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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Have you considered a dawn/dusk light with a low energy lamp? We have
one outside with an 11w lamp, cheap enough to run, on when its dark.

Nothing that's on when not needed is cheap enough to run for many old
ladies. My mother used to unplug the bedside clock radio when not used as
a radio because it obviously used electricity. And kept a battery digital
LCD clock there so she could check the time at night. Wouldn't be
persuaded that switching on the light to do this - and the cost of the
batteries - was more than the clock radio used.

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*Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"

Dave Plowman London SW
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