Ugh, my smoke alarm started beeping for a battery change last night at a quarter past three and would NOT shut off, even when I actually removed the battery. If it were mine rather than the landlord's I would have ripped it off the wall and thrown it out a window.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 10, 2015 7:05:00 am PDT #5090 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
-t - Sep 10, 2015 7:07:41 am PDT #5091 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Drink enough wine and you'll be saying, "I love you, annual review."
I think I would have gotten in a fight and passed out before then.
Zenkitty - Sep 10, 2015 7:10:06 am PDT #5092 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I have a smoke alarm that wouldn't stop beeping even after I took the battery out. I took it off the wall and will buy a new smoke alarm eventually. (There's another one seven feet from it, so I don't exactly feel unsafe.) Matt, can you just take yours off the wall? You know, without throwing it out the window, though I understand the urge. Why do they always start beeping in the middle of the night?
Una - Sep 10, 2015 7:10:29 am PDT #5093 of 30003
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Why do the batteries ALWAYS run out in the wee hours of the morning?!
Dana - Sep 10, 2015 7:16:21 am PDT #5094 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
P.M. Marc - Sep 10, 2015 7:31:32 am PDT #5095 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I miss sick days.
I just want to go to bed and sleep off the cold that is brewing, but money.
Maria - Sep 10, 2015 7:35:44 am PDT #5096 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Things I will not say in my conference call: Whoever you are, can you stop breathing loudly into your mike?
Things I will say: Would everyone please remember to mute your phones unless you are speaking? The background noise is incredibly distracting and rude to the current speaker.
Ugh, my smoke alarm started beeping for a battery change last night at a quarter past three and would NOT shut off, even when I actually removed the battery. If it were mine rather than the landlord's I would have ripped it off the wall and thrown it out a window.
In my old house, the smoke alarms and sprinkler system were hardwired. Removing the battery and/or removing the entire alarm set the whole thing to shrieking. My current house is 115 years old, and didn't have any smoke alarms until I moved in. It does have a CO detector because of the oil heat.
Huuuuge case of the don't wannas. Two bids due tomorrow, but I can't respond to one because they haven't answered our questions and yet have not extended the due date. The other is just a PITA.
If I could just curl up in a ball, cry a little bit, and shut out the world, I'd be good. I have no desire to deal with any of this bullshit any more.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 10, 2015 8:06:15 am PDT #5097 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Matt, can you just take yours off the wall? You know, without throwing it out the window, though I understand the urge.
No, it has wires connecting it to the wall mount. I mean, I could just rip the whole thing off, but at best I'd be on the hook for the cost of replacement and I can just envision the poetic justice death of exposed wires setting my wall on fire after the alarm was destroyed.
flea - Sep 10, 2015 9:09:25 am PDT #5098 of 30003
information libertarian
So we got the estimate today for rewiring our house. $16K. Ugh. I was mentally prepared for 10. The second people walked through today and gave a verbal estimate of $16-20, so I can;t even feel like the first people are delusional.
Maintain your house's electrical systems, people! Don;t let them sit with half-assed, probably un-permitted upgrades for 50 years!
Burrell - Sep 10, 2015 9:10:30 am PDT #5099 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hugs, Maria. I'm not sure I can help with the don't wannas, other than to say do what you can and make do with the rest.
I am staring at a massive deadline next week and a lot to do between now and then. But it will get done.