On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:58:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:20:29 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
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>>>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.
>
>All kinds of weird stuff here. Former owner was an electrician.

The only weird one there is YOU! A real electrician would have placed
a switch in that line.