We don’t use desk lamps here, not having end tables as such, but we have a couple old torcheres in the living room. They tend to burn out at the same time, and I usually replace them at the same time. So the cycle will probably repeat itself over and over again.<\/p>\n
As I’m getting the new bulbs I spot a Walmart sales associate, and ask him where the lamps are, maybe I’ll get another lamp and improve the light. <\/p>\n
“Thees way” <\/p>\n
I follow him to the aisle I just quitted. “here joo go” he says. <\/p>\n
Light fixtures.<\/p>\n
“No, I mean lamps. Like floor lamps, desk lamps”<\/p>\n
“Jes. lomps. We have many. Choo can see” he does his best imitation of Vanna White, gently caressing the nearest bathroom light fixture with the tips of his fingers.<\/p>\n
“No, freestanding lamps. Lamps that you plug in a wall” I indicate a wall outlet on the shelf.
\n“Like a flatchlite? Reesharejubal? ”<\/p>\n
“No, to light a room. To read, or cook, or eat”
\n“Jess!” he points again, this time to a ceiling fixture, “A lomp for a room!”<\/p>\n
Sigh. <\/p>\n
So I draw upon my meager collection of Spanish and ask “Donde esta la cosas para la casa?”<\/p>\n
he says ‘Ah!’ and directs me to housewares. <\/p>\n
There I find they have one torchere, which will not accept a light bigger than 150 watt, and is $70!!!<\/p>\n
I have done my best to try not to buy chinese products, I really have. I have no personal animosity for the Chinese, and as a people and as a nation I pray for them that they succeed and that they grow into a democracy. I do not like providing commerce to a nation that has our downfall in mind. <\/p>\n
So if I have no choice but to buy Chinese products, I have a rule. Cheapest price, best quality. I’m not going to pay Cabelas to mark up a pair of pants to $140 that I can buy at Walmart for $15. Cabelas does not deserve $125 to sell out our commerce, afaik. I may be wrong on this, anyone who wants to enlighten me do so. It seems that Cabelas could sell Bills’ Khakis<\/a> and mark them up 10% and do OK. <\/p>\n So the guy at Walmart was trying, and I have to give him that. he had no idea. What kind of house does he live in where all the lights are fixtures? <\/p>\n And now I have to find a cheap 200 watt torcheire. Or three, because these are on their last legs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We don’t use desk lamps here, not having end tables as such, but we have a couple old torcheres in the living room. They tend to burn out at the same time, and I usually replace them at the same time. So the cycle will probably repeat itself over and over again. As I’m getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}