Post by: Manedwolf on December 18, 2007, 06:15:28 PM
And it is SO SO NICE to just pull out a string of lights every year and they all work, and work forever!
No more "There's one out over here!" "Where?" "Here, too!" "I just changed that one!" "Oh, this one broke in the socket..."
Post by: member1313 on December 18, 2007, 07:36:06 PM
Edited for not being in the Christmas spirit.
Post by: SomeKid on December 18, 2007, 10:33:33 PM
Post by: Regolith on December 19, 2007, 02:01:27 AM
They've had to replace them several times now. Turns out, the squirrels are chewing on them. The old incandescent lights apparently used enough electricity that when the squirrels chewed on the wires they got shocked, at which point they'd stop and amble off, leaving the circuit intact. The new LED's don't use nearly as much electricity, however, so the squirrels don't get zapped, and they continue chewing until the wire either short circuits or is broken. So instead of saving money on electricity, they're spending much more just replacing or repairing the lights.
They probably work very well indoors, however.
Post by: K Frame on December 19, 2007, 02:26:55 AM
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 19, 2007, 02:45:11 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on December 19, 2007, 04:02:02 AM
The NCT doesn't have the squirrel problem, as it is surrounded by Secret Service snipers.
Now I'm picturing unsmiling men in suits, with earpieces, packing sleek Walther...airguns.
Post by: Harold Tuttle on December 19, 2007, 04:34:02 AM
lucky for me its for the Orthodox Christian Cousin
LED Mooninite wall sign!
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on December 19, 2007, 04:52:08 AM
There are LED Christmas lights now?
Oh, crap. I better not bring any in to Boston. The Jewish people will get pissed I'm calling it "Christmas," and then people will think it's another one of those viral marketing ploys and call the police.
Oh, crap. I better not bring any in to Boston. The Jewish people will get pissed I'm calling it "Christmas," and then people will think it's another one of those viral marketing ploys and call the police.
Not all of them will.
Post by: Manedwolf on December 19, 2007, 04:59:53 AM
There are LED Christmas lights now?
Not all of them will.
I don't know of any Jewish people who get annoyed at Christmas, and I have plenty as friends.
In Boston, Cambridge especially, it's the angry demonstrative-atheist liberals who do that.
Besides, (to Rob87) don't be unpleasant. This is about Christmas light technology, geez.
The oldest lights I can recall were those giant-sized ones that went outside, that the paint would come off of.
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Post by: atomd on December 19, 2007, 05:50:03 AM
Mine are super bright and I think they look great. I have no problems with them at all. I don't own any white ones (the multi-color sets don't have white) but I did see white ones that had a plastic covering around the LED that changed the shade so it wasn't so cold looking. It also changed the shape too. You can't go wrong with them. They use way less juice and are less of a fire hazard...plus you don't have to go around replacing the bulbs since they last so long.
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on December 19, 2007, 05:56:12 AM
I was just a bit concerned, and couldn't decide if another comment was made with blanket anti-semetic overtones....or in jest....and I missed the humor, that's all.....
Post by: Manedwolf on December 19, 2007, 05:59:01 AM
I hope the "don't be unpleasant" wasn't directed at me....I'm not unpleasant....I think it neat....
I was just a bit concerned, and couldn't decide if another comment was made with blanket anti-semetic overtones....or in jest....and I missed the humor, that's all.....
I was just a bit concerned, and couldn't decide if another comment was made with blanket anti-semetic overtones....or in jest....and I missed the humor, that's all.....
No, no, not at you.
At the other poster who turned Christmas lights into something almost anti-semitic. I clarified in the previous post, now.
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on December 19, 2007, 06:04:10 AM
Rob, what were your intentions?
Did we miss a bad joke, or are the Jewish people, as a whole, ruining Christmas?
Post by: K Frame on December 19, 2007, 06:12:34 AM
They were absolutely gorgeous. A tree full of them was incredible.
Post by: seeker_two on December 19, 2007, 10:55:19 AM
There are LED Christmas lights now?
Edited for not being in the Christmas spirit.
Edited for not being in the Christmas spirit.
I want them.......testing and swapping out those tiny little bulbs annoy the Grinch out of me.....
I can't wait until we can have holographic Christmas trees.....
Post by: AJ Dual on December 19, 2007, 12:29:24 PM
When they come out with a more light rope-like formfactor but in evergreen between the LED's, then I'll bite.
Post by: member1313 on December 20, 2007, 05:50:33 AM
That's sort of the impression I got as well.
Rob, what were your intentions?
Did we miss a bad joke, or are the Jewish people, as a whole, ruining Christmas?
It was just a poorly-worded joke.Rob, what were your intentions?
Did we miss a bad joke, or are the Jewish people, as a whole, ruining Christmas?
Wow, I feel like a jackass now. Sorry everyone. I definitely didn't mean that the way it came out....
Post by: K Frame on December 20, 2007, 06:06:29 AM
It's not OK to be anti-Semetic.
But it IS OK to be anti-Ex MA Hole.
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on December 20, 2007, 06:18:28 AM
No worries Rob. I figured that there was more to this, which is why I gave you the chance to explain, rather than banning/ suspending/ having Irwin breathe on you....
I have little-to-no patience for racism.
You're all set, no worries.
Post by: MrRezister on December 20, 2007, 07:09:15 AM
Post by: seeker_two on December 20, 2007, 07:20:56 AM
Just remember.
It's not OK to be anti-Semetic.
But it IS OK to be anti-Ex MA Hole.
It's not OK to be anti-Semetic.
But it IS OK to be anti-Ex MA Hole.
Is it OK to be anti-Symantec? Windows One-Care is much better.....
Post by: member1313 on December 20, 2007, 11:25:01 AM
That Ex-Ma Hole, he's a real...........
No worries Rob. I figured that there was more to this, which is why I gave you the chance to explain, rather than banning/ suspending/ having Irwin breathe on you....
I have little-to-no patience for racism.
You're all set, no worries.
Phew. Thank you.No worries Rob. I figured that there was more to this, which is why I gave you the chance to explain, rather than banning/ suspending/ having Irwin breathe on you....
I have little-to-no patience for racism.
You're all set, no worries.
I have no tolerance for racism, either.