>Lamps in my house fail quickly because I seem to spend a lot
>of time going around the house turning them off, whilst my
>wife appears to have the opposite goal...

My wife selectively has that problem as well, while simultaneously berating 
me for using electricity by leaving lights on ...

Good reason to go with high efficiency bulbs, they last longer ... 

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