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How do you get rid of CFL light bulbs?

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Old 03-08-2011, 04:56 PM
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check your electric supply company for some good old fashioned bulbs before they are gone :evil:
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Old 03-08-2011, 05:09 PM
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we had one catch fire last week....
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Old 03-09-2011, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Connie in CO
When we were younger didn't we put mercury on dime to make them look nice?
While we would be waiting our turn at the dentist, they'd give us a small blob of mercury in our hands to play with. When we gave it back to go in no one even mentioned washing hands.
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Old 03-09-2011, 05:24 AM
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Personally I would mail them to the members of congress who forced this on us. And they're all made in China!

Time to stockpile regular bulbs before they're all gone.
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Old 03-09-2011, 05:41 AM
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What's really the big attraction to these bulbs? They are ugly, they contain mercury and you can't see with the light produced. Don't we already have enough stuff to recycle? Makes no sense to me!
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Old 03-09-2011, 06:18 AM
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Not to mention that CLF's really aren't healthy even when not factoring in the mercury. The EMF's that they put out are through the roof! Feeling anxious, nervous, depressed, could be your light bulbs! Maybe that's the end result the government is looking for...have us all doped up and drugged out of minds because of our lite bulbs so we won't care that the country is going down the tubes!!
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Old 03-09-2011, 06:44 AM
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I find it interesting that a request on how to dispose of a CFL lightbulb has become (yet another) rant on modern life.
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Old 03-09-2011, 07:03 AM
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I remember also how we let it roll in a ball in our hands.
I also hate those new bulbs, they ar not bright enough for me. Whose idea was this anyway? - J.
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Old 03-09-2011, 07:03 AM
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personally I prefer these bulbs! I do like the light they put off over reg. bulbs.
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Old 03-09-2011, 07:13 AM
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Our local Mynards will take them and dispose of them for you.
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