You don't have to because of where you live. However, I live on the first floor and everyone passing my looks into my windows. I don't give a darn about the daytime but in the evening, I don't want to be on exhibition while I sit comfortably at the computer or watching tv while in my jammies. So my blinds are down after sundown and raised again in the morning. The only time that changes is during the summer months when the blinds are lowered 3/4's of the way to keep the sun out and the place a bit cooler.

This is an extremely good idea.


The rest of this conversation got annoying quickly.. doomed if ya do and doomed if ya don't. We're (Americans) obviously just *wrong* no matter.

FTR, our routine is to open the blinds when we open the house in the morning. That is, when we get up. We close them at sundown when we turn on the interior lights.
We also leave the blinds open all day, even if out. When the sun swings around and starts beating on the western exposure, we usually close those blinds to keep the house cooler.

Don't knock on my door if the blinds are shut. We're not taking callers if the house is not open.

sheesh.

I don't have many, but this is one of them

Philistine. You were obviously raised by sausages.

lol... we weren't brought up properly, I suppose...

Mrs Bill likes blinds open, windows open, back doors open...

When she's out of town on business, (like today) I can have the house the way I like it - shut up tight as a drum, not a single photon in or out

what knife and fork do you use to eat those sausages?

OOOO check you with your "you haven't even arrived yet, so therefore are not entitled to an opinion".

Has it not occured to you that I may have in fact have visited the USA numerous times? I have also witnessed Americans out of the USA - amazing -they travel and everything!!!

Maybe you could confirm prescisely when I am entitled to an opinion. Is it when I land, or is it somewhere midway over the Atlantic? Will the ash cloud affect my ability to have an opinion in any way do you think?

Moderators, am I allowed to say the word arse?

Sorry I am a bit grumpy...this moving and not being allowed an opinion until I do is really getting me down.

Bit late to ask isn't it . Sort of reminds me of Bottom Live when Rik Mayall says "Oh and another thing, we're definitely not saying f--k this year. Oh F--K!"

BTW, I think arse is acceptable, but a mod will confirm

I close all the blinds and eat them with my hands and rub them in my hair.

See, that really interests me. In this area of the country, blinds open/closed doesn't mean a friggin thing. If I came knockin on your door, I wouldn't even glance at the blinds. I wonder why blinds have meaning in one area and not in another?

'Round here going knockin' on somebodies door means you're just trying to get shot. Ane that's whether the tin foil is up in the winders or not.

LOL! I'll remember that if my car ever breaks down in TX and I need to knock on a door for help.

Just kidding ... sort of.

Well, I am half Canadian... practically savage when you consider the combination.
You would love our new fence, which I have dubbed The Stockade. Rather, your missus would love it. When we are locked in behind The Stockade, we can leave the back doors open. Since our lot is elevated, all the windows stay open too.
I'll have to get some new pix going of that. Very lax of me.

You have not been doing your homework! Aprox. 10 days after arrival, you may file form O-401 Allowance of Opinion with the DTP (Dept of Thought Police). You are not allowed to have an opinion until you have your actual OHC (Opinion Holder Card) in your possession. Receipt of your application is insufficient.

I don't know if anyone else knows what it means, but the not answering the door usually gets the message across.

I want a Stockade!!!!