Watchman - your thread opener was hilarious ! Thanks I needed the laugh....
, geo Steve
p.s. I'd add some to the list to admonish others sanctimoniously of the toxic nature of the bulb breaking if it is in fact a fluorescent bulb. The phosphorus is both inhaled as a toxic powder, and absorbed by osmosis through the skin as a systemic toxin.
Oh - and three to criticize the the person who posted on toxicity;
4 to rail to his/her defence and slam the criticizer, and the moderator to cool things down;
2 for John and I to debate wether the bulb portion of a std. lightbulb is in fact an oblate speroid, or a sphere,
one Boulder Colorado denizen to argue the answer is zero - Boulderites screw-in hot-tubs not light bulbs;
2 physics majors to argue wether a light particle photon has zero mass at rest or at the constant "C" speed; 3 attorneys to determine who is culpable if the whole thing blows up legally,
and one practical person to sweep up the glass shards of the bulb that went bad; or don a filter mask and rubber gloves if a fluorescent bulb.
This one practical private industry person would become 3 if a municipal job; 6 if a County Government, 12 if a State job, 24 if a Federal job, and 48 plus ambassadors and extradition lawyers if the bulb was over an international boundary;
to determine if over a such a boundary 6 land surveyors to determine this to +/- 3 feet, 3 geodetic surveyors, 2 cartographers, and a photogrammetrist to determine this within +/- 5mm and 3ppm.. Oh - and one idiot to hold up the bulb over their head while standing under high-power lines while their internal organs cook.
plus - 2 EE's to argue that LED's will take over virtually all incandescent or fluorescent lightbulbs !
-all in fun; hope I offended no one
geo Steve