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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 6/28/2017 1:22 PM, jmcquown wrote:
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> > I used timers that turned the lights on and off in the bedroom and
> > living room when I was away. Just plug it into the electric socket and
> > plug the lamp into the timer. Set the timer. On at dusk, off at
> > bedtime. On again in the morning, off during the day.
>
> I get a laugh at the people who turn on the No One's Home alert
> beacon outside the front door, burning all hours of the day and
> night. What can I say, it's so obvious it amuses me. I always
> know when this one couple has decamped for their Florida residence.

:-) We have American neighbours who do that every year, when they shut
up their house and return to Florida for the winter. The night lights on
at their home is the signal they've flown, the house is empty, summer's
over.

Janet UK