7fd Subj : Re: Nobody's ... script editor To : alt.tv.er From : DawnK Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 10:10:48 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "Lesa" wrote in message news:dMt%e.20587$wg7.20568@fe06.lga... > > "DawnK" wrote in message > news:A2d%e.507$uD2.86@fe05.lga... >> >> wrote in message >> news:1128082606.865242.40880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > >> >>> Luka might be able to actually SEE if Sam and Alex are home, rather >>> than just yelling for them, if he'd turn on the light! >>> >> Yes, I wanted him to turn on the light, too. >> > I do this. If I'm coming home and its dark outside and I don't want > bright lights right away, or if I'm just going to be passing through the > room to another one, I'll call out rather than turn on the lights. In > fact, if I have a class or meeting at night and I come home after 8 the > lights on the first floor will be out, the kids will be upstairs in their > bedrooms (though most likely not asleep unless its closer to 10) and DH > will be downstairs in his den. I simply call out that I'm home, greet the > dogs and the cat, take my evening medications, use the bathroom, maybe > call downstairs to DH, then stop and talk to the kids on my way to bed. > Why turn on the lights if I'm not going to enter or remain in that room? > > > I suppose I could get away without actually turning on a light. The computer is in the basement. You have to walk through the kitchen to get to the bedrooms. After being in the light and staring at a computer screen for a while, I was finding it hard to walk through the dark kitchen, since my eyes weren't adjusted to the dark yet. So, we have a night-light in there. I got tired of bumping into stuff, when I couldn't see, in the dark. It was too much of a pain to flip on the kitchen light for just the few seconds it takes me to walk through it, if I really wasn't going to do anything in the kitchen. Dawn . 0