I got a 32" HDTV, it doesn't look real. Like everyone is plastic. I'm going to sell it, and go back to my old 27" tube TV. Those good looking actresses now have zits, wrinkles & pimples. UGGGGH!

Well, it's kind of like Radioactivity. The same person who would run away in fear if I showed them a 1 microcurie test source would go hiking in Colorado, sit on a rock, and get 100 times more radiation. Those X-rays of your teeth? wow. How about a CAT scan? Now that's a lot of radiation, but would you rather have the radiation, or an exploratory surgery like they used to do 50 years ago? How about all that magnetism on an MRI? People even wear magnets expecting beneficial results.

The UV is pretty well blocked by the white coating inside the bulb. It's the same kind of light you got with the old long bulbs. They just figured out how to coil them up into a smaller space, and made an electronic ballast (the thing that keeps it from burning up).
If you fear CFL's, don't go into any stores, play basketball at night under mercury vapor lights, OR GO OUTSIDE WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING, now that's a LOT of UV! If you break one, vacuum it up, then throw out the bag right away. Probably wouldn't want to use a bagless vacuum afterwards unless you took it outside and hosed it down.

The CFL's do save a lot of electricity, and all the bulbs in my house are CFL. If you worry about breakage, get the ones with a glass shell and you can handle it like a regular bulb.

The LED bulbs are the best, but are $5 and more. Before long when the price comes down, they should outsell the CFL's.

Don't let fear ruin your day.

Well at least you don't have spiders that take 2 hands to pick up.
Or a Scorpion that you can put on a leash. (Texas)

I'm familiar with the 3 inch Cockroaches, dog eating Alligators, etc.
Once I went fishing in Fla and had to wear a face mask so I wouldn't breathe in the Mosquitoes.

> You'll probably have to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.
Same in TX, but the AC was on in the morning, the heat is needed by afternoon.

>Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
Armadillos do the same thing.

>People actually grow and eat okra.
Delicacy: Boiled Okra with Tomatoes.