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Subject: Re: Light Bulbs in UK Posted on: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:28:57 +0100


"a.spencer3" wrote in message
news:SatIj.31016$Ge4.14333@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
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> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
> news:1ieq886.1hupapv1d1hg36N%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
>> James Silverton wrote:
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>> > Hello, All!
>> >
>> > Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
>> > advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate?
>>
>> Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the newest fixtures use
>> bayonet fittings.
>>
>
> Never known anything but bayonet in all my UK houses in over 60 years!
> I haven't seen the ad - sure it wasn't an April Fool thingy?


Nearly as good as the one in the Daily Mail today:-
A new pay-per-view funeral service scheme is being launched today. The
scheme at Southampton Crematorium allows mourners to grieve from home by
watching proceedings online.

Gerry