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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:51
	I dont :(( but i know I should.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 6,081 Send Message	me	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:52
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 6,081 Send Message	no
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 4,517 Send Message	Jenxx	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:53
	never
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:53
	I was shocked when I saw the news and realised a TV only 10 years old caused the blaze in the block of flats
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 9,933 Send Message	Stella ~by~ Starlight★..★..★	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:54
	NO
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 5,520 Send Message	jan50	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:55
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 5,520 Send Message	Always do. Apparently even leaving it on "stand-by" costs money!
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:55
	no never
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 13,848 Send Message	StrayKitten	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:58
	i turn mine of at the wall every night but dnt unplug it, should i?? xxx
	Researching: It wasn't me
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 21:58
	The reason I asked was because of the London fire...It got me thinking.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:00
	I think it should be unplugged too. I leave mine on standby. :((
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 13,848 Send Message	StrayKitten	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:02
	me bedroom telly is usually left on stand by coz i put it on sleep for 30 minutes n fall asleep with it on lol oh havent herd about the fire :(
	Researching: It wasn't me
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:07
	I usually watch tv in bed for a wee while before I go to sleep. I just put it off by the remote though. Saying that the two down stairs are always plugged in too. We did have one years ago and it was on at the time when smoke started to come out the back. We were there at the time luckily. Marion
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 16,612 Send Message	Julie	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:09
	Was that the fire in Camberwell I don't unplug mine as im always taping something that is on late but my mum always does
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:09
	Stray it was the high rise flat fire where 5/6 people died.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:13
	Yes it was Julie. As SS says it was a 10yr old tv.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 16,612 Send Message	Julie	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:21
	Blimey, thats a shock But did they say how the other flats caught alight as i wondered if it was through the heating vents, them kind of flats have them things
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:25
	http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090722/tuk-fatal-blaze-caused-by-faulty-tv-6323e80.html
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 16,612 Send Message	Julie	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:29
	Thank for the Link..how sad I just thought if im taping i don't need to leave the TV plugged in, but i do tend to wait a bit while it cools down before i go to bed
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:31
	Gives us something to think about anyway. Marion
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,705 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	22 Jul 2009 22:51
	I don't unplug my TV ( too difficult - plug's behind a unit) but I don't leave it on standby - I turn it off at the TV. Do you all turn your computer off at the mains?
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

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