Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1351 times:
Question: How many A.netters does it take to change a lightbulb?
Answer: 393
1 to change the light bulb and to post on A.net that the light bulb has been changed;
9 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and explain how the light bulb could have been changed differently;
14 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs;
34 to hit "suggest deletion" stating that this belongs in NonAv;
12 to post the cargo bay in all it's variations
18 to defend the posting to this list saying that it does belong into CivAv because the same goes for cockpit light bulbs;
4 to suggest a move into Tech/Ops instead;
26 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;
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp";
15 know-it-all teenage armchair CEOs who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct;
16 to start fighting the "O vs. G" (Osram vs. GE)
15 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs;
12 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URLs;
4 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to aviation which makes light bulbs relevant to the CivAv forum;
32 to quote all above posts, adding "Me too";
4 to post to that they are self-deleting from A.net because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy;
18 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three";
5 to suggest a light bulb FAQ in SiteRelated;
38 to ask "What is a FAQ?";
6 to call those 38 "n00bs"
14 to ask "What is a n00b"
6 to ask "Didn't we go through this a short time ago on Jetphotos.net?";
28 to warn "You'll get banned for mentioning Jetphotos.net";
13 to say "Do a Search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs";
9 to argue whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb";
Another 9 to condemn those 9 as anal-retentive;
17 to get angry by the discussion, saying "stick that lightbulb where the sun don't shine!";
10 to follow the directions of the 17 above;
1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again;
1 mod to close the thread for being a useless transatlantic flame fest, permanently moving the whole issue over onto Airwhiners.
Soren
(inspired by a post I read in a blog)
All the things you probably hate about travelling are warm reminders that I'm home
Cadet57 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 9081 posts, RR: 34 Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1351 times:
Thats great
Message too short
The message you were about to post is too short and probably not of any higher value to the topic at hand. You should think long and hard before posting a message in this forum and make it detailed and a valuable addition to the topic discussed.
Avoid posting "Me Too" messages. These are messages that are posted by people who agree to a point being discussed and post a one liner, "me too!", "Good post Jim!", "I disagree" or similar message. This takes up time as readers must sort through these messages which have no real value to the group at large. Any message containing nothing more than a line or two of text is probably not worth posting.
If you have an opinion on a topic, you should in detail express why you have the opinion and what made you come to that conclusion.
Your post should be relevant to the topic discussed.
Doors open, right hand side, next stop is Springfield.
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12022 posts, RR: 43 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1313 times:
IAH777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 0 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1197 times:
Actually, it should be 394, as I will most likely make a play on words in an attempt to bring some humor into the topic that will go unnoticed.
KiwiinOz From New Zealand, joined Oct 2005, 2029 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1178 times:
There's a few more:
6 to use the large gathering of people to ask what they should do about the latest crisis in their relationship, (my girlfriend sleeping with my Dad, or something like that).
8692 to offer themselves up as relationship counsellers
60 to distract everyone from the job ay hand by making lame, pathetic attempts to gain the attention of the 3 females in the room.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18800 posts, RR: 64 Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1178 times:
IAH777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 0 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1167 times:
Quoting AeroWesty (Reply 12): Actually 395, since there'll have to be the obligatory photo of said person changing the light bulb.
...with the late afternoon sun causing an unfortunate reflection.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18800 posts, RR: 64 Reply 15, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1153 times:
Quoting IAH777 (Reply 14): ... an unfortunate reflection
Pep, you know people, can you make that an official photo rejection instead of BADMOTIVE, or the same silly stuff over and over. UNFORTUNATEREFLECTION would be killer!
IAH777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 0 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1147 times:
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18800 posts, RR: 64 Reply 17, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1143 times:
They could just auto-forward those to me for secondary screening.
IAH777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 0 posts, RR: 5 Reply 18, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1140 times:
Apparently, #'s 397 and 398 will be thread-derailers.
Ilikeyyc From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1373 posts, RR: 23 Reply 21, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1113 times:
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 1 to change the light bulb and to post on A.net that the light bulb has been changed;
And 1 bored A.netter who can do it all!
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 9 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and explain how the light bulb could have been changed differently;
I relamped a nav light on an airplane 2 weeks ago. And in your case, I would have used gloves so that the oil on my skin wouldn't burn up the lightbulb.
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 18 to defend the posting to this list saying that it does belong into CivAv because the same goes for cockpit light bulbs;
This belongs in unCivil_Av because the same goes for cockpit light bulbs.
This belongs in unCivil_Av because the same goes for cockpit light bulbs.
You idiot if we are talking about airplane light bulbs, it obviously belongs in Tech_Ops!
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 26 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;
Some light bulbs go straight in, some are screwed in, and others are the "twist and lock" type. I prefer the twist and lock type because it is fast and effective. Get Goodrich lights from Aviall. They work great and Aviall will give you a good deal. Much better than those faulty GE lights.
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp";
You idiot if we are talking about airplane light bulbs, it obviously belongs in Tech_Ops!
No, you are the idiot! We here in the profession call them "lamps" Hence the term, "relamping".
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 15 know-it-all teenage armchair CEOs who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct;
We here in the profession call them "lamps" Hence the term, "relamping".
I worked on the ramp as a teen and if I told a mechainic that there is a burnt out light bulb on the airplane, he would know what I was talking about. Light bulb is a perfectly correct term.
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 4 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to aviation which makes light bulbs relevant to the CivAv forum;
You idiot if we are talking about airplane light bulbs, it obviously belongs in Tech_Ops!
Yes, but I found a link to the FARs that say that changing light bulbs is preventative maintenance, so a pilot can do it, so it obviously belongs in unCivil_av!
All of you little pukes can stick that lightbulb where the sun don't shine!
Do you know how painful that was? Ouch!
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again;
(I'll be back in 6 months)
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): 1 mod to close the thread for being a useless transatlantic flame fest, permanently moving the whole issue over onto Airwhiners.
I'm tired of you little teenieboppers ruining this web site with pathetic arguements like this. I'm locking this thread.
Signed,
ANCFlyer
(I had to work a signed by post in there somehow! Great thread, Birdwatching!)
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