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motoged
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Inexpensive brilliance
Lighten up....
http://www.wimp.com/lightenup/ 
Don't believe everything you think....
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BajaWarrior
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Oh man, I've been doing it all wrong with that solar junk and expensive batteries, now where is my hole saw?
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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mulegemichael
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a very very cool idea!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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EmeraldDawn
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That is so good!
Still puzzled by the grown-ups. Still happy in the sunshine.
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mcfez
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Whoever came up with this idea was brilliant
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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nbacc
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Very cool!!!!
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vandenberg
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Very clever.
I remember a friend of mine who had natural lighting from a gadget that looked like a fixture. Went all the way from a pitched roof entrance, through
a column, into the ceiling fixture and, without any power, supplied light to the whole room.
Anyone remember this?
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BajaBlanca
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brilliant. I also heard about a guy in Brazil who puts chip bags - silver side in - which keeps all rooms cool during the summer heat and warm during
the winter nights. You put the bags covering very wall. also ingeniously simple.
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DianaT
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Thanks---that is great!
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woody with a view
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that's cool. how long before the plastic gets brittle and cracks?
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Woody, from the looks of the house there was little danger that a water leak would ruin the Persion carpet. A new lens would be free.
Hey, would they also keep flies away like a bag of water????
Vandy, I think this may be what they used...
http://www.solatube.com/
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
that's cool. how long before the plastic gets brittle and cracks? |
I dunno....but the replacement "bulb" is inexpensive and fairly easy to replace...
Don't believe everything you think....
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Whoever came up with this idea was brilliant |
brilliant indeed. What were they cutting the hole with?
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Hey, would they also keep flies away like a bag of water????
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I'd never heard or seen of this before... but we just visited "Cafe Cafe" on Blvd. Lopez Mateos in
Ensenada a few weeks ago... and he had bags of water hanging from the ceiling... asked him why, and he told me it prevented the flies from coming in
the store.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
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I'd never heard or seen of this before... but we just visited "Cafe Cafe" on Blvd. Lopez Mateos in
Ensenada a few weeks ago... and he had bags of water hanging from the ceiling... asked him why, and he told me it prevented the flies from coming in
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/zoology/...
I've also seen plastic milk bottles full of water on lawns to keep dogs from peeing all over it.
I don't know if that works either.
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David K
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From that link:
Debunking the Water Bag Myth
There are plenty of people who don't think water bags can repel flies. Critics often classify this theory in the realm of old wives' tales and modern
superstition. They chalk success stories up to confusion between correlation and causation.
Imagine a traveling salesman offers you an irresistible bargain: For only $19.95, he'll give you a belt buckle that can prevent shark attacks. You
wear it for a week and, sure enough, no shark bites. Does this mean the magic belt buckle works? Is there an actual correlation between wearing the
belt buckle and avoiding sharks? Is one the cause of the other? To properly measure this, you'd have to consider how often sharks attacked you prior
to wearing the buckle, and the various other reasons sharks may be leaving you alone.
If all the factors are not taken into account, hanging water bags used to repel flies may seem to work due to the placebo effect. In medical terms,
this is when people who think they're being treated for a condition feel better, even if that treatment treats nothing at all. The same effect could
occur for people who think they are treating a pest problem.
But what if the situation is even worse? What if the placebo actually increases the problem being treated? When Mike Stringham, professor of
entomology at North Carolina State University, investigated the use of clear plastic water bags as a fly deterrent, he encountered just such a
situation.
Stringham conducted a 13-week field trial by installing commercial, water-based optical fly repellants on two egg farms. Stringham measured the fly
activity based on the spots of regurgitated material the flies left after feeding. He concluded that areas equipped with water bags actually
experienced higher levels of housefly activity.
However, the study was not conducted under natural lighting conditions. Its purpose was to determine whether the water bags could be used to decrease
fly populations on egg farms. The study didn't explore the possibility that direct sunlight increased the water bags' efficiency.
So do bags of water lower the number of houseflies around homes and restaurants? There are reasonable explanations that argue yes and significant
evidence that proves no. Regardless, you can still find water bags hanging near restaurant patios and backyard porches across the globe.
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ncampion
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So great, all you need to do is live in a tropical latitude house with a dirt floor and a corragated steel roof to reap the benefits of this device.
Don't see much use outside the 3rd world - make that 4th world.
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shari
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Juan is stoked to use this newfangled light thingy in our little shower room at our cabin in San Roque...it's a dark little room and this will be
perfect for it!...3rd world indeed
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AmoPescar
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Vandenburg...
Maybe it was a 'SOLATUBE'
http://www.solatube.com/residential/index.php
The amount of light they redirect is pretty substantial. Really a good way to light up a dark room!
Miguelamo 
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Very clever.
I remember a friend of mine who had natural lighting from a gadget that looked like a fixture. Went all the way from a pitched roof entrance, through
a column, into the ceiling fixture and, without any power, supplied light to the whole room.
Anyone remember this? |
Nomad Amigos...Here\'s hoping you all have safe Baja travels, amazing sunrises, sunny days, comforting breezes, beautiful sunsets, tasty tacos,
cold cervezas and frosty margaritas!!
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Iflyfish
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Brilliant! A blinding flash of the obvious!
Iflyfishinaweofsomepeoplescreativity!
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