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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 25649, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> Sue you made me laugh at the words '"make anything into a lamp". I bought a Federal style large 18 armed brass chandelier in the Bowery in NYC. I asked the man working there how much would it be to have all the electric parts pulled out. The man says in a very heavy Yiddish accent. why did I want the electric pulled out. I explained I wanted to use real candles in it. he says You will burn down your house. I said no I have tall ceilings and it was going over a dining table. He says "Mister, 80 years I have been working here, people always bring in things and say electricify them. The brought me watering cans, plaster statues so many things, you are the first person to ever ask me take the electric out." He did it no charge since he could use the gutted parts.</p><p>greg[ATTACH=full]6403[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 25649, member: 78"]Hi, Sue you made me laugh at the words '"make anything into a lamp". I bought a Federal style large 18 armed brass chandelier in the Bowery in NYC. I asked the man working there how much would it be to have all the electric parts pulled out. The man says in a very heavy Yiddish accent. why did I want the electric pulled out. I explained I wanted to use real candles in it. he says You will burn down your house. I said no I have tall ceilings and it was going over a dining table. He says "Mister, 80 years I have been working here, people always bring in things and say electricify them. The brought me watering cans, plaster statues so many things, you are the first person to ever ask me take the electric out." He did it no charge since he could use the gutted parts. greg[ATTACH=full]6403[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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