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Old 29-03-2004, 02:13 PM
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Default Of interest to gardening computer weenies and/or marijuna growers

excerpt:
CARLSBAD, Calif. - When police noticed Dina Dagy's family was spending $250
to $300 a month on electricity, they suspected a marijuana farm was
flourishing under high-intensity lights inside their suburban home.

What they found when they showed up with a drug-sniffing dog and a search
warrant was a wife and mother who does several loads of laundry a day,
keeps a dishwashing machine going, has three electricity-guzzling computers
and three kids who can't remember to turn the lights out when they leave a
room.

Complete article he
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...9&ncid=519&e=3
&u=/ap/20040328/ap_on_re_us/electricity_probe_1