Posted by foodonastump "Come on, Teresa, we all knew you were overdriving the bulbs to beyond spec of 3,200 degrees Kelvin color temperature!" LOL! You will need an auto-transformer to do that. Posted by goldgirl "If you Google "exploding light bulb," lots of possibilities come up, but I've never had it happen personally. I'd probably check the wiring, just in case? " So I did, and I am totally amazed at all the misinformation out there! Some possible causes in your case, Teresa: 1. The light socket might be aluminum. Aluminum forms thin oxide instantly, and prevents good conductance and generates excess heat which can crack the glass. Aluminum has been outlawed in the use of electric wiring because it has caused many fires. 2. The vibration from the fan motor or the unbalanced fan blades causes the bulb base coming loose from the socket gradually, creating arcing and heat at the base/socket and cracked the glass. dcarch

roarah - thanks for that link - interesting perspective. I also read another article about B&N transformation. It's a fascinating dilemma when a company has to cannibalize itself to survive - e-readers vs. print, printed checks vs. debit card, CDs vs. iTunes, etc. I'm actually part of a company that has been going through this. I work for what was a technology start-up that got acquired by a 100+ year old publisher. It's fascinating to be in the middle of the transformation.

Oh, CB Sue. No worries. You are such a hoot. Like I said it was very short lived that I was feeling stupid. Went something like this....Saw "morgue drawer" on the post....felt like an idiot...called a friend...she burst out laughing....knocked some sense into me because I was taking it too serious (knowing I usually have a great sense of humor)...I was over it and have thought it was fun ever since. (We all need friends like that, don't we?) I looked at the post again today. Funny how I told fori that I thought it cracked me up. Took a few hours but it did! (My friend still says that I was just mad that I didn't think of the term morgue drawers first.) Thanks squirrelheaven. You are the best. That darned thread just keeps getting bumped every once in awhile.

I tried Retinal... I think, and Vanicream moisturizer. Mostly I forget the retinal. Am I spelling that right? Too lazy to get up and look. I like the moisture cream a lot and it was really cheap. I bought it for my arms with the crepe paper skin. That's better. I don't know about the retinal. In the meantime I bought a bunch of Neutrogena stuff and I like that. The eye cream might be working for those black bags under my eyes. Those are once a day which is good because I'm doing really well if I remember to do it every day. And the wrinkle stuff has the sun screen in it which was also another thing I didn't think about until I was outside. But every 80 minutes is a PITA. I wonder how the neutrogena wrinkle stuff with SPF 30 works all day? Doesn't seem like it would. So that's where I'm at. The driver's license picture is 20 days away. It has to look better than the last one.