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Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RWebb
Once the price goes up, they will be worth thousands. People will try to ply Paul with wine & cheese, begging him for his vintage light bulbs. But Paul will sell them for a small price to a guy in Turkey who appreciates them for what they are, in part just to keep the beautiful rare light bulbs away from people who think of them only as status symbols.
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exactly!  (edit) Evidently CFL's are already law in Germany...an expatriot friend living there recently wrote of a great flea market "find"...two "real" light bulbs.
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