HudsonHawk
I'll Lock Up
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Nothing will beat a Metal Halide bulb.
Back in my rock n roll roadie and spotlight operator days, we had those old carbon arc spotlights. Man those things were intense.
Nothing will beat a Metal Halide bulb.
Three words: carbon arc lamp.
Back in my rock n roll roadie and spotlight operator days, we had those old carbon arc spotlights. Man those things were intense.
I ran my street rod yesterday and today.My oil company cronies and I thank you.
I've considered doing that, but deep down I object to it on principle. If the CFL bulb manufacturers say their "40W" bulbs are a suitable replacement for an incandescent 40W bulb, then they actually should be; I (and other consumers) shouldn't have to go through a "trial and error" period to figure out which of their bulbs really is a suitable replacement for whichever incandescent bulb has just burned out....As for your feeling that CFLs don't provide enough light, you might try simply getting a higher watt CFL. If you're replacing a 40W incandescent, and you feel the 40W CFL isn't enough, put in a 100W CFL. A 100W CFL still uses less power than a 40W incandescent.
On a semi-related note, I'm beginning to believe I've finally reached my lifelong goal of becoming a curmudgeon.
I've considered doing that, but deep down I object to it on principle. If the CFL bulb manufacturers say their "40W" bulbs are a suitable replacement for an incandescent 40W bulb, then they actually should be; I (and other consumers) shouldn't have to go through a "trial and error" period to figure out which of their bulbs really is a suitable replacement for whichever incandescent bulb has just burned out.
On a semi-related note, I'm beginning to believe I've finally reached my lifelong goal of becoming a curmudgeon.
True, but without the "patina" that comes with age it's difficult to not come across as nothing more than a whiny, bratty, punk kid. *yucky*Curmudgeons are born, not made. It's always been there, it's just taken a while to come to the surface.
True, but without the "patina" that comes with age it's difficult to not come across as nothing more than a whiny, bratty, punk kid. *yucky*
I was young once, and I stunk at it.
If I knew then what I know now...I'd probably still screw it all up....I wasn't very good at it either but given a second chance.....
If I knew then what I know now...I'd probably still screw it all up.
Rail travel has pretty much gone away for a lot of the country. I rode one of the last Nashville to Miami trains back in the early 70's. It was almost surreal, since everything (and I mean *everything*) that Arlo Guthrie sang about in "City of New Orleans" happened during that trip.
Whenever I hear that song I just stop what I'm doing and get flashbacks from that trip. ("This train's got the disappearing railroad blues...")
Bench seats. The Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car all had semi-bench seats. They were the last cars to have them. They discontinued them in 2011.