I used to have a Quoizel brand lantern on my lamp post, before I went tobogganing down the driveway and whacked it with the van. A structure made predominantly of glass and brass doesn't fair too well when smashing down from seven feet high. We liked it a lot, so we ordered a replacement. Turns out the replacement wasn't exactly the same, but it was pretty close. Cool.
Now one of the three bulbs has burned out, so I trudged out there with the ladder. What the -- the other one had a little door that would open, so you could reach in and replace the bulbs. This one, you have to unscrew the entire lantern case -- what they call the 'cage assembly - lift it completely off the post, and then replace the bulbs. And then put the entire lantern cage assembly back. Seven feet off the ground. Two people, twenty minutes easily, to replace one fleepin' light bulb.
Apparently, elegance and practicality don't mesh in their world.
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