V. Barbarino Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 Still burning brightTexas bulb first illuminated in 1908Monday, September 20, 2004 Posted: 7:19 PM EDT (2319 GMT)DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) -- They sure do not make things anymore like the Texas lightbulb that sold for a few cents and has burned for 96 straight years.The North Fort Worth Historical Society will have a birthday party Tuesday for its famous household fixture -- a lightbulb that has burned continuously since September 21, 1908. The bulb was first illuminated when a stagehand at a local opera house flicked a switch and posted a sign that the light over a stage entrance was not be turned off."We have no idea why it has lasted so long. That is the wonderful mystery of it," said Sarah Biles, the administrator of the museum where the bulb burns, complete with its own independent power supply.The Texas bulb is about 40 watts and made of thick glass that houses a sturdy carbon filament.Despite having lasted 96 years so far, the Texas lightbulb does not hold the record for the longest continuously burning bulb in the world.According to the Guinness Book of World Records, that honor goes to a some 4 watt bulb that has been burning at a firehouse in Livermore, California, since it was turned on in 1901.Biles said the keepers of the Texas bulb feel no luminescence envy with the California model because their bulb has had a much more celebrated history.The Texas bulb was touted -- wrongly -- in the 1930s as the longest burning bulb in the world. The opera house where it burned became a movie house and actors promoting films in Fort Worth would stop to admire the bulb's orange glow."Our bulb has a unique past and can hold its own, even if it is number two," Biles said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMT Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 i went to Thomas Edison's museum/home once. his original light bulbs are still going in his house there as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 "dont let the light go out its lasted for so many yearsssssssssss"(sorry hebrew school flashbacks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cutchemist Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 "dont let the light go out its lasted for so many yearsssssssssss"(sorry hebrew school flashbacks)hebrew school....hmmm...u and abe got quite alot in common ???i on the other hand are on the opposite spectrum...catholic school 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shannon_coolj. Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 "dont let the light go out its lasted for so many yearsssssssssss"(sorry hebrew school flashbacks)hebrew school....hmmm...u and abe got quite alot in common ???i on the other hand are on the opposite spectrum...catholic school 8)lol...is abe still posting on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cutchemist Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 lol...is abe still posting on here?.....lol....u tell me.... ....i dunno check is sheit out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Abraham Abromowitz Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 I agree w/ Bling. Its a modern day Miracle. Just like Hanakkah (how do you spell it in english?)Shalom and Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 "dont let the light go out its lasted for so many yearsssssssssss"(sorry hebrew school flashbacks)hebrew school....hmmm...u and abe got quite alot in common ???i on the other hand are on the opposite spectrum...catholic school 8)i KNOW you still have your uniform it'll make a great halloween costume when you're down here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cutchemist Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 Oh sheit.... :-[ :-X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clarisa Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 maybe someone secretly is changing the bulb at night when no one is looking. DAMN VANDALS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bcnjunkie Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 i on the other hand are on the opposite spectrum...catholic school I remember that nightmare >, but on the bright side it does produce an endless stream of repressed chicks just waiting to become serious sluts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyTrendy Posted September 22 Report Share Posted September 22 Thank God for fake tanning bulbs.. i would be lost without tanning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cutchemist Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 i on the other hand are on the opposite spectrum...catholic school I remember that nightmare >, but on the bright side it does produce an endless stream of repressed chicks just waiting to become serious slutsi'll stay repressed thanx...as a biochem/health profession as part of my major i'm too smart for the bliss of ignorance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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