General Chat

Thanks for all the comments.

Our house seems to be right on the edge of where the light meets the dark. We have lost that little bit of glow from the old lighting but having had a late night walk outside ( not my usual thing ;-) ) I wouldn't be surprised if some of the neighbours now complain of too much light in their houses.

Errol - I wouldn't have been at all surprised if we had been told to provide lighting for the pavement area!!

No lights at all in our street.

That's the way we like it.

We have solar lights on the front path & a motion sensor light on the driveway.

not as cold as I got Bobtanian :-D :-D

The lights are only left on sometimes when I suppose we must be paying the bill.

Sudden cold shock to the nether regions joy?

We had the old street lights here up till about four or five years ago I had one outside my bedroom window did not need to use the light but when the lights went out I just got used to going to bed in the dark now we have the new lights still cannot see so still go to bed in the dark :-D :-D

Me to Ann

though one night the Butler left the seat up
and I fell down the hole ;-) ;-)

I just nod off on my commode ;-)

I don't put the lights on when I go to the bathroom in the night - I know exactly where everything is in the dark

you don't have to turn on the bathroom light

We have night lights in both our bathrooms .............. they plug into the electrical socket in the bathroom, and are light sensitive so come on only at night.

There is plenty of light for both stand-uppers and sit-downers.

The one in the guest bathroom actually puts out enough light to light the hallway sufficiently for someone to walk along without tripping.

They are very cheap, from the hardware store, and you can also buy replacement bulbs for most of them.

I think you can even buy some that are motion sensitive so will light up only when someone enters the bathroom ............... but the problem is that you then have to keep waving you hand at them so they will stay alight.

Probably the insurance companies insist on lights being on in such public buildings

and who's paying the electricity bill for that school Sharron?

I am happy to walk about in darkness and won't normally use a torch.

If you are walking in total darkness your eyes adapt to it but then have to re-adjust if you come into light. The most difficult time is when you pass out of light and into darkness. Then you are totally buttered!

The school next door has lights that are often left on at night and I find it very difficult to walk past there at night.

when I was growing up, living in a cottage on the side of a mountain, we had no lights - didn't bother us at all, and of course, during the war there were no street lights anywhere

The residents of a local town would consider you luck to still have street lights. The council have turned theirs off from about 1am-6am.

There was a number of comments on-line, but some extremely positive ones. Those that had to leave home early before the lights came back on revelled in the night sky. They were thrilled to see a meteor shower! And yes, they had invested in small pocket sized torches.

Burglaries haven't risen. If they have to use a torch to break in, they are more likely to be spotted by those awake. If you're worried, you could always invest in a movement-sensitive outside light. The trouble is that it might be set off by any passing moggie.

People do get used to the darkness. We live in an area where there *are* no street lights. Even if it’s raining/cloudy there is still enough ambient light to safely go to the bathroom. There is far too much light pollution as it is. LED lamps not only save money (your council tax) but also cut down on the light pollution.

The one nearest us is mostly blotted out by the damson tree at this time of year. Love it when we're away in Cornwall or Wales, in the middle of nowhere with NO street lights!

The Burglars are going to love this new lighting :-( :-(

As does our new one, lights the street
and not our bedroom.
Our last one which has been there for over 40 years
had to be blotted out so we could get some sleep.
Now all we need is for the council to remove the old one
but hey ho it's only been replaced four weeks ago.

street lights - the clue is in the name.

They are there to light the street.

We had all the lamposts replaced and we now have LED lighting, it is much dimmer than before but you get used to it.....eventually.