Re: The Worst Sin of All


"Don Wagner" <dawagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"GreenDistantStar" <GreenNOSPAMdistantstar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I was a kid my mother used to tell me to turn off lights (with
lightbulbs, not fluro's) in hot weather because "It would make the house
hotter".

I told her this was crazy...why then bother to have heaters in cold
weather?...just turn all the lights on.

Her usual response was .."Aw shaddup!"

If the room is small enough an incandesent light will raise the
temperature a bit. Friends of mine had to leave a light on in a
basement bathroom in the the winter so that the pipes wouldn't freeze.

OK, so who are you...my frikkin' mother???!!! ;>)

GDS


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