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On Nov 16, 9:51*am, JP wrote:
read the box the new bulbs are has-mat * & you can't just trash them when they burn out. Which new bulbs???? |
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On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote:
read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce |
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On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull**** anyway". |
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On Nov 16, 12:57*pm, Tony Miklos wrote:
On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull**** anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China. |
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On Nov 16, 6:03*pm, Frank wrote:
On Nov 16, 12:57*pm, Tony Miklos wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull**** anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. *That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But you don't discard a mercury thermometer every day. There are thousands of coal fired plants running EVERY day. Heavy metals are worse than radiation. They NEVER go away. The Chinese will pay for their pollution. Are paying right now. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...rial-pollution You ARE pretty dim aren't you? |
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On Nov 16, 6:03*pm, Frank wrote:
On Nov 16, 12:57*pm, Tony Miklos wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull**** anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. *That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Plenty in the USA too. Thanks to half wits like yourself. http://www.newscientist.com/article/...led-in-us.html |
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"Frank" wrote in message ... On Nov 16, 12:57 pm, Tony Miklos wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull**** anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China. Take comfort. The Chinese government is now worried about coal-burning power plant emissions and is trying to switch to renewable fuels. Wonder why? They've also announced a ban on incandescent bulbs. Tomsic |
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On 11/16/2011 1:42 PM, harry wrote:
On Nov 16, 6:03 pm, wrote: On Nov 16, 12:57 pm, Tony wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull**** anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Plenty in the USA too. Thanks to half wits like yourself. http://www.newscientist.com/article/...led-in-us.html No sense arguing with a know chemical genius. My apologies, Harry |
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JP wrote:
read the box the new bulbs are has-mat & you can't just trash them when they burn out. Hold my beer and watch me. |
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On 11/16/2011 7:51 AM, JP wrote:
read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. LMAO!! i've been throwing them out the usual way. along with the 100-150 8' tubes i bust in the dumpster each year. -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
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On 11/16/2011 6:37 PM, Steve Barker wrote:
On 11/16/2011 7:51 AM, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. LMAO!! i've been throwing them out the usual way. along with the 100-150 8' tubes i bust in the dumpster each year. Exactly right on, Steve. Just dump em in the trash. The gooberment is forcing us to buy this crap. Just like this god damn ethanol gas ****. It corroded the carb on my chainsaw and cost me 50 bucks for a new one. The repair shop tells me not to trust gasahol that is over 45 days old so now i am forced to drive down the street and dump my stale gas in the ditch every 45 days or so. Is it bad for the environment? I really don't know but as a practical matter, WTF else can I do? |
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What is the term I'm seeking?
"In order to make [ ] you have to break some CFL bulbs." -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Red Green" wrote in message ... JP wrote in news:6c90dac5-94fb-49f6-b36d- : read the box the new bulbs are has-mat & you can't just trash them when they burn out. Put them over the toilet. Tap and break with a butter knife. Flush. Since CFL's are considered very "green", OK for septic tanks. |
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On Nov 16, 7:49*pm, Frank wrote:
On 11/16/2011 1:42 PM, harry wrote: On Nov 16, 6:03 pm, *wrote: On Nov 16, 12:57 pm, Tony *wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& *you can't just trash them when they burn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a CFL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contain a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bull**** anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. *That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Plenty in the USA too. Thanks to half wits like yourself. http://www.newscientist.com/article/...lution-hotspot... No sense arguing with a know chemical genius. *My apologies, Harry - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Any body can appear tobe a genius compared with some of the morons that appear here. Must be something in the water they drink. Probably mercury. Or lead. |
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"Al Gore" wrote in message news Just like this god damn ethanol gas ****. It corroded the carb on my chainsaw and cost me 50 bucks for a new one. The repair shop tells me not to trust gasahol that is over 45 days old so now i am forced to drive down the street and dump my stale gas in the ditch every 45 days or so. You have subsidies for the corn farmers and you have subsidies for the ethanol producers... surely you must have some sort of subsidy for the homeowner to pay for ethanol damaged lawn and garden equipment, no? |
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Maybe that explains the three eyed gnomes who live in your
neighborhood, and the squirrels who fall out of trees? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Steve Barker" wrote in message ... On 11/16/2011 7:51 AM, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they burn out. LMAO!! i've been throwing them out the usual way. along with the 100-150 8' tubes i bust in the dumpster each year. -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
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You can pour the old gas mix in the fuel tank of your
vehicle. And hope it doesn't need a carb replacement. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Al Gore" wrote in message news Just like this god damn ethanol gas ****. It corroded the carb on my chainsaw and cost me 50 bucks for a new one. The repair shop tells me not to trust gasahol that is over 45 days old so now i am forced to drive down the street and dump my stale gas in the ditch every 45 days or so. Is it bad for the environment? I really don't know but as a practical matter, WTF else can I do? |
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"harry" wrote in message b.com... "Al Gore" wrote in message news Just like this god damn ethanol gas ****. It corroded the carb on my chainsaw and cost me 50 bucks for a new one. The repair shop tells me not to trust gasahol that is over 45 days old so now i am forced to drive down the street and dump my stale gas in the ditch every 45 days or so. You have subsidies for the corn farmers and you have subsidies for the ethanol producers... surely you must have some sort of subsidy for the homeowner to pay for ethanol damaged lawn and garden equipment, no? Oh stop your crying. Ethanol content will soon be boosted to 15%. When that happens, you'll see a lot of small gas engines puking their guts and need replacing. The best thing to do is buy a bunch of Briggs and Stratten stock. http://www.marke****ch.com/investing/stock/bgg |
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On Nov 16, 6:46*pm, Al Gore wrote:
Just like this god damn ethanol gas ****. It corroded the carb on my chainsaw and cost me 50 bucks for a new one. The repair shop tells me not to trust gasahol that is over 45 days old so now i am forced to drive down the street and dump my stale gas in the ditch every 45 days or so. Is it bad for the environment? I really don't know but as a practical matter, WTF else can I do? If you believe the line of bovine excrement your repair shop is handing you, then you could just dump the gas in your car's tank. |
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On Nov 17, 11:44*am, "HeyBob" wrote:
"harry" wrote in message b.com... "Al Gore" wrote in message news Just like this god damn ethanol gas ****. It corroded the carb on my chainsaw and cost me 50 bucks for a new one. The repair shop tells me not to trust gasahol that is over 45 days old so now i am forced to drive down the street and dump my stale gas in the ditch every 45 days or so. You have subsidies for the corn farmers and you have subsidies for the ethanol producers... surely you must have some sort of subsidy for the homeowner to pay for ethanol damaged lawn and garden equipment, no? Oh stop your crying. Ethanol content will soon be boosted to 15%. When that happens, you'll see a lot of small gas engines puking their guts and need replacing. The best thing to do is buy *a bunch of Briggs and Stratten stock. http://www.marke****ch.com/investing/stock/bgg It won't be just the small gas engines that will be puking their guts. At 15% ethanol there will be a lot of other engines destroyed as well. The problems with ethanol are many and have negative effects on all parts of the fuel delivery system as well as the engine. From the engines standpoint, the worst aspect is that ethanol acts like a damn sponge and will absorb as much moisture from the air as is available. That is what is the most destructive to your engine. |
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On 11/17/2011 4:37 PM, BobR wrote:
On Nov 17, 11:44 am, wrote: wrote in message b.com... "Al wrote in message news Just like this god damn ethanol gas ****. It corroded the carb on my chainsaw and cost me 50 bucks for a new one. The repair shop tells me not to trust gasahol that is over 45 days old so now i am forced to drive down the street and dump my stale gas in the ditch every 45 days or so. You have subsidies for the corn farmers and you have subsidies for the ethanol producers... surely you must have some sort of subsidy for the homeowner to pay for ethanol damaged lawn and garden equipment, no? Oh stop your crying. Ethanol content will soon be boosted to 15%. When that happens, you'll see a lot of small gas engines puking their guts and need replacing. The best thing to do is buy a bunch of Briggs and Stratten stock. http://www.marke****ch.com/investing/stock/bgg It won't be just the small gas engines that will be puking their guts. At 15% ethanol there will be a lot of other engines destroyed as well. The problems with ethanol are many and have negative effects on all parts of the fuel delivery system as well as the engine. From the engines standpoint, the worst aspect is that ethanol acts like a damn sponge and will absorb as much moisture from the air as is available. That is what is the most destructive to your engine. Yes, they're all goona be pukin' like a bunch of college freshmen. This will be the gooberment's biggest stimulus package yet! |
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harry wrote in
: On Nov 16, 7:49*pm, Frank wrote: On 11/16/2011 1:42 PM, harry wrote: On Nov 16, 6:03 pm, *wrote: On Nov 16, 12:57 pm, Tony *wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& *you can't just trash them when they b urn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've bee n using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a C FL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contai n a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bullsh it anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. *That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Plenty in the USA too. Thanks to half wits like yourself. http://www.newscientist.com/article/...lution-hotspot ... No sense arguing with a know chemical genius. *My apologies, Harry - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Any body can appear tobe a genius compared with some of the morons that appear here. Must be something in the water they drink. Probably mercury. Or lead. You gotta remember Harry. Decades ago many of us had jars of mercury we played with in our hands because it was so cool. We just had to touch the dry ice to see if it really burned. We stuck knifes in outlets. We melted lead sinkers rught under our noses, etc, etc Whe are a damaged people... :-( |
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On Nov 18, 12:08*am, Red Green wrote:
harry wrote : On Nov 16, 7:49*pm, Frank wrote: On 11/16/2011 1:42 PM, harry wrote: On Nov 16, 6:03 pm, *wrote: On Nov 16, 12:57 pm, Tony *wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& *you can't just trash them when they b urn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've bee n using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a C FL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contai n a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bullsh it anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. *That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Plenty in the USA too. Thanks to half wits like yourself. http://www.newscientist.com/article/...lution-hotspot ... No sense arguing with a know chemical genius. *My apologies, Harry - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Any body can appear tobe a genius compared with some of the morons that appear here. Must be something in the water they drink. Probably mercury. Or lead. You gotta remember Harry. Decades ago many of us had jars of mercury we played with in our hands because it was so cool. We just had to touch the dry ice to see if it really burned. We stuck knifes in outlets. We melted lead sinkers rught under our noses, etc, etc Whe are a damaged people... :-(- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Ah, very sad. I remember getting up to those tricks myself. The outlets over here were 240 volt. Really make your eyes light up. Ever tried dropping ice cubes on to molten lead? Or iodine into ammonia & let the result dry out? Or bombs with weedkiller and sugar. The kids today don't have any real fun. |
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I used to have some, from a broken thermometer. That stuff
was fun. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "John Simpson" wrote in message ... And played with mercury. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:ja6io5
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Red Green wrote:
Match heads! That pops a memory bubble. Had a 2 ft pc of brass pipe. End cut off with a tubing cutter so it was flared in on one end. Popped the gizmo out of the end of CO2 cartridges. PACKED in match heads cut from matchbooks. Wire cutters were the bad- asses tool for this exercise. Towards it being filled, put in a firecracker wick. Packed a few more heads in. Drop CO2 cartridge in pipe wick end first. Stops nicely with wick exposed out back end because it's flared inwards. Hold pipe in hands, aim and light wick (smart ehhh]. Thing would launch with a boom & flash. Cool at night. Used to aim it across the river at the marina and listen for the plunk when cartridge hit. Hear the people on the boats sitting around getting drunk yelling "Hey you ****in' kids!" Laugh asses off...so they could hear. This was living... We used equal parts of powdered zinc and sulfur. |
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I was atheist till about the age of 27, so it wasn't God. I
just had a little streak of "don't tell me what to do" back then. Less of that, now. But, still some. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Red Green" wrote in message ... "Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:ja6io5 : Other than the blood brothers thing and the seat belts, I wrote about my own life. I also carried a knife to school every day since 3rd grade. Cuz God told you to? Or was it dad? :-) |
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:48:52 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:
Red Green wrote: Match heads! That pops a memory bubble. Had a 2 ft pc of brass pipe. End cut off with a tubing cutter so it was flared in on one end. Popped the gizmo out of the end of CO2 cartridges. PACKED in match heads cut from matchbooks. Wire cutters were the bad- asses tool for this exercise. Towards it being filled, put in a firecracker wick. Packed a few more heads in. Drop CO2 cartridge in pipe wick end first. Stops nicely with wick exposed out back end because it's flared inwards. Hold pipe in hands, aim and light wick (smart ehhh]. Thing would launch with a boom & flash. Cool at night. Used to aim it across the river at the marina and listen for the plunk when cartridge hit. Hear the people on the boats sitting around getting drunk yelling "Hey you ****in' kids!" Laugh asses off...so they could hear. This was living... We used equal parts of powdered zinc and sulfur. Powdered magnesium is much more fun. Aluminum isn't bad, either. |
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On Nov 19, 1:48*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Red Green wrote: Match heads! That pops a memory bubble. Had a 2 ft pc of brass pipe. End cut off with a tubing cutter so it was flared in on one end. Popped the gizmo out of the end of CO2 cartridges. PACKED in match heads cut from matchbooks. Wire cutters were the bad- asses tool for this exercise. Towards it being filled, put in a firecracker wick. Packed a few more heads in. Drop CO2 cartridge in pipe wick end first. Stops nicely with wick exposed out back end because it's flared inwards. Hold pipe in hands, aim and light wick (smart ehhh]. Thing would launch with a boom & flash. Cool at night. Used to aim it across the river at the marina and listen for the plunk when cartridge hit. Hear the people on the boats sitting around getting drunk yelling "Hey you ****in' kids!" Laugh asses off...so they could hear. This was living... We used equal parts of powdered zinc and sulfur.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Or pottassium permanganate and sulphur. Home made spears. Bows and arrows. Bolas. Catapults. Slings. i once made an atlatl. Never got it tp work properly. Or just throwing rocks at one another. |
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On 11/18/2011 6:38 PM, Red Green wrote:
wrote in news:i15dc79mc91opnebpnl4m815c5ja7rs02k@ 4ax.com: On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:48:28 -0800 (PST), wrote: Ah, very sad. I remember getting up to those tricks myself. The outlets over here were 240 volt. Really make your eyes light up. Ever tried dropping ice cubes on to molten lead? Or iodine into ammonia& let the result dry out? Or bombs with weedkiller and sugar. The kids today don't have any real fun. Don't forget match heads. That was probably the most powerful explosive the average person could get, usually for free in the olden days. Bars and restaurants used to have big bowls of matches right by the door. It was labor intensive to scrape all of that stuff off the stick but what else did kids have to do in those days? Match heads! That pops a memory bubble. Had a 2 ft pc of brass pipe. End cut off with a tubing cutter so it was flared in on one end. Popped the gizmo out of the end of CO2 cartridges. PACKED in match heads cut from matchbooks. Wire cutters were the bad- asses tool for this exercise. Towards it being filled, put in a firecracker wick. Packed a few more heads in. Drop CO2 cartridge in pipe wick end first. Stops nicely with wick exposed out back end because it's flared inwards. Hold pipe in hands, aim and light wick (smart ehhh]. Thing would launch with a boom& flash. Cool at night. Used to aim it across the river at the marina and listen for the plunk when cartridge hit. Hear the people on the boats sitting around getting drunk yelling "Hey you ****in' kids!" Laugh asses off...so they could hear. This was living... I had a 1" steel pipe about 8" long. The one end was welded shut and then had a little hole drilled in it. Insert fuse into hole then pack a couple inches of match heads, a little wadding, then valve lifters from the junk yard. Shot a lifter through a 60's vintage car door no problem. Shot all kinds of stuff until I realized how dangerous it would be it the pipe blew up, then I held it in place with a big rock and stood back instead of holding it still with my foot. |
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Tony Miklos wrote in
: On 11/18/2011 6:38 PM, Red Green wrote: wrote in news:i15dc79mc91opnebpnl4m815c5ja7rs02k@ 4ax.com: On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:48:28 -0800 (PST), wrote: Ah, very sad. I remember getting up to those tricks myself. The outlets over here were 240 volt. Really make your eyes light up. Ever tried dropping ice cubes on to molten lead? Or iodine into ammonia& let the result dry out? Or bombs with weedkiller and sugar. The kids today don't have any real fun. Don't forget match heads. That was probably the most powerful explosive the average person could get, usually for free in the olden days. Bars and restaurants used to have big bowls of matches right by the door. It was labor intensive to scrape all of that stuff off the stick but what else did kids have to do in those days? Match heads! That pops a memory bubble. Had a 2 ft pc of brass pipe. End cut off with a tubing cutter so it was flared in on one end. Popped the gizmo out of the end of CO2 cartridges. PACKED in match heads cut from matchbooks. Wire cutters were the bad- asses tool for this exercise. Towards it being filled, put in a firecracker wick. Packed a few more heads in. Drop CO2 cartridge in pipe wick end first. Stops nicely with wick exposed out back end because it's flared inwards. Hold pipe in hands, aim and light wick (smart ehhh]. Thing would launch with a boom& flash. Cool at night. Used to aim it across the river at the marina and listen for the plunk when cartridge hit. Hear the people on the boats sitting around getting drunk yelling "Hey you ****in' kids!" Laugh asses off...so they could hear. This was living... I had a 1" steel pipe about 8" long. The one end was welded shut and then had a little hole drilled in it. Insert fuse into hole then pack a couple inches of match heads, a little wadding, then valve lifters from the junk yard. Shot a lifter through a 60's vintage car door no problem. Shot all kinds of stuff until I realized how dangerous it would be it the pipe blew up, then I held it in place with a big rock and stood back instead of holding it still with my foot. Glad you weren't on the other side of the river. |
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On 11/19/2011 5:31 PM, Red Green wrote:
Tony wrote in : On 11/18/2011 6:38 PM, Red Green wrote: wrote in news:i15dc79mc91opnebpnl4m815c5ja7rs02k@ 4ax.com: On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:48:28 -0800 (PST), wrote: Ah, very sad. I remember getting up to those tricks myself. The outlets over here were 240 volt. Really make your eyes light up. Ever tried dropping ice cubes on to molten lead? Or iodine into ammonia& let the result dry out? Or bombs with weedkiller and sugar. The kids today don't have any real fun. Don't forget match heads. That was probably the most powerful explosive the average person could get, usually for free in the olden days. Bars and restaurants used to have big bowls of matches right by the door. It was labor intensive to scrape all of that stuff off the stick but what else did kids have to do in those days? Match heads! That pops a memory bubble. Had a 2 ft pc of brass pipe. End cut off with a tubing cutter so it was flared in on one end. Popped the gizmo out of the end of CO2 cartridges. PACKED in match heads cut from matchbooks. Wire cutters were the bad- asses tool for this exercise. Towards it being filled, put in a firecracker wick. Packed a few more heads in. Drop CO2 cartridge in pipe wick end first. Stops nicely with wick exposed out back end because it's flared inwards. Hold pipe in hands, aim and light wick (smart ehhh]. Thing would launch with a boom& flash. Cool at night. Used to aim it across the river at the marina and listen for the plunk when cartridge hit. Hear the people on the boats sitting around getting drunk yelling "Hey you ****in' kids!" Laugh asses off...so they could hear. This was living... I had a 1" steel pipe about 8" long. The one end was welded shut and then had a little hole drilled in it. Insert fuse into hole then pack a couple inches of match heads, a little wadding, then valve lifters from the junk yard. Shot a lifter through a 60's vintage car door no problem. Shot all kinds of stuff until I realized how dangerous it would be it the pipe blew up, then I held it in place with a big rock and stood back instead of holding it still with my foot. Glad you weren't on the other side of the river. LOL |
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On 11/18/2011 1:48 AM, harry wrote:
On Nov 18, 12:08 am, Red wrote: wrote : On Nov 16, 7:49 pm, wrote: On 11/16/2011 1:42 PM, harry wrote: On Nov 16, 6:03 pm, wrote: On Nov 16, 12:57 pm, Tony wrote: On 11/16/2011 12:26 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote: On 11/16/11 10:51 am, JP wrote: read the box the new bulbs are has-mat& you can't just trash them when they b urn out. The cleanup instructions are simple: http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.html The same rules probably applied to those fluorescent tubes we've bee n using for decades -- but maybe nobody was paying attention. Perce Gotta love the last question/answer! What if I can't follow all the recommended steps? or I cleaned up a C FL but didn't do it properly? Don't be alarmed; these steps are only precautions that reflect best practices for cleaning up a broken CFL. Keep in mind that CFLs contai n a very small amount of mercury -- less than 1/100th of the amount in a mercury thermometer. It sounds as if it's saying, "Don't sweat it, this is all just bullsh it anyway". Of course it's all bull****. Someone in the EPA once told me that a discarded mercury thermometer contained more mercury than a days output of a coal fired plant. But, this is what happens when you let government go berserk and control everything. Individual homeowners can slip under the radar but industry pays dearly. That's one big reason corporations are moving their plants to China.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Plenty in the USA too. Thanks to half wits like yourself. http://www.newscientist.com/article/...lution-hotspot ... No sense arguing with a know chemical genius. My apologies, Harry - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Any body can appear tobe a genius compared with some of the morons that appear here. Must be something in the water they drink. Probably mercury. Or lead. You gotta remember Harry. Decades ago many of us had jars of mercury we played with in our hands because it was so cool. We just had to touch the dry ice to see if it really burned. We stuck knifes in outlets. We melted lead sinkers rught under our noses, etc, etc Whe are a damaged people... :-(- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Ah, very sad. I remember getting up to those tricks myself. The outlets over here were 240 volt. Really make your eyes light up. Ever tried dropping ice cubes on to molten lead? Or iodine into ammonia& let the result dry out? Or bombs with weedkiller and sugar. The kids today don't have any real fun. Kids today play with microwave ovens. ^_^ TDD |
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