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"Jim Yanik" wrote in message
4... no,it's because Nigeria doesn't have a decent government,one that is reasonably honest and trustworthy,conducive to business and free trade,so that it could support its citizenry. same goes for most of the African nations,Mexico,and much of S.America. Oh Nigeria's government is conducive to business, that's a big part of that nation's trouble. Oil wealth has nourished massive corruption so very little of the money pouring into the country reaches the bulk of the population--three quarters of whom live in poverty. |
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"Billy" wrote in message ... Ah, a pair of "crainal-rectally inverted" bookends ;O) When will you dumb humps figure out that it isn't the poor that is screwing this country, it is "White Guys in Suits". Indeed. Clowns like this believe everything they hear about "welfare queens" but if you ask them about multi-billion-dollar tax breaks for the oil industry all you'll get is a blank stare, slowly shifting to a look of suspicion as they conclude you're one of those socialist college-boy elite types they hear about on Fox. If you want to know what's going on, ask someone who makes the system work for him, like, say, this guy: "There's class warfare, all right. But it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." Warren Buffet |
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:48:00 -0500, Brooklyn1 Gravesend1 wrote:
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:16:49 -0500, Jeff Thies wrote: On 12/11/2010 10:37 AM, James wrote: Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. I was just in Target. And before I even got to the LEDs the first string I saw were C9 red incandescents. Jeff The incondecent holiday lights are not big sellers for residential use anymore so many retail stores no longer carry them (some carry the minis - Sears). Incondescents also require more than double the warehousing space, there is lots of bulb breakage, and there are many returns, but they are still readily available on line... there are quite a few web sites, here's one: http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/C7-C9-Bulbs.asp They (mini incandescents) are available everywhere here, usually in more varieties than LEDs. I don't like LEDs, much. The flicker is annoying (the PF has to be horrid) and the "white" ones are really ugly. I no longer use the incondescents, in fact a few years ago I tossed lots of strings of them into the trash.... I didn't feel bad at all as each season more than half those bulbs burn out so the ones I tossed were very close to dying. I toss the strings every few years but I have enough to last a long time. I buy them after Christmas for about $1 per string. I have 20 strings, or so, that I haven't opened yet. I now use all LEDs; my electric bill increase for the holiday season is barely noticeable, Of course you ignore the cost of the LED strings. but most importantly LEDs are far safer (no heat). Nonsense. You're making excuses to justify your expense. And the new LEDs are very bright and very colorful... even using 2-3 times as many hardly affects electric useage. In fact I've been using LEDs for five years now and not even one bulb has burned out. You *really* are forgetting the cost of the lights. Now I'm waiting for the solar LEDs to come down in price. Solar LEDs? guffaw If someone offered me the incondescents for free I'd not take them. Choice is a good thing. I think the LEDs look much nicer too, nore twinkly, far more aesthetically pleasing than those olde tyme clunky incondescents. The LEDs are easier to put up too, they don't need to be orientated, with incondescents unless the bulbs are all pointed in the same direction they look awful. More nonsense. |
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"James" wrote in message net... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. You aren't looking very hard. There are plenty of the "old fashion" lights out there. Wally World has most display space for conventional light sets than the LED sets. I agree they lack the brightness of the incadencent although I have some white led strings which come quite close. (The most "normal" looking ones have bulbs that look like the mini incadescent strings. The LED is a "hot spot" that looks a lot like the filament of an old style bulb. The more diffusion around the LED the less "conventional" it looks.) But, hey, just use twice as many strings. In the medium run you save two ways: 1) you still save a LOT of power; and 2) the individual bulbs almost NEVER burn out. To me, the long life is the "tipping point." One thing I don't like about the LEDs is that they are only "on" for about 30% of the power cycle. Basically, they "flash" 60 times each second. That's way too fast you notice unless your eyes are "scanning" the lights. Then it's quite easy to see that would be a "light streak" with the old style lamps become a light of "light dots." |
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:17:44 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote: On 12/13/2010 1:47 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:57:18 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/11/2010 10:12 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:54:54 -0500, wrote: wrote in message net... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James How can you even think about using real Christmas tree lights, when some kid in Nigeria is starving . The ONLY reason some kid in Nigeria is starving is because its moron mommy didn't have the sense to keep her legs closed. I'm not a big fan of the behavior of some of our African cousins but I'd like to point out that mommy was probably forcibly raped. TDD Probably with the use of of guns supplied by US, British, French, or Russian arms dealers. It's all Bush's fault! He said so in his book cuz heez a lyar! :-) TDD I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. |
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On 12/14/2010 7:26 AM, dgk wrote:
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:17:44 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/13/2010 1:47 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:57:18 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/11/2010 10:12 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:54:54 -0500, wrote: wrote in message net... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James How can you even think about using real Christmas tree lights, when some kid in Nigeria is starving . The ONLY reason some kid in Nigeria is starving is because its moron mommy didn't have the sense to keep her legs closed. I'm not a big fan of the behavior of some of our African cousins but I'd like to point out that mommy was probably forcibly raped. TDD Probably with the use of of guns supplied by US, British, French, or Russian arms dealers. It's all Bush's fault! He said so in his book cuz heez a lyar! :-) TDD I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. It's Bush's fault, the evil Republican mind rays come out of his eyes and the UFO's are spreading the Republican evil from underground bases that the evil Republicans had built in secret with money stolen from the children of welfare mothers and old people on Social Security who have to eat dog food supplied by rich Republican dog food manufacturers who are making millions of dollars off the suffering of poor defenseless gerbils who have been enslaved to produce sex toys for gay people in the military so evil rich Republican gerbil ranchers can make millions of dollars off gays and .......... TDD |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:26:09 -0500, dgk wrote:
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:17:44 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/13/2010 1:47 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:57:18 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/11/2010 10:12 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:54:54 -0500, wrote: wrote in message net... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James How can you even think about using real Christmas tree lights, when some kid in Nigeria is starving . The ONLY reason some kid in Nigeria is starving is because its moron mommy didn't have the sense to keep her legs closed. I'm not a big fan of the behavior of some of our African cousins but I'd like to point out that mommy was probably forcibly raped. TDD Probably with the use of of guns supplied by US, British, French, or Russian arms dealers. It's all Bush's fault! He said so in his book cuz heez a lyar! :-) TDD I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. Ergo bush baby be Bush black *******! LOL-LOL |
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dgk wrote: I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. For some reason I find comforting that despite your admitted ignorance on the subject, you are still more than willing to chime in. Probably the consistency of it all. -- "Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on." ---PJ O'Rourke |
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In article ,
The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/14/2010 7:26 AM, dgk wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:17:44 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/13/2010 1:47 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:57:18 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/11/2010 10:12 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:54:54 -0500, wrote: wrote in message net... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James How can you even think about using real Christmas tree lights, when some kid in Nigeria is starving . The ONLY reason some kid in Nigeria is starving is because its moron mommy didn't have the sense to keep her legs closed. I'm not a big fan of the behavior of some of our African cousins but I'd like to point out that mommy was probably forcibly raped. TDD Probably with the use of of guns supplied by US, British, French, or Russian arms dealers. It's all Bush's fault! He said so in his book cuz heez a lyar! :-) TDD I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. It's Bush's fault, the evil Republican mind rays come out of his eyes and the UFO's are spreading the Republican evil from underground bases that the evil Republicans had built in secret with money stolen from the children of welfare mothers and old people on Social Security who have to eat dog food supplied by rich Republican dog food manufacturers who are making millions of dollars off the suffering of poor defenseless gerbils who have been enslaved to produce sex toys for gay people in the military so evil rich Republican gerbil ranchers can make millions of dollars off gays and .......... TDD A mind is a terrible thing to lose. - Dan Quayle (R - IN) Sorry to take your time. Now you can get back to the $700B increase in the national debt for your super-rich friends, who probably only pay 15% on income tax. How long is it supposed to take for "Voo-Doo" economics to trickle down? Seems like 30 years should have been enough. See National Debt, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt Ronald Ray-Gun (1981-1989) Coincidence? -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyE5wjc4XOw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_vN0--mHug |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:50:59 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote: On 12/14/2010 7:26 AM, dgk wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:17:44 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/13/2010 1:47 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:57:18 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/11/2010 10:12 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:54:54 -0500, wrote: wrote in message net... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James How can you even think about using real Christmas tree lights, when some kid in Nigeria is starving . The ONLY reason some kid in Nigeria is starving is because its moron mommy didn't have the sense to keep her legs closed. I'm not a big fan of the behavior of some of our African cousins but I'd like to point out that mommy was probably forcibly raped. TDD Probably with the use of of guns supplied by US, British, French, or Russian arms dealers. It's all Bush's fault! He said so in his book cuz heez a lyar! :-) TDD I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. It's Bush's fault, the evil Republican mind rays come out of his eyes and the UFO's are spreading the Republican evil from underground bases that the evil Republicans had built in secret with money stolen from the children of welfare mothers and old people on Social Security who have to eat dog food supplied by rich Republican dog food manufacturers who are making millions of dollars off the suffering of poor defenseless gerbils who have been enslaved to produce sex toys for gay people in the military so evil rich Republican gerbil ranchers can make millions of dollars off gays and .......... TDD It's Obama's fault, the evil Democrat mind rays come out of his eyes and the UFO's are spreading the Democrat evil from underground bases that the evil Democrats had built in secret with money stolen from the children of welfare mothers and old people on Social Security who have to eat dog food supplied by rich Democrat dog food manufacturers who are making millions of dollars off the suffering of poor defenseless gerbils who have been enslaved to produce sex toys for gay people in the military so evil rich Democrat gerbil ranchers can make millions of dollars off gays and .......... |
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On 12/14/2010 5:39 PM, PeterD wrote:
On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:50:59 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/14/2010 7:26 AM, dgk wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:17:44 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/13/2010 1:47 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:57:18 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 12/11/2010 10:12 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote: On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:54:54 -0500, wrote: wrote in message net... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James How can you even think about using real Christmas tree lights, when some kid in Nigeria is starving . The ONLY reason some kid in Nigeria is starving is because its moron mommy didn't have the sense to keep her legs closed. I'm not a big fan of the behavior of some of our African cousins but I'd like to point out that mommy was probably forcibly raped. TDD Probably with the use of of guns supplied by US, British, French, or Russian arms dealers. It's all Bush's fault! He said so in his book cuz heez a lyar! :-) TDD I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. It's Bush's fault, the evil Republican mind rays come out of his eyes and the UFO's are spreading the Republican evil from underground bases that the evil Republicans had built in secret with money stolen from the children of welfare mothers and old people on Social Security who have to eat dog food supplied by rich Republican dog food manufacturers who are making millions of dollars off the suffering of poor defenseless gerbils who have been enslaved to produce sex toys for gay people in the military so evil rich Republican gerbil ranchers can make millions of dollars off gays and .......... TDD It's Obama's fault, the evil Democrat mind rays come out of his eyes and the UFO's are spreading the Democrat evil from underground bases that the evil Democrats had built in secret with money stolen from the children of welfare mothers and old people on Social Security who have to eat dog food supplied by rich Democrat dog food manufacturers who are making millions of dollars off the suffering of poor defenseless gerbils who have been enslaved to produce sex toys for gay people in the military so evil rich Democrat gerbil ranchers can make millions of dollars off gays and .......... Noooooooo! It's The Evil Republicanzzzzzz! Bush is their evil overlord and he makes them do all the evil things like cause hurricanes and crazy Muslims to fly passenger planes into skyscrapers and take food away from Grandma and spread AIDS around Africa which was invented by evil Republican scientists when they were looking for a way to cause Global Warming to kill all the polar bears so they could steal their fur to make fur coats for rich evil Republican women and......... TDD |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:43:15 -0500, Kurt Ullman
wrote: In article , dgk wrote: I'm no expert on US policy towards Nigeria during Bush's reign, but he screwed up so many other things that it's quite likey he screwed this up as well. For some reason I find comforting that despite your admitted ignorance on the subject, you are still more than willing to chime in. Probably the consistency of it all. The subject was LED Christmas lights, and I do know something because I have some. I also have the old style, so I can compare them. I also know quite a bit about how Bush and his corporate friends caused one of the largest economic meltdowns in US history. I know how he lied to get us into a war with Iraq that was in the interests of hid corporate friends, but not the American people. So, I can pretty well guess that any actions towards Nigeria were to reward his corporate friends as well. Is that enough for Kurt to read or do we need more? I do actually know one thing about the Bush Presidency and Nigeria. His VP just got indicted for bribary to get contracts for his corporate friends. See a pattern here? |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:48:50 -0500, Jeff Thies wrote:
On 12/13/2010 7:47 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:48:00 -0500, Brooklyn1Gravesend1 wrote: I now use all LEDs; my electric bill increase for the holiday season is barely noticeable, Of course you ignore the cost of the LED strings. The mini incandescents are particularly inefficient. About 40W or so/ 100 string. More like 25W. Run that for a few weeks most all the time and you've easily got $2/string. The incandescents were always a pain to keep them all going and usually easier to throw away. IMHO, the advantage in cost and time is LEDs. What exactly does "a few weeks most of the time" mean? 25W, five hours a day for a month costs about thirty-five cents. Now, I don't like the larger c9 or so LED lamps as it is just one little light in a shell (what I've seen). The hot lamps are some power gluttons though and storage was always more hassle. Mine rarely get used as a result. I bought about $150 wroth of those two years ago. *UGLY*. I threw them away when I took them off the house, and bought thirty, or so, sets of incandescent lights for 1/5 what I paid for the LED strings. but most importantly LEDs are far safer (no heat). The minis (hot lamps) are pretty harmless, the larger sizes require caution. The cause of many many a house fire at one time. Ya gotta talk apples to apples. I'm not sad to see the mini incs fading away. The others I'm more sentimental over. Efficiency isn't everything. XMAS is all about throwing money away, after all. Up to a limit. Except they're not fading away at all. Economics isn't with LEDs, at least not yet. |
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On Dec 11, 9:37*am, "James" wrote:
Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL *lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. *All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of *led *lights strings with C7 *led lights. * *50 lights on a string, total wattage of *3.7 watts. * *They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. * But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. * These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James I just saw this post. Where are you located? I have seen them at stores around here. I'm pretty sure I saw them at Lowes. I know I saw them at Target. I have a bunch of incandescent sets that I never used (C7 and C9). I |
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On 12/11/2010 10:37 AM, James wrote:
Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James We have a number of really tasteful Christmas light displays, in the neighborhood and in the little town across the river. There are not too many of the tradtional lights around but they manged to find some. health and energy kept ours to just lights in the windows this year. Hope you found what you were looking for. Merry Christmas. how do you get those stubborn reindeer hoof divots out of the lawn? |
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Lil Abner wrote:
James wrote: Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of led lights strings with C7 led lights. 50 lights on a string, total wattage of 3.7 watts. They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! We have a number of really tasteful Christmas light displays, in the neighborhood and in the little town across the river. There are not too many of the tradtional lights around but they manged to find some. health and energy kept ours to just lights in the windows this year. Hope you found what you were looking for. Merry Christmas. how do you get those stubborn reindeer hoof divots out of the lawn? --- http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...,3651452.photo |
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On Dec 11, 4:54*pm, Jim Yanik wrote:
Brooklyn1 Gravesend1 wrote : On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:54:54 -0500, "RBM" wrote: "James" wrote in message alnet... Ok, so this year I went out to buy some more outside Christmas lights. Much to my surprise, I could not find any REAL *lights, just the fake led lights. I looked at all the big box stores, including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Target. *All I could find was the fake led lights. So, I bought a set of *led *lights strings with C7 *led lights. * 50 lights on a string, total wattage of *3.7 watts. * *They say these are much cheaper to run because of the low wattage. * But, I have seen that you get what you pay for. * These lights are dull and weak looking. Does anyone here know of any store that still sells real outside Christmas lights, or have they all been outlawed too ? Thanks for any info on where I can purchase non-fake Christmas lights !! James How can you even think about using real Christmas tree lights, when some kid in Nigeria is starving . The ONLY reason some kid in Nigeria is starving is because its moron mommy didn't have the sense to keep her legs closed. no,it's because Nigeria doesn't have a decent government,one that is reasonably honest and trustworthy,conducive to business and free trade,so that it could support its citizenry. same goes for most of the African nations,Mexico,and much of S.America. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Or the USA. You will soon be down there with them. |
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