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- From: Krzysztof@netxsys.guild.org (Krzysztof Adamski)
- Subject: Re: just a silly question....
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- Date: 24 Dec 92 13:39:16 EST
- Organization: NetX Systems Inc.
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- Paula Stockholm (paula@nlbbs.UUCP) wrote:
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- : In article <18DEC199208004156@utkvx3.utk.edu> drevik@utkvx3.utk.edu writes:
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- : 10-year light bulbs.
- : >
- : > Q: How do they know they work?
-
- : It's for a good cause . . . would you really pay much attention
- : when just one of them went in, say, 6 months? And another that
- : goes a week or so later. Or would you just shrug and replace the
- : bulb?
-
- : I did hear a story on ABC about Soviet bloc consumers being
- : dismayed by western light bulbs . . . apparently commie bulbs
- : DID last forever.
-
- Yes they last much longer but a 150W bulb gives only as much light at a
- 60W bulb here. They save on replacment by paying with electricity. In a
- country where manufactured goods are hard to get this tradeof is I guess
- acceptable.
-
- Krzysztof
-