There was a performer who auditioned for last year's America's Got Talent with this type of act. He probably should have told the judges and the audience up front that that's what would happen, because it was so fast and subtle from a distance that no one noticed - and he unfortunately got X'd off the stage.
They've actually had stuff like this for a long time. I remember throwing crystals like these in my grandparents' fireplace 25 years ago. Brings back fond memories!
I knew I was officially old once '90's nostalgia overtook '80's nostalgia on the web. Oh well, at least I have Fraggle Rock and MacGyver on DVD and my old Walkman still works.
PS. Anyone up for starting a petition to remove Elmo, Baby Bear and Abby Cadabra from the show? I'm sure at least a few hundred people would agree. :^)
There should be a new law of the Internet: Any online petition, no matter how obscure or idiotic, will garner at least a few hundred signatures if circulated to the right people.
The mercury issue really isn't a red herring when you consider that the mercury in a broken CFL gets released entirely within your home - on your couch, as happened to a friend of mine, or on your kitchen table, as happened to me. This is a very different exposure than mercury in coal exhaust, which is diluted throughout the atmosphere. It's a real pain to clean up. Furthermore, I'd guess that lots more mercury gets released directly into the water table from CFLs in landfills. (Many, if not most, people will not bother to dispose of them properly, no matter how many big box stores accept them for recycling.)
Sorry, but I'll prefer to use "heatballs" until LEDs start to drop in price.
I love this idea. It's so simple and yet the result is so deeply poignant, especially when it's a photograph of someone who is no longer alive. I think that a bunch of these could be made into a really touching 3-4 minute film.
"According to John Schneider in the DVD commentary for the first episode of 'The Dukes Of Hazzard', Sorrell could speak fluent Japanese. He recounts that in one episode, Booke and guest star Andrew Robinson, whom also spoke Japanese, played a trick on James Best (Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane) where they spoke all of their dialog in a scene in Japanese, thus leaving Best confused."
Sorry, but while texting has its place, I hate it, and I can't be the only one. I have a simple phone without a keyboard and texting is a pain. I often just call people back rather than text them - I much prefer an actual conversation any day and probably always will.
The mercury issue really isn't a red herring when you consider that the mercury in a broken CFL gets released entirely within your home - on your couch, as happened to a friend of mine, or on your kitchen table, as happened to me. This is a very different exposure than mercury in coal exhaust, which is diluted throughout the atmosphere. It's a real pain to clean up. Furthermore, I'd guess that lots more mercury gets released directly into the water table from CFLs in landfills. (Many, if not most, people will not bother to dispose of them properly, no matter how many big box stores accept them for recycling.)
Sorry, but I'll prefer to use "heatballs" until LEDs start to drop in price.
"According to John Schneider in the DVD commentary for the first episode of 'The Dukes Of Hazzard', Sorrell could speak fluent Japanese. He recounts that in one episode, Booke and guest star Andrew Robinson, whom also spoke Japanese, played a trick on James Best (Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane) where they spoke all of their dialog in a scene in Japanese, thus leaving Best confused."
I wish I could have seen this!