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We have an issue with light bulbs at our house. You can take that literally, metaphorically or spiritually. The point is, it’s often too dark at our house. Not enough light.
It gets bad sometimes, like there are only 3 functioning light bulbs in the whole house and you walk into the bathroom and realize it is pitch black in there because somebody else needed a light bulb.
The other day, somebody was hogging two light bulbs because “the dark was devouring all the light.” Drowning it out. Thankfully, it doesn’t actually work that way, at least not in terms of physics, or faith for that matter. Dark does not overwhelm the light. It is not “another kind of light,” as if the dark bulbs are at war with the light bulbs. Dark is an absence, a void of light.
I am perpetually annoyed with the gaggle of baboons, also known as a congress, who mandated squiggly light bulbs. See, squiggly bulbs don’t work in some of our light fixtures and some bulbs just smoke and turn black. Black smoke and electricity is never a good thing. Long story short, one can no longer just zip down to the store and buy some bulbs.
What used to cost 75 cents is now 19.95. Hence the chronic darkness as we slowly move about the house, huddling around the last remaining light bulb. It’s quite tragic and rather pathetic, too.
I have to go buy some light bulbs. Our family is starting to remind me of a Charles Dickens story. Little Tim, bring that bulb over here, so we can cook dinner…..
Back to the spiritual and metaphorical darkness however, we have to make the light. God said, “let there be light” and in a much smaller way, that is what we have to do, too. It’s a simple idea, but surprisingly difficult.
"A" dad said:
Memi, the LED blubs are and will be better, than the compact flourecsent “squiggly” bulbs.
In my area, the new LED bulbs are susidized, so the lost seems low. ; – )
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Julie (aka Cookie) said:
I recall a similar lamentation of a post I once wrote—all about those blasted d*&n squiggly bulbs!!!
Out of so many things that seem to have been “imposed” upon me, as in the American people” those light bulbs take the blasted cake!!!!!!
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Citizen Tom said:
I wrote a post on those stupid things too. I expect there are lots of posts like that out there.
😆
Heaven is a place run by somebody who knows what they are doing, and He ain’t a politician.
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Julie (aka Cookie) said:
Now that is a truly grand thought!
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Citizen Tom said:
I have somewhat different problem. My wife has become something of a technophobe. She does not like anything new, strange, or messy. Fortunately, the old style bulbs can still be found here in Virginia. Don’t actually know why. They are scarce, but we can still find bulbs that work. One trick is to use the decorative bulbs. I guess they are a little more pricey, but they are as expensive as CFLs or LED bulbs.
Since the CFLs contain mercury, I never will convince my lady to use those darn things. In fact, since I have a horror of breaking one of the damn things and then having to hire someone to clean up a toxic spill (yeah, I know the amount of mercury is minuscule), I don’t like florescent bulbs in the house. Still, my lady accepts the old fashion florescent tubes. We grew up with them. So they are not strange, and I am not about to mention the clean up problem. Eventually, I am going to have to replace those light fixtures with something that gives me less to worry about.
The LED bulbs may also have something toxic in them, but I expect I expect my lady will tolerate them. All we have to do to avoid being poisoned is to not eat them. On the other hand, what about the grand babies? Sigh! Maybe I had better not say anything.
Hopefully, by the time there is nothing left on the market except the LED bulbs the light coming from them will look relatively natural.
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cynfected said:
It really worries me that you only have 3 functioning light bulbs – can I send you some? I would be more than happy to 🙂
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bluebird of bitterness said:
I detest fluorescent lights and refuse to use those horrible curly fry light bulbs. When the idiots in Washington decided to make incandescent bulbs illegal, I went out and bought a lifetime supply of incandescents and stashed them in my storage room.
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Debbie L said:
I’ll never forget the day I broke a CFL bulb. My husband knew of the danger immediately and told me to stand back and watch a pro! I’m so made I didn’t video record the ordeal. I mean mercury is in these things?!?!? I missed the memo but I thought we got rid of mercury thermometers long ago because of the dangers! We now live a very simple minimalistic lifestyle. Our little 400 square food home has all LED lights. We thought they were shot to last 5 years or more! What a joke.
Decided I better read up on this light bulb issue-for the sake of my grandsons and daughter since she takes after me. My poor son in law only does what his wife allows him inside the house. But that’s another story…
So here’s the latest: A study published in late 2010 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology found that LEDs contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially dangerous substances. LEDs are touted as the next generation of lighting,” says Oladele Ogunseitan, one of the researchers behind the study and chair of the University of California (UC)-Irvine’s Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention. “But as we try to find better products that do not deplete energy resources or contribute to global warming, we have to be vigilant [about] toxicity hazards….”
Geez! Sure glad we believers have a perfect eternity to look forward to! This world isn’t going to survive the loonies!!!
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Debbie L said:
Source of the quote: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/led-lightbulb-concerns/
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insanitybytes22 said:
Thanks for the link. Lead, mercury, arsenic, that just fabulous. Those heavy metals build up in your system and are really hard for your body to get rid of and they tend to really damage your brain. The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland was thought to have mercury poisoning,which was more common back then.
You were talking about kale in the other thread, well it’s not a magic cure but it can be really good for thinning the blood and helping us detox. All of those leafy greens,spinach,kale, turnips, can be really good for us on so many levels. One thing they do is help to thin our blood. They really work, too! I’ve had some people on blood thinners and we had to be really careful because just a few servings and their blood can get too thin. I really wish we would “prescribe” some leafy greens rather than things like coumadin! 🙂
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Debbie L said:
What an eye opener about LEDs!!! I’m now fighting ostoperosis so I found the value of the green leafy vegetables two years ago after my first bone density test (get your baseline at age 60). Then when we were researching the Heart Healthy diet, discovered Kale was good for it. I had no idea about the blood thinning part. I’ll have to get Bill off of baby aspirin if he’ll consume more! Right now, I can get about 1/2 cup in him! But I can easily eat 2 cups a day. Guess I should watch it!
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