"kujebak" <kujebak@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Dec 2, 8:40 pm, "Paul J Kriha" <paul.nospam.kr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> > "kujebak" <kuje...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >
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> > > On Dec 2, 4:34 pm, nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Jiri Pecka) wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:29:50 -0800 (PST), kujebak
> > > > <kuje...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > >http://tinyurl.com/3dlakz
> >
> > > > I am afraid the ban on incandescent light is unavoidable. There is
far
> > > > more pressure from this side of the greenie camp. Saving the
planet is
> > > > better than poisoning a few people by mercury. This is actually
not a
> > > > bad thing at all: a dead person makes a smaller carbon footprint.
> >
> > > > And what will this achieve? Light bulbs will become a desirable,
> > > > underground item, its distribution firmly in the hands of the
mafia
> > > > and colombian drug barons. The street price of a good 75W bulb
will
> > > > skyrocket to $150-$250 a piece.
> >
> > > > There will be the Light Police with the right to enter your homes
to
> > > > check your lights. Up to 25W per household will be initially
> > > > tolerated. Possession of a total of 50W or more of incandescent
light
> > > > power will carry heavy prison terms. Distribution will be
punishable
> > > > by life in prison, in some states death.
> >
> > > > The war on incandescent lights will consume most police and
penitary
> > > > resources, as more and more people will become addicted to the
warm,
> > > > pleasurable glow of the Edison bulb.
> >
> > > > Jiri Pecka
> >
> > > Thank you. Now I don't feel so bad. I have a fluorescent fixture
> > > in my kitchen on a circuit with a bad voltage drop, which makes
> > > it go thru fluorescent tubes faster than my wireless mouse goes
> > > thru AA batteries. It's kind of hard to fit those 3-foot
fluorescents
> > > in my garbage can without a whack with the hammer. So that's
> > > what that white stuff that goes all over the place is, eh? ;-))
> >
> > It's time to invest in some cheap candlemaker company's stock.
> >
> > Anybody keen to start a "louc^" making business.
> >
> > What's "louc^" in English? My idiotic dictionary says
> > "resinuous wood". Yeah, okay, but what do you call those
> > thin pieces of wood used for lighting in medieval times.
> > And I don't mean torches.
> > pjk
>
> Why *don't* you mean torches?
Because I don't. I mean "louc^", not "pochoden^".
> In American English it is exactly what that is ;-)
Okay then, but I wouldn't know much about that.
pjk
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