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Hubby sorted our kids out because every time they left something on upstairs he would call them up and say turn that off, they would get all pis--d off and ask him why he called them upstairs to turn somthing off when he is already up there, he would say you turned it on now turn it off, they got so fed up with him shouting down the stairs all the time, they turn every thing off now LOL. "Bliss". Love Debs.

When I begin to struggle paying the Electricity bill then I'll worry about it :-) Shaz

My other half turns the dimmer switch down if I am on the phone as he thinks I don't need a bright light whilst only talking on the phone. When I go out I put the outside light on as we do not have street lights where I live and we have quite a few steps up the the gate, he waits until I get out of sight then he TURNS IT OFF!!! When I come home - if I'm home at the time I said I would be I'm ok as he has switched it back on but if I am early like last night - 10 mins earlier than I said I would be - I had to find my way in the dark Grrr. The worst thing is he falls asleep every night in the chair with the light on and the television on for at least 2 hours - but thats alright because it is in the cheap rate hours - Can you believe it! Not allowed heating on in the bedroom as its not healthy. Bought a single electric blanket yesterday and sneaked it on my side of the bed Oohh it was luverly :-) Maggie

julie anne what does your dad say when he walks in and th tv is playing to it self and all the lights are on still loves you though

Always leave the landing light on, have a long-life bulb, so far it's lasting!.

I like all the lights on, can't stand it half dark and gloomy. Ann Glos

Sue Every night before I go to bed I patrol the house turning things off. Not just lights, but tv, playstation, radios etc. Usually I'm the last on the computer, so I turn that off too. I do leave a light on at night, on the landing, partly so the boys will sleep without a light in their bedroom, but also in case there's a fire/emergency. In these dark mornings its quite welcoming. My husband and sons have been known to leave the house with the tv on, when I've been upstairs.

Totally agree Gwyneth, mulitply that by the number of schools in the KCC area, the mind boggles at the amount of money being wasted.

Sue I must be saving KCC a bit of money too. I went to a school today and whilst there turned off lights in empty classrooms. Nobody was going in there for another hour. Ok it probably didn't save much money but multiplied by the number of rooms over a year it must mount up.

My auntie (who died recently) had had the same bulb in her lav for well over 40yrs. Fifteen watts (that's low energy!) - it was a job to find the toilet roll.

Remember that energy "wasted" with traditional light bulbs is just a contribution to heating your home (in winter anyway). It is not as wasteful as the propaganda tells you.

Lights do use electricity!! One 100watt bulb on all the time will add about £10 a quarter (100*24*90)/ 1000 at 5p per KW Thats just one bulb!! Turn them off. Open the curtains ! If you are using energy saving bulbs for envionmental reasons think about the plastic and metal in the base and how you dispose of them! Bob

You sound like my daughter Chloe, when I tell her to turn a light off she says "but I pay housekeeping", I don't know what you pay, but what she pays doesn't keep her in light bulbs lol.

costs a fortune in electricity bills!!!xxxx(:

i have been known to fall asleep with my bedroom light on reading and wake up in the early hours about 4ish to turn it off. hubby will moan when hes home at weekends to turn lights out if your not in the room the light youve left on, and if i walk in from the kitchen with a cuppa and sit down he says 'lights' or if it gets cloudy and i put a light on in the kitchen he walks thrugh and turns it off, that makes me soooooo mad. im getting mad just talking bout it

You sound like my dad too!! Grrr! Even when I've only left my room for 5 seconds, he'll turn anything that's using electricity in there off!! Grrrr! I'm paying housekeeping!! LOL

It is bliss to have a new light fitting in the kitchen, so I don't have to stand on a chair to twiddle the starter each time I want the light on. Now the light has blown in the loo and the fitting is too high for me to reach. Waiting for a kind brother to oblige. Lights are the bane of my life. Tend to keep the landing light on as there are no switches by doors or top of stairs and I would prefer to waste a little energy rather than land my elderly mother in casualty. I do switch television/computers off, though. We were told at work not to bother, as the switches might wear out! Brenda

Nice to meet you Julie, I can't sleep with the light off either! We have a 'nursery' bulb in our landing light for me lol!! Mandy :)

you would hate my house then, i hate sleeping with no light on , at the weekend hubby turned light out and then my son took the mick out of me by giving me a torch!

I use low power light bulbs and switch everything electric off as soon as it's finished with because I'm ecological and don't think I have any right to use up more of the world's resources than I have to. But I get absolutely maddened when my children insist on leaving the bathroom light (and attached fan) on whenever they go to the loo. It is going to lead to murder in our house one day! Angela