Light Bulbs in UK

Hello, All!

Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate? I
suppose the advertisers might be being cheap and using an agency
picture.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
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On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:07:55 GMT, "James Silverton"
wrote:

Hello, All!

Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate? I
suppose the advertisers might be being cheap and using an agency
picture.

Both formats are commonly available. I suspect every house would need
a mixture.

Jim.

James Silverton wrote:

Hello, All!

Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate?

Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the newest fixtures use
bayonet fittings.

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Just as a curiosity, are energy saving lamps (see pictures below) common
in the UK in these days ?

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James Silverton wrote:

Hello, All!

Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate?

Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the newest fixtures use
bayonet fittings.


Never known anything but bayonet in all my UK houses in over 60 years!
I haven't seen the ad - sure it wasn't an April Fool thingy?

Surreyman

Giovanni Drogo wrote:

Just as a curiosity, are energy saving lamps (see pictures below) common
in the UK in these days ?

Yes- we've some energy saving light bulbs here in the flat.

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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

a.spencer3 wrote:

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
...
James Silverton wrote:

Hello, All!

Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate?

Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the newest fixtures use
bayonet fittings.


Never known anything but bayonet in all my UK houses in over 60 years!
I haven't seen the ad - sure it wasn't an April Fool thingy?

Ha-ha! You got it. I was a bit slow...

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(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net
(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins

a.spencer3 wrote on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:13:38 GMT:


as "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)"
as wrote in message
as ...
?? James Silverton wrote:
??
?? Hello, All!
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?? Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as
?? an advertisement on today's Guardian web page would
?? indicate?
??
?? Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the
?? newest fixtures use bayonet fittings.
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as Never known anything but bayonet in all my UK houses in
as over 60 years! I haven't seen the ad - sure it wasn't an
as April Fool thingy?

But aren't April Fool jokes traditionally supposed to cease at
noon and it was about 16:00 in the UK when I saw the ad.?


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"a.spencer3" wrote in message
...

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
...
James Silverton wrote:

Hello, All!

Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate?

Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the newest fixtures use
bayonet fittings.


Never known anything but bayonet in all my UK houses in over 60 years!
I haven't seen the ad - sure it wasn't an April Fool thingy?


Nearly as good as the one in the Daily Mail today:-
A new pay-per-view funeral service scheme is being launched today. The
scheme at Southampton Crematorium allows mourners to grieve from home by
watching proceedings online.

Gerry

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
James Silverton wrote:

Hello, All!

Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate?

Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the newest fixtures use
bayonet fittings.


I was about to speculate whether other countries outside the UK use
bayonet fittings, but I found the answer he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incande...t_bulb#Bayonet

T.