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Roommates, you think you've seen it all until you wake up at four thrirty in the morning, hear a loud whirling noise, and realize it is coming from new roomie's guest bathroom. As you open the door you think, oh, she must have left on the overhead bathroom fan. No harm, no foul. She just moved in, must be as tired as get out. Uhm no, it is worse than that. She left on her hair dryer! Luckily, it was laying on the bathroom floor. Luckily, there was no bathroom rug or towel beneath it. I went to bed at about 1 am, which stands to suppose tha this dryer had been going for anywhere from one hour to three and half hours non-stop. This brings up many issues, mainly the strain on my power bill that as of this month was a whoppng $40 dollars. Anyone care to guess what May's will be? And, I literally just spent $85 to have blown bathroom outlets fixed......I wonder what, if I anything was possibly newly damaged with the dryer going on so long.. The electrician had mentioned that my bathroom electrical wasn't quite right to begin with....... All I know is, thank GOD my cats wake me up to feed them at god awful hours. I have had roommates leave on stoves, burners, etc. Dear lord Jesus, don't let this be a pattern of things to come. The last time I had a roommate, my fur baby Mya was dead within 48 hours due to compications from a mysterious cut. Dear Lord Jesus, send me a sugar cat daddy, or a winning lotto ticket to take me away from all this roommate madness that I have created with my finances.

Turns out the dryer fell off the counter and turned on. Still glad I woke up, and there was nothing on the floor to catch fire.

My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

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StevePerryHair wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

First of all, ScaryGirl... if a $40 electric bill is a high one for you, please let me move to your city. The cheapest I ever get are around $120, but have been as high as over $350.

I feel ya Rick - it's a major issue. Luckily, I don't just follow around turning off switches behind everyone like the Light Nazi, but I will shut them off if it's obvious that area isn't going to be used for a while. Also, cabinets, washer/dryer doors, or closet doors left open really irritate me. Even worse... closed closet doors with the lights left on. It's a losing battle...

Fuck, how could I forget this... leaving the A/C cranked down LOW during the day, JUST so it will be the right temp when someone walks thru the door. Using a programmable thermostat isn't enough... I HAVE to leave the house last to ensure all this is taken care of, doors are locked, the alarm set, etc. Luckily I don't think I'm going to have to deal with that much longer.

StevePerryHair wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

Does he have a brother between the age 0f 35 and 50 that he can set me up with?

Rip Rokken wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

First of all, ScaryGirl... if a $40 electric bill is a high one for you, please let me move to your city. The cheapest I ever get are around $120, but have been as high as over $350.

I feel ya Rick - it's a major issue. Luckily, I don't just follow around turning off switches behind everyone like the Light Nazi, but I will shut them off if it's obvious that area isn't going to be used for a while. Also, cabinets, washer/dryer doors, or closet doors left open really irritate me. Even worse... closed closet doors with the lights left on. It's a losing battle...


Fuck, how could I forget this... leaving the A/C cranked down LOW during the day, JUST so it will be the right temp when someone walks thru the door. Using a programmable thermostat isn't enough... I HAVE to leave the house last to ensure all this is taken care of, doors are locked, the alarm set, etc. Luckily I don't think I'm going to have to deal with that much longer.

No $40 is not. I was being sarcastic. Although my bill usually runs around that, and a high of 60 something when I am not with roommates. That said, I do try to save electricity. Maybe I am wrong, but I don't see the point of using lights in daytime, or using AC when the temps are in the 60 and 70s..... Same with the heat. When it is just me, I dont turn on the heat unless temp outside is in the 30s and low 40s.

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

lol

scarygirl wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

Does he have a brother between the age 0f 35 and 50 that he can set me up with?

Well, most men probably have this programmed in them from their own dad's! I'm thinking he's probably not a minority! I DO turn things off when I know I'm done. And he makes a big production like "wow you turned a light off" but I DO that frequently. He's just not home a lot to see it. I can't sit in a dark room though. I find it depressing. And I like a lot of lights on when I'm cleaning, so I do that when he's not around!

StevePerryHair wrote:

scarygirl wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

Does he have a brother between the age 0f 35 and 50 that he can set me up with?

Well, most men probably have this programmed in them from their own dad's! I'm thinking he's probably not a minority! I DO turn things off when I know I'm done. And he makes a big production like "wow you turned a light off" but I DO that frequently. He's just not home a lot to see it. I can't sit in a dark room though. I find it depressing. And I like a lot of lights on when I'm cleaning, so I do that when he's not around!

Oh he must love cats!

scarygirl wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

scarygirl wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

Does he have a brother between the age 0f 35 and 50 that he can set me up with?

Well, most men probably have this programmed in them from their own dad's! I'm thinking he's probably not a minority! I DO turn things off when I know I'm done. And he makes a big production like "wow you turned a light off" but I DO that frequently. He's just not home a lot to see it. I can't sit in a dark room though. I find it depressing. And I like a lot of lights on when I'm cleaning, so I do that when he's not around!

Oh he must love cats!

See, good he has no brother. He's allergic and he's a dog person.

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

Using the stove is the worst thing you can do for your power bill outside of using the AC. Then again there is the counter toll of fat laden sodium heart attacking inducing microwave tv dinners on your bottom line. I guess you have to pick your battles. Low power bill, or saggy ass.

StevePerryHair wrote:

scarygirl wrote:

StevePerryHair wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

You sound just like my husband! When I'm running from room to room doing things, I like the lights on in all those rooms. He walks around shutting them off behind me. If i am watching tv and leave the room to get something and come back 5 min later, the tv's off. And i have a hard time getting the tv on with the dumb cable box! If he had his way, we'd live in darkness like vampires! Darkness is depressing! I have come home in the evening to total darkness except the tv. I can't do that! I need light!!! And its not like we can open blinds for light. NO! In FL, that lets in too much heat and the AC runs!! I would not have been a good cave woman! Maybe because he's out in the sunlight so many hours each day he can't understand!

Does he have a brother between the age 0f 35 and 50 that he can set me up with?

Well, most men probably have this programmed in them from their own dad's! I'm thinking he's probably not a minority! I DO turn things off when I know I'm done. And he makes a big production like "wow you turned a light off" but I DO that frequently. He's just not home a lot to see it. I can't sit in a dark room though. I find it depressing. And I like a lot of lights on when I'm cleaning, so I do that when he's not around!

Yep! My brother tells me I'm just like my dad. There are huge exceptions though. My dad is a right winger to the hilt. We can't even discuss politics.

scarygirl wrote:

Rick wrote:My wife left the oven on for a couple of hours last night. That aggravates the shit out of me. My electric bill is usually around $150, and I'm constantly turning off lights that someone has left on. "Yes, there is another setting on those light switches, it's called off." "But I was going back in there!" "Then turn it back on when you do." Yep, I'm that guy.

Using the stove is the worst thing you can do for your power bill outside of using the AC. Then again there is the counter toll of fat laden sodium heart attacking inducing microwave tv dinners on your bottom line. I guess you have to pick your battles. Low power bill, or saggy ass.

Yep, Debbie usually doesn't do stuff like that, but last night she did. I was half schnockered and texted her about it when she was at the movies with Neelee.

This house was built in '79 I think, and the A/C unit is the original one. So I know that's a power hog. I can't wait to see what the electric bill is this summer.