On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:20:29 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/11/2018 7:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "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.

Bullshit... somewhere there's an on/off switch.

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

I've never heard of such lighting as Julie's unless they're on a
timer, and that can be reset, or depowered.

I have several of those on at dusk off at dawn outside LED light
fixtures but they all have an on/off power switch... they replaced the
incandescent fixtures that all had the same on/off switch. No one in
their right mind installs outdoor lighting without an on/off switch...
I'll bet every light fixture/electrical appliance in her house has an
on/off switch or it has a plug that can be inserted or pulled out, ie
an electric clock, or it uses batteries that can be inserted or
removed.