Thanks, aurelia! Slightly less mysterious. I'm guessing the ballasts are wired in aparLlel to each other, but the two slots in each ballast are in series. I still don't really get why mixing the types of bulbs works when having two narrower tubes in the same ballast doesn't, but I can accept it without understanding why.

Go away, headache bothering meara. I hope your trip gets better right quick!

Where are you going again, meara?

I'm going to Prague, Dresden, Wroclaw, and Krakow.

Am hoping I'll fall into bed at the hotel when I get there (in six-ish hours?) and wake up in the morning ready to tourist like a maniac. Luckily even if I don't, no one is expecting me until my brother arrived Wednesday night.

Consuela, sounds like a job for a professional electrician now. You've done the due diligence to make sure it's not something easily repairable. I sure hope the repair isn't too expensive!

Scrappy, that's really cool! What form did the pot come in? Do they write out the prescription in Doctorese? MA has passed medical marijuana laws... two years ago.

Still wrangling over the dispensaries and where they go and what diseases they can be prescribed for. (I'm really hoping that my fibromyalgia will be one of them -- I have a hunch that it could shorten the episodes and ease recurrence.)

And I echo Jesse about where you're going, meara!

I'm going to Prague, Dresden, Wroclaw, and Krakow.

Wow! Have a great trip.

I'm supposed to be on my way to the beach, but we're hoping the overcast burns off a little....before the thunderstorms move in! Ah well.

I'm on my way to a little place upstate called Otter Lake—you may have heard of it. I hear the people there are very nice there!

Nice! I wonder if you'll run in to anyone I know?

Ooh, I hear only good things about that place!

We have decided to bail on the beach and see what tomorrow morning is like. I am continuing with the to-do list!

Otter Lake, yay!

Timelies all!

Another quiet Sunday here.