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March 4 - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 4 Mar 21

Today was a very good day. I went to the Y this morning and had a good workout in the pool and fitness center. I had a good chiropractor appointment. My last. No more appointments necessary, my back is so much...

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How to remove broken lightbulb?

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 23 Jan 09

I was putting new lightbulbs in our fixtures today and noticed one of the fixtures has a broken lightbulb base stuck in it. Using a potato resulted in nothing other than hashbrowns all over my floor, so now I've got some...

broken lightbulb

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I electric bill is half of what it was one year ago.

KaMlBob @KaMlBob (786) • United States 9 Dec 08

I switcehd all my light bulbs to those new curly enviromentally friendly ones, last year my electric bill was over $100.00 and now it's only $48.00. I am amazed that it seems to have made such a difference. I thought my bill would...

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Did you know this???

kimbers867 @kimbers867 (2539) • United States 8 May 08

A lightbulb manufactured in 1901 burns bright to this day. Well I had to research it because I think it is totally cool. This is what I found. There is a light bulb burning bright at a fire station in Livermore,...

general electric

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warning about energy efficent bulbs

mrsbrian @mrsbrian (1949) • United States 2 May 07

I just watched a news story about those new energy efficent bulbs and was shocked by what I heard. CFLs are all the rage. They are the spirally shaped, long-lasting bulbs everyone is being urged, cajoled and guilt-tripped into...

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Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs - Have You Made the Switch?

katprice @katprice (805) • United States 20 Apr 07

It's said that if every American would just replace 5 regular lightbulbs in their home with the compact flourescent type, it would be the equivalent of taking 8 million cars off the nations highways. These bulbs are incredibly...

compact fluorescent

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EU putting the lights out all over Europe

Eskimo @Eskimo (2315) 10 Mar 07

The EU has just decided to ban all normal (filament)light bulbs from 2009, so everyone in Europe will have to change over from the lightbulbs first invented by Tesla ( or Eddison depending on which history book you read) in the...

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Ban on "regular" lightbulbs

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 2 Mar 07

In Europe, Australia and even some states here in the US are trying to ban incandescent lightbulbs for the more efficient ones. Article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17364944/ Personally, I think this is a good idea even with...

energy efficient

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Lowering electric bill - lightbulbs

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 10 Feb 07

I was always taught that turing off the lights in a room when no one is in there helps keep the electric bill down and helps the environment. My hubby disagrees. He thinks that the teeny bit of power the light bulbs use does not...

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California to pass another law...this time about lightbulbs.

hidinginpublic @hidinginpublic (170) • United States 31 Jan 07

You can read the article a: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/energy_california_lightbulbs_dc So the article states that by 2012 California will pass a law saying that you can ONLY use compact flourescent lightbulbs. The article...

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