Diodes

....actually Light Emitting Diodes...Yes LED lights now have officially replaced any other pretenders for holiday lighting displays. Oh, I long for the days of the original chubby outside lights, mostly they are a memory. But, I have great affection for light emitting diodes, not any mind you...but the ones that have the dark blue/purple with the red...oh my it reminds me of the old days of "blue dot" brake lights on muscle cars. I never have been a car guy, but there was something about those blue brake lights on red that made me shiver with delight whenever I would see one. Now with the advent of LED christmas lights in the last 5 years or so...I am transported back to "one of my favorite things!" So if you get to travel with any Diehms this year looking at lighting displays, there is an expression from the ancient Pennsylvania Dutch that has been a Diehmism for years and years " Guchamal Doh"(sp)
which means to us "wow, look at the beautiful display"
From now on its "Guchamal Diode"