The streetlighting engineer walked up and down outside my house trying to work out who was right: me, or my neighbour, the vegan.
On the one hand, I was claiming this LED light was lighting nothing of importance on a deserted village green at night while shining through my bedroom window driving me insane, and therefore should be fitted with a shield.

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