I did read the whole thing earlier, but that sentence somehow slipped right by me — I was thinking of mentioning the same kind of light changing pole that Pullet recommended. Glad I didn’t!
I used one of those many years ago in a movie theater. It was quite an interesting experience: you would spit on the suction cups a little to try to get some grip, try to jab with sufficient force to stick to the bulb 30 feet above your head without breaking it, unscrew the bulb, and then watch in horror as the bulb wobbled off the top of the pole a foot away from the receptacle. Then you would just drop the pole as you tried to catch the rapidly accelerating bulb.
Better not break one in the socket, either — there’s no way you can use the potato trick to get the broken base out from thirty feet down.
My daughter and I were going into the Space Mountain ride at Disney World a couple years ago. The part we were walking through had tall ceilings with those movie-theatre type lights, and as we walked by a bulb fell right beside my daughter. Guess they didn’t tighten it well enough!
I actually solved this zombie peeve: painted the raised black letters in the most contrasting nail polish available between the three women who were present. If you haven’t used nail polish before, get assistance from someone who has (as with cyanoacrylate glue, most newbies tend to use too much).