Today, after days of torture, I finally found out where the annoying fire alarm with empty batteries was hidden. The previous house owners had it hidden behind the top board of a wall cabinet. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML
Today, I finally moved all my boxes into my new apartment. I was settling in when my alarm clock that was stashed in one of the boxes began ringing. Two hours and several boxes later, I still can't find it. FML
Today, my smoke alarm started chirping at 3 a.m. I replaced the battery, reset it, and got back into bed. Five minutes later, it chirped again. I searched for the source before realizing it was my roommate's alarm clock. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, after frantically searching my house and office and calling every place I'd visited in the last 24 hours, I finally found my phone in my fridge. FML
Today, after months of wondering what a mysterious key I found in an old kitchen drawer unlocked, I finally discovered it fit the lock on a storage unit. I opened it and found a box containing three other keys I had also forgotten about. FML
Today, we found out where our daughter had been hiding her crayons. We also found out why our stereo stopped working. FML
Today, I was making dinner when the smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and stood there waving a towel at it like an idiot. Then I realized that the alarm was coming from the apartment next door. FML
Today, my apartment smelled like something was burning, so I checked the oven, toaster, outlets, and even the hallway. After an hour, I discovered the smell was coming from the candle I had forgotten I'd lit in the bathroom. I had spent an hour investigating a fire that wasn't happening. FML
Today, I accidentally bumped into the fire alarm which set off a high pitched buzzing noise that could be heard throughout the entire dorm. It went on for at least two hours and none of the technicians could figure out how to turn it off. All the girls on my floor are mad at me. FML
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Chazzster 32
Remove that one unless it’s wired in from the AC power. The whole point of a smoke detector is to locate it somewhere it could actually detect smoke and not have a lot of false alarms. Inside a cabinet, it would be highly unlikely to detect an actual fire. That’s why smoke detectors are normally located on the ceilings near bedrooms and never in a kitchen or bathroom. When I was a boy our house burned down one night. It was a terrifying experience. I remember running out through a burning room with my Dad. This was before smoke detectors. The most dangerous fires happen at night when all are sleeping - That is the purpose of smoke detectors to give you enough time to evacuate the building. By the way even with replacing the batteries yearly, smoke detectors have a life and have to be eventually replaced.
Austen Belongie 7
We own a condo and our neighbors rent their place. Their fire alarm has been beeping for a full week and even though they've been by to fix it up they haven't done anything about it.
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RichardPencil 32
Days? Either you live in Buckingham Palace or you weren't trying too hard to find it.
Austen Belongie 7
We own a condo and our neighbors rent their place. Their fire alarm has been beeping for a full week and even though they've been by to fix it up they haven't done anything about it.
Chazzster 32
Remove that one unless it’s wired in from the AC power. The whole point of a smoke detector is to locate it somewhere it could actually detect smoke and not have a lot of false alarms. Inside a cabinet, it would be highly unlikely to detect an actual fire. That’s why smoke detectors are normally located on the ceilings near bedrooms and never in a kitchen or bathroom. When I was a boy our house burned down one night. It was a terrifying experience. I remember running out through a burning room with my Dad. This was before smoke detectors. The most dangerous fires happen at night when all are sleeping - That is the purpose of smoke detectors to give you enough time to evacuate the building. By the way even with replacing the batteries yearly, smoke detectors have a life and have to be eventually replaced.