My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!

Xander ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


bon bon - Dec 14, 2007 6:25:36 am PST #7375 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

The light seems pretty decent to me though it depends on how new the bulbs are. The new ones are a lot better, then problem is that they last so long that we still have 4-5 year old ones that do have the sucky light.

I feel like an ungrateful environmentalist because these are all purchased this year. But thankfully most of the bulbs are with fixtures that will remain when I move, so maybe I can try again with these supposed warmer bulbs.


Jars - Dec 14, 2007 6:26:07 am PST #7376 of 10001

But I like the fact that light bulbs give off heat! I have a cat who settles directly under my side-table lamp for that reason.

The light I have attached to my stereoscope is ridiculously warm and I keep burning myself on it, because I are smrt. I should get a cat in my office to absorb the heat.


sarameg - Dec 14, 2007 6:28:31 am PST #7377 of 10001

Devi would be disgruntled if I put a CFL in the desklamp. She wouldn't be able to sit with her head up in the lampshade, warming her ears.


Dana - Dec 14, 2007 6:33:12 am PST #7378 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

In "I'm an attorney, not a grammarian!" news:

"Roger Clemens adamantly, vehemently, and whatever other adjectives can be used, denies that he has ever used steroids or ... improper substances," Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin said Thursday.


Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2007 6:34:01 am PST #7379 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

If LED lighting ever becomes cheap enough, it would (theoretically) be possible to have separate red, green, and blue elements, so you could adjust the color temperature.


bon bon - Dec 14, 2007 6:39:38 am PST #7380 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

"Roger Clemens adamantly, vehemently, and whatever other adjectives can be used, denies that he has ever used steroids or ... improper substances," Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin said Thursday.

If anyone has the full quote without the ellipses, it's even better, IIRC. (AFAIK Hardin is a pretty fancy lawyer, though.)


Sue - Dec 14, 2007 6:57:11 am PST #7381 of 10001
hip deep in pie

I just liked the light of the halogen better. And the dimmability. But then the halogen's rheostat died and I discovered that they no longer sell those inexpensive halogen torchiers everywhere.

Man, I bought some "dimmable" CFLs for a lamp with a dimmer switch and they buzzed like a hive of bees. They got taken out immediately.


shrift - Dec 14, 2007 7:00:18 am PST #7382 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Huh, so. I got a raise and a bonus, and an opportunity to increase my pay with special projects next year. I wasn't expecting that.


Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2007 7:01:20 am PST #7383 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

So not killing people has its advantages then?


tommyrot - Dec 14, 2007 7:01:58 am PST #7384 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So not killing people has its advantages then?

Maybe that's what "special projects" is....