In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:. Wish I could come over to help, but I'd probably drop one, too!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from my walk and I managed to get the light bulb out of that fixture I normally use but couldn't get the new one in. Dropped it 3 times and on the third time it shattered on the floor. I managed to get all cleaned up though so that is good.
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
The problem is the bulbs I've got that will work in that fixture the necks are too short. Gotta find some with longer necks tomorrow.
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I am off to mah jong in the morning hopefully as I have to call the centre in the morning to see if they are open.
One more storm up then rain which brings with it flooding on city streets and such.
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Damn... sorry to hear that Brenda. You were so close.
At least you got it out without breaking it. The only way to really get it out at that point is either with a pair of needle nose pliers, or with a spare potato.
If you can get one, you may want to try an LED bulb. They're built really sturdy compared to the glass ones, and if you did drop it you wouldn't have a mess on your hands even if it breaks.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I know. I was cursing the whole time as it hit the floor.
I'm picturing it in my head now because I've been there before and I know that's exactly what I did. I bet though in a way you felt better after letting those bad vibes out.
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You have a good point about it breaking on the floor and not in the fixture. I have needle nose pliers, bought them years ago but I would never have been able to get the base out.
Yeah. There's no way you're going to pull a broken bulb out with the pliers if you aren't in the right state to change the bulb normally. Sometimes it gets stuck on you too if you're not careful about wrenching it out. There's been several time that I wish I had a spare potato on hand to do it instead of trying to wrench it out like a big dumb ogre.
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You must have been reading my mind SIX. I was thinking after mah jong tomorrow that I should look for a different type of light bulb for the fixture.
You get the LED for the fixture, I'll get one of those grabby things for myself.
I'm even worse today than I was Tuesday after doing all that sanding and fan cleaning overhead on the worst step ladder in existence. My back is fine, but my right hip, my shins and the bottom of my right foot around all three middle toes is killing me. I've got to walk up and down my steps one at a time right now. I don't think keeping my house so cold is helping.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Got all the presents wrapped up for Christmas Eve at my friends. Even wrapped them all with ribbons. Never did that before. First time watching a video on a crafting channel on YouTube too.
I've got to co-ordinate with my friend about presenting his daughter with her present because I don't want to steal his thunder. He said he's going to do a sort of gag gift with an old bucket of paint and a paint brush just to let her know she's getting her bedroom painted.
I haven't asked, but they probably wait until Christmas to open gifts like most folk do, but I want him to do that while I'm there the night before so I can give her my gift with the IOU a painted bedroom after he gives her his gift.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Well we've gone from "Damn it's cold" to Dangerously Cold on the forecast. Low tonight is now -9 with lows of -35 with wind chill factored in.
Not only that, but the power company has been warning everyone of outages and to be prepared for them from now until Saturday morning while it's still in the negative temperatures.
FUN!
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Damn... sorry to hear that Brenda. You were so close.
At least you got it out without breaking it. The only way to really get it out at that point is either with a pair of needle nose pliers, or with a spare potato.
If you can get one, you may want to try an LED bulb. They're built really sturdy compared to the glass ones, and if you did drop it you wouldn't have a mess on your hands even if it breaks.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I know. I was cursing the whole time as it hit the floor.
I'm picturing it in my head now because I've been there before and I know that's exactly what I did. I bet though in a way you felt better after letting those bad vibes out.Quote:
You have a good point about it breaking on the floor and not in the fixture. I have needle nose pliers, bought them years ago but I would never have been able to get the base out.
Yeah. There's no way you're going to pull a broken bulb out with the pliers if you aren't in the right state to change the bulb normally. Sometimes it gets stuck on you too if you're not careful about wrenching it out. There's been several time that I wish I had a spare potato on hand to do it instead of trying to wrench it out like a big dumb ogre.Quote:
You must have been reading my mind SIX. I was thinking after mah jong tomorrow that I should look for a different type of light bulb for the fixture.
You get the LED for the fixture, I'll get one of those grabby things for myself.
I'm even worse today than I was Tuesday after doing all that sanding and fan cleaning overhead on the worst step ladder in existence. My back is fine, but my right hip, my shins and the bottom of my right foot around all three middle toes is killing me. I've got to walk up and down my steps one at a time right now. I don't think keeping my house so cold is helping.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I did feel much better for letting it all out.
No, I couldn't have gotten the base out and chances are I could have hurt myself serious if that had happened. Even with the potato trick.
I got the LED bulb today but still can't get it in the &*^^%%$%^^&%%^&&& socket.
Cold is very bad when you have over done it and have pulled muscles that you didn't think you did. Get some sort of heat on those body parts to try and help is my best suggestion.
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Well, I broke down and called my boss to see if one of them will come over and help me. I just hope they get here before it gets dark as I will be climbing up on another chair to reach a light that works. *sigh* Using that light means moving the kitchen table and climbing up on a chair that is near that light. Means have been sore since I fell on Tuesday going over to work.
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Damn... sorry to hear that Brenda. You were so close.
At least you got it out without breaking it. The only way to really get it out at that point is either with a pair of needle nose pliers, or with a spare potato.
If you can get one, you may want to try an LED bulb. They're built really sturdy compared to the glass ones, and if you did drop it you wouldn't have a mess on your hands even if it breaks.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I know. I was cursing the whole time as it hit the floor.
I'm picturing it in my head now because I've been there before and I know that's exactly what I did. I bet though in a way you felt better after letting those bad vibes out.Quote:
You have a good point about it breaking on the floor and not in the fixture. I have needle nose pliers, bought them years ago but I would never have been able to get the base out.
Yeah. There's no way you're going to pull a broken bulb out with the pliers if you aren't in the right state to change the bulb normally. Sometimes it gets stuck on you too if you're not careful about wrenching it out. There's been several time that I wish I had a spare potato on hand to do it instead of trying to wrench it out like a big dumb ogre.Quote:
You must have been reading my mind SIX. I was thinking after mah jong tomorrow that I should look for a different type of light bulb for the fixture.
You get the LED for the fixture, I'll get one of those grabby things for myself.
I'm even worse today than I was Tuesday after doing all that sanding and fan cleaning overhead on the worst step ladder in existence. My back is fine, but my right hip, my shins and the bottom of my right foot around all three middle toes is killing me. I've got to walk up and down my steps one at a time right now. I don't think keeping my house so cold is helping.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I did feel much better for letting it all out.
No, I couldn't have gotten the base out and chances are I could have hurt myself serious if that had happened. Even with the potato trick.
I got the LED bulb today but still can't get it in the &*^^%%$%^^&%%^&&& socket.
Cold is very bad when you have over done it and have pulled muscles that you didn't think you did. Get some sort of heat on those body parts to try and help is my best suggestion.
Damn... No dice still. Well at least it's ready for the new bulb.
Yeah. Don't have much in the way of heat. I've got an ancient heating pad, but that's really only good for my back. Everything seems to be better right now, but we'll see how it all works out in the morning when I wake up.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, I broke down and called my boss to see if one of them will come over and help me. I just hope they get here before it gets dark as I will be climbing up on another chair to reach a light that works. *sigh* Using that light means moving the kitchen table and climbing up on a chair that is near that light. Means have been sore since I fell on Tuesday going over to work.
I was going to suggest something along those lines but didn't because I think you're a lot like me in that regard. My aunt or brother would have been knocking on a neighbor's door already if they couldn't get maintenance to do it for them the second the bulb got out, but I don't like asking for favors or inviting people right next door over for a favor and getting that close with people who don't need t
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I kinda forgot to start my car yesterday and didn't think of it until about an hour ago.
It's -5 out right now with a Real Feel of -44. Honestly, it doesn't feel that cold to me, but I've kind of been conditioning myself to the cold with how low the thermostat is in my house. I even spent a couple of minutes shoveling my walkway between my porch and my garage one handed while talking to my brother on the phone in the other hand. No coat. No gloves. Just sweatpants and a hoodie. My fingers were a bit frosty when I came in, but it didn't feel like -44.
Car started up just fine. Let it run for 15 minutes and shut it off.
Low is getting to -9 degrees with a Real Feel bottoming out at -44. That's by far the coldest night it's ever been since I've lived here.
As long as the wind doesn't knock the power out I'll be fine. I'll just have to head over to my friend's house after opening the faucets pretty wide if the power does go out tonight. At least assuming his power doesn't go out too. Otherwise, I'll just pull the car out of the garage and sleep out there. Got an extra 5 gallons of gas if things go south.
Definitely going to set my furnace up to work with my generator by next winter just in case. I'll just need to get an inverter, another beefy 100ft extension cord and rig up a questionably code worthy do-dad to make it a reality.
The good news is that I believe the sudden insane low temps knocked out most of the snow from the forecast. Just 5 days ago we were looking at 8-12 inches, and my old man was looking at 11-17 inches.
We only got about 1.5 inches so far here I'd reckon and now tomorrow they're saying little to no accumulation. I won't even need to bother taking the snowblower out tomorrow if that's true.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Damn... sorry to hear that Brenda. You were so close.
At least you got it out without breaking it. The only way to really get it out at that point is either with a pair of needle nose pliers, or with a spare potato.
If you can get one, you may want to try an LED bulb. They're built really sturdy compared to the glass ones, and if you did drop it you wouldn't have a mess on your hands even if it breaks.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I know. I was cursing the whole time as it hit the floor.
I'm picturing it in my head now because I've been there before and I know that's exactly what I did. I bet though in a way you felt better after letting those bad vibes out.Quote:
You have a good point about it breaking on the floor and not in the fixture. I have needle nose pliers, bought them years ago but I would never have been able to get the base out.
Yeah. There's no way you're going to pull a broken bulb out with the pliers if you aren't in the right state to change the bulb normally. Sometimes it gets stuck on you too if you're not careful about wrenching it out. There's been several time that I wish I had a spare potato on hand to do it instead of trying to wrench it out like a big dumb ogre.Quote:
You must have been reading my mind SIX. I was thinking after mah jong tomorrow that I should look for a different type of light bulb for the fixture.
You get the LED for the fixture, I'll get one of those grabby things for myself.
I'm even worse today than I was Tuesday after doing all that sanding and fan cleaning overhead on the worst step ladder in existence. My back is fine, but my right hip, my shins and the bottom of my right foot around all three middle toes is killing me. I've got to walk up and down my steps one at a time right now. I don't think keeping my house so cold is helping.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I did feel much better for letting it all out.
No, I couldn't have gotten the base out and chances are I could have hurt myself serious if that had happened. Even with the potato trick.
I got the LED bulb today but still can't get it in the &*^^%%$%^^&%%^&&& socket.
Cold is very bad when you have over done it and have pulled muscles that you didn't think you did. Get some sort of heat on those body parts to try and help is my best suggestion.
Damn... No dice still. Well at least it's ready for the new bulb.
Yeah. Don't have much in the way of heat. I've got an ancient heating pad, but that's really only good for my back. Everything seems to be better right now, but we'll see how it all works out in the morning when I wake up.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, I broke down and called my boss to see if one of them will come over and help me. I just hope they get here before it gets dark as I will be climbing up on another chair to reach a light that works. *sigh* Using that light means moving the kitchen table and climbing up on a chair that is near that light. Means have been sore since I fell on Tuesday going over to work.
I was going to suggest something along those lines but didn't because I think you're a lot like me in that regard. My aunt or brother would have been knocking on a neighbor's door already if they couldn't get maintenance to do it for them the second the bulb got out, but I don't like asking for favors or inviting people right next door over for a favor and gett
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