In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
In article ,
Frank Erskine wrote:
So my bedside lamp will be made obsolete, since it has narrow fluted
glass shades which won't accomodate anything wider than an SES candle
bulb.

I'll have to start stocking up with spares...

And I thought the function of the "EU" was to promote trade, rather
than banning things.

Well, yes. You'll have to buy a new bedside lamp.

....which will be made in China, and transported half way around
the world to get to you, using fuel transported from Russia or
Africa.

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Andrew Gabriel
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