How True!

Garden Railroading
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This came from another list BUT it is so true :slight_smile:

Subject: HOW MANY LIST MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed.

Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how
the light bulb could have been changed differently.

Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
changing light bulbs.

Five to flame the spell checkers.

Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.

Six to argue over whether it’s “lightbulb” or “light bulb” …
another six to condemn those six as stupid.

Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the
correct spelling.

Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to
please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.

Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light
bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.

Thirty six 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 this technique and what brands are faulty.

Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light
bulbs.

Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the
corrected URL.

Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant
to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.

Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
including all headers and signatures, and add “Me too”.

Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they
cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

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Troy,
You really are quite perceptive aren’t you? Now, just multiply that X10 to get the gist of the Coffee Shop Threads!

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[swg]

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[:-^][:-^][:)][:)]

BTW what are Coffee Shop threads?[;)][}:)][:D][:D]

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Hey! I got a great idea! How about we start a coffee shop thread![B)][:D]

[oX)]

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Coffee shop threads??? Usually a sweater and khakis!!! [:p][:p][:p][:p][:p]

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

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You forgot a few (this is an old Usenet joke):

One to suggest the creation of a forum especially for light bulbs,
Three to post pictures of really sexy light bulbs.

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[quote]
Originally posted by tangerine-jack

Hey! I got a great idea! How about we start a coffee shop thread![B)][:D]

[/quote

Even better, how about a bar thread!

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[quote]
QUOTE:

That’s one I probably won’t support, been to one too many funerals for friends killed by drunks, 3 in the last 2 years. Not to dampen your pastime, but DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!

[oX)]

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Thanks , man! You got it! [;)][;)][:)][:)]

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Hmmmmmmmmm…yes, of course.

I once was a member of a MRR club where the one member complained frequently about “dim bulbs”. There was a time when I wasn’t sure if he referred to the burned-out items in the control panels or some of the fellow members. [;)][}:)][;)][:D][:D]

Of course this was prior to LEDs being used in place of bulbs. More modern technology does clarify things, at times. [:I][:D][:I]

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Hows about not a coffee shop, but a coffee house!
beatnik style!

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Well…it takes two to screw in a light bulb…
but I’ll be dammed if I know how they got in there!!!

underworld

[:O][}:)][:P][;)][:-,][(-D][:I][:-^]

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I just hope nobody is wearing patchouli!!!

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

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Like I said…sweater and khakis!!! But please, PLEASE, no patchouli!!!

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

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Way cool man, like I feel you…Underworld is one groovy cat, yeah! Snap, snap.[8D]

[oX)]

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I really cannot believe that a pisstake thread like this can generate 15 (or 16) replies.What a sad state of affairs for a garden railway forum[:(]
I wish I hadn’t bothered.