Lavenders_Blue Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nope, all turned off - but street lights have recently been changed from glowing orange to bright white. A tad irritating. Plus across the road the people seem to have a search light which illuminates our bedrooms and if I'm washing up the light is blinding. DD said it is so strong it also lights up her bedroom and she has blackout curtain lining (and as a rule it's pretty darned good - this light gets in around the sides and above and below). So we don't really need lights on at all. I'm thinking of strategically placed mirrors so they get some of it back. When our oak is in leaf it isn't so much of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 We had one of those at the back of us a few years back; I popped round with a box of eggs, apologised and asked if they realised that it lit up our bathroom all night and seemed to stay on. It was soon sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 One of the houses out the back of mine leave the lights on in one room all day and night and I have no idea why! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I believe that's one of the ways they detect houses which are growing illicit plants, as they give off so much heat! Reminded me of this story from a few years ago... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346193/Police-raid-cannabis-factory-discover-home-guinea-pigs-Simon-Kenny.html The best rated comment at the bottom is hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 and the comment is hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 I liked the one about smoking guinea pigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yep, I liked that one! Thing is my neighbour used to do the same for her piggles! LOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Definitely not as OH is into Astronomy and light pollution is a pet hate of his. I don't know what folks think leaving outside lights on actually achieves? Our village was one of the first to trial having street lights go off at night about 3 years ago and the already low crime rate has dropped even further as a result. We live in a very rural area with no street lights, & as we have a business van full of tools on our driveway we have an outside light on all night, very dimly, but enough to illuminate the driveway a bit. We have had problems with travellers doing a slow drive past & eyeing up our work bits & pieces (trailers etc), so we feel that we have to have some light out there as a deterrent. It goes on at dark & switches of automatically in the morning. We KNOW this has saved us from at least 2 thefts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Sarah, you may have already done this, but you can contact your local beat team and get a DNA spotting kit, so that you can put the traceable dots onto all your equipment and tools, stickers as a deterrent, and then register that pack (and DNA code) on t'interweb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 On that - sounds like a great idea What happens when you sell stuff on though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hmm, dunno. Best ask as perhaps they can be transferred online or something. I do know though that it really helps them to return/identify stolen goods when they are found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
