On 13 Dec, 13:41, Stephen Howard wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:26:35 -0000, "Steve Walker"





wrote:
Rick Hughes wrote:
Last week I cringed when I saw the wife carrying in several boxes of
Xmas lights ... knowing that this will cause usual grief.

It did , several sets as usual took hrs of fun to get working .... we
are now short of some bulbs ... anybody know of any on-line source
for fairy light bulbs ?
Tried B&Q, Wicks, Wilkinson's, Garden Centres etc. ... no luck

I know someone will say buy 2 sets so you have a set of bulbs for
spare - bit late for that advice as they have already been purchased.

Aye, the annual nightmare.

I spent £100 on a load of LED ones last year, best idea I've had in ages

I did much the same this year. No matter how carefully you put your
lights away, no matter how well they were working when you boxed them
up, they nearly always fail to work when you get them out a year later
- and then you can't find the spare bulbs, or buy any spares.

I'm really pleased with the LED ones I got - they're much easier to
handle and they look much better. Pretty pricey, but probably cheaper
in the long run and a great deal less hassle.

Regards,

--
Steve ( out in the sticks )
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That is what happens each year, take lights down ... wife then makes
sure they are all working, put them away - in original boxes ... then
next year they don't work ... hours of her fuming away !

Any new lights we buy are LED ... but have several sets of push in
plastic bulbs..... the problem is each set has a different style base.