Comments on: There goes that evil StuffMart again… http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/ you are LOST in a maze of twisty little passges, all the same... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jon http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-34 Jon Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:30:23 +0000 http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-34 Maybe StuffMart has the market on all the good ones? Maybe StuffMart has the market on all the good ones?

]]> By: Deboobily http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-33 Deboobily Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:28:11 +0000 http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-33 Yup, we tried 'em. About 6 years ago, Matt decided we needed to replace all our bulbs with swirlies, so we started the process. Result: we HATED 'em. Could NOT read by 'em. Didn't last 6 years as promised. Never saw the reduction in electricity costs that was advertised. Who knew? And we didn't even buy them at Stuff Mart.... Yup, we tried ‘em. About 6 years ago, Matt decided we needed to replace all our bulbs with swirlies, so we started the process. Result: we HATED ‘em. Could NOT read by ‘em. Didn’t last 6 years as promised. Never saw the reduction in electricity costs that was advertised.
Who knew? And we didn’t even buy them at Stuff Mart….

]]> By: Jon http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-30 Jon Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:43:30 +0000 http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-30 I have to see what MLB would think about swirly's in the main ceiling fan and Random Manor. So far we've just placed them in out of the way corners, that get lit and unlit often, and so burn through the incandescents like they are chaff. (heat/cold cycles kill the filaments quicker is my off the cuff thought) I have to see what MLB would think about swirly’s in the main ceiling fan and Random Manor.

So far we’ve just placed them in out of the way corners, that get lit and unlit often, and so burn through the incandescents like they are chaff. (heat/cold cycles kill the filaments quicker is my off the cuff thought)

]]> By: Eric http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-29 Eric Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:21:37 +0000 http://randomcommands.com/2006/08/31/there-goes-that-evil-stuffmart-again/#comment-29 We're most of the way through the process of completely replacing all the incandescent bulbs in our house with swirls (I'd never heard that term before, but I like it). I like 'em, but there's an adjustment period, for two things. First, the slight delay after the switch is thrown before they actually light up. Second, they don't come on at full brightness; it takes several seconds -- maybe more? -- for them to really light up the room. We were depressed by our initial experience with them, as we threw the switch and thought, "oh man...this is dreary. We've got to live with this for six years?" It then took a while to register that the eventually illumination is just about the same as the bulbs they replaced. You just have to have a bit of patience. We’re most of the way through the process of completely replacing all the incandescent bulbs in our house with swirls (I’d never heard that term before, but I like it). I like ‘em, but there’s an adjustment period, for two things. First, the slight delay after the switch is thrown before they actually light up. Second, they don’t come on at full brightness; it takes several seconds — maybe more? — for them to really light up the room. We were depressed by our initial experience with them, as we threw the switch and thought, “oh man…this is dreary. We’ve got to live with this for six years?” It then took a while to register that the eventually illumination is just about the same as the bulbs they replaced. You just have to have a bit of patience.

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