Rick A

Alright, now that I've got that out of my system, here's my question.

I have a silly little BICYCLE LIGHT with a BURNED OUT BULB.

The bulb is rated: 4.8 VOLTS - 0.5 AMPS.

Today I bought a replacement bulb from Ace Hardware,

but it's not an exact match.

That bulb is rated: 4.8 VOLTS - 0.75 AMPS.

Now, I did the W=VA math and, of course,

the higher amperage increases the output by 50%,

from 2.4 WATTS to 3.6 WATTS.

MY QUESTION is what might this do to the INSTRUMENT?

Will the light just be 50% brighter,

and so kill my 4-AA batteries 50% faster?

OR, after being on for a while, might the wiring melt,

short out the circuit, crack open the case, burst into flames,

causing me to veer into oncoming traffic and instigate a

four-car accident with no survivors!...

...which would pretty much Ruin my day. (sigh) Any thoughts?

Ok, BP had to DRILL for the oil, right? That implies that the reserve is underground. Everybody seems to be focusing on plugging the top of the leak, where the equipment failed.

When I want to stop water from coming out of a hose, I crimp the SIDES of the hose. It seems to me that two (or three or four) strategically placed (big!) explosive charges sunk a couple of hundred feet Below the sea bottom and Around the leak-point, then detonated simultaneously, could shift enough earth to collapse the sides of the chimney. Leak-B-Gone!

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's all a mile underwater, but that's what these guys Do... drill underwater.

Am I being too simplistic here?

BP keeps trying to CAP the blowout. Why? So they can come back later and start pumping again? Give it up, guys! This one's Lost! Seal it, Forever!, and stop this ecological nightmare. THEN we'll talk about the future.

How much oil has leaked into the ocean while you were reading this question?!

Ok, about 15 years ago when I was in my early forty's, I slipped on wet grass walking down a hill and fell straight down on my tailbone. After the initial Blinding pain, I say, without exaggeration, that it hurt substantially for 18 Months! I Never sought medical attention at the time because "everybody said" that there was really nothing that could be done for the injury.

So, flash foreword to my birthday this year, April 10th, 2010. Same general scenario - walking down a rocky hill, both feet flew forward and down I went. This time I did manage to turn slightly to the left as I was falling. I sustained a Huge bruise on my left hip/butt, my whole body ached for days, and I've been telling myself (or rather, kidding myself) that, "I didn't fall on my tailbone, I didn't fall on my tailbone, I didn't fall..."

However, it's been three weeks now and, while the body aches and bruises have completely cleared up, the tailbone pain is fully 70% as bad as it was on April 10th. Every time I get up from a chair I cringe and swear from the pain. I'm 57 now and I figure it's not going to heal any faster.

Am I Doomed to relive the 18 Months of pain, or is there ANY real medical treatment available for the injury.

Thanks in advance for any information. Rick

(LOLOL... yahoo says I have one missspelling in my question.

Those guys need to get out more.)

... Are Just Sooooo Danged Sexy ??

LoL

(a) the Breeze

(b) a Photograph

(c) a 12-point Buck

(d) other ?

(e) other ?

(f) other ?

2 3 4 6 8 ___

Have to re-ask this question 'cuz nobody got it (sigh)

... in a Kosher variety??

Just wondering.

If you _____ me, I'll try to help, but

If you _____ me, I might comfortably moan, but

If you _____ me, I'd probably double over in pain.

(I'll come back tomorrow if you need a hint ;-)

"At issue is the alleged bullying of a contemporary trailblazer: Moira Cameron, the first woman to serve as yeoman warder at the Tower [of London], which dates back to the 11th century."

What Male / Female Bastion Would You Like To Break Into ??

Here goes... I want to be a Radio City Rockette !

(ok, I'm only 5'-4" and I can't dance. Is that gonna be a problem?)

"As part of an effort to help protect Kenya's endangered species, Usain Bolt formally adopted a three-month old cheetah cub today in Nairobi. (What? You thought the world record holder in both the 100 and 200 meters would own a tortoise?)

Bolt bestowed one of his own nicknames upon the cub, naming him "Lightning Bolt"."

IS THIS GUY trying to become the world's first Super Hero?

Next, will he buy the world's fastest Car to drive to the world's fastest Plane to jet off to the world's fastest Fast-Food Restaurant? Or will he try to take over the world's fastest Communications System (the Internet) by becoming the World's Fastest Typist !

Somebody get him Spandex and a Cape! Quick!

... there was, for instance,

Male Doctor costume - $6.95

Female Doctor costume $71.00 !!!

I kid you not. There were twelve "couples" in the ad and EVERY woman's costume in the ad was over $50 and every guy's costume was under $10.

Are women SOOOO rich, so dense, or so desperate to look just so-so, that they'd pay fifty bucks for a cute little micro-skirt, blouse & socks? I am dumb-founded !

Clever? Cute? Coy? Nerdy? Needy? Nasty?

Let's hear it again for old times sake.

I live in Phoenix, AZ., which is about 1000 FEET above sea level.

A couple of nights ago, I'm outside looking at the full moon.

At arms length, the moon measures about 3/16 OF AN INCH across.

The wind speed at ground level is virtually zero,

but up about 30,000 FEET, clouds drift across the moon.

I count that it takes (thousand-one-thousand-two-thousand-) THREE SECONDS for a single cloud to pass from the right edge to the left edge of the full moon.

Is there some nifty formula to calculate the approximate wind speed up at cloud level ??

I, as a citizen, would LOVE to be able to hear the oral arguments for & against what are some of The Most important issues of the present time. Occasionally, National Public Radio or other companies will broadcast audio recordings of the arguments as jumping-off points for panel discussions and the like. What's the difference if they are televised and/or live ? Am I missing something here ?

... when you and your honey are snuggled together on the couch watching some mindless movie, and the following commercial comes on:

There's some buxom young lady wearing not too much with a phone in her hand. She looks straight at the camera and says, "Hi, wanna have some fun? Call PartyHardyLine right now at (123) 456-7890 and talk with real local girls and guys who just wanna chat. Remember, that's (123) 456-7890. Call now!"

And suddenly your honey says, "Yeah, right. They Never look like that."

Now, you suddenly feel that you need to say Something... that doesn't start a fight! WHAT DO YOU SAY?

"Texas": "How's the fried rattlesnake?"

"Sawbuck": "Tastes like chicken."

WHY? WHY does everything that doesn't taste like itself or something else, Really, Really taste like chicken?

And Does this have anything to do with the Chicken & the Egg question??

... doesn't that give me the right to be a peeping tom outside your window at night ?

(please pass the popcorn)

... or the Smartest and Best kind of Humor ?

Or... do you have No O-pun-ion ?