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re: As you become a Dad and your kids are leaving lights on…
Posted on 9/23/24 at 8:43 pm to Wildcat98USA
Posted on 9/23/24 at 8:43 pm to Wildcat98USA
I got all LED...but I don't sometimes sing the song as I walk by turning lights when we leave the house I used to be a nazi about it but I don't really care anymore unless literally every light in the house is on. I have split floor plan so I generally try to turn off the lights on the side of the house not being used. Total wattage of one entire side of the house being onis comparable to 1 ceiling fan worth of incandescents. Energy usage is near irrelevant.
I am however a nazi about leaving the outside doors open...the return air for the kitchen/ living side of my house is literally above the backdoor and it infuriates me when the kids leave it open in summer while the AC is running. I' absolutely lose my shite about it, but they don't seem to care. I'm almost to the point of putting a self close hinge on it.
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Posted on 9/23/24 at 8:51 pm to Wildcat98USA
My 8 year old turns off every light in the damn house in the middle of the night so I wind up busting my arse in the darkness.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 8:57 pm to Wildcat98USA
And shutting the door
Posted on 9/23/24 at 8:58 pm to Z Cavaricci
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I do the exact same thing.
Same here
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:00 pm to Wildcat98USA
They will forget your many small kindnesses and remember that time you exploded about the lights. Eat the pain.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:00 pm to danilo
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This ain’t your father’s lightbulbs baws
That's what a lot of people don't realize.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:00 pm to Wildcat98USA
With LED lights it doesn't piss me off much, but leaving the door open for an inordinate amount of time gets a slap on your face, letting the AC out is a slappable offense. If you don't like getting slapped in the face, don't leave the god damned door open.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:01 pm to Wildcat98USA
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Makes me irrationally angry.
Every. Damn. Day.
Enter room, lights on... exit room, frick that light switch.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:01 pm to Wildcat98USA
Wife is the light nazi. Sometimes like now even turning off the little one on the kitchen stove hood thing. And we’re all or most LED.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:04 pm to Hangover Haven
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wait till they start leaving clothes and shoes all over the house..
And then start blaming you for not helping out more, cleaning up their own bullshite.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:05 pm to Wildcat98USA
Mine live in the dark, my wife too, they get mad at me turning lights on. I just want to see damnit.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:08 pm to Wildcat98USA
I told my son to shut the door because he was letting the cold air out just this afternoon.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:09 pm to Wildcat98USA
My youngest is scared of the dark, you might be able to see our house from space at night time he leaves every possible light turned on
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:12 pm to Btrtigerfan
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I bump up every thermostat I walk past.
That’s hilarious, I have been very harsh on myself for thinking about doing this :lol/:
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:15 pm to Wildcat98USA
Mine knows how to tell Alexa to turn on but not off and then turns rhe motion sensor switches to full on … SMH
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:15 pm to Wildcat98USA
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…I now know why my pops was so mad. Makes me irrationally angry.
Yes, I taught my boys to turn off the lights. My wife was more nonchalant and it was i little frustrating, but it wasn't worth wrecking a relationship over.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:18 pm to danilo
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This ain’t your father’s lightbulbs baws
This ain’t his $/kw, FRP rider, hurricane Katrina/Ike/ice storm etc securitization charge, energy charge (a variable charge to cover fixed costs), peak usage charge….either
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:27 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Once upon a time my Pops took all of the light bulbs out of our bedrooms. When we complained and asked about it he handed us a flashlight. He proved his point, but the older me now realizes the damn batteries for the flashlight would have cost him even more.
The right way is almost always harder and more expensive than the easy way out. Might have cost him a couple of bucks and having to deal with the whining, but it left a lasting impression on his son,
He made his point and parented you instead of coddling you, and you are better off for that and most certainly other things along the same lines.
Mine was the same way.
We need more like your Dad, (mine too).
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:31 pm to Wildcat98USA
Do you really save that much by turning all the lights off?
Posted on 9/23/24 at 9:34 pm to Wildcat98USA
My 7 year old wakes up at daylight on the weekends. I will wake up and she will have every light on in the house and I’ll catch myself getting on to her asking why does she think it’s necessary to turn on every light and leave it on.
I was getting on to my 2 year old the other day for leaving the door open letting the cool air out. I was like my gosh who am I. I’m getting older complaining about the lights being on and the door being left open.
I was getting on to my 2 year old the other day for leaving the door open letting the cool air out. I was like my gosh who am I. I’m getting older complaining about the lights being on and the door being left open.
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