Originally posted by spruce112358 They are also dim for the first minute. So you walk into a room looking for something and have to squint in a pinkish glow for awhile.
What would the Pilgrim Fathers and rugged frontiersmen have made of modern Americans?
Originally posted by FMF What would the Pilgrim Fathers and rugged frontiersmen have made of modern Americans?
You mean these guys?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Being told to buy government light bulbs? They would think something like this:
Originally posted by spruce112358 You mean these guys?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, [b]Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Being told to buy government light bulbs? They would think something like this:
"If they mean to have a war, let it begin here."[/b]
No I was just making a joke about the trials and tribulations you suffer, what with the pink light and all, when you walk into a room. But, hey. Maybe your punchline is better than mine.
Originally posted by AThousandYoung That we've become too used to having an overwhelmingly powerful standing army.
Oh dear, I was just teasing spruce112358 by taking one of his sentences out of context and framing it as the complaint of a rather effete descendent of the rugged individuals who ate buffalo by candlelight. I will start a thread so as not to hijack this one...
Originally posted by spruce112358 You mean these guys?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, [b]Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Being told to buy government light bulbs? They would think something like this:
"If they mean to have a war, let it begin here."[/b]
That is a brilliant post!
Well.... except for the part where you falsely claim anybody is being forced to buy government light bulbs.
Originally posted by spruce112358 They are also dim for the first minute. So you walk into a room looking for something and have to squint in a pinkish glow for awhile.
I don't care even if they are cheaper. I'll pay the extra cost to have nice, bright, immediate light.
Why should that liberty be taken away?
Grow up. The ability to buy an inefficient light bulb is hardly something Locke or the Framers would have thought as a Natural Right or inherent liberty.
Originally posted by spruce112358 They are also dim for the first minute. So you walk into a room looking for something and have to squint in a pinkish glow for awhile.
I don't care even if they are cheaper. I'll pay the extra cost to have nice, bright, immediate light.
Thomas Edison would probably be rather bemused, if not crestfallen, if he learned that so many people would still be buying bulbs little changed from his original designs in the year 2011 A.D.
20 May '11 16:25
$50 light bulbs
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