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j_bkl has had a silver torch-style floor lamp in his possession. His apartment did not come with a ceiling fixture in the living room, but there's an outlet that's somehow wired to a switch on the wall near the entryway to the living/bedroom, so that was the light source.
It was a source we feared lost about a week ago, when the thing just plumb stopped working.
It had been sort of flickering and not quite working well for a tiny bit, so we thought for sure it was just the lamp's time to go. Because of the flickering, neither of us thought that maybe perhaps there'd just been a bad bulb, perhaps just a loose wire or a dead socket. My dad is pretty handy with lamps, and he said he'd take a look next time I came over.
Friday was my last summer Friday, and I had a few things in mind of what to do with it. First and foremost was to hit my favorite dumpling joint in Chinatown. Secondly was to hang with the very excellentlwoodbloo, whom I hadn't seen in far too long. So, after work, I headed down and grabbed some dumplings and a scallion pancake veggie sammich, and ate them in the park nearby. Then, on my way back to the train, still a smitch hungry and feeling adventurous, I headed into a bakery nearby I'd been to before. I forget the name, but it's on Grand street, not far from Eldridge. All of the signs are in Chinese, but it's always packed and the selection is huge. I got a few goodies (after asking what was in them) and headed home to Brooklyn. (This turned out to be a bad move. Although I asked and the counter person I spoke to spoke fine English, she wasn't honest about what was in one of the buns, and I had a nice allergic reaction to shellfish. [which for me, involves a lot of barfing] Which pretty much tanked the rest of my Friday night and most of Saturday. I'm not going back there any time soon.)
A short time later I met up withlwoodbloo, and I picked up a lamp at Target. Not an expensive one, but enough to keep things brightly lit. I took it home, and decided to try one of the bulbs from the broken lamp in it. It didn't work. I found another bulb, and left the old lamp in its place, since it was plugged in behind a bookshelf.
When J came home the following evening he set about moving the shelves and switching the lamps around. He asked me if I'd checked the bulbs to make sure that hadn't caused the problem. I told him that I'd thought he'd checked the bulbs.
Turns out?
The old lamp was fine. It just needed new bulbs.
So we now have two lamps. Since we wanted that for the living room anyway, it's fine, but I could have accomplished that without a week of sitting in the frigging dark!
So, remember boys and girls, always, always, always check the bulbs FIRST before making any new lamp purchases. *sigh*
j_bkl has had a silver torch-style floor lamp in his possession. His apartment did not come with a ceiling fixture in the living room, but there's an outlet that's somehow wired to a switch on the wall near the entryway to the living/bedroom, so that was the light source.It was a source we feared lost about a week ago, when the thing just plumb stopped working.
It had been sort of flickering and not quite working well for a tiny bit, so we thought for sure it was just the lamp's time to go. Because of the flickering, neither of us thought that maybe perhaps there'd just been a bad bulb, perhaps just a loose wire or a dead socket. My dad is pretty handy with lamps, and he said he'd take a look next time I came over.
Friday was my last summer Friday, and I had a few things in mind of what to do with it. First and foremost was to hit my favorite dumpling joint in Chinatown. Secondly was to hang with the very excellent
lwoodbloo, whom I hadn't seen in far too long. So, after work, I headed down and grabbed some dumplings and a scallion pancake veggie sammich, and ate them in the park nearby. Then, on my way back to the train, still a smitch hungry and feeling adventurous, I headed into a bakery nearby I'd been to before. I forget the name, but it's on Grand street, not far from Eldridge. All of the signs are in Chinese, but it's always packed and the selection is huge. I got a few goodies (after asking what was in them) and headed home to Brooklyn. (This turned out to be a bad move. Although I asked and the counter person I spoke to spoke fine English, she wasn't honest about what was in one of the buns, and I had a nice allergic reaction to shellfish. [which for me, involves a lot of barfing] Which pretty much tanked the rest of my Friday night and most of Saturday. I'm not going back there any time soon.) A short time later I met up with
lwoodbloo, and I picked up a lamp at Target. Not an expensive one, but enough to keep things brightly lit. I took it home, and decided to try one of the bulbs from the broken lamp in it. It didn't work. I found another bulb, and left the old lamp in its place, since it was plugged in behind a bookshelf. When J came home the following evening he set about moving the shelves and switching the lamps around. He asked me if I'd checked the bulbs to make sure that hadn't caused the problem. I told him that I'd thought he'd checked the bulbs.
Turns out?
The old lamp was fine. It just needed new bulbs.
So we now have two lamps. Since we wanted that for the living room anyway, it's fine, but I could have accomplished that without a week of sitting in the frigging dark!
So, remember boys and girls, always, always, always check the bulbs FIRST before making any new lamp purchases. *sigh*
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Date: 2011-09-06 03:42 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-09-06 03:57 am (UTC)It was fried on the outside - and had a mostly-glutenous inside (similar consistency to a sesame ball). In the middle was a filling of what they said was pork, but I think it was pork AND shrimp/prawns. That sound familiar?
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Date: 2011-09-06 04:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-06 11:50 am (UTC)Thanks for helping me figure it out!!
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Date: 2011-09-08 05:46 pm (UTC)http://www.flickr.com/photos/aptronym/2395821806/
It should look like that with the meat inside. And just to check I looked up the recipe - some people do just pork while others do pork/ ground up shrimp =T
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Date: 2011-09-09 04:23 pm (UTC)At least I know what to ask about for next time. :/
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Date: 2011-09-06 07:57 pm (UTC)At least you have a spare lamp now?
I'm really sorry to hear about the shellfish thing! That's awful!
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Date: 2011-09-09 04:25 pm (UTC)Yeah, such is my life. I can't eat crustaceans. Bivalves are fine, but anything in the shrimp/lobster/prawn/crawfish family? Badness.
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Date: 2011-09-09 04:28 pm (UTC)