A Switch In Time

       MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH.

             A "SWITCH" IN TIME

     It was a dark moonless night as we
pulled up in front of our house last
night. But it wasn't suppose to be! Dark
that is!
     We welcome guests and guide
ourselves onto our front porch with the
help of a porch light. We find it handy
to leave it on all the time since we
never know when we'll return from a
day trip or when that guest may show
up. Kind of like Motel 6 I suppose.
      It didn't take long, even in the dark
as we fumbled to get the key into the
lock, to figure out what had happened.
      Back up to the night before when
the trusty appliance light above our
stove was found to be dark. Those
bulbs burn out every few months. But
this one was fairly new.
      Then, yesterday morning, I awoke
to find my laptop couldn't connect
with the world wide web. A step by
step investigation led me to discover
the on/off switch on the power strip
that feeds the modem had been
turned off.
      Seems all three stories were
connected to one of those "guests"
that stop by from time to time.
      My buddy, staying with us over
the weekend for our Class reunion
had accidentally tripped the power
strip switch when we plugged in his
cell phone charger. He had been
wondering why his overnight charging
effort had failed.
      As for the porch and stove light,
their loss of power was no accident.
My buddy, like a few more of you
out there, has a habit of shutting off
every light in his presence if he isn't
actually using them. It's a noble
effort to save two or three cents and,
in the wider scheme of things, save
our environment.
     While I applaud the ideology I
must tell you that, in our case, we prefer
paying the electric bill as opposed to
the medical costs for a broken leg caused
by falling outside or inside in the dark.
      Hope you SEE what I mean and
that all your NEWS is good!