Comments on: Lights http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kim http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-321 Kim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:37:13 +0000 http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-321 Yes, the nets do come in multi-colored lights. I guess my biggest complaint with them is that many people just lay them on top of their shrubs like door mats. I'm sure there's a trick to using them properly. If someone created some sort of modern yard sculpture with them I would probably think it super cool. One of the best displays of white lights I've ever seen: when icicle lights first came out, before everyone could afford them, it was really neat to see the State House draped with them all the way around, and every surrounding tree literally dripping with white lights. (Dick Celeste was governor then.) You have to use mass quantities of white lights to achieve stunning results, IMHO. Of course, it was probably the novelty of the icicle lights that made it impressive at the time. I don't like those inflatable plastic things, either. One year my husband was all about rigging up the yard with blinking, flashing lights. None of the strings were synchronized - it was stupid crazy. One of our friends drove by with his kids, and the oldest boy, a cynical high-school freshman, told his little sister, "Don't look! Don't look at them! You'll have a seizure!" Our yard was like a Lite-Brite short circuiting. I like the streets where every single house participates and puts out luminaries along the curb on Christmas Eve. Sorry for rambling. Yes, the nets do come in multi-colored lights. I guess my biggest complaint with them is that many people just lay them on top of their shrubs like door mats. I’m sure there’s a trick to using them properly. If someone created some sort of modern yard sculpture with them I would probably think it super cool.

One of the best displays of white lights I’ve ever seen: when icicle lights first came out, before everyone could afford them, it was really neat to see the State House draped with them all the way around, and every surrounding tree literally dripping with white lights. (Dick Celeste was governor then.) You have to use mass quantities of white lights to achieve stunning results, IMHO. Of course, it was probably the novelty of the icicle lights that made it impressive at the time.

I don’t like those inflatable plastic things, either.

One year my husband was all about rigging up the yard with blinking, flashing lights. None of the strings were synchronized - it was stupid crazy. One of our friends drove by with his kids, and the oldest boy, a cynical high-school freshman, told his little sister, “Don’t look! Don’t look at them! You’ll have a seizure!” Our yard was like a Lite-Brite short circuiting.

I like the streets where every single house participates and puts out luminaries along the curb on Christmas Eve.

Sorry for rambling.

]]> By: admin http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-320 admin Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:55:32 +0000 http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-320 Thanks everyone! Sheryls: Is it just me or is the flat-screen Lite-Brite the same size as the regular one? Maybe without the legs in the back? JillMom: Yeah, sometimes I don't even notice the white lights. And Merry Christmas and New Year to you too! Kim: I'll admit that I'm not a big fan of the inflatable decorations. I'm yet to see an impressive yard display with all white lights though. They nets are interesting, but I always think that they'd be more interesting if they were multi-colored. Do they even make multi-colored nets? Thanks everyone!

Sheryls: Is it just me or is the flat-screen Lite-Brite the same size as the regular one? Maybe without the legs in the back?

JillMom: Yeah, sometimes I don’t even notice the white lights. And Merry Christmas and New Year to you too!

Kim: I’ll admit that I’m not a big fan of the inflatable decorations. I’m yet to see an impressive yard display with all white lights though. They nets are interesting, but I always think that they’d be more interesting if they were multi-colored. Do they even make multi-colored nets?

]]> By: Kim http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-319 Kim Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:01:19 +0000 http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-319 My equally opinionated husband would agree with this wholeheartedly. But you have to admit that some yard decorators have a "gift" for even making a color light display look dull and unexciting, especially if they use those net lights. My equally opinionated husband would agree with this wholeheartedly. But you have to admit that some yard decorators have a “gift” for even making a color light display look dull and unexciting, especially if they use those net lights.

]]> By: JillMom http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-318 JillMom Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:13:51 +0000 http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-318 Hey, Talcott! I am so with you on lights with lots of bright color. all white is so dull... my eyes always leap to the multicolored displays. Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Hey, Talcott! I am so with you on lights with lots of bright color. all white is so dull… my eyes always leap to the multicolored displays.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

]]> By: sheryls http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-317 sheryls Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:27:29 +0000 http://rescuearchaeology.com/2008/12/15/lights/#comment-317 SPEAKING OF. i saw this at target on saturday. i lol'd. http://www.target.com/Hasbro-Lite-Brite-Flatscreen-Red/dp/B000CF8R0I/sr=1-8/qid=1229351210/ref=sr_1_8/190-4252053-5926423?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Alite%20brite&page=1 LITE BRITE FLAT SCREEN. no more crappy CRT lite brites for our kids, nope. SPEAKING OF. i saw this at target on saturday. i lol’d.
http://www.target.com/Hasbro-Lite-Brite-Flatscreen-Red/dp/B000CF8R0I/sr=1-8/qid=1229351210/ref=sr_1_8/190-4252053-5926423?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Alite%20brite&page=1

LITE BRITE FLAT SCREEN. no more crappy CRT lite brites for our kids, nope.

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