Pluggers by Rick McKee for March 07, 2016

Better enjoy ’em while they last. Incandescents are getting to be an endangered species.

Agreed. He would have come up with something much more advanced…but you’d have to buy them in groups of threes.

I simply refuse to use the curly bulbs. They emit UV rays, and can cause the same sorts of problems as prolonged exposed to the sun, plus you can’t use them in enclosed spaces, which eliminates most of the light fixtures in our house.

Can’t buy incandescents in CA—-bought a lifetime supply the last week available…….

Now that the price has dropped I’m converting to LED’s. The ‘curly’ ones darken after a while and take time to get bright, especially when it’s cold. The LED’s come on instantly and are actually brighter than CFL’s of the same wattage. They have the added advantage that there’s no mercury inside.

Well….you coulda worked in few more “gummints.” grumblegrumblehatecflsgrumble.

I don’t care if they are on sale; I just like to see the ones with “Made in USA” and buy them whenever possible…

Stocked up a while back. I’ll NEVER switch!

The new light bulbs, new car headlights and streetlights give me (and others) migraines!

After trying to find some clear 6o watt bulbs locally and striking out, I found an on-line company that had them so I got a few more than I needed, and then I found that they are making halogen bulbs that are perfect and that Lowe’s had them in stock and the price is right too!

all new ones are made in china & not worth a hill of beans, like most anything else made there

and those LED bulbs cause TONS of radio interference! especially on AM !!! no internet radio for me, thanx; waiting till the satellites fall & then we’ll be in deep sheet!

Yeah, especially since the gubmint’s hounding them out of existence!

I just finished replacing all my incandescent bulbs with CFL bulbs when the LED dropped to an affordable price. It may take a while to use up my stock of CFL bulbs, but I already bought some LED bulbs that are OK to use in closed fixtures. I also replaced a couple of CFS bulbs in cold locations.

I have a “Brunswick” victrola and it works fine! When the power grid fails in the future, and it will fail, I’ll still have music…

…for a while anyway, until I can no longer turn the crank to wind the spring!