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From: Peter Dickerson on 14 Apr 2010 03:39
"Robert Myers" <rbmyersusa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 13, 6:02 pm, "Del Cecchi" <delcec...(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>
> What idiot wired the plug in your bathroom?

My house, when I bought it, had only an outlet in the bathroom
connected to the light over the mirror. I had to have an electrician
install a separate outlet. The house was very old, and much of the
wiring had to be updated.
----------------

UK building regs don't allow a normal outlet in a bathroom on safety
grounds. Only isolated 2-pin outlets are permitted - for low power stuff
like shavers.

Peter


From: George Neuner on 14 Apr 2010 22:07
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:02:54 -0500, "Del Cecchi" <delcecchi(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"Quadibloc" <jsavard(a)ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
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>On Apr 11, 5:48 pm, "Skybuck Flying" <IntoTheFut...(a)hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> There is one big problem with CRT's, LCD's and possibly even
>> televisions...
>>
>> They all project lot's of light into our eyes, which screws with our
>> wake/sleeping pattern.
>> (Especially large white area's on the screens.)
>>
>> Maybe analog/non-light displays could solve such "health" issue's.
>
>I just read an article that claims that if we go to the bathroom in
>the middle of the night, we should use a night light instead of
>turning the lights on. But the plug in the bathroom only works if you
>turn the lights on, so people will have to use up flashlight batteries
>to avoid getting cancer from light overstimulating their brain cells.

I've seen nothing about night exposure to light causing cancer, but
there are plenty of studies linking fluorescent tubes (which now in
many places are required by law) to cataracts - they can emit UV if
the coating isn't applied thickly enough.

Anyway, the reason you don't want to be exposed to light during a
sleep period is because it disrupts the body's melatonin cycle by
making your body think it's morning. If you need to get up at night
and then go back to sleep, you should use deep red filtered light.

George
From: Rick Jones on 14 Apr 2010 22:10
Del Cecchi <delcecchi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I just read an article that claims that if we go to the bathroom in
> the middle of the night, we should use a night light instead of
> turning the lights on.

For going to the bathroom I would suggest using neither a light nor a
night light, but the toilet :) - and suppress the machismo and sit
rather than stand.

rick jones
--
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these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :)
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From: nmm1 on 15 Apr 2010 06:37
>> >>I was a 'Neilson family' for two years. I took it on as I saw it as my
>> >>chance to make a difference. However, at the time I had a couch-potato flat
>> >>mate who 'watched' 10x more TV than I did so in the end my input made little
>> >>to no difference. :-(

I always associate Nielsen (the correct spelling) with a resuscitation
procedure - which seems very appropriate for couch potatoes :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
From: George Neuner on 15 Apr 2010 20:07
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:37:18 +0100 (BST), nmm1(a)cam.ac.uk wrote:

>>> >>I was a 'Neilson family' for two years. I took it on as I saw it as my
>>> >>chance to make a difference. However, at the time I had a couch-potato flat
>>> >>mate who 'watched' 10x more TV than I did so in the end my input made little
>>> >>to no difference. :-(
>
>I always associate Nielsen (the correct spelling) with a resuscitation
>procedure - which seems very appropriate for couch potatoes :-)
>
>
>Regards,
>Nick Maclaren.

Yeah, I goofed the spelling. Apologies to Nielsen. No excuse but I
do know someone whose name is "Neilson".

Anyway, my own family kept the diary for 3 months one summer, but we
weren't asked to continue ... probably because our viewing habits
(well written/acted dramas) were so far outside the norm of reality
shows and idiot sitcoms.

George
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