We have two three-way lamps in our living room. I hate the things. They blow through light bulbs like there’s no tomorrow. Well joy of joys one of them totally went out Saturday. So yesterday I went light bulb shopping. Oh yes they had the lovely twisty CFs that I won’t touch with a ten foot cattle prod. I happen to like being able to see. I loaded up on 3-way bulbs and happened to notice the halogen bulbs. I debated buying one then decided what the hell let’s see what they’re like. It’s brighter and it’s not so tall that it sticks up over the lamp shade.. which is what the CFs did and what helped to burn my eyeballs to cinders. Since we live in a cave, windows only on one side.. after noon it gets dark fast, I think we’ll try more of the halogens. They also had 60 watt halogen bulbs and I’m going to pick some up today to try.
Excuse me while I bitch about my #1 pet peeve…
When I think about how I bought into the CF crap and how they’ve screwed up my eyes I could swear like a sailor. If Richard opens up a webpage and it’s white it nearly blinds me.. his monitor is right next to mine. I have to wear sunglasses when I drive because the glare of the sun blinds me. To use the net I have to have large white text and black backgrounds. I have graphics programs on my computer that I used to use all the time. Now I barely use them at all because of my eyes. I can’t read a book for longer than 30 minutes. Hell, I don’t read a book if I can help it I LISTEN to them if at all possible. I have trouble reading recipes. When Joshua was sick this weekend I couldn’t read the fucking label of his medicine bottle without a damned magnifying glass. I could read the labels before! You can bet your sweet ass when I get my eyes checked again I will be telling them how my eyes have been destroyed by those fucking “green” bulbs.
I’d love to lock 10 or 20 eco-nazis and some of those idiot politicians who voted to ban incandescants in a room filled with CFs for a week and then ask them what they think of their damned precious bulbs. They can take their ban and shove it where the sun don’t shine. Fuck saving money… FUCK the planet!
I’m angry, I’m bitter, and I want my god damned eyesight back!
Saving a couple of pennies is not worth losing something precious that you can never recover!