[DMCForum] Re: Alternative Illumination (Light Bulb Thread)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wouldn't fire be a simpler alternative to light bulbs? Light bulbs
require all sorts of wire and sockets. All fire needs is something to
burn. And fire continues to burn even when the electricity is taken
away. If you lose the battery in your DeLorean, that's it -- you're in
the dark because your light bulbs are not going to illuminate. People
used fire for illumination for thousands of years. It's a tried & true
technology. 

Perhaps I'll replace all my DeLorean light bulbs with little fires.
Then when other owners are complaining on the Forum that their light
bulbs burned out, I'll still be blazing away.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
> Or... DeLoreanized as below... =)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stragand, Dave [mailto:dave.stragand@xxxx]
> Sent: 30 October 2002 20:49
> To: DMC News (E-mail)
> Subject: [DML] How hard is the life of a DML moderator?
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I know what these moderators go through -- as I run 6 different mailing
> lists myself, and have been a member of this list for over five
years. Want
> an idea of how their average day goes? Try following just one imaginary
> thread... Let's say that I changed my turn signal light bulb in the
'Vixen',
> for instance. How many emails does that generate? About FIVE HUNDRED
> emails:
> 
> 1 to change the light bulb, and to post to the list that the light
bulb has
> been changed (that's me).
> 
> 17 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs, and how the
light
> bulb could have been changed differently, or to caution about the
dangers of
> changing light bulbs, and/or how light bulbs should only be changed by
> approved vendors
> 
> 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
bulbs.
> 
> 21 to flame the spell checkers.
> 
> 20 to correct spelling/grammar in the spelling/grammar flames.
> 
> 37 to write to the moderators complaining about the light bulb
discussion
> and its inappropriateness to this list.
> 
> 22 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please
take this
> thread to the new [DMC-LIGHTBULBS] group at Yahoo Groups!
> 
> 54 to demand that cross posting to [DMCforum], [NCDMC] and
[dmc_electrics]
> about changing light bulbs be stopped.
> 
> 41 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all have light
bulbs
> and therefore the posts are relevant to this mail list.
> 
> 106 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
where to buy
> the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for D's,
and what
> brands are poor.
> 
> 5 to say that HID, LED or OLED lightbulbs are better.
> 
> 10 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
> 
> 8 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post
corrected URLs.
> 
> 2 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
> list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
> 
> 2 to ask about the differences in Euro-spec lightbulbs.
> 
> 2 to talk about DMC light bulbs seen in video games/rock
> videos/movies/television/etc.
> 
> 1 to post about the new light bulb vote in the polls section.
> 
> 3 posts to ask where the polls section is.
> 
> 19 posts asking about the light bulbs used in "Back to the Future".
> 
> 12 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
headers
> and footers, and then add pointedly, "Me Too."
> 
> 7 to quote the "Me Too's" and happily add, "Me Three!"
> 
> 4 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they
cannot handle
> the light bulb controversy.
> 
> 3 to suggest that someone make a DMC light bulb FAQ.
> 
> 1 to propose getting all new moderators that are "lightbulb friendly"
> 
> 4 vendors to say that their bulbs are NOS, better than NOS, or even
better
> than the sun.
> 
> 1 post from Martin Gutkowski about how to make your own improved
light bulbs
> (some soldering skill required).
> 
> 3 to post light bulb cross-references.
> 
> 5 to say that those cross-references can be dangerous & to support the
> vendors!
> 
> 3 to talk about how they bought a case of lightbulbs for $1 at a KAPAC
> warehouse sale.
> 
> 7 to say that Delorean One would not sell them any light bulbs.
> 
> 3 to defend D-One, saying that Ed Bernstein -is- the light; there is
no need
> for bulbs.
> 
> 11 to say just take the car to to PJ Grady, DMC Houston, Dave
Bauerle, Don
> Steger, DMC Joe, etc.
> 
> 3 to suggest that somehow James Espey has some kind of "light bulb
> conspiracy" going on.
> 
> 2 to say that Lee Seiler's scale DMC lightbulb has -still- not arrived.
> 
> 1 to say that Lee's light bulb did arrive and is wonderful.
> 
> 2 emails asking if JZD invented the light bulb.
> 
> 1 to ask if JZD invented light.
> 
> 4 from new owners (or non-owners) asking What is a light bulb?/Where is
> it?/How can it be changed?
> 
> 39 emails begging the moderators to please end this thread.
> 
> 5 to talk about diving in the North Sea to find the original DMC
light bulb
> dies.
> 
> 2 to say how those dies would no longer be useful.
> 
> 1 from the moderator of the week, saying that the light bulb thread
is now
> dead (unless anyone has anything really new to add)
> 
> 1 post with new information
> 
> 1 from the moderator of the week (again), saying that the light bulb
thread
> is now REALLY dead. =)
> 
> 
> In that flurry of 500 emails, just how many get through? NOW you
know what
> the life of a moderator is like...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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