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This past week I've stopped taking prophylactic pain meds on days that I woke up not actually in pain. Made it through Tuesday on nothing until evening Tylenol in my sinus meds, and yesterday on nothing at all. Yesterday the thing that really hurt by day's end was my elbows, which noted. Today, well, was no longer sunny and cold: was above 0C and dank and yeah, the operated knee complained loudly. Tomorrow is friends' Christmas bash which I said I'd go to if it isn't snowing. Tomorrow will snow, of course. And their station has no elevators, which surprises me. I'd have thought all the stations north of Eglinton would, since they're now spaced over a mile apart (2 km, evidently.) Cabs cost and the dispatchers muddle the name badly so the cab goes to somewhere way downtown and the driver gets pissed off. So I suppose I'm glad it will snow tomorrow.

In an attempt to brighten the season I bought solar operated Christmas lights from Canadian Tired. The ones I had before operated individually. These ones have a solar battery like you see on bike shares. No instructions of course. Maybe I'm supposed to turn something on, but there are no switches, and my lights don't. I am disappoint.

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Are the lights the sort where you have to stick the charging panel in the sun first?

Yes. Which have done. No joy. Mind, not much sun either.

With solar lights, often there is not a switch because what they need is to CHARGE. You hang them with the panel in a sunny spot, the panel takes a few hours to gather solar charge, and then your lights light up.

If there IS a switch, it's usually somewhere on the panel (the back or front or side of it.)

We had solar lights for a long time hanging above our pool so I'm trying to speak from that experience. I don't suppose you could google the lights and how to charge them, or ask at the store where they were bought?

Edited 2025-12-07 13:39 (UTC)

I've put the panel out to charge but the lights don't turn on. Mind, there hasn't been much sun lately either.

Bought them online and it's a fair trek out to the closest bricks and mortar, so won't be asking. Googling just gets me ads for lights or instructions how solar panels work.

Googling the brand name or model of those specific lights? Well…I got no other ideas.