Mum says that if she was any good at inventing stuff, she would invent a fire alarm that didn't start beeping at 5am. Especially on a freezing winters morning, and especially when the ladder is in the shed outside. So she didn't actually get out of bed till the alarm went off at 5.45am. I was not happy - she was keeping me warm.
Can you see how high up the landlords put the alarm too? Mum is shorty, so she is just about standing on top of the ladder with the tongs in her hand to reach it!!
Don't worry - we haven't replaced the battery yet, but have another alarm in the kitchen as well.
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We do not like it when ours goes off either. And our Mom is a shorty too and can not change the battery!
ReplyDeleteI've got mine down the hall, just off the kitchen Poppy....
ReplyDeleteWhen it goes off...I know dinners ready...HeHe! True..!
Have a lovely day...!x
The humans always complain when one of those things needs a battery! Actually, it is kind of fun to watch them gripe.
ReplyDeletePoppy, your mum should always change the fire alarm batteries on 1 April every year. That's what the fire brigade here recommends (I'm a firefighter).
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I know in Qld it's compulsory for the landlord to do it and have annual smoke alarm checks... maybe it's the same here you are.
Mine is in the hallway and I can easily reach it... because I'm so tall. Or because I have orangutan arms. Or both.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day, ladies. big hugs xoxo
Ours is on the ceiling in our apartment. That would be impossible to reach in your house!
ReplyDeleteOurs are in the ceiling but they are hardwired - no batteries needed. So we don'ts get to watch mom teeter totter on a ladder. Darn!
ReplyDeleteSasha, Sami, & Saku
poppy Q...or tell yur mum ta invents a batt ree that lasts like 18 yeerz sted oh like 48 days....if nothin else bee glad it wented out while her wuz home sew ewe dinna hafta listen ta de D thing while her bee werkin....whoa !!~~~~~~
ReplyDeleteWe'll be annoyed with them and grumble about them right up to the day they save our lives.
ReplyDeleteHeat and smoke rise first, that is why the detectors are up high. Ours are on the ceiling. Mum replaces the batteries often, so they don't beep in the middle of the night.
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