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cowgirl836

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In your new house? For pete's sake, why? Between the mercury and the fact that LED's are more efficient, I don't understand why anyone would ever buy a CFL. I tried a few when it was the only option other than incandescent, but other than those 2 or 3, I went right from incandescent to LED.


they last pretty long as well. And were not nearly the cost of LED's. DH wanted to do LEDs but we decided to just replace with LED's going forward. Think some of the outside ones were LED maybe. Or halogen. I don't remember.
 

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they last pretty long as well. And were not nearly the cost of LED's. DH wanted to do LEDs but we decided to just replace with LED's going forward. Think some of the outside ones were LED maybe. Or halogen. I don't remember.


Compared to incandescent, yes, but CFL->incandescent is 4X life span. LED->CFL is 33X. Like I was saying about my fridge bulb...it'll last 20 years...I'll take the bulb out of my eventually dead fridge and put it in the new one.

The bulb cost in the chart below is already out of date for LED's as well...I got 3 packs of LED's for less than $9 at Costco yesterday. Bought 4 3 packs.

Bulb Chart
  • Wattage:
  • Lifespan:
  • Yearly Bill:
  • Bulb Cost:
  • Key Factor:

LED Bulbs
  • 10 Watts
  • 25,000 hours
  • Under $2
  • $8-$10
  • Best Savings

CFL Bulbs
  • 15 Watts
  • 3,000 hours
  • $5+
  • $2-$4
  • Poisonous Mercury

Old Bulbs
  • 60 Watts
  • 750 hours
  • $12+
  • $1-$2
  • Huge Waste
 

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Like CG, I would have been confused by the cooler speaker concept. My girl logic would have said "buy wireless speakers" and "buy cooler" and call it good.
 

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like he said, I was looking for logic where there was none :jimlad: Just a man tinkering.

I do think that actually sounds pretty neat.

CG took all the heat for this one, but as I was reading through it, all I could think of was "why?"

Then I got to the Tim Taylor "more power" post, and realized the answer was:

Because man
 
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Like CG, I would have been confused by the cooler speaker concept. My girl logic would have said "buy wireless speakers" and "buy cooler" and call it good.

CG took all the heat for this one, but as I was reading through it, all I could think of was "why?"

Then I got to the Tim Taylor "more power" post, and realized the answer was:

Because man

Chicks just don't understand.
 

CyArob

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Like CG, I would have been confused by the cooler speaker concept. My girl logic would have said "buy wireless speakers" and "buy cooler" and call it good.

That logic is terrible. Sorry, but it just is.
 

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Gotta use that time doing valuable things like posting cat memes on Facebook and looking at Pinterest!

You know we still love you though.

Not true. Not true at all!

I don't look at pinterest. Nor do I post cat memes on Facebook. If I post cat pics, they are of my own cats.

I WILL admit to "liking" cat memes on Facebook, though!
 

BoxsterCy

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Like CG, I would have been confused by the cooler speaker concept. My girl logic would have said "buy wireless speakers" and "buy cooler" and call it good.

Guys, to be fair, this is what keeps us from doing stuff like renting some compressor powered pneumatic hammer when all we are doing is hanging a picture on the wall.

 

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Hey CG, how do you feel about Scott Walker?


Ho-boy....

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00clone

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Guys, to be fair, this is what keeps us from doing stuff like renting some compressor powered pneumatic hammer when all we are doing is hanging a picture on the wall.



Renting? pshaw....like I'm gonna throw that money down the toilet when I can be putting it toward buying one?
 
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