PSA - Don't do what I did!!!!!!!
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PSA - Don't do what I did!!!!!!!
Public Service Announcement - Brought to you by the resident FTE klutz: (Yes, me!) 
My youngest daughter noticed that the lightbulb in the lamp beside my recliner was 'burned out'.
So, being the wonderful Dad (and provider) that I am, I went downstairs, to the cabinet where the 3-way bulbs are stored, and grabbed a box of bulbs.
As my beloved wife looked on (Yes, she supervises such technical renovations!), and we were discussing what to have for dinner, I started unscrewing the burned out lightbulb.
POP!!!!
What in the. . . . . . .
Then, I started feeling some pain in my fingers.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. . . what is this red stuff?????
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. . . it's wet.
Oh crap. There's glass all over the table, floor and my favorite recliner!!!
Then, my wife lets out a blood-curdling scream!!!! "You're bleeding!!"
(About this time, my wonderful ESS, Russell, comes over to investigate!)
"Megan. Get Russell out of here. I don't want him to get glass in his paws!"
Well, 'they' sure don't make lightbulbs the way 'they' used to!!!
I'm now sitting here, with 'butterfly closures' on 2 fingers and my thumb, with these amazing bandaids on top of the butterflys.
My friends, PLEASE be careful changing lightbulbs. The glass in these bulbs are not as thick as they used to be!!!!!
Do you realize how difficult it is, to eat fried chicken with bandages/bandaids on your fingers and thumb?????
My youngest daughter noticed that the lightbulb in the lamp beside my recliner was 'burned out'.
So, being the wonderful Dad (and provider) that I am, I went downstairs, to the cabinet where the 3-way bulbs are stored, and grabbed a box of bulbs.
As my beloved wife looked on (Yes, she supervises such technical renovations!), and we were discussing what to have for dinner, I started unscrewing the burned out lightbulb.
POP!!!!
What in the. . . . . . .
Then, I started feeling some pain in my fingers.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. . . what is this red stuff?????
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. . . it's wet.
Oh crap. There's glass all over the table, floor and my favorite recliner!!!
Then, my wife lets out a blood-curdling scream!!!! "You're bleeding!!"
(About this time, my wonderful ESS, Russell, comes over to investigate!)
"Megan. Get Russell out of here. I don't want him to get glass in his paws!"
Well, 'they' sure don't make lightbulbs the way 'they' used to!!!
I'm now sitting here, with 'butterfly closures' on 2 fingers and my thumb, with these amazing bandaids on top of the butterflys.
My friends, PLEASE be careful changing lightbulbs. The glass in these bulbs are not as thick as they used to be!!!!!
Do you realize how difficult it is, to eat fried chicken with bandages/bandaids on your fingers and thumb?????
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Careful. . . I'll get my cane and start swingin' it!!!
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Sorry to hear this Keith. Is the wife going to have to supervise the wiping when nature calls? 
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^^^^No!!!!!!!
That's what surprised me!!!!!!!!
I reached under the lampshade, grasped the top of the bulb (not the stem) and turned, slightly. It stopped turning, like something was in a bind, then. . . POP!!
Surprised the heck outta me!
That's what surprised me!!!!!!!!
I reached under the lampshade, grasped the top of the bulb (not the stem) and turned, slightly. It stopped turning, like something was in a bind, then. . . POP!!
Surprised the heck outta me!
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