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Went out yesterday and did some antiquin' out in the Kitchener/Waterloo area, there's a new antique mall out there that wound up having some good stuff in it. "Good Stuff" meaning cheap weird old comics and issues of SPEC Magazine all about the "Osbro". The "Osbro" meaning, "the Osmond Brothers", who were really big in 1973. Also found a thing that I really wanted to get but it was a little outside my budget for the foreseeable future. I must cultivate patience. Afterwards we went to the all you can eat home cookin' place in St. Jacobs. Turkey, stuffing, roast beef, pot pie, ham, soup, pie, potatoes; I'm still stuffed. Also a gift shop full of Amish romance novels, of which I am not stuffed.
I could have used some patience Friday; finally decided to get that light in the bathroom taken care of. You may recall the extant fixture is of an odd length that nobody carries bulbs for. So I bought an entirely new fixture at TES, which, unbeknownst to me or the guy who sold it to me, requires a junction-box power supply to actually, you know, work. A power supply that nobody actually has on hand to sell to me. Only Home Hardware has it listed as a retail item, and I phoned 4 separate stores, all of whom would be happy to order it for me. So I said to hell with it and bought ANOTHER new fixture at Ikea, one with a standard plug. THAT one simply didn't work at all, and it was the last one in the store. So I took it back, got my money back, and went to Home Depot and bought ANOTHER new fixture. This one worked. Actually wiring it into the wall, however, while theoretically doable, involves dealing with wires that carry heart-stopping voltages. So I did what I should have done, which was to take my hacksaw and physically trim down the original fixture to a length that fits a standard size fluorescent bulb. Plugged the whole thing in, screwed two brackets into the wall behind the mirror (with my fingers, too tight for a screwdriver) to hold it in place, there's the light.
So let's recap. Visits to 3 separate Home Depots, two Ronas, a Lowes, a Home Hardware, two separate TES, one Jomar Electric, one Ikea. Three separate light fixtures purchased (cash transactions at TES are non-refundable! Anybody need a fluorescent fixture?). Two phone calls to the building management, unreturned. All for a single light bulb!
I can't really come away from this time-wasting ordeal with anything but frustration. Didn't learn anything except the fact that next time, the hacksaw comes out first.
I also got my new glasses, which are pretty swell. I have moved on from the Lester Maddox/Malcolm X frames and everybody is just going to have to deal with it.
I could have used some patience Friday; finally decided to get that light in the bathroom taken care of. You may recall the extant fixture is of an odd length that nobody carries bulbs for. So I bought an entirely new fixture at TES, which, unbeknownst to me or the guy who sold it to me, requires a junction-box power supply to actually, you know, work. A power supply that nobody actually has on hand to sell to me. Only Home Hardware has it listed as a retail item, and I phoned 4 separate stores, all of whom would be happy to order it for me. So I said to hell with it and bought ANOTHER new fixture at Ikea, one with a standard plug. THAT one simply didn't work at all, and it was the last one in the store. So I took it back, got my money back, and went to Home Depot and bought ANOTHER new fixture. This one worked. Actually wiring it into the wall, however, while theoretically doable, involves dealing with wires that carry heart-stopping voltages. So I did what I should have done, which was to take my hacksaw and physically trim down the original fixture to a length that fits a standard size fluorescent bulb. Plugged the whole thing in, screwed two brackets into the wall behind the mirror (with my fingers, too tight for a screwdriver) to hold it in place, there's the light.
So let's recap. Visits to 3 separate Home Depots, two Ronas, a Lowes, a Home Hardware, two separate TES, one Jomar Electric, one Ikea. Three separate light fixtures purchased (cash transactions at TES are non-refundable! Anybody need a fluorescent fixture?). Two phone calls to the building management, unreturned. All for a single light bulb!
I can't really come away from this time-wasting ordeal with anything but frustration. Didn't learn anything except the fact that next time, the hacksaw comes out first.
I also got my new glasses, which are pretty swell. I have moved on from the Lester Maddox/Malcolm X frames and everybody is just going to have to deal with it.
