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Old 10th December 2016, 18:57   #11
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I have LED lighting throughout the house and 16 solar panels, so lulled into a false sense of saving on energy.

Anyway the kids put up the Christmas tree using industry standard lights.....
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Old 11th December 2016, 16:44   #12
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I will not put the lights on and this torch is going flat.
I know the feeling Eb. Ma heater's gone on ma freezer would you believe and help ma boab it is barely thirteen years old!

It going phut is bad enough but so close to Christmas it is having a giraffe. Well it can blimming well freeze for now.
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Old 11th December 2016, 17:31   #13
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I know the feeling Eb. Ma heater's gone on ma freezer would you believe and help ma boab it is barely thirteen years old!

It going phut is bad enough but so close to Christmas it is having a giraffe. Well it can blimming well freeze for now.
Yeah, go on. Put it outside in the Cold to teach it a lesson.----
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Old 11th December 2016, 19:47   #14
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For crying out loud, it's only about 2p.m. and the only light I'm getting is from my PC screen, I will not put the lights on, and this torch is going flat.
Get a led bike torch light that you can wear on your head. Savings galore on electricity bills

Also if you fancy a new carpet just get some small demonstration pieces and glue them to your slippers
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Old 11th December 2016, 19:56   #15
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Fridge Heater, Heater Fridge. And it went:

Just like that. Click

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Old 11th December 2016, 21:15   #16
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Get a led bike torch light that you can wear on your head. Savings galore on electricity bills

Also if you fancy a new carpet just get some small demonstration pieces and glue them to your slippers
How the heck did you know I do that? where's the camera?
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How the heck did you know I do that? where's the camera?
You must have left that little round thing at the top of your screen on.---
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Old 12th December 2016, 11:14   #19
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My mother always used to refer to "the dark days before Christmas" - very accurate at the moment.
Dark when I leave for work, dark when I get home. Very depressing

I've been working outside in a secure police car park for the last week or so. The street lights are coming on at about 3.30

Trying to tell the difference between the colours on a 20 core cable under very dim yellow sodium lights is not fun!!

I bought myself one of those CREE led head torches and flippin eck its bright!

If I spun round in a circle I could get a night job as a lighthouse
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Old 12th December 2016, 18:21   #20
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How the heck did you know I do that? where's the camera?
LOL I Thought we all did it

Sometimes when I pull up outside my house and fancy having a nice gravel drive, I just scrunch up an empty crisp packet and imagine
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