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It was so fun having her here with us. She was a quick study and learned much faster than most all about how to keep the electricity nazi happy.
She wrote to us after getting back to MN and said that she can no longer stand with her refrigerator door open without thinking of Troy's rules.
Troy spends large portions of his time at home managing electricity. He has made it his personal mission in life to be sure that no one is careless with the supply.
When the city electricity is out you best not be opening the freezer for ice more than once a night, using an extra light, charging any phones, walking away from your fan without turning it off ... unless of course you enjoy getting reprimanded. I have noticed that he is much more strict in enforcing the rules for Paige, Dr. Jen, and guests. Somehow I have been offered a more lenient set of regulations. I guess it pays to sleep with the electricity nazi.
If you wish to see a predictable yet entertaining display of utter disgust, just turn something on that has a heating element at a time that the house is being powered by batteries only. Heating elements are the arch-enemy of battery supply - EVERYBODY knows that!!!
Even though he has confirmed hearing loss, every once in a while he'll perform an amazing feat of hearing genius. Troy sits catching up with emails in an office area at the top of the steps many evenings. Most often there are multiple background noises ranging from fans, kids, roosters, video games, etc. If Isaac were to pop a piece of bread into the toaster downstairs in the kitchen and push down the handle, it wouldn't be at all unusual for Troy to bellow from the upstairs office area, "Did someone just use the toaster?"
Paige is the most skilled at stressing the e.nazi out; he wonders aloud if her stunts aren't meant to push him over the edge. Hair straighteners, lamps, curling irons, decorative lights, hairdryers, ipod docking station, and the list goes on... Suffice it to say, our batteries lasted much longer while she was in the USA last month.
Today when it blipped she started unplugging things in a fury of conservation concern. When I kind of ignored her announcement and said "Okay Lydie" she said, "NO, say - Thank you for telling me Lydia."
Our fearless e. nazi is driven by love. He wants us to have battery powered electricity all throughout the hot, muggy, buggy nights. Knowing that love and concern for us are his only motivators - we may snicker at his neurosis - but we're all secretly thanking him when our fans are still spinning at 3am.
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I completely understand and appreciate Troy's electricity management obsession.
I know the sickening terror that filled my heart when the batteries died, the house went dark, and the fans stopped spinning at 3 a.m.
Despite the fact that I never used a single hair dryer or curling iron ... and despite the fact that I, like Troy, worked tirelessly trying to keep everyone else from using the power inefficiently ... I knew that somehow, this would be my fault.
Heather probably thought that the reason I would jump put of bed so quickly was to go try to fix something and get the power restored. But it was really because I was afraid that she might roll over and strangle me at any second.
Keep it up Troy.
And way to go on getting Lydia trained at a young age.
LOL!
I KNEW when I just read the title what this would be about...we had one of those in my house...and I called him DAD! :)
Even now as a married woman, I find myself reprimanding my husband if he carelessly leaves lights on in a room he is not staying in.....I also have that feeling of like..."Isn't this common sense?" I don't know if it is or not, but well, I was conformed by an EN, so it's just the way it is now! :)
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Troy, what is your system? 24V DC, I assume? Or 12V?
Good and strong work Troy!
Oh no, does that mean it's going to be me, when we move?
I caught myself saying to the twins last week, "If I find this fan running again, at the same time as the air is on, with NO ONE in your room using it...you are going to lose it!"
I mean they had been told plenty of times before...
I'm sure my hubs will be that way too. Or maybe it will be ME since he can sleep through anything and if I'm too hot I fling covers like one of those World's Strongest Men in a log throwing contest.
Yeah. Scratch that first sentence. It'll totally be me.
coming from a MK that didn't have electricity, just a diesel generator for nights & laundry days(maytag wringer washer), and ham radio(that ran on electric or car battery) as our communication to the outside world, this made me LOL. We had a kerosene fridge & propane stove also. I remember that we couldn't leave anything on that wasn't being used.
If everyone would adhere to the practice of 'not leaving anything on when it isn't being used' we would use SO much less energy. Wish every family had an EN.
Hugs and thanks for a great set of posts.
Kae
I would just like to comment on the photo in this post. Motos are the main transportation here!! Between Jacmel and Cayes Jacmel, you might see a couple tap taps.... but dozens of motos. It's true. And we didn't ride with strangers... only our friends!! :)
i am glad troy's fanaticism is driven by love. but i am concerned that his prodigy is motivated by a hunger for power (not the electric kind). watch out for that one. LOVE her.
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