Year In Pictures: 2010/10/21 - The mystery bulb is a mystery

[plonq]

It came with the house, hung exactly as you see it here. It was obviously hung with a purpose, because it was first wired into place, then wrapped with several windings of tape to ensure that it would not move. There are no fixtures in the house that take a bulb this size. Behind it is a vintage 1978 map of Manitoba.

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[dalesql.livejournal.com]

Beat me too it. Did the house used to be next to a radio or TV station transmitter? When I was in the navy, that was one of the pranks you played on a newb. Gave him an armful of flouresent light tubes and sent him on wild goose chase that eventually brought them out onto the foc'sle. Then the guys in the director would hit him with the fire control radar on low power. The tubes would light up really brightly. This usually produced a screech and tubes crashing down everywhere.