On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 9:14:14 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > I never run the washer or dryer without being home and closeby... at
> > times washer fill hoses burst and dryers have lint fires.
>
> Whenever I go off for the day, everything is turned off except
> for the fridge. No lights, fans, heat/ac. Not even a crockpot
> to slowly cook your meal while you are at work.
>
> IMO, whenever you leave, always consider something
> unplanned might happen and you won't get back home for
> many days. Just my old Boy Scout motto - Be Prepared.
> (for anything that could happen)

Up here in the Great White North, if you turned off your heat on
a winter day and didn't come back for many days, you'd return
to frozen and burst plumbing pipes. And "many" might be a
relatively small number. I'd rather leave the heat on.

Cindy Hamilton