From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:08:22 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)   
   wrote:   
      
   >Paul S Person  writes:   
   >>On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 01:15:24 -0700, BCFD 36  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 10/28/25 19:15, Ted Nolan  wrote:   
   >>>> In article <10drcak$2ergt$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >>>> Bobbie Sellers   wrote:   
   >>>[stuff deleted]   
   >>>>=20   
   >>>> I'm neutral on tags in shirts, but I miss them in briefs.  When it's   
   >>>> dark and I'm half asleep, I need some clues.   
   >>>   
   >>>I miss them on both T-shirts and underware. When I am trying to dress in=   
   >>=20   
   >>>the dark, the printed on ones are impossible to find. and rarely have=20   
   >>>the tags been annoying. On occasion, yes, but not usually.   
   >>   
   >>I have an old floor lamp (refurbished) next to my bed that I turn on   
   >>when I need to get up in the night. This is so I can get back without   
   >>bumping into things.   
   >   
   >One of the ones with the bulb (and foot switch) in the base?   
      
   Oh, no, either older or more plebeian than that!   
      
   This is a metal base with a pole with two branches, to which the   
   lightbulb sockets are attached. Each bulb is intended to be turned off   
   and on by itself, by pull-chain.   
      
   I lost the shade and finial but replaced them. The original sockets   
   died, so I replaced them with new ones using knobs. However, I don't   
   use those -- I also replaced the entire power cord (at the time, I   
   needed to be able to move it around a bit depending on where I needed   
   the light).    
      
   I also bought an inline switch, which I installed while ignoring /A   
   Nightmare on Elm Stree/ and the occasional shock. I then used a small   
   zip-tie to attach the inline switch to the pole, so I can turn it on   
   and off while sitting/lying down. This is very convenient.   
      
   In theory, since it still uses incandescent bulbs, this is where the   
   bulbs I still have will be used when the ones in the lamp die. After   
   that, I will go to LED bulbs.   
      
   I should note that, a decade or so ago, when City Light was running a   
   problem that informed me each month which of the 100 or so "comparably   
   sized oil-heated homes" was using the least electricity, I was   
   actually at the top of the list for several months. So I don't want to   
   hear about "wasting electricity".   
      
   >I get enough ambient light (even on moonless nights) for midnight   
   >navigation sans artificial light.   
      
   So did I -- 30 years ago or more.  As noted in the bit you snipped:   
      
   >I didn't have to do this 30 years ago, no matter how dark it was, but   
   >night vision apparently declines with age.   
      
   But time marches on. I could see well enough on a moonless night out   
   in the woods on (practice) maneuvers to manage to not bump into a tree   
   whilst wandering about.   
      
   When the moon was out the exact same place in the exact same woods   
   looked very different, probably because there was a lot more light to   
   see by.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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