I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
...
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

I would have thought the days of CFLs were numbered now that cheap LEDs are
starting to appear anyway.

Arfa Daily wrote:

I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

These philips LEDs with interchangeable concave/vex covers are fairly ugly

http://lightbulbs-direct.com/philips/c959

harryagain wrote
Arfa Daily wrote

I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range
at lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

I would have thought the days of CFLs were numbered
now that cheap LEDs are starting to appear anyway.

Only when they start getting a decent life with the cheap ones.

"Arfa Daily" wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

I think they're rather nice. Clearly not everyone shares the same tastes.
http://ukshop.plumen.com/collections

Tim

Ornate?
I seem to recall some of the first ones of these were bloomin heavy as well
as they did not have electronic ballasts, just a huge lump of iron ie a
choke.
I had a bayonet holder give way under the strain once, and it could have
knocked somebody out had they been standing underneath.
Brian

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"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
...
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

On 11/01/15 08:17, Tim+ wrote:
"Arfa Daily" wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

I think they're rather nice. Clearly not everyone shares the same tastes.
http://ukshop.plumen.com/collections

Not exactly cheap are they? I see from that website that they should not
be used with "motion censors". Indeed! Why shouldn't they be allowed to
move around?

--

Jeff

On 11/01/2015 09:13, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 11/01/15 08:17, Tim+ wrote:
"Arfa Daily" wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

I think they're rather nice. Clearly not everyone shares the same tastes.
http://ukshop.plumen.com/collections

Not exactly cheap are they? I see from that website that they should not
be used with "motion censors". Indeed! Why shouldn't they be allowed to
move around?

Also available at John Lewis where I actually saw them. And thought,
without looking first at the price, "They are expensive". They are!

The name is pretty bloomin' awful as well.

--
Rod

In message
-septembe
r.org, Tim+ writes
"Arfa Daily" wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

I think they're rather nice. Clearly not everyone shares the same tastes.
http://ukshop.plumen.com/collections

Tim

Yeah, I don't have a problem with them, but ouch to the price !
--
Chris French

In article , Arfa Daily
writes
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Clearly designed by someone from the woman pulling up her panties
drawing 'joke' era . . . .

Dire indeed.
--
fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .

On 11/01/2015 09:13, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 11/01/15 08:17, Tim+ wrote:
"Arfa Daily" wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Arfa

I think they're rather nice. Clearly not everyone shares the same tastes.
http://ukshop.plumen.com/collections

Not exactly cheap are they? I see from that website that they should not
be used with "motion censors". Indeed! Why shouldn't they be allowed to
move around?

Probably because you would have long since left the room before they
produce any useful light.......:-)

On 12/01/15 12:41, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.



Sylvania are pants. Megaman is better. and Philips LEDs are very good
(but sodding expensive).

Huge wrote:

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10266221/

Working well for me. I hadn't realised how dim the CFL it
replaced had become.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Plant amazing Acers.

In article ,
Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range
at lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.

Quite. But they are ideal for those who empty out their purse on the table
each night and count the pennies. But only in the summer when there is
enough daylight.

--
*If God had wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 12/01/15 14:34, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-12, Tim Watts wrote:
On 12/01/15 12:41, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.



Sylvania are pants. Megaman is better. and Philips LEDs are very good
(but sodding expensive).

Not spending loads of money on any kind of energy saver. The light's only
on for a few minutes a day!



Makes sense...

On Sunday, 11 January 2015 01:48:28 UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

I wonder how long before someone turns up in A&E to get one extracted from their nether regions.

Owain

In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:
On 12/01/15 12:41, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a
60W GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing
things.



Sylvania are pants. Megaman is better. and Philips LEDs are very good
(but sodding expensive).

Oh dear. I find their incandescent very good - it's what TLC sell.

--
*He's not dead - he's electroencephalographically challenged

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Huge" wrote in message
...
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.


So glad that there is someone else out there who, like me, can't see
properly under the poxy things ... I managed to get some R50s with proper
frosted fronts the other day. How lovely to have the computer room / office
flooded with nice even light again, and not to have wobbly images of the
filaments projected on the walls. A few weeks ago, I managed to get some
fully frosted ES golf balls for my wall light sconces. I now have a nice
smooth 'fan' of light up the wall to the ceiling again, instead of some
uneven streaks, caused by the filaments being distorted and projected by the
crappy quality clear glass of the eco-bollox ones that I have been forced
too have in there for the last couple of years ...

Arfa

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:
On 12/01/15 12:41, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a
60W GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing
things.



Sylvania are pants. Megaman is better. and Philips LEDs are very good
(but sodding expensive).

Oh dear. I find their incandescent very good - it's what TLC sell.


Everyone's incandescents are very good, compared to CFLs ...

Arfa

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range
at lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.

Quite. But they are ideal for those who empty out their purse on the table
each night and count the pennies. But only in the summer when there is
enough daylight.


And it's warm enough for them to start and reach full output, in less time
than it takes you to actually have the **** that you went in there for ...
:-)

Arfa

wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 01:48:28 UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

I wonder how long before someone turns up in A&E to get one extracted from
their nether regions.

Owain


I saw some horrible prog on one of the cable channels the other night, which
dealt with really nasty injuries that people turn up to A&E with. One of the
segments of the programme, had A&E doctors talking about some of the
funniest nasties that they had been presented with. One such was the person
that had turned up with a pint glass rammed up their arse. I was almost
doubting this, until they showed the x-ray that was taken at the time ...
Unbelievable, but there it clearly was. Ouch ! comes to mind ... :-)

Arfa

"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
...


wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 01:48:28 UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

I wonder how long before someone turns up in A&E to get one extracted
from their nether regions.

Owain


I saw some horrible prog on one of the cable channels the other night,
which dealt with really nasty injuries that people turn up to A&E with.
One of the segments of the programme, had A&E doctors talking about some
of the funniest nasties that they had been presented with. One such was
the person that had turned up with a pint glass rammed up their arse. I
was almost doubting this, until they showed the x-ray that was taken at
the time ... Unbelievable, but there it clearly was. Ouch ! comes to mind
... :-)

Someone actually posted a link to a video of someone shoving
something glass up his arse and having it break in there, and
extracting the pieces of glass, with blood dripping out of his arse.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:50:27 -0000, Arfa Daily wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 01:48:28 UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

I wonder how long before someone turns up in A&E to get one extracted from
their nether regions.

Owain


I saw some horrible prog on one of the cable channels the other night, which
dealt with really nasty injuries that people turn up to A&E with. One of the
segments of the programme, had A&E doctors talking about some of the
funniest nasties that they had been presented with. One such was the person
that had turned up with a pint glass rammed up their arse. I was almost
doubting this, until they showed the x-ray that was taken at the time ...
Unbelievable, but there it clearly was. Ouch ! comes to mind ... :-)

Arfa

At the end of an article in the BMJ about 15 years ago:
"Why use a candelabra when a carrot would do?".
Perhaps because it's not in the same glass?
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

In article ,
Arfa Daily wrote:
Sylvania are pants. Megaman is better. and Philips LEDs are very good
(but sodding expensive).

Oh dear. I find their incandescent very good - it's what TLC sell.


Everyone's incandescents are very good, compared to CFLs ...

We agree on something. ;-)

--
*Hang in there, retirement is only thirty years away! *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In message , Huge
writes
On 2015-01-12, Tim Watts wrote:
On 12/01/15 12:41, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.



Sylvania are pants. Megaman is better. and Philips LEDs are very good
(but sodding expensive).

Not spending loads of money on any kind of energy saver. The light's only
on for a few minutes a day!


Philips leds in local sainsburys £7.99 for c800 lumens. Osram led B&Q
£15:00
Incidentally have you noticed that on the whole Sainsburys have been
quietly dropping the penny from their prices. Nice little earner on each
million transactions.
--
bert

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:49:41 +0000, bert ] wrote:

In message , Huge
writes
On 2015-01-12, Tim Watts wrote:
On 12/01/15 12:41, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-11, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

Just took the ****ty Sylvania CFL out in the downstairs loo and put a 60W
GLS in there. Oh, joy, you can ****ing see again. Hateful ****ing things.



Sylvania are pants. Megaman is better. and Philips LEDs are very good
(but sodding expensive).

Not spending loads of money on any kind of energy saver. The light's only
on for a few minutes a day!


Philips leds in local sainsburys £7.99 for c800 lumens. Osram led B&Q
£15:00
Incidentally have you noticed that on the whole Sainsburys have been
quietly dropping the penny from their prices. Nice little earner on each
million transactions.

If you mean they've been _adding_ a penny to all those 9.99 price
tickets, then about bloody time! Good for them. I don't begrudge them
their slightly increased profit margin to eliminate the intelligence
insulting pricing policy that's been, all too ****ing sadly, common
practice in the retail trade thes past 4 or 5 decades.
--
J B Good

In article ,
Johny B Good wrote:
If you mean they've been _adding_ a penny to all those 9.99 price
tickets, then about bloody time! Good for them. I don't begrudge them
their slightly increased profit margin to eliminate the intelligence
insulting pricing policy that's been, all too ****ing sadly, common
practice in the retail trade thes past 4 or 5 decades.

Tesco for ages have been using an 'exact' amount for things like
pre-packed fruit. Usually 2 quid. Given how much the price of fresh
produce varies, it's not surprising their sales are down. Be fine if the
pack varied in size as wholesale prices changed if they must keep a simple
price - but it doesn't.

--
*If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? *

Dave Plowman London SW
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On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 03:18:40 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
...


wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 01:48:28 UTC, Arfa Daily wrote:
I didn't think that it was possible to make CFLs look worse or less
stylish
than they already are. And then a link to the "Plumen" range at
lightbulbs-direct.com dropped into my in box ...

I wonder how long before someone turns up in A&E to get one extracted
from their nether regions.

Owain


I saw some horrible prog on one of the cable channels the other night,
which dealt with really nasty injuries that people turn up to A&E with.
One of the segments of the programme, had A&E doctors talking about some
of the funniest nasties that they had been presented with. One such was
the person that had turned up with a pint glass rammed up their arse. I
was almost doubting this, until they showed the x-ray that was taken at
the time ... Unbelievable, but there it clearly was. Ouch ! comes to mind
... :-)

Someone actually posted a link to a video of someone shoving
something glass up his arse and having it break in there, and
extracting the pieces of glass, with blood dripping out of his arse.

I hearc about the one where a man decided to insert a glass cocktail stirrer in his urethra and then the stirrer snapped off.

When you hear of these sort of things there's always a women close by that asks why do men do duch stupid things with their penis ?.

and they expect an answer.

the last time it happened thre was a news refort of a man castrating himself by 'accident' with a lawn mower .