When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0

On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:51:54 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

Back when I was in college and a kid got his first apartment, the shelves were 1X10 boards and concrete blocks. The rubber weather proof socket would fit right in. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Block Monster

On 9/24/2015 1:40 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:51:54 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

Back when I was in college and a kid got his first apartment, the shelves were 1X10 boards and concrete blocks. The rubber weather proof socket would fit right in. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Block Monster


Uncle Monster's nose is growing longer each time he tells a lie.
LOL

On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:02:06 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

I have a few of those antiques from our house I'd be happy to part
with... and we all know how expensive antiques can be. :-)

On 09/24/2015 03:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.



Yep...me too. It is one of the newer additions to the house...finding it
in an antique store maybe six years ago or so. The wiring was shorted so
I got it darn cheap.

The house was wired in 1932 and the fixture is probably very much like
the original (for all I know).

After my dad who felt sorry for his poor son saw it he got me a cheap
chandelier at a rummage sale. It was better than the bare light bulb.


Years later a rich lady wanted me to put a new (piece of crap) light
fixture in her dining room and when it was time to get paid...I told her
I'd take her old (and much better) crystal chandelier as payment.

Unfortunately it was a "champaign" chandelier installed in a "beer"
home...but I left it until the one pictured showed up.

Even got reproduction antique bulbs.



BTW: A local consignment center got me a few hundred bucks for that
crystal piece.

On 09/24/2015 03:40 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:51:54 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

Back when I was in college and a kid got his first apartment, the shelves were 1X10 boards and concrete blocks. The rubber weather proof socket would fit right in. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Block Monster




Hard to believe that until recently I had similar shelves in my (home)
office. 1 x 10 boards but clay bricks. Much fancier than concrete bricks.

At the age of 66 the house now...for the first time no longer has that
college frat-house look to it.


As I said on some other post, had I know how much work my wife was
willing to put in herself...I would have gone for a home remodeling
years sooner.

On 09/24/2015 03:48 PM, Colonel Edmund Burke wrote:
On 9/24/2015 1:40 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:51:54 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35
years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0



I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

Back when I was in college and a kid got his first apartment, the
shelves were 1X10 boards and concrete blocks. The rubber weather proof
socket would fit right in. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Block Monster


Uncle Monster's nose is growing longer each time he tells a lie.
LOL



I never tell lies...I just tell a little more truth than there actually is.

On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:02:06 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote
in

On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

+1
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On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 5:42:43 PM UTC-5, philo wrote:
On 09/24/2015 03:40 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:51:54 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 9/24/2015 3:34 PM, philo wrote:
When cleaning the basement I found the original "one bulb chandelier"
that was hanging in my living room the day I bought my house 35 years ago

Also pictured is the fixture now there


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gg1jo0nx8...zXjsgvama?dl=0


I prefer the nostalgic look of the old one.

Back when I was in college and a kid got his first apartment, the shelves were 1X10 boards and concrete blocks. The rubber weather proof socket would fit right in. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Block Monster




Hard to believe that until recently I had similar shelves in my (home)
office. 1 x 10 boards but clay bricks. Much fancier than concrete bricks.

At the age of 66 the house now...for the first time no longer has that
college frat-house look to it.


As I said on some other post, had I know how much work my wife was
willing to put in herself...I would have gone for a home remodeling
years sooner.

You did well in the wife department. You're a lucky guy. I've never been able to find an adult human female that I could tolerate for very long or one that could put up with me. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Single Monster

On 09/25/2015 07:38 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:



Hard to believe that until recently I had similar shelves in my (home)
office. 1 x 10 boards but clay bricks. Much fancier than concrete bricks.

At the age of 66 the house now...for the first time no longer has that
college frat-house look to it.


As I said on some other post, had I know how much work my wife was
willing to put in herself...I would have gone for a home remodeling
years sooner.

You did well in the wife department. You're a lucky guy. I've never been able to find an adult human female that I could tolerate for very long or one that could put up with me. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Single Monster




My wife and I have known each other for over 20 years...but we only got
around to getting married five years ago.


In the time we've know each other...other than the time we got in a
fight and did not see each other for 18 months...we've gotten along great!



BTW: Right from the start she knew what she was getting into. On our
first date, when she got up to go to the bathroom...I finished her
entire meal.

Can't say she was not warned.


OTOH: Right from the start she told me she was bipolar.

The little voice in in head said " RUN!!!!!" but I stuck around.


Now, 20 years later, her bipolarism is *completely* in control.


Although I no longer finish her meal without permission, if anything my
general manners are worse than ever.

On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 9:43:27 AM UTC-5, philo wrote:
On 09/25/2015 07:38 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:



Hard to believe that until recently I had similar shelves in my (home)
office. 1 x 10 boards but clay bricks. Much fancier than concrete bricks.

At the age of 66 the house now...for the first time no longer has that
college frat-house look to it.


As I said on some other post, had I know how much work my wife was
willing to put in herself...I would have gone for a home remodeling
years sooner.

You did well in the wife department. You're a lucky guy. I've never been able to find an adult human female that I could tolerate for very long or one that could put up with me. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Single Monster




My wife and I have known each other for over 20 years...but we only got
around to getting married five years ago.


In the time we've know each other...other than the time we got in a
fight and did not see each other for 18 months...we've gotten along great!



BTW: Right from the start she knew what she was getting into. On our
first date, when she got up to go to the bathroom...I finished her
entire meal.

Can't say she was not warned.


OTOH: Right from the start she told me she was bipolar.

The little voice in in head said " RUN!!!!!" but I stuck around.


Now, 20 years later, her bipolarism is *completely* in control.


Although I no longer finish her meal without permission, if anything my
general manners are worse than ever.

She must really love you. Perhaps it's because you accepted each other as friends long before you married that your marriage has endured. Personally, I'm very allergic to crazy women even though there are several that I really like. I've known couples who've craved conflict because they found it exciting to fight. That's something I've never been able to grok. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Sane Monster

On 09/25/2015 12:09 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:

In the time we've know each other...other than the time we got in a
fight and did not see each other for 18 months...we've gotten along great!



BTW: Right from the start she knew what she was getting into. On our
first date, when she got up to go to the bathroom...I finished her
entire meal.

Can't say she was not warned.


OTOH: Right from the start she told me she was bipolar.

The little voice in in head said " RUN!!!!!" but I stuck around.


Now, 20 years later, her bipolarism is *completely* in control.


Although I no longer finish her meal without permission, if anything my
general manners are worse than ever.

She must really love you. Perhaps it's because you accepted each other as friends long before you married that your marriage has endured. Personally, I'm very allergic to crazy women even though there are several that I really like. I've known couples who've craved conflict because they found it exciting to fight. That's something I've never been able to grok. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Sane Monster




I usually only dated woman classified as BIG TROUBLE


We've both settled down a bit now.