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Fred McKenzie

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Several times I've resorted to breaking off the globe and grabbing
the shell with a needle nose pliers, twisting it to nake the shell
contract and come loose. The crappy aluminum ones in aluminum sockets
can pretty well weld themselves in.

I've done this several times with good success. A few weeks ago, the
aluminum socket was so badly damaged by the time I got the shell out, it
was necessary to replace the whole fixture.

That bulb was outside over a seldom used door. It had probably been
there about 65 years.

Fred