Where Are They Now ?

[kewtex]

Damn Benjamin I'm impressed. It would be interested to know just how many posters around here know who Dorothy Parker was let alone know to what your post referred. Nice job!

 

I, too, know who she is. The following is one of my favorites:

 

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

A medley of extemporanea;

And love is a thing that can never go wrong;

And I am Marie of Romania.

Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"

[Good Grief]

One of Dorothy's morbid rhymes: "

(and if I knew how to make this typeface smaller, an "un bold" it, I would have.)

 

Not difficult using the text-modification options here when you post.

[kewtex]

Not difficult using the text-modification options here when you post.

 

What a smart aleck. It's as if I'm looking in a mirror.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Damn Benjamin I'm impressed. It would be interested to know just how many posters around here know who Dorothy Parker was let alone know to what your post referred. Nice job!

 

Hey... Some here think I'm actually pushing 50.

 

I might as well act like it

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I have to admit I don't recall ever seeing a standard shape 250 watt lamp, they were always a little larger than typical lamps. I'm curious if the fixture is designed to accommodate that? Something like this

 

https://www.amazon.com/GE-Lighting-73788-130-Volt-300-Watt/dp/B000HJ974E/

 

Thank you for finding this! It's perfect.

 

The lamp in question:

 

http://www.dwr.com/lighting-floor/spun-floor-lamp/2370.html?lang=en_US#lang=en_US&start=25

[+ oldNbusted]

Thank you for finding this! It's perfect.

 

The lamp in question:

 

http://www.dwr.com/lighting-floor/spun-floor-lamp/2370.html?lang=en_US#lang=en_US&start=25

 

Beautiful design and it looks well executed too. Do you have it connected to a tabletop dimmer? With a very bright lamp as intended, it could be the primary light source in a large room, but I'd definitely want to have the option to dial it down.

 

DWR is my go-to for furniture porn, I really want a PH5 to replace the big box fixture looming over the dining room table, as soon as I figure out why the junction box in the ceiling is off center.

 

http://www.dwr.com/ph5-pendant-lamp/6013.html

[BasketBaller]

Since there's a Dorothy Parker sub-thread going on, my favorite quote:

 

She was looking for an apartment, and because of her fame, her agent kept showing her enormous, expensive places. Finally she snapped, "You don't understand, I just want a place to lay my hat and a few friends."

[rvwnsd]

...I have to quibble about the timeline a little because I was aggressively seeking LED lamps and there were no 2700K, high CRI, dimmable bulbs available at mass market prices until about 2010. There were some specialty lamps before that, but they were ridiculously expensive and they were not very reliable....

I bought non-dimmable (that's all that was available) 100w equivalent, 3-way (I think 50-100-150w equivalent), and 60w equivalent LED bulbs at the Mission Valley San Diego Lowes in late 2007/early 2008. They were expensive, but I hated CFLs and did not want incandescent. As I said, LED light bulbs have advanced significantly since then.

 

I just bought several Hue light bulbs at Home Depot. Hue is a system made by Philips that connects lights to a "bridge" via WiFi. You can set various times for lights to go on and off, dim them, and change the color (if you buy the color-tuned bulbs). The standard white LED bulbs are $14.97 a piece, which is about half what non-WiFi bulbs cost 10 years ago.

[rvwnsd]

Speaking of Philips, what happened to Emo? I thought he was the funniest person ever 30 years ago. He might have 2 P's in his name, though. I thought his brief spouse Judy with the accordion was a hoot, too.

http://emophilips.com/

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Beautiful design and it looks well executed too. Do you have it connected to a tabletop dimmer? With a very bright lamp as intended, it could be the primary light source in a large room, but I'd definitely want to have the option to dial it down.

 

DWR is my go-to for furniture porn, I really want a PH5 to replace the big box fixture looming over the dining room table, as soon as I figure out why the junction box in the ceiling is off center.

 

http://www.dwr.com/ph5-pendant-lamp/6013.html

 

This lamp thankfully had a dimmer slide built into the cord. I've owned it for 10+ years now and have had the dimmer replaced once already.

 

DWR has some nice, lifetime pieces of furniture. My main problem with them at the moment is finding anything on their website that has less than a 6 week lead time. Jonathan Adler has the same issue: I just don't want to wait 6-18 weeks. Patience with furniture is not my strong suit.

 

The Hue system is wonderful. I have my whole home on Hue and voice-controlled with Amazon's Alexa.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Speaking of Philips, what happened to Emo? I thought he was the funniest person ever 30 years ago. He might have 2 P's in his name, though. I thought his brief spouse Judy with the accordion was a hoot, too.

 

Judy Tenuta is awesome.

 

I remember the first time I saw her: She came out on roller skates, playing the accordion and wearing a wedding dress.

 

[body2body]

I, too, know who she is. The following is one of my favorites:

 

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

A medley of extemporanea;

And love is a thing that can never go wrong;

And I am Marie of Romania.

Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"

I love that poem.

Here's another favorite by Miss Parker-

 

“In youth, it was a way I had,

To do my best to please.

And change, with every passing lad

To suit his theories.

 

But now I know the things I know

And do the things I do,

And if you do not like me so,

To hell, my love, with you.”

[rvwnsd]

...The Hue system is wonderful. I have my whole home on Hue and voice-controlled with Amazon's Alexa.

I jumped on the WeMo system when it first came out and quickly wish I had waited for Hue. Fast-forward to now and I dumped WeMo and am happy to have done so.

 

Do you have any of the lights that can change color?

[jjkrkwood]

OMFG, who knew there were so many Light bulb officianados out there ? Wow your passion for bulbs more than rivals your passion for COCK. One thing is fer sure: you just never know what will inspire a spirited convo on this site. Thank you all guys... I can now speak intelligently about Bulbs at my next Cock & tail party !

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I jumped on the WeMo system when it first came out and quickly wish I had waited for Hue. Fast-forward to now and I dumped WeMo and am happy to have done so.

 

Do you have any of the lights that can change color?

 

 

Yessir. And with preset options (and the Hue remote control and motion detector), the system really works well. Rock solid.

 

My favorite lamp in the Hue system is this... You can do a ton of interesting things with them:

 

http://www2.meethue.com/en-us/p/hue-white-and-color-ambiance-lightstrip-plus/719015548

[jjkrkwood]

This lamp thankfully had a dimmer slide built into the cord. I've owned it for 10+ years now and have had the dimmer replaced once already.

 

DWR has some nice, lifetime pieces of furniture. My main problem with them at the moment is finding anything on their website that has less than a 6 week lead time. Jonathan Adler has the same issue: I just don't want to wait 6-18 weeks. Patience with furniture is not my strong suit.

 

The Hue system is wonderful. I have my whole home on Hue and voice-controlled with Amazon's Alexa.

 

So you walk around your house talking to a voice controlled light box ???? And they say that I'm odd !

[gallahadesquire]

A goodie from DP:

 

I like to have a Martini,

Two at the

very

most.

Three, and I'm under the table—

Four, and I'm under the host.

[jjkrkwood]

This lamp thankfully had a dimmer slide built into the cord. I've owned it for 10+ years now and have had the dimmer replaced once already.

 

DWR has some nice, lifetime pieces of furniture. My main problem with them at the moment is finding anything on their website that has less than a 6 week lead time. Jonathan Adler has the same issue: I just don't want to wait 6-18 weeks. Patience with furniture is not my strong suit.

 

The Hue system is wonderful. I have my whole home on Hue and voice-controlled with Amazon's Alexa.

 

Mr BN Sir, tell me you also pause in front of your mirror, and compliment yourself on your muscles ? If ya gonna be Odd, go all the way......

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Mr BN Sir, tell me you also pause in front of your mirror, and compliment yourself on your muscles ? If ya gonna be Odd, go all the way......

 

LOL. No. I take pride in my body, but I'm not a douchebag.

 

I rely on my clients to make sure my ego doesn't get big enough to be considered checked luggage

Edited September 18, 2017 by Benjamin_Nicholas

[bigvalboy]

http://www.buylightfixtures.com/productimages/LED-CFL-INC-Dimmer-Large.jpgDim everything....

[jjkrkwood]

LOL. No. I take pride in my body, but I'm not a douchebag.

 

I rely on my clients to make sure my ego doesn't get big enough to be considered checked luggage

 

 

Hmmmm, and how is it exactly that they keep you in "check" ?

 

[mike carey]

http://www.buylightfixtures.com/productimages/LED-CFL-INC-Dimmer-Large.jpgDim everything....

A lot of us are dim already.

[kewtex]

This guy's Dim:

 

[bigvalboy]

A lot of us are dim already.

 

This guy's Dim:

 

 

[rvwnsd]

Yessir. And with preset options (and the Hue remote control and motion detector), the system really works well. Rock solid....

Good to know - thanks!

...My favorite lamp in the Hue system is this... You can do a ton of interesting things with them:

 

http://www2.meethue.com/en-us/p/hue-white-and-color-ambiance-lightstrip-plus/719015548

That's next. I had the Sylvania Lightfy version back when using WeMo and LOVED IT.

 

http://www.buylightfixtures.com/productimages/LED-CFL-INC-Dimmer-Large.jpgDim everything....

 

Imagine adjusting the light from bed when you need just a teensy bit more or less light.