I was going to say it was quite the series of puns, but I think some where typed in parallel.
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I thought I’d never be able to stop but then the little voice in my head said, “You conduit!”
Ohm My Gauss
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What The Flux?
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This thread has taken a shocking turn for the worse
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We need an outlet for our creativity. It’s the way were wired.
What is this warm glow thing? My dimmable LEDs were cheap and look stupid when dimmed, but I’ll pay for some decent ones.
At full brightness they are pretty white (not super white, close to daylight), but when dimmed they go really cool/yellow. Like so.
Nice. Just ordered some. Full color is 2700 which is what i normally use indoors outside of utility areas. Dimmable to 2200. I find daylight bulbs icky almost anywhere else in the house.
The picture on the right is what i previously experienced and that was not acceptable. Looking forward to the new bulbs!
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I bought some early LED bulbs that were probably like $20 each for standard 100w equivalent. For a kitchen light. They have little fans in them that hum slightly when they are on. It drove me nuts trying to figure out where it was coming from one day when i first noticed it. I think they must be 10 years old by now and in one of the most used lights in the house.
I bought one LED somewhere around 2001, I recall it being obscenely expensive. I don’t think it had a fan in it. It saw a lot of use, and multiple moves, and it finally died around 2018 or so.
But then it became a race to the bottom and a lot of bulbs are poorly engineered nowadays. Yes, you can get off my lawn.
It’s possible i yanked them from my prior house when we moved, but i think CFLs were the rage around 2010 and leds were just coming out. But yes, i went through plenty of cree bulbs a few years ago as well.
Since we are on a lighting kick here, I bought a smart light earlier this year called Govee Lyra. It’s been a nice edition to the den
You can customize the individual light segments into many different colors, patterns, and brightnesses. They have preset programs you can use as well.
We use brighter settings and colors to help with illumination, but it can also do really dim lighting suitable for background illumination when watching movies, etc.
When LEDs were brand new, i bought a 100w equivalent for $99. It lasted less than a year.
I also have a nightlight i was given from before you could buy LEDs. It was very much a “look at this neat new thing”. That’s still going strong, and it’s my bathroom nightlight. It cycles through different colors.
I think when LEDs die it’s usually from overheating, and that’s why the low wattage ones last longer.
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The question was asked among a few Greeks and none could come up with a pastry name specific to baklava without nuts.
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I bought another old record player. Well, I bought two. One of them is an old Edison, which are fairly common. But this one has what is likely the original shipping container. I’ve never seen one of those for sale anywhere.
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Here is the other one. I like the table top models more and this one is beautiful. The paint is a little rough but it’s all there and it works. Not bad for 120 years old.
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I would have called the first one a Victrola, because my parents have one handed down from my grandparents, so I looked it up and realized it is a brand, and not a type of record player. Now I wonder if what they have is actually a Victrola. I’ll have to check next time I visit. Would it make any difference in value?
For the most part, your more common old phonographs have pretty similar value. Condition is generally more important than brand. Rough ones might bring $100 or so, if it’s clean and all there, and works or close, $250 is a decent ballpark.
There are a few models that are rare, and command thousands of dollars.
I like this. Once I’ve finished hand-grinding the coffee I could hand-crank out some music.