Two Truths and a Lie About Yourself

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

Okay guys, this was inspired by something we did in my Algebra class to introduce ourselves. You say one thing that isn't true about you and two that are and you have to guess the one that is a lie.
The only rule is:
-You may post more than once (but not twice in a row)
I'll start:
1. My computer area is lit by a 40w 130v 3500 hour inside-frost A19 lamp that appears to be made by Philips but has a Sylvania base as I type this.
2. I like (to name a few of my hobbies) light bulbs, vacuum tube radios, almost anything electric, excavators, and many others
3. I got a Westinghouse Ov-25 yesterday
WHICH ONE IS THE LIE???

[Mike]

#2?

1. I like a girl named Olivia.
2. I have two brothers and a pet dog.
3. I don't like seafood besides clamcakes & chowder.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

You don't have two brothers
I WISH I had an OV25 (internally ballasted 400w MV.)


I have several metal halide lamps with the bases held in Yoplait cups as decorations/conversation pieces
I have painted a bathroom "Federal Green"
I live in an apartment

[Mike]

Correct... I have one brother and no pets what-so-ever.

I'm guessing #3 is a lie?

1. I lived in my Grandpa's apartment that he rents out for a year while my new house was being built.
2. Both my GE street lights looks the same, except one is smaller than the other and uses 225 fewer watts.
3. I am 5ft 5" tall.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

Yep, I don't live in an apartment!
You didn't live in your grandpa's apartment...
I like country music
I'd love to own an excavator someday
I've laughed so hard I've almost vomited

[Mike]

Actually, he did rent his appartment to us when our new house was being built.  #2 was the wrong one. Yes, my GE streetlights are pretty much different sized twins, but the smaller one (the M-250A) uses 300 watts less than the bigger one.

I'm guessing #1 is incorrect?

1. It's raining outside.
2. My favorite fluorecent color temperature is cool white
3. My middle name is Alexander.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

You're right:)
I'm stuck between 1 and 2 but I'll guess 2 because it's raining outside here...
1. My favorite florescent color is daylight deluxe, with cool white being a close second
My mercury vapor light has a broken diffuser
I LOVE HPS streetlights!

[Mike]

Actually, my middle name is David. You were right though, it was pouring like crazy last night. Tonight is quiet though it was much cooler out today and will be for the remainder of the week. (lower 70s as highs this week) I personally like this time of year best. Not too hot and not cold yet. Low humidity too which is great. I like the 60s-70s with low humidity best for temperatures.

I'm going to guess #3 is incorrect. Daylight is a close second for me. When i see Daylight and cool white nest to each other, the cool white looks too warm but i feel warmer under cool white light than daylight. I don't particularly care for warm white or soft white fluorescent tubes though.

1. I like rock and heavy metal best.
2. Alaska is four hours behind where i live.
3. I don't need glasses for distance.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

I live somewhere in California
I think LED retrofit jobs for lighthouses are absolutely pathetic
I know someone who owns three excavators

[Mike]

you forgot to guess my last post (so i won't post them this time, but i will next time )

I'm guessing #2 is incorrect... If so i agree to a degree. The LEDs in the fan in my room have worked very well a year-and-a-half and that's base up, which isn't good for LED or CFL lamps since the heat rises into the circut board compartment and overheats the electronics or severely dimming the LEDs.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

You don't need glasses
No, I live in the largest state in the US

My house was built in 1950
I love those old "SNAP!" light switches
I want a low-wattage (100w or less) mercury vapor ballast and bulb to convert a table lamp with a base that could hide a ballast to MV

[Mike]

well actually you repeated #3 LOL. You're right though #3 was wrong.

Is #1 wrong?

1. My house was finished in spring of 2003.
2. I live in the downtown area.
3. I have blue eyes.

[joe_347V]

I don't think you live downtown

1. I have two cobraheads in my collection
2. I live in Ontario, Canada
3. My street is lit with 175w MV Powerlite B2227s.

[GEsoftwhite100watts]

Everyone WHSHES #3 was true!
There are 400w MV OV-25s lighting my street
I get up early
I have the strangest dreams sometimes

[Mike]

@ Joe; correct! I live in the suburb side of Cranston right before you get into Scituate which is rural for the most part. Scituate is where RI's biggest public water source is. Want to guess what it is? Ironically the company is called Providence Water even though the company and reservoir are both in Scituate, minutes from each other. Cranston is all suburban to the east of I-295 and urban everthing east of I-95 (and urban to the west for a couple miles too). West of I-295 is basically rural area that has slowly been developed into little neighborhoods, so it's turning into more of a suburban area, which is why there's a wider variety of mounting brackets in my area. As the area developed more and more, more streetlights were installed.

1. I used to live in Eastern Cranston when i lived in my old house.
2. I have always lived in Cranston (with the exception of living in my grandpa's apartment for a short while in Pawtucket).
3. The light in front of my house is a 50W HPS M-250R2 with a formed plastics lens and a dark gray 120V Fisher Pierce Sun-Tech photocell.