two to say "I'm having to change lightbulbs tomorrow at work
 therefore it is relevant to ME".
 
 Thirty-six 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.
 
 Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light
 bulbs.
 
 Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post
 the corrected URL (bracketed inside < and > characters so that
 word wrap does not break the URLs).
 
 Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are
 relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to
 this group.
 
 Thirteen to link all postings to date, quote them in their entirety
 including all headers, trailers and signatures, and add "Me too".
 
 Another four that again quote the above "all postings"and add "Me three".
 
 Five to post to the group that they are quiting the list because
 they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
 
 Four to ask "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
 
 Thirteen to say "Google is your friend", or "Do a Google search on
 light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
 
 Three to tell a funny story about their spouse/cat/dog/parrot/whatever
 and a light bulb.

 Neil posts and says "I have 20 file cabinets of light bulb
 manuals here, let me pull the correct one out for you and give you
 the Honda part number."
 
 AND
 
 One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
 now and start it all over again.
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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2008, 07:59:23 AM »
Don't forget the obligatory oil question
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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2008, 07:21:54 PM »
Don't forget the obligatory oil question
Does this remind you of an oil thread?


 How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?
 
 One to change the light bulb and a second to post that the light
 bulb has been changed (the first does not have regular email access).
 
 Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs
 and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.
 
 Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
 
 Seven more to point out spelling or grammar errors in the posts
 about changing light bulbs.
 
 Five to flame the spell checkers.
 
 Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.
 
 Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"
 ... another six to condemn those six as stupid.

 Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give
 correct spelling.
 
 One to post the old joke about "Hams don't change light bulbs,
 they redesign the ciruit to use LED's".
 
 Two to post that "LED's" is incorrect grammar, and that the
 plural form of LED is LEDs.
 
 Three to post that the "LED's" / LEDs postings are Off Topic
 as the current discussion is about light bulbs.
 
 Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs or LEDs
 and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb
 or LED) forum / mailing list / chatroom / whatever.
 
 Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use
 light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.

 Two to say "I'm having to change lightbulbs tomorrow at work
 therefore it is relevant to ME".
 
 Thirty-six 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.
 
 Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light
 bulbs.
 
 Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post
 the corrected URL (bracketed inside < and > characters so that
 word wrap does not break the URLs).
 
 Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are
 relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to
 this group.
 
 Thirteen to link all postings to date, quote them in their entirety
 including all headers, trailers and signatures, and add "Me too".
 
 Another four that again quote the above "all postings"and add "Me three".
 
 Five to post to the group that they are quiting the list because
 they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
 
 Four to ask "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
 
 Thirteen to say "Google is your friend", or "Do a Google search on
 light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"
 
 Three to tell a funny story about their spouse/cat/dog/parrot/whatever
 and a light bulb.

 Neil posts and says "I have 20 file cabinets of light bulb
 manuals here, let me pull the correct one out for you and give you
 the Honda part number."
 
 AND
 
 One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from
 now and start it all over again.


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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2008, 07:53:57 PM »
How can you forget to include six pages of posters to:
LED Taillights: bulk buy, maybe. Anyone interested in one?

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=32050.msg330673#msg330673

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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2008, 08:02:03 AM »
You forgot the one that thinks he is right no matter what peoplE can find for eviDence to prove he is wrong!!

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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2008, 08:12:34 AM »
Very subtle Eldy....lol!

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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2008, 08:27:05 AM »
You forgot the one that thinks he is right no matter what peoplE can find for eviDence to prove he is wrong!!

 :D :D :D

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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2008, 09:30:55 AM »
What? I got a sticky keyboard! From shooting pop out my nose at some of these good ones! ;D

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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2008, 01:44:01 PM »
You forgot the part about someone commenting that George W. Bush isn't the brightest bulb, and then the folks who get into political/personal  attacks over it.

Then the moderator comes in and locks the thread...
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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2008, 08:54:22 PM »
 ;D

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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2008, 10:39:37 PM »
You forgot the part about fitting a 750 type bulb into a 550 socket... ;)
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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2008, 01:43:11 AM »
How many Scottish forum members does it take to change a lightbulb/light bulb?

"Whit d'ye mean 'change a licht bulb'!! It's nae even that dark"

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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2008, 02:42:39 PM »
So do you change a bulb when it is only DIM
or do you wait until it is out?
Hmmmm...
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Re: How many forum members does it take...
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2008, 04:46:22 PM »
A "dimm bulb"???   U talking about me???????? ;D ;D
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