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Default OT Demise of Tric Or Treating?

On 10/12/2018 6:27 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 10/11/2018 7:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:58:00 -0400, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Every year I buy some bags of candy but for the past ten years no
>>>>> trick or treaters have shown up so this year I've bought no candy and
>>>>> won't be bothering with answering my doorbell and I'm sure no one will
>>>>> show up.
>>>>> Halloween has died.
>>>>
>>>> If you just turn out your porch light, nobody will come. I used to
>>>> just leave the house every Halloween but realized that unnecessary.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> Not an option for me. My house is lighted all across the front and
>>> the lights come on at dusk. Can't turn them off.

>>
>> That's a goofy arrangement.Â* Are you talking about solar-charged
>> (decorative) lighting?Â* I have some of those by my driveway but they
>> don't light up the house.Â* They turn themselves off about 5 hours
>> later. They aren't a "porch light".

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> No. These are recessed lights up in the soffit.Â* There are six of them.
> Two near the garage, one on either side of the door and two near the end
> bedroom. There is a switch to turn off those by the bedroom but no
> others. I would have to say these are porch lights because they are on
> the porch.


Are they wired? I still don't understand.

Jill