Ostrich meat is some of the reddest I've ever seen.

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.

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, 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?

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.]

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).

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.

definitely ugh, msbelle.

emily, sick days are a necessity in large urban schools, as you know. What kills me is they try all of these incentive programs for teacher attendance. A person I worked with for a bit had 5 years without an absence and got $3.00 as her incentive. WTF?!

It's not going to stop me from switching. I already have in some lamps. Still hate the light and miss my halogen, but it is nice not to have to replace the bathroom lights all the freaking time. And cooler in there with CFLs.

The Sun has been a bit, erm, negative about CFLs. In some cases, warranted (the whole gov't subsidized bulbs but you could barely find a place in town to get them.) I think they are trying to have a main point of how gov't has really not done a good job of functionally getting people to switch beyond hot air, but they're approaching it from too much of a CFL EVIL direction.

So exhausted. May curl up and die under my desk. Send burrito.