I was reading an electrical book titled "Your Old Wiring" by Shapiro.
Fantastic book by the way - see if your library has a copy of it if you want
to learn about wiring in older houses.

There is a paragraph discussing replacing incandescent bulbs with compact
flourescents. The author was saying that the replacement flourescent bulbs
can lead to socket damage due to the weight of teh compact flourescecnts and
the heat that their ballasts produce.

Personally I've not run into any problems (yet) with my compact
flourescents - and I was wondering if anyone else has?