Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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*clicky*"A purple streetlight (y'know the ones with a violet glow?) was a super-goodie,"
You mean "cold" white and sometimes a little purplish? That must have been mercury vapour lamps, and yes I agree, they are a super-goodie as they get rarer and rarer these days.
Nowadays you mostly see sodium ones. Longish deep-orange lamps are low-pressure sodium and have been around for a long time -sometimes they are even to be found in awesome vintage fixtures -whereas the shorter, more bright orange ones are high-pressure sodium and currently very common.
Metal-halide lamps are now becoming more and more popular, as are QL induction ones. Both kinds of lamps give off a "warm" white light. Metal-halide lamps are related to mercury ones; it's not the same thing though.
Why yes, I AM outdoor-lighting crazy.
(, Sun 23 Nov 2008, 21:56, 1 reply)
Outdoor lighting geek...Shame I don't play the game any more, I reckon those Xenon headlights you get these days would blast all the evil brake lights into the middle of next week!
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