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anodyna

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Dec 11, 2011 22:14

Hey, do you guys know what you're supposed to do if your carbon monoxide detector goes off? I didn't, but luckily they print it on the BACK of the detector--reasoning, I guess, that once you've ripped it off the wall to stop the shrieking you'll see the directions, hah. Apparently the answer is "call the fire department ( Read more... )

antics, rl

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rubynye December 12 2011, 18:44:13 UTC

That sounds like rather too much excitement.

anodyna December 13 2011, 16:11:34 UTC

Yeah, I plan to spend the rest of the week on the couch, basically. :)

(Wait, not true! Have holiday packages to send! \o/)

jonesiexxx December 12 2011, 18:53:21 UTC

Any fun close encounters with dudes in rubber overcoats?

So many ways to take that.

Well, two ways.

I'm glad your rubbers didn't leak.

anodyna December 13 2011, 16:12:17 UTC

Hah, me too!

rustydog December 12 2011, 18:58:09 UTC

Now I feel a little cheated that I didn't rip the CO detector off the wall when mine went off! We could have had firetruck fun. 0.o I'm glad yours wasn't actually a problem. I'm sorry about the embarrassment though! I hope the firefighters were cool about it. I'm sure they'd rather give advice than have to call an ambulance. :)

My response was to open all the windows and then go back to sleep. I'm sure there was actually a real CO buildup, because now I know that you shouldn't turn on an old-fashioned gas-fire ceramic heater in your bedroom then shut the door and all the windows. Fortunately my cat started scratching the door, which woke the dog up, the dog opened the door, and the CO-filled air rushed into the hallway where the detector was. Yay hero animals! :S

anodyna December 13 2011, 18:28:35 UTC

OMG HERO ANIMALS. Yay for Fuzz and Memphis, but yikes! That was a close call, bb. I say we make a pact to leave the household daredevilry to the experts* from now on.

*i.e. dogs, cats, and those guys from Jackass :)

vrya December 13 2011, 02:45:15 UTC

The FIRST time ours went off, I called 311 and they sent a team of 3 firemen, no ladder-truck or sirens, though. Didn't find anything, told us just to air it out on the balcony for a day. The SECOND time, we ripped it off the ceiling. Where it currently sits, months later as there are others in the house and no one sleeps near this one. Now that you mention it, it IS right next to the furnace. It was definitely too much excitment, especially the first time. I just hope the one we can't reach with any ladder we own never decides to go off...

anodyna December 15 2011, 15:49:35 UTC

I just hope the one we can't reach with any ladder we own never decides to go off...

Ooh, do you have a pet you could train to climb up there and disarm it? That always sounds so cool when people in Sherlock Holmes stories do it. :)

(Okay the homicidal part isn't cool, but the trained animals!)

Tragically, it probably will go off one day, if only because they have a finite lifespan and when they start going bad they tend to false alarm. I think 5 or 6 years is the limit with the current ones? Ugh, which reminds me I need to buy a new one. Firefighters are cool and all, but I don't need to see them more than once every few years.