I'm ready to give a new meaning to lighting the christmas tree

[thegirlfriday11]

i'm going to take it out back and set the fucker on fire

i hate putting the lights on the tree!!

somebody needs to reinvent christmas lights because this is total crap

first, i check all the lights to make sure they're working, then i spent 2 1/2 hours putting the lights (4 50 foot strands) on the tree, turned it on and..... nothing

then i notice my son has a light in his hand and i have no idea where he pulled it from...i was ready to die

after 30 minutes of hunting around, i found the empty socket and replaced the bulb, turned on the lights, which lasted about 30 seconds and a strand goes out
...in the middle

so i had to take them off and try to figure out where the burned out bulb was...after checking 25 or so bulbs i said fuck it and got a different strand, checked the lights and put them on ... but i didn't check the length because i just plugged them in rolled up 'cause it's easier to put on that way

well...i should have checked the length because it was half as long as the others and only covered half the area...and trying to spread it out to make it fit didn't work because then there was a large area that wasn't as lighted as the others and it looked funny...so i had to take all the lights off and start over

after another 2 hours i got the lights on ...plugged them in...and not a single fucking light came on!!!!!

i checked the outlets, the power strips, and all those things are fine...... BUT THE FUCKING LIGHTS WON'T COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is torture

 

[FinePhilly]

Prelit trees rock.

Just sayin.

 

[thegirlfriday11]

Prelit trees rock.

Just sayin.

i know...

but those have their problems too when bulbs go out

i think i want to find those big bulbs like we had when i was a kid...bigger bulbs, less lights...less trouble.... hopefully

 

[deathbypickle]

Prelit trees rock.

Just sayin.

agreed

 

[phrodeau]

It all started with candles, which you could put wherever you pleased, safe from igniting the tree. If a candle burned out you replaced it or did without.

Then the electric light string was developed, with lamps wired in parallel. You had to put the lights where the wire allowed them to go.

Then artificial trees became fashionable. The light strings would melt the plastic in these trees, because you couldn't put the hot lights where they would be safe, because of the wire.

Then the tiny light string was developed, with lamps wired in series. They didn't get hot, so you could put them anywhere. But the design makes them easy to become useless - planned obsolescence, leading to replacement purchases.

Nowadays there are fiber optic arrangements and LED strings, which are designed to become obsolete in even newer and more exciting ways.

 

[surferboy69]

I really thought this thread was going to be about smoking the weed.......*shakes head* I need help!

 

[HeavenCanWait]

hey Friday,

isn't there some rule about no under 18s in your avatar or pic posts?