tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post3624456949908051070..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Stranger than fiction.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-59530181282419249292011-08-23T18:01:17.480+01:002011-08-23T18:01:17.480+01:00I'm afraid I may have somebad news for you on ...I'm afraid I may have somebad news for you on the lightbulbs front, Leggy. Phillips are now making tungsten halogen lamps in normal bayonet fittings, which look pretty much like normal tungsten lamps.<br /><br />They count as "energy saving" because the halogen thing lets them run at somewhat higher temperatures than standard tungsten lamps, so to get the same light you need a wee bit less power. They use a quartz glass halogen enclosure inside a larger normal glass bulb, so look more or less the same as the old tungsten lamps; they seem to last quite well too.<br /><br />Now, they ain't as energy-saving as LED lamps are, but they give a much better light than CFL units do, and if you break one you're not reaching for the powdered sulphur in case of mercury spills (handy to have some powdered sulphur about anyway, for sorting out fungal infections of plants). Have a shufti round in the supermarkets; these sorts of lightbulbs are becoming more common, though the supermarkets do hide them below the CFL energy savers, as though they're embarassed or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-24974624366359007732011-08-20T00:41:55.933+01:002011-08-20T00:41:55.933+01:00I'm still not sure why the tobacco companies h...I'm still not sure why the tobacco companies haven't started re-issuing the old-style tobacco cases. If they'd been quick off the mark, they could have issued loads of the old-fashioned metal ones before the advertising ban and thus their logos and brand names would have been around for many more years after the ad ban was imposed. <br /><br />But needless to say, they did nothing. I don't understand the big tobacco companies. I don't for one minute expect them to fight for their customers - as long as we're buying their product they don't care how inconvenient or unpleasant the situations are where we now have to use them, and I quite understand that this is the position in respect of any large company or industry, but surely where their own business interests and profits are concerned, you'd think they'd try at least one or two ways to keep their brand names alive and their sales up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-35959013538801809212011-08-19T09:40:52.459+01:002011-08-19T09:40:52.459+01:00LI,
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