As time marches on and progress takes over, some things fall out of fashion. Like video recorders, rotary phones, the walkman, the mangle...
Something else that appears to be going by the wayside.
The fluourescent tube.
Fluoro tube, that most hated form of lighting appears to be on the way out? How you ask? Have you ever tried to find one in the shops?
Coles? Don't stock them.
Big W/KMart - nup.
Bunnings? Of course, Bunnings have them, but if you're looking online, they're saying they cost around $30-40 dollars.
Mitre 10? They don't stock them. But on calling them, they said go to the specialty lighting shop to get one. Rexels or Middendorps might have them.
For a bloody fluoro tube.
I girded my loins, grabbing the old tube, knowing it's easier to say "I want one of these, please," rather than be castigated for saying, "I want a fluoro tube, please," then have no idea what you're asking for.
The people at Rexel were lovely. And appreciative that I brought the old one in. I got some help. The tube, in the end, only cost around seven dollars.
They made mention that fluoro tubes were getting harder and harder to find. That just blows my mind.
I can see them disappearing completely - I mean, every hospital, workplace and public space appears to have them, but it still feels strange to think that they're hard to find.
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