Yesterday I decided it was cold enough to turn on heat, so I went to the gas fireplace and noticed that the pilot light was out. No surprise there, open the door, turn the knob, push, and then push spark ignitor. Hold for a minute.... release, pilot light goes out. Try again. Still no go. Something is broke, gonna have to look into it. Meanwhile turn on the furnace. Fortunately it seems to be working.
This morning I roll out of bed and something is tinking on the night stand. It sounds like a clock ticking, except it is more of a tink sound, and it's faster than a clock, but just as regular. Weird.
Go in the bathroom and turn on the light and two bulbs burn out simultaneously with a series of tinking noises. Look at the bulbs and I can see longish wires lying in the bottom of the bulb. These aren't just the filaments, these are supports for the filaments. Weird.
Eventually I go back to investigate the clock noise on the bedside table. It's the lamp. It's one of these turned brass things that has a bunch of pieces all held together by a threaded rod running through the center. The whole thing is loose. It must be right on some balance point because any little tremor sets the whole thing to tinking again.
Update January 2017 replaced missing picture.
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