...and this, boys and girls, is how you remove the broken base of a light bulb...

[marilynfl]

...up underneath and behind a mounted microwave at an angle you can't see and a location you can barely reach without undoing several hundred dollars worth of chiropractic neck adjustments.
https://recipeswap.org/fun/wp-content/uploads/swap-photos/Bulb.jpg

 

[mistral]

I would have never thought of using a potato or sweet potato. Thanks for the tip! (nt)

 

[charley]

Back in the day of a newpaper that printed a "woman's page" and Hints from

Heloise was a Friday staple (who remembers!!) that was front and center. I would still wear rubber soled shoes and turn off the circuit breaker or unplub the lamp. LOL

 

[mistral]

I remember. They're still around but are called Hacks now. Gotta have a trendy name. (nt)

 

[colleenmomof2]

Great save! Outstanding!

 

[lisainla]

A bar of soap can work on this job as well.

 

[curious1]

So does a wine cork.