Aussies to Outlaw Lightbulbs

[Threeboy]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21258888-421,00.html

Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull this morning announced standard incandescent light bulbs would be phased out within three years in a bid to reduce energy consumption.

sounds like a bad (or good) scifi movie.

HUNT DOWN EVERY LAST ONE... AND DESTROY THEM.

[Sláine]

I might start going vigilanty stylee and smashing em where ever I see them

[Threeboy]

WITH YOUR MIND.

I use the florescent bulbs in my home office - they take a second to start up, a strange delay that I will no doubt get used to.

UNLIKE the delay/loading found in today's games, I will never get used to that shit NES FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!

[J.Rai]

Actually newer fluorescent bulbs have a little catalyst in them that flips them on without the delay now.

[Loki]

those are fun to smash...

[Threeboy]

Actually newer fluorescent bulbs have a little catalyst in them that flips them on without the delay now.

There's still a delay, buy some and see for yourself.

[J.Rai]

I have some in our entry hall, they are virtually instantaneous.

[Threeboy]

"virtually"

I've got regular bulbs in my room, and fluorescents in my office - there *IS* a delay. It's slight, fluorescents have gotten better, but there's still a delay.

[SiegeTheGrave]

damn you two, get a divorce, maybe things will be better that way

[J.Rai]

We're in it for the kids.

And the buttsecks.

[Threeboy]

mostly the butsecks.

[Rolf]

I might start going vigilanty stylee and smashing em where ever I see them
I'll handle Queensland.

I guess this means we work for the Government.

But not really.

I've always wanted to tell people that, though.

I work for the Government.

[Sláine]

Thing is, I DO work for the government. :P

[Rolf]

You bastard.

I work for a company contracted by the Government. I'm almost there.

What do you do, sir?

[Threeboy]

he's goddamn EXPLOSIVE.

[Rolf]

Explosives, eh?.

...

Boner time.

[Sláine]

DSTO, civvie research for Dept of Defence. Three wasn't lying, I make explosives.

Who you a contractor with?

[Rolf]

I 'do' the IT for an apprenticeship and traineeship agency, Busy At Work.

[Random.NextInt()]

I tried to post a responce yesterday, but the whole forum was unacessable (it was around this time).

I think the outlawing of the incandescent lightbulb isnt very smart, cause people will complain.

But now to return to the off-topic conversation:

You make explosives for the government? Like demolition explosives or what? That sounds like a freakin fun job. (

[Threeboy]

yeah our webhost was being jackassey - back to normal now I think.

[Sláine]

Military, not demolition

[SiegeTheGrave]

yay for making explosives for a military that doesn't do anything! i'm jk. i really wanna move down under. hey do you guys have like a socialized health system there (kinda like canada does)?

[Sláine]

:O

Never speak to me again.

heh

[Rolf]

hey do you guys have like a socialized health system there (kinda like canada does)?
Australian Medicare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_%28Australia%29)

Medicool.

[Threeboy]

for all citizens and permanent residents except for those on Norfolk Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island).

awww rolf!

[Rolf]

The Norfolk Government, in all their infinite (arrogant) wisdom, declined an offer from the Feds to introduce Medicare on the island .

So I busted out, and swam to 'the mainland'.

[Threeboy]

oh yeah I forgot you moved.

[Rolf]

Yep. And will be moving again. I'm Canada-bound on the 22nd May.

w00t w00t!

[SiegeTheGrave]

Never speak to me again.



*cries*

[J.Rai]

Yep. And will be moving again. I'm Canada-bound on the 22nd May.

w00t w00t!No way, eh?

[Rolf]

No way, eh?
Fo' Shizzle. Vancouver-bound to be more precise.

12 month working holiday with the woman. I'm going to drink your drink, ski on your skis, and... use your freakin' weird but practical $1000 bill that I only just found out about.

And when I say 'your', I mean your.

[Threeboy]

I've never had a $1000 bill :(

[SiegeTheGrave]

me neither...

[koajack]

i have a $2 bill

:)

[Jess]

Only 500 more to go!

[Threeboy]

$1000 bills have been discontinued here.

[J.Rai]

I was just about to point that out.

[Rolf]

The $1,000 bills are no longer printed, but are still used by banks and casinos occasionally. The denomination was withdrawn in 2000 on the advice of the Solicitor General and the RCMP, as it was often used for money laundering.
Fair enough.

They're still legal tender, though.

The 1954 series of bills caused controversy when people claimed to notice a "Devil's Head" in the Queen's hair. In 1956, the Bank of Canada revised the notes slightly, issuing a version with darker highlights in the Queen's hair. The "Devil's Head" notes were not withdrawn, and were allowed to circulate for their full lifetime.
Oh yeah. I can't see it. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Canadiandollar_devilshead.gif)

[koajack]

it is a skull and ribcage right above her ear

[Jess]

Creepy

[Rolf]

I still can't see it.

[Threeboy]

me neither.

[koajack]

it is right above the ear and it is like it is jumping out at you

[fatty]

I came for the smashing things.

[Threeboy]

SMASHCO!

[kwicherbichen]

God, Australia is so.... so....

it's like a wanna be Utopia, ya know?

[J.Rai]

Aren't we all?

[Arenlor]

Australia is just strange is all. That's what happens when British people dump a bunch of criminals off on an island.

[Jess]

You could apply that same principle to North America :P

[Arenlor]

No, we weren't criminals, we were rebels! Mrwar!

[Sláine]

I can see Arenlor and I are going to be great mates.

/me starts making a new shank since I'm a criminal

[Arenlor]

What happened to your old one?

[Threeboy]

Slaine is a lovable criminal.

[kwicherbichen]

All of you are lovable criminals. :O

[Arenlor]

I'm not lovable! Don't accuse me of THAT crime!

[kwicherbichen]

Being lovable is a good thing ^_^ *is lovable*

[Sláine]

What happened to your old one?

Embedded in Hawtpants kidney. Hence why he hasn't posted in forever.

[Arenlor]

Ah ok, was worried it may have been eaten by accident on a hot summers day with some peppermint tea and a biscuit with butter and honey.

[koajack]

you obviously dont know slaine well enough yet to know that he would NEVER eat his shank with peppermint tea.

sheesh

get with the program here.

no one drinks peppermint tea

[Threeboy]

Hawtpants got all emo and left!

[Sláine]

He keeps posting song lyrics in his eljay. errr, he would still be doing it if I hadn't stabbed him! yeah! That's it.....

[Arenlor]

I drink peppermint tea, amongst other types of tea. Well hopefully your other shank was nice and rusty before use.

[Loki]

i dont understand how the british thought australia would be a great prison...it honestly seems like paradise to me...like how many days a year do u guys get cold fronts...like none right?

and oo..bomb making...i made a pipebomb once...and home made naplam...the cops took those though...:(..slapped my with a couple of fines too....did hawtpants seriously turn emo?:( we lost another to the fold of evil...or lameness
Slaine is a lovable criminal.
and just so darn cuddily too:)

[Threeboy]

dude. you know how many things can kill you in Australia? I'm more worried from the animals and insects than the criminal heritage's ;)

[koajack]

dude. you know how many things can kill you in Australia? I'm more worried from the animals and insects than the criminal heritage's ;)

hahahahaha!

that is precisely the reason im scared to go there

too much science channel, animal planet and national geographic channel

how do you people live!?!?!!?

*sigh*

[J.Rai]

I TOTALLY want to go to Australia. For some reason it seems to me that it's always sunny there. I know that can't be accurate but everybody I know that's gone to visit there has a killer time.

And we actually know people there!

No question about it, I'm going as soon as I can.

[Rolf]

Well I'm on the Gold Coast, right now, and it's friggin' hot and sunny. It rained two days straight over the Easter break, but before then, I honestly can't remember the last time it rained. We do go months without it.

Just seems normal to me.

I'm expecting snow in Canada, but is it going to rain on me a shit load as well?

[Ignant]

Adelaide was pretty hot over eater as was last weekend. Past few days have been cool and overcast though. The weather patterns are all shades of fucked up lately... But there's no global warming right? :P

Bring on winter I say. Means I don't have to go outside and can lie in bed watching movies... More so than usual!

Winter in Adelaide is pretty cold. We're one of the coldest cities I think. I'm probably wrong, but lots of interstaters tell me how friggin cold it is here.

[Threeboy]

I'm expecting snow in Canada, but is it going to rain on me a shit load as well?

it snows in Vancouver during wintertime - it rains all other seasons.

I TOTALLY want to go to Australia. For some reason it seems to me that it's always sunny there. I know that can't be accurate but everybody I know that's gone to visit there has a killer time.

And we actually know people there!

No question about it, I'm going as soon as I can.

Yeahman, next year TN Australia tour.

...but not really, we'll just back pack it up and bum around.

[Sláine]

Pfft, all the killer animals are over rated. I've never been killed yet. :P

[Ignant]

:(

[Sláine]

/me throws huntsman at you

/me giggles as you scream like a girl.

Again.

[Ignant]

Hey they look really nasty and THEY BARK AT YOU! :oops:

[Arenlor]

Pfft, all the killer animals are over rated. I've never been killed yet. :P

Yes, but you keep a shank on you.

[Rolf]

My girlfriend picks huntsmans up, no problem.

I , on the other hand, shit in my pants if I see one on the wall at the other end of the room. Those things are faster than mother-fuckin' Flash Gordon.

And far less awesome.

[J.Rai]

I was wondering WTF you were talking about so I looked it up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider) - I thought it didn't seem much different than a wolf spider or something, but then I saw how big those fuckers are supposed to get!

[koajack]

i dont like spiders period!

[Arenlor]

I'd scream too.

[J.Rai]

Looks like the province of Ontario is going to ban the bulbs too... Toronto Star (http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/204500)

[koajack]

this is all for the better though

ive been using the "5-year" bulbs for about 3-4 years now and i love them.

the electric company out here even subsidizes them at the stores so at certain times you can buy them at a big discount. Ive gotten them for as little as a buck a bulb when they normally go for 5-7 bucks a bulb

[Rolf]

I thought it didn't seem much different than a wolf spider or something, but then I saw how big those fuckers are supposed to get!
Those Wolf Spiders look meaner, though.

[Sláine]

Spiders the size of dinner plates are never fun. Especially when you are drunk at a holiday shack down the river and your only weapon is a canoe oar. Not that I speak from experience or anything *shifty eyes*

[Arenlor]

Spiders the size of dinner plates are never fun. Especially when you are drunk at a holiday shack down the river and your only weapon is a canoe oar. Not that I speak from experience or anything *shifty eyes*

Add a fire and you'd have dinner ^_^

[Sláine]

We had a fire, but couldn't coax him to jump in it.

[Arenlor]

Ah, too bad there.

[J.Rai]

To hypnotize the spider, you must first possess the magic whistle.

[Rolf]

Speaking of that, fuck it took me a long time to get the pokeflute to wake up Snorlax, the fat piece of shit.

[SiegeTheGrave]

i saw a spider in drew's bathroom in the middle of the night last night. i don't know what kind of spider it was but it was at least an inch or so in size, it was brown and at first it was going the other direction but once it KNEW i was there it was coming my direction...needless to say, i left cuz i was scared it might've been poisonous and it would've jumped at me at any given moment. i swear the fucker wanted to kill me...

[koajack]

dont you guys have brown recluses out there?

[Rolf]

We have brown recluses around here.

The Aboriginal population.

[J.Rai]

HIYOOOOO!

[Sláine]

We have brown recluses around here.

The Aboriginal population.

You are so going to hell, but I laughed.

[SiegeTheGrave]

dont you guys have brown recluses out there?

yeah that's why i wasn't taking the chance of the fucker jumping on me...

[Dhl_RaTT]

anyway, you know the fluro downlights with the GU10 socket..
i doubt it... but their fucked, dont buy em...
they say they have a life of 15000hrs. they last 1500...

also i saw you can now buy 72w CFL's (Compact Fluresent Lamps) equal in brightness to a 320w incadasent

[Uncle drunky]

Actually newer fluorescent bulbs have a little catalyst in them that flips them on without the delay now.

Ya beat me too It I use only those type of bulbs