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Title: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: Yorkie on December 30, 2008, 07:06:40 AM
Good Morning.

Hope you are all looking after your snuffles, wheezes and coughs in the prescribed manner.

Have just changed light bulb in living room for a 25w Pro-Lite Daylight Helix Compact Fluorescent  one (yes I did just copy that off the box). Made a booboob when I first bought it not realising ES meant Edison Screw, bought a thingy yesterday that converts BC to ES and fitted it this morning. Light is very white as expected and is showing all the cobwebs and dust up, I fear a busy day is in the offing.

Take care everyone.
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: broadstairs on December 30, 2008, 08:16:32 AM
Morning all, a cold and frosty one here this morning.

Yorkie I'm trying to persuade Mrs Broadstairs that these lights are a good idea but she is not keen, main problem is that we have a lot of touch dimmer lamps and a couple of ones operated by photocell and so far I can't find any of these low energy bulbs which work with these type of lamps. She wants me to go out and stockpile a whole bunch of 'old fashioned' bulbs so she does not have to worry. I must admit its a pet peeve of mine that they simply seem to be ignoring the fact that there are loads of light fittings about in use which cannot use these bulbs.  >:(
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: tuftedduck on December 30, 2008, 08:18:11 AM
Good morning.  ;D

It's cold, cold and the cold has penetrated TD's old bones............will not be venturing too far from the fireside today ( nor for the next two weeks if the forecast is to be believed  :no: )

Keep wrapped up and keep taking the medicine and have a good day.  :)
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: UncleUB on December 30, 2008, 08:27:11 AM
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Everyone,

Very cold here and going to remain so for quite sometime.I think there will be some big shocks when people get their next energy bills. :no:
Went to my GP's last night,he confirmed it was/is a chest infection.As I had already been taking anti biotics he has prescribed me a decongestant spray,so will see how that goes.
That trip to the doctors was my first outing in over a week.
Hope you guys are leaving me some bargains in the sales.  :D
Have a good day and wrap up warm. :)
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: chrissie on December 30, 2008, 08:31:04 AM
Morning all,

Very cold and a hard frost here too this morning, not my cup of tea.... :( but then it is winter so I guess we have to accept these things...sob.  Hope all the poorly folk are feeling a little better today....hope the medicines are working.  Just hope we stay clear here but you never know with all that's flying about.  Hope the decongestant works for you Uncy....way to go perhaps?

Ooooh Yorkie, bad idea that light if it shows up cobwebs  :lol:  I keep in the dark so that I don't see ours and don't have to clean ha ha (if only).  

Have a good day everyone and keep warm and as well as you can.

Chrissie
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: jazz on December 30, 2008, 09:15:03 AM
@broadstairs  -  I had the same concerns as you re dimmer switches and changing to low energy bulbs.  I bought and tried a Megaman Dimmerable bulb (19 watts equiv to 90watts).  Although it was expensive (about £15) I was willing to give it a try.

The dimming worked perfectly  but I found it very noisy - it whistled all the time it was dimmed: I thought I was developing tinnitus!!  I sent it back and got a replacement but that was just the same.  The result was I gave up and had my switches changed and we bought new floor lamps and table lamps for lower level lighting in the evening.

I emailed Megaman to complain and customer sevices promised a reply "in a few days".  That was early November.  Anyway, we're delighted with the new lighting we bought (££££s!) and with all this energy saving it should have paid for itself by about 2048 if we keep the lights on summer as well as winter!!!  The lesson I have learned though is that light bulbs that advertise themselves as dimmable should be viewed with extreme caution.  ;)
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: Yorkie on December 30, 2008, 11:28:54 AM
I'm back, bet you didn't know I'd gone, well neither did I 'cos I forgot to log out.
Have just fitted new 1gb of memory, but have removed old memory just to make sure this works ok.  Don't if its related but mouse appears to be on steroids. Start up time seemed a little quicker, haven't pushed it yet with a game.
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: scottiesmum on December 30, 2008, 11:51:21 AM
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take care  ..... :)
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: roseway on December 30, 2008, 01:55:12 PM
A belated g'day from me. I'm sitting here all wrapped up, and sneezing so hard that I'm worrying about blowing the windows out. But you'll all be pleased to hear that I'm being a brave little soldier and not complaining (much :) )

I might take a brisk walk round the block to get the circulation moving, but I won't be out for long.
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: tuftedduck on December 30, 2008, 02:08:52 PM
 :D

Roseway recuperates....

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Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: Yorkie on December 30, 2008, 02:20:12 PM
Aww poor little mite.
I had this in mind.

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Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: tuftedduck on December 30, 2008, 02:23:26 PM
Yorkie, that is much too healthy looking for someone with Man Flu.. :D
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: roseway on December 30, 2008, 02:30:04 PM
I think you two are taking the pi mick. ;D
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: scottiesmum on December 30, 2008, 03:06:41 PM
A short sharp shock does the trick usually Eric  ......


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 :lol: :lol:

get well soon   :flower:
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: roseway on December 30, 2008, 03:21:06 PM
:lol:
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: tuftedduck on December 30, 2008, 03:24:09 PM
Is that Kitz whacking him ?  :D
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: roseway on December 30, 2008, 03:35:31 PM
No, it's a duck in disguise :)
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: Oh Snap. on December 30, 2008, 05:21:47 PM
My boyfriend and I booked our 'Christmas' holiday today : We're going to Amsterdam for 3 nights, just a short weekend break but we've been planning it for a while :) I'm really looking forward to it. Some of the Canals are frozen over this time of year (we're going 23rd Jan) so we're going to go ice skating on them ^_^ Staying in an Irish 'Inn' as well, which should be fun, especially since I work in an irish bar and am used to being around the Irish culture, and very much enjoy it.
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: kitz on December 30, 2008, 09:37:31 PM
eke another one gets the lurgy... :/

hope the penguin gets well soon. 






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Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: oldfogy on December 30, 2008, 10:11:24 PM

We're going to Amsterdam for 3 nights,

If you are in "Liedersplein" see if you can find a bar called "The Alternative Bar" (it's not far from the outdoor ice rink, by Hotel America) some very good bar entertainers in there.
They all take it in turns dancing on the bar 2,3,even 4 at a time.
Don't wear a hat, or they will nail it onto the wall with the rest of the collection.

PS:
In Amsterdam the coffee shops serve cannabis. So if you just want coffee then you should go to a cafe!!
Or at least be warned, "Brown/s cake" is not just chocolate cake (secret ingredients, nudge nudge wink wink) :silly: :angel:

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I should have said.... Don't wear a hat that you would like to keep......
Title: Re: Tuesday 30th Chat
Post by: roseway on December 30, 2008, 10:27:15 PM
Good advice OF :)