so very helpful set of instructions for cleaning up a broken CFL bulb?
Jesus Christ! It's a broken bulb, not Three Mile Island in your living room!
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
Harmony ,'Help'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
Miracleman - Mar 19, 2008 5:29:38 am PDT #5866 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Jessica - Mar 19, 2008 5:34:18 am PDT #5867 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
To be fair the CFLs, those instructions aren't so so different from what's recommended for standard incandescent bulbs.
tommyrot - Mar 19, 2008 5:35:26 am PDT #5868 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.
Especially since I'd have to drive at least 40 minutes to properly dispose a CFL.
You have to drive the bulb to Mt. Doom?
Also, they had those giant flying eagle things. Couldn't they have just flown the ring to Mt. Doom?
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2008 5:36:28 am PDT #5869 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ostrich meat is some of the reddest I've ever seen.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2008 5:40:07 am PDT #5870 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What sort of danger are you in if you don't observe those disposal instructions? I've never done anything special for incandescent bulbs either. Hadn't actually occurred to me.
msbelle - Mar 19, 2008 5:40:31 am PDT #5871 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
bless - the person who I replaced is still in my dept. They continue to do tasks that should be my job now. I often do not say anything, but it is messy and inefficient and unorganized. THAT IS NOT YOUR JOB ANYMORE - YOU HAVE A NEW JOB!
So today I get a call about something. I knew nothing about it, so I felt stupid. I just tried talking to her about it and she is such a stonewall on things. Like I was not giving all the rights and settings she had, AND she did not have rights taken away once her new job started. Like I said, messy.
I really do not want to be seen as a territorial beetch, but c'mon, give me the full tools to do all the job that I need to and stop holding onto the parts that you like. She seems to really like people having to come to her to ask for things. ugh.
lisah - Mar 19, 2008 5:49:11 am PDT #5872 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
lisah, how did you like that so very helpful set of instructions for cleaning up a broken CFL bulb?
Oh, yeah, I didn't read that this morning but eeesh! Does make me think twice about switching.
To be fair the CFLs, those instructions aren't so so different from what's recommended for standard incandescent bulbs.
Even about ventilating the house?
Jessica - Mar 19, 2008 5:49:18 am PDT #5873 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What sort of danger are you in if you don't observe those disposal instructions?
Treehugger says not much. The mercury levels in CFLs are too low to be really dangerous. IIRC, there's less mercury in a CFL bulb than in an old-fashioned mercury thermometer.
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Even about ventilating the house?
No, that's the point where they differ.]
lisah - Mar 19, 2008 5:50:45 am PDT #5874 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Treehugger says not much. The mercury levels in CFLs are too low to be really dangerous. IIRC, there's less mercury in a CFL bulb than in an old-fashioned mercury thermometer.
huh. the Sun article very much implied differently (from what I skimmed of it).
Shir - Mar 19, 2008 5:56:14 am PDT #5875 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I pre-ordered an album I really really really want few weeks ago (it's out by now) from a local record store here. This morning I saw they changed the estimated arrival date, the third time in a row. The new date is April.
The first date they gave was 13/3.
At first I was frustrated. Now I'm just sad. It feels like I'm never gonna have it, you know? And I didn't want to order it from Amazon at first place because I wanted to support that good local independent record store. I'm not going to cancel my order now, but I am going to order the (temporarily sold-out) vinyl from the label, directly. I wonder which I'll get first, the CD or the vinyl, and more importantly, WHEN.