Graham its a woman thing , I remember dad shouting at mam ' switch the bloody lights off woman ' she always had an excuse. I now find
Jnr is just the same . She would rather open the door than turn the fire down . Dont tell me what to do its like talking to the wall.
I still have to remind
to switch off items not in use - like lights as she leaves a room...
"But you paid for those solar panels to provide electricity"
"Yes dear, but there is a clue in the name 'solar'"...
One of my Grandfather's friends went home to Scotland on leave from the trenches in WWI, arriving home in the middle of the night.
The very first thing his father (who he had not seen for 2 years) said to him the following morning when he came down to breakfast was "Aye, I thought ye were back. Ye left light on on the landing last night"
