"James Silverton" wrote in message
news:cltIj.6691$bC6.4808@trnddc08...
> a.spencer3 wrote on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:13:38 GMT:
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> as> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)"
> as> wrote in message
> as> news:1ieq886.1hupapv1d1hg36N%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
> ??>> James Silverton wrote:
> ??>>
> ??>>> 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.
> ??>>
> as> Never known anything but bayonet in all my UK houses in
> as> over 60 years! I haven't seen the ad - sure it wasn't an
> as> April Fool thingy?
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> But aren't April Fool jokes traditionally supposed to cease at
> noon and it was about 16:00 in the UK when I saw the ad.?
>
But it was posted early a.m.!
Surreyman
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