OT: (and then again, maybe not!) How many does it take?

[Pugsy]

Be on the alert.....the cpap police have teamed up with the grammar police for the holidays.

[knightlite]

What brightness on the kelvin scale is best? Does the blue in it contribute to apneas. What is Kelvin ? What happened To Lumens did she retire? If LEDS are so cool how come it says 6000k -- Temperature right? Do the new lamps make noise that can keep us awake?

[SleepyToo2]

What brightness on the kelvin scale is best? Does the blue in it contribute to apneas. What is Kelvin ? What happened To Lumens did she retire? If LEDS are so cool how come it says 6000k -- Temperature right? Do the new lamps make noise that can keep us awake?

Don't know about apneas, but maybe the blue light will stop stupid posts (I need to get one ASAP!!!)? http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi ... ne.0076707

[chunkyfrog]

Somehow, anyone can get a little lost:

Here is the cleanup guide for florescent bulbs
http://www2.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl

--and my answer: (because I, too was lost)

--so, if you shatter 100, it's about the same as a thermometer.
Heck, we used to PLAY with mercury in HS science class!
"See my silver pennies."

(there, now it's fixed!)

[Cereal Killer]

The OP didn't use spellcheck - anal retentive doesn't take a hyphen!

Nyah nyah nn nyah nyah!

Maybe you want to use a dictionary before you correct someone. Oxford lists "anal-retentive" as the first correct spelling.

Definition of anal-retentive in English

anal-retentive
Syllabification: (a·nal-re·ten·tive)
Psychoanalysis
adjective

(of a person) excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet-training in infancy).

noun
(also anal retentive)

a person who is excessively orderly and fussy.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/de ... -retentive

[Goofproof]

As far as cleaning up mercury from CFL bulbs, itwas hot, I inhaled all the mercury fumes. Then for my safety I had the wife clean the room with a shop vac, so we both got to breath any fumes we missed in the beginning.

I wonder what the EPA would say about the 6 oz of mercury, I keep stored in the basement, I liberated from a four tube manometer. Not as much as why I keep it, you never know when you may want to load up hollow point ammo to be more effective. I usually hit center mass, but I am getting older. Jim

CORRECTION: I found the true cause of the CFL explosion, it wasn't the fault of the cfl, I installed it into a two bulb y adaptor from china, is seems the threads in it were defective, it let the bulb drop to its death. My little peace of mind is relieved. Still a China product problem, I just got the Wrong Wong! Jim

[msla]

Why not use lite for the spelling?

[knightlite]

I thought this was a fun thread , sprinkled with a little half truths. Nice to get away from day to day problems , holidays are a helpful distraction for us all . Not meant to harm anyone hopefully .

[chunkyfrog]

We must not forget the one poster who posts the bulb must be lubricated, preferably with yogurt or kimchee,
and the 2nd guy from the extreme right needs to breathe into a paper bag.