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Dear Unkle Fenster

I want to send my friend in the US some light bulbs to brighten up his life as he was moaning that things were so dull over there. I understand they only use a 120 volt circuit... would a UK 240 volt 60 watt bulb dazzle them?... and what could they do with the spare 120 volts?



Sparky

The bulb will probably not be giving much light.

I have to agree with my friend LF on this one.

They have a different regime... oops... sorry... system for their power supply that comes in 110 volt format.

Remember VHS and Betamax? Well 110V is like Betamax. Seemed like a good idea at the time - you know when they were trying to be different from the 'home country' or motherland, if you prefer. Now it's too late, so yes - you are quite right - they have a rather dull world.

My sugestion is that you send them some torches - the kind that come on the end of a stick and are made from paraffin (kerosene?) and rags.

My guess is that they will all join together with their friends and march to a wee grassy knoll known as Capitulation Hill with a wide array of pointy farm implements and call for their latest creation to find a new place to dwell.

Of course - you could always just send him a few dollars and he could buy a new table lamp at WallMart....



Hope this help young man!

Unka Fen

Paraffin is the same as KEROSENE??? FFS!! What keeps my candles from being a puddle when they're not lit?

Confuzzled in TX

Judicious use of Methalphacyanoacrylate.

Arn't candles brighter then 120 volt light bulbs?

NC

Trinitrotoluene burns well to....bit fast but still burns...

So does C4, quite nicely. I hear it smells like roasting almonds.