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Go ahead, risk is just a facetious comment away.Tom, so many, so many facetious comments I could make! Since ECS is quoting me now, I just can't take the risk.
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Msbeepbeep
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Good morning, Tom, rook, Bill, WD, GB, real o t, and the rest of the crew.
Remember...no good deed goes unpunished, no bad deed will be over looked....leave the deeds alone! Or replace the first "d" with a "w" and it won't matter. [emoji16]
Have stuff to do...[emoji79] [emoji81]
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Remember...no good deed goes unpunished, no bad deed will be over looked....leave the deeds alone! Or replace the first "d" with a "w" and it won't matter. [emoji16]
Have stuff to do...[emoji79] [emoji81]
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Nothing to get embarrassed about, as AARC would emote, we are all friends here.
So, don't be turing a whiter shade of pale, OK.
WannaDig3687
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Well then...
They say to change smoke detector batteries at daylight saving time shifts. Though It did not occur to me of late.
So....2:30 A.M. the dogs are yelling bloody murder , or something like that.
I consider P.T.S.D. as something others have ,or at least I only have mildly.
Barking dog means nothing else exists though.
I bellow shut up a couple times. The neighbors probably suspect a domestic dispute , (one started the day making lots of noise trying to flush the survivor out it seems.)
In a pause between barking and yelling a "beep" can be heard. (No , not Ms. beepbeep.)
O.K. then , no gun needed for this ,it's a %#$@ smoke alarm.
Once a minute , "BEEP" and the dogs holler and I bellow "shut up". Then try to remember what the object of being out of bed was.
After a trip to the bathroom I remember when "BEEP" is heard and the dogs sound off.
Now it is 9v battery Easter egg hunt time.
Found one carefully sealed in a junk drawer. Carefully sealed because they are dangerous if their contact points touch metal. This learned from the last detector battery changes and a removed battery in a pocket with some change/coins got real hot....
Several "BEEP" 's later I'm getting hoarse from yelling , but found a smoke alarm on the hallway ceiling.
Did I mention my steady tinnitus and a bonus roar in the background of my hearing? My yelling and the dogs barking have things all cranked up and locating the source of that %#$@ "BEEP" every 60 seconds it not as easy as it should be. But I'm close...
Standing on the wheelchair on my one leg the smoke detector can just barely be reached flat footed.
Twist to remove , disconnect pinned wire connector to electric (non-battery) supply , get down from wobbly height to change battery and while holding the unit with battery replaced hear "BEEP".
So...What is beeping? The detector or the ceiling?
By now I am revisiting the idea of a shotgun. (For the detectors however many there are ; not for me).
I don't remember anymore in my non calm state how many exist but it does not matter when this one has a life of it's own and holding it to my ear I hear "BEEP".
But it is not the detector being held....
Alright. Stand on chair .Get tiny pinned connector in place and after a couple tries get the detector twisted into it's clips thingy dos.
Back down to ground level and hear "BEEP!". And the dogs are still freaking...
Well I ain't taking that battery out for the next suspected bad one so it's off on an Easter egg hunt for another battery to carry in pocket.
The pinpointer battery awaiting duty on the dresser is the next victim.
To the basement then. Is there one or two detectors down there?
Now I can not in good faith recommend crutches on basement steps by tired wobbly barking dog distracted users. But duty is duty and I need to save the world from wait for it , "BEEP".
They say to change smoke detector batteries at daylight saving time shifts. Though It did not occur to me of late.
So....2:30 A.M. the dogs are yelling bloody murder , or something like that.
I consider P.T.S.D. as something others have ,or at least I only have mildly.
Barking dog means nothing else exists though.
I bellow shut up a couple times. The neighbors probably suspect a domestic dispute , (one started the day making lots of noise trying to flush the survivor out it seems.)
In a pause between barking and yelling a "beep" can be heard. (No , not Ms. beepbeep.)
O.K. then , no gun needed for this ,it's a %#$@ smoke alarm.
Once a minute , "BEEP" and the dogs holler and I bellow "shut up". Then try to remember what the object of being out of bed was.
After a trip to the bathroom I remember when "BEEP" is heard and the dogs sound off.
Now it is 9v battery Easter egg hunt time.
Found one carefully sealed in a junk drawer. Carefully sealed because they are dangerous if their contact points touch metal. This learned from the last detector battery changes and a removed battery in a pocket with some change/coins got real hot....
Several "BEEP" 's later I'm getting hoarse from yelling , but found a smoke alarm on the hallway ceiling.
Did I mention my steady tinnitus and a bonus roar in the background of my hearing? My yelling and the dogs barking have things all cranked up and locating the source of that %#$@ "BEEP" every 60 seconds it not as easy as it should be. But I'm close...
Standing on the wheelchair on my one leg the smoke detector can just barely be reached flat footed.
Twist to remove , disconnect pinned wire connector to electric (non-battery) supply , get down from wobbly height to change battery and while holding the unit with battery replaced hear "BEEP".
So...What is beeping? The detector or the ceiling?
By now I am revisiting the idea of a shotgun. (For the detectors however many there are ; not for me).
I don't remember anymore in my non calm state how many exist but it does not matter when this one has a life of it's own and holding it to my ear I hear "BEEP".
But it is not the detector being held....
Alright. Stand on chair .Get tiny pinned connector in place and after a couple tries get the detector twisted into it's clips thingy dos.
Back down to ground level and hear "BEEP!". And the dogs are still freaking...
Well I ain't taking that battery out for the next suspected bad one so it's off on an Easter egg hunt for another battery to carry in pocket.
The pinpointer battery awaiting duty on the dresser is the next victim.
To the basement then. Is there one or two detectors down there?
Now I can not in good faith recommend crutches on basement steps by tired wobbly barking dog distracted users. But duty is duty and I need to save the world from wait for it , "BEEP".
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WannaDig3687
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As Beep would quip, "good or bad, Indeed" !
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Part two. (?)
Standing below a basement ceiling detector eventually comes the "BEEP". It's mocking me now and I really need to focus on not thinking about a shotgun again.( For the alarms , not for me.)
Wandering about the basement no more detectors are spotted and in between the barking madly dogs and my bellowing shut up , the "BEEP" seems farther away than the basement ,but in the floor almost like it did when upstairs.
Depth perception means as usual a couple feeble attempts at stairs until reading glasses are removed. At least the basement lights were shut off this time before climbing them.
Back upstairs for a "BEEP". Dogs holler , I bellow.
"Beep".
That sounded a bit past the hallway detector into the living room ,and still in the floor.
Wait for it...."Beep".
Ahh haa there you are.
A carbon monoxide detector forgotten about....
Battery swap . And a try to resume normal level of blood pressure.
Back to bed while dogs still are nervous and not totally convinced dad killed the scary dragonish noise ...And we all await the next noise.
Standing below a basement ceiling detector eventually comes the "BEEP". It's mocking me now and I really need to focus on not thinking about a shotgun again.( For the alarms , not for me.)
Wandering about the basement no more detectors are spotted and in between the barking madly dogs and my bellowing shut up , the "BEEP" seems farther away than the basement ,but in the floor almost like it did when upstairs.
Depth perception means as usual a couple feeble attempts at stairs until reading glasses are removed. At least the basement lights were shut off this time before climbing them.
Back upstairs for a "BEEP". Dogs holler , I bellow.
"Beep".
That sounded a bit past the hallway detector into the living room ,and still in the floor.
Wait for it...."Beep".
Ahh haa there you are.
A carbon monoxide detector forgotten about....
Battery swap . And a try to resume normal level of blood pressure.
Back to bed while dogs still are nervous and not totally convinced dad killed the scary dragonish noise ...And we all await the next noise.
WannaDig3687
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OMG! I can sort of relate. Especially the part about learning the hard way carrying battery in pocket with change! Walking through store and my pants were smoking. (Not from farts, gb!)
We have umpteen detectors, both battery and a few hardwired. Changing the hard wired gets real exciting because it sets off the fire alarm no matter what. Then the whole house is screaming and I have to let it and race to the phone to call off the guards!
I am glad you did not fall, or did you (basement)?
When I first started reading, I thought for sure you were going to say you had a fire. Your scenario was better than it could have been.
GB1
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in the middle of the night one time, the smoke detector was beeping on low battery my dad got up and threw the dang outside against a tree. i knew better than to say anything 
Tom_Restorer
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Here's some relationship advice for you, gold boy.
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And the thumbs up you get for every special and unusual sound it makes
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No Mam. One must not fall/falter when attempting to slay a dragon. The dogs would then shift into a higher state of hysteria , and much worse I would lose another hero ship point!
If I had though ,the battery in my pocket would have grounded out and set off a smoke alarm.
Rescuers could then have been coerced into locating that awful "BEEP". If they could hear it over the barking dogs and my yelling at them all to be quiet and wait for it...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON ole Buddy!!!
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in the middle of the night one time, the smoke detector was beeping on low battery my dad got up and threw the dang outside against a tree. i knew better than to say anything
If you studied ventriloquism you could throw your voice and make a "BEEP" sound. Maybe wear a helmet though....
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Happy B-day Simon.
WannaDig3687
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WannaDig3687
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That gives me an idea. I need to get the "beep" on my phone and drive MR WD nuts with it! Maybe there is an app that throws the sound around.
WannaDig3687
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Dang IT! Why didn't I think of that one? You win the best gift given award, Tom!
I guess I will give him the cake.
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