topic I know that works now! in Community Spirit

I know that works now!

lurker172602 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:12:38 GMT

I just set off the smoke alarm in our house! Holy Moly that's loud! And very difficult to work out how to turn off! Its one of the hard wired ones and we have 9' ceilings!

I think I need a little lie down now

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imastawka — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:19:03 GMT

LOL. We have a hard wired one too - and 9' ceilings.

You have to open the doors and wave a big bit of cardboard underneath it.

Besides, you are supposed to use the test button

to make sure it's working, ya know

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cmcoins2000 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:20:16 GMT

@lurker172602 wrote:
I just set off the smoke alarm in our house! Holy Moly that's loud! And very difficult to work out how to turn off! Its one of the hard wired ones and we have 9' ceilings!

I think I need a little lie down now

Same here Lurker,

A very fast mag or newspaper dance does the trick.

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lurker172602 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:23:24 GMT

I wish you'd been her Helen. I would have liked to see that in person

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cmcoins2000 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:33:39 GMT

Here Lurker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

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ooak3 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:36:12 GMT

yep same here

have to dance the fan dango while waving the tv guide lol

this reminds me of a high rise apartment we stayed at once years ago at surfers the twits had put the alarm right over the cook top so everytime we tried to cook it went of we were scared we were going to get tossed out !!!

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lurker172602 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:47:41 GMT

@ooak3 wrote:
yep same here

have to dance the fan dango while waving the tv guide lol

this reminds me of a high rise apartment we stayed at once years ago at surfers the twits had put the alarm right over the cook top so everytime we tried to cook it went of we were scared we were going to get tossed out !!!

Yep. Me and smoke alarms have a long and close relationship. I've been known to cook my breakfast toast out on the balcony of apartments/holiday units because of the fear I have of setting off the alarm.

I'm also not unguilty of setting my car alarm off by accidently pushing the wrong combinations of buttons on the remote in my pocket.

I live a very alarming life

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lurker172602 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:50:22 GMT

Now I'm sitting here with a blanket because I have all the doors open and there is a cold wind blowing through the house. I'm too afraid to close them yet just in case there is some residue fumes might set it off again. Bluddy thing

And, why do these things only ever happen when I'm here by myself? Hhmmmmm?

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cmcoins2000 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:51:15 GMT

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lurker172602 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:52:11 GMT

hahahaha helen. Too funny

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cmcoins2000 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:55:12 GMT

@lurker172602 wrote:
Now I'm sitting here with a blanket because I have all the doors open and there is a cold wind blowing through the house. I'm too afraid to close them yet just in case there is some residue fumes might set it off again. Bluddy thing

And, why do these things only ever happen when I'm here by myself? Hhmmmmm?

Try one of these - leaf blower.

Even makes the dog look happy.

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imastawka — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:55:21 GMT

If it's stopped you can close everything now.

Too cold for open doors

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lurker172602 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:58:15 GMT

I hate leaf blowers. I'm fairly certain I live in the town with the highest number of them per head of population of anywhere in the world.

And they all like to use them at 8am on Sundays ggggrrrrrrrrrrr

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cmcoins2000 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:09:15 GMT

@lurker172602 wrote:
I hate leaf blowers. I'm fairly certain I live in the town with the highest number of them per head of population of anywhere in the world.

And they all like to use them at 8am on Sundays ggggrrrrrrrrrrr

So it is a town of questionable cooks.????

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ecar3483 — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:11:57 GMT

I used to have a smoke detector mounted on the ceiling of the alcove outside the laundry, but every time I used the clothes dryer...

Something Had to give.

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 23:58:54 GMT

it's like the Dance of the Matador here, with much leaping about and flapping of the teatowel.

Scares the bejeebus outta the cat and sets the dog off howling.

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Anonymous — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:57:45 GMT

what type of smoke alarm do you have?

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lurker172602 — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 01:00:06 GMT

A very loud one!

I don't know except that it is hard wired and used to be connected to the back to base security system that we have never used. It was here when we bought the house.

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Anonymous — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 01:02:46 GMT

photoelectric ones are the best.

your toast shouldn't set it off.

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imastawka — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 01:03:21 GMT

They usually have a back-up battery system in case of power outage too.

Never checked the battery?