Really Boring Stuff Only II: Return of the Boredom

[Adam]

I want to buy some ceramic knives...but I have zero need for more knives. Same goes for a new vegetable peeler.

I hope to clean the carpets today with my newly-arrived Hoover SteamVac.

Niki and I might drive down to the nearby farmers market and see if they have any eggs.

[Adam]

Oh, and hopefully I'll finally get around to replacing the batteries in the smoke detectors in the house.

None are beeping...yet, but one day quite a while back, I came home from work and one had been beeping for some unknown amount of time. When I opened the door to the house, Niki went straight into the garage and lay down in there shivering for about half an hour. She is terrified of any beeping noise like that. I just have to go into the garage and muffle the detector when I switch the battery, because (and I forgot this last time) it will start to beep once I remove the battery. Talk about backfiring on my plan to make it better for her last time - she went into one of her fortresses of solitude for a while last time after it beeped once before I got it outside.

[psbfan9]

Niki and I might drive down to the nearby farmers market and see if they have any eggs.

Target carries Egglands Best cage free and organic eggs. Here they're $2.50 a dozen.

http://www.thecouponclippers.com/cou...me.php?cat=367

[haraldo]

What for? That's a terrible language. Almost as bad as Chinese.

What is is especially you don't like about C# ?

[Adam]

Well, no farmers market today. I went out into the garage with Niki to get into the car and go, but she decided that she wanted to go for another walk instead. Seeing as how I was only getting eggs to make her happy, and she was happy going for a walk - we went for a walk.

[Adam]

Rick is replying...

Don't mention Colin - don't do it!

[Rickster71]

Oh, and hopefully I'll finally get around to replacing the batteries in the smoke detectors in the house.

None are beeping...yet, but one day quite a while back, I came home from work and one had been beeping for some unknown amount of time. When I opened the door to the house, Niki went straight into the garage and lay down in there shivering for about half an hour. She is terrified of any beeping noise like that. I just have to go into the garage and muffle the detector when I switch the battery, because (and I forgot this last time) it will start to beep once I remove the battery. Talk about backfiring on my plan to make it better for her last time - she went into one of her fortresses of solitude for a while last time after it beeped once before I got it outside.

Hi Adam, are they Firex smokes?
If so they have a few issues and a recall on certain models. Firex - Recall - Consumer FAQs

Mine go off every hot August nite around 2 or 3-AM they go off.
The company says to use compressed air and also vacuum they monthly.
I've also heard from other electricians that they don't like voltage fluctuations (summer brown outs)
They also should be replaced every 8 to 10 years.
I'm looking for another brand.

[Adam]

Thanks, Rick. I'll have to check the brand, but I haven't had any problems with them except for the periodic need to replace the batteries. In over 11 years, I've probably replaced at most ten batteries in the five detectors in the house. I just figured that I'd actually try to be proactive and replace them before one started to beep.

[deedubb]

Well, no farmers market today. I went out into the garage with Niki to get into the car and go, but she decided that she wanted to go for another walk instead. Seeing as how I was only getting eggs to make her happy, and she was happy going for a walk - we went for a walk.

Too bad they don't sell eggs at Amazon...you'd never have to leave the house again

[Adam]

Too bad they don't sell eggs at Amazon...you'd never have to leave the house again

You got that right. I was going to go to Target to get Niki some more Iams tartar treats, and then I thought to look on Amazon. I just signed up for Subscribe and Save on them this morning. Plus, Amazon sells the medium size that I wanted, but Target doesn't.