brad

1 to change the light bulb

1 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

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 forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum

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

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

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"

6 that flame them for not using the Search feature

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"

16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend

24 posts of telling them to take it to PM's

1 moderator that comes in and says something about doing it wrong and that everyone who disagrees gets a warning

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

Graceland

Nikki

24 posts of telling them to take it to PM's

1 moderator that comes in and says something about doing it wrong and that everyone who disagrees gets a warning

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

Martyn

You forgot....

10 to change the subject to whos got the fastest cossie
5 to change the subject to what the best/worst management is
5 to change the subject to some other boring shit thats been gone over a dozen times already......
1 to change the subject to "my latest spec for the DIY build"

Graceland

1 to post a picture of a brew with hobnobs to calm the aurora

St3V3_C

M7 COS

So how many was it in total?

Surely "posts" and members are not mutually exclusive? Members often post more than once on the same thread!

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Anonymous

cossiemen

and not to forget about all the people that respond to this topic

CliffRS4

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And then someone to post that if you changed it using nitrous you were cheating

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RichardPON

That's sooooooooooooooo funny

Rolls

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lol!

benporter

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Stavros

dont forget 10 people posting defending their tuners personal lightbulb changing like their life depended on it.

and then a few owners of lampshades complaining that nobody takes any notice of them becuase they have lampshades and not lightbulbs "this is a houshold lighting forum, not just a lightbulb forum " etc, then going on about lampshades being better anyhow, even with no proof, but all beliving it anyhow...

SeanT

1 to tell them all to get a lightbulb from a different manufacturer because that's as far as the old skool lightbulbs can go - and then be proved wrong again....

1 to try and point the finger at whatever twat broke the lightbulb in the first place.

1 to argue about what should be done with the broken lightbulb and whether they should lay flowers around it, let other people lay flowers around it and steal them, or leave well alone??

Stu to get involved when it all gets out of hand...

Ima to have a pop at Stu for getting involved.

Someone to involve Martin Hadland.

The post to be locked and reopened several times.

Anonymous

AFPMSL

Then dont forget at the end of it he will get a tuner to do the actual important bit where you decide how tight to screw it in, but then still claim it was a diy lightbulb change just cause he carried the lightbulb over to mark in the first place.

essexrsturbo

that is sooo true! happens to almost every thread

brad

even this one

essexrsturbo

you no this threads going to be 10 posts long with everyone defending that PF is noway like that! how could you say such things...

CossieRich

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PMSL at this one.

Spiky

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i cant help change, i'm banned from that room


























p.s. beds members......it's a joke

essexrsturbo

pmsl @ spikey

steve rs

and
28 people to say that that particular bulb holder gives more power than the rest its must be out by 30watts as where as the bulb holder they use is far more acurate

Linsay

<- IMA

RobS

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qaulity

brad

fookin pissin myself @some of those replys , btt for the evening monkeys

mattbibs

Eagle

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Mr C

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LOL, brilliant post

Eagle

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back up