How many sci.astro.amateur members does it take to change a light bulb?

A blatant rip off but I like it.

How many sci.astro.amateur posters does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light
bulb could have been changed differently

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs

53 to flame the spell checkers

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...

Another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb"
is perfectly correct

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation
of their "acceptable use policy"

109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this
discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and
lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs
and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy
the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique
and what brands are faulty

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL's

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this
group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all
headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

44 to ask what is a "FAQ"

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about
light bulbs"

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start
it all over again....


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Terry Bohlsen

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:10:11 +1000, "Terry B"
wrote:

Don't forget:

1 who argues that light bulbs (lightbulbs? g) only burn out because of a bad
design based on the belief that they are resistive heating devices, when he
alone knows the truth: they are fermionic-gravitic resonators which utilize dark
energy to convert tachyons to photons. Of course, he has a web site with
hundreds of pages of dense equations (and dense verbiage) to support this
theory.

1 who argues that you can only change light bulbs when your Moon is in Aries,
unless you are a godless Democrat, in which case you don't need to change it
because you will very soon be in Hell anyway.

1 who argues that an unseen planet will soon pass the Earth, creating massive
earthquakes that will destroy all light bulbs. After the passage the technology
of the alien inhabitants of this death star will cause all light bulbs to be
restored for the few survivors. Another dense web site will be provided to
expound on the details.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:10:11 +1000, "Terry B"
wrote:

Don't forget:

1 who argues that light bulbs (lightbulbs? g) only burn out because of a bad
design based on the belief that they are resistive heating devices, when he
alone knows the truth: they are fermionic-gravitic resonators which utilize dark
energy to convert tachyons to photons. Of course, he has a web site with
hundreds of pages of dense equations (and dense verbiage) to support this
theory.

1 who argues that you can only change light bulbs when your Moon is in Aries,
unless you are a godless Democrat, in which case you don't need to change it
because you will very soon be in Hell anyway.

1 who argues that an unseen planet will soon pass the Earth, creating massive
earthquakes that will destroy all light bulbs. After the passage the technology
of the alien inhabitants of this death star will cause all light bulbs to be
restored for the few survivors. Another dense web site will be provided to
expound on the details.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

Terry B:
How many sci.astro.amateur posters does it take to change a light bulb?

SAA posters should know better than to use light bulbs.

Davoud

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usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

Don't change it please -- remember light pollution-- may it stay dark.


"Davoud" wrote in message
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Terry B:
How many sci.astro.amateur posters does it take to change a light bulb?

SAA posters should know better than to use light bulbs.

Davoud

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usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

What about whether or not replies about changing lightbulbs should be
top posted or bottom posted?
Marty

What about whether or not replies about changing lightbulbs should be
top posted or bottom posted?
Marty

Don't change it please -- remember light pollution-- may it stay dark.


"Davoud" wrote in message
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Terry B:
How many sci.astro.amateur posters does it take to change a light bulb?

SAA posters should know better than to use light bulbs.

Davoud

--
usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

Terry B:
How many sci.astro.amateur posters does it take to change a light bulb?

SAA posters should know better than to use light bulbs.

Davoud

--
usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

"Terry B" wrote in message ...
A blatant rip off but I like it.

How many sci.astro.amateur posters does it take to change a light bulb?

snip

start it all over again....

And, you didn't mention light "pollution" once!

Chris.B.Pedant IV