"Let me answer for you," as I used to tell my students, who would look at me cluelessly when I asked a question about their lesson.
A miracle must have happened! When I got home from town on Sunday evening, having passed Farmer H on his way home, the BEEP of the smoke detector had stopped. Yet I saw no sign of a ladder or stepladder! Also, Farmer H told me he didn't have a battery, but had taken down the smoke detector and turned it off.
"You already knew you didn't have a battery! You said you were going to get batteries today!"
"Oh. Well. I don't have no batteries."
We also didn't have batteries on Monday. Farmer H did not buy any. We had our closing on the Double Hovel flip house(s). So I was with Farmer H all afternoon. No mention of batteries. I looked for some at 10Box, but all they had were the regular round batteries, in size AA and AAA. No 9-volt, no C, no D. At least I was actively seeking a solution to the smoke detector issue.
Oh, and Farmer H had the nerve to say,
"There's one in the basement going bad, too."
"I TOLD YOU THAT! I SAID I HEARD ANOTHER ONE!"
"Huh. Well. I didn't hear it. Until I was down in the basement."
I suppose Farmer H went to the basement to get the stepladder. Or else it was in Genius's room all along. Which is where it likely resides now, since the smoke detector is off the ceiling, and I know Farmer H can't reach it without a ladder.
I don't know why Farmer H can't just honestly respond to a situation.
It's interesting that all of your smoke detectors take 9 volts. Since we moved and had to add extra detectors when we had our bathroom remodeled, we discovered that all of the new and the ones that were already in this house take AA batteries, which was great to find out because we always have AA batteries available. However, I still have about 4 9 volt that I have no use for. I can't think of anything that they are good for other than the smoke alarms.
ReplyDeleteI have had too many experiences, especially since we've lived here, where the alarm gives its warning beep and I can't reach them and do not like to get on step latter's anymore, so beep, beep, beep all day long until my husband gets home from work. The worst is when they are in the basement, because that is where the litter boxes are and the cats get stressed with the beeping too. No unhappy incidents fortunately, but it still makes them extra paranoid for a few days.
I finally convinced my husband to replace all of the batteries every spring (spring forward) and fall (fall back) whether they needed it or not. He agreed (for the most part) and I think it has to do with all of the texts he gets from me, all day long, complaining about the freaking beeping and the cats not settling down because it is making them crazy too. (I keep the used batteries separate and use them for remotes or other items around the house like my computer mouse.
I can't tell you how much I hate that beeping and I can't for the life of me figure out why it only starts happening when my husband isn't home. Every darn time.
I hope you find batteries soon. (We currently have a smoke detector on the dining room table with replacement batteries in it. It hasn't been put in place because it makes a loud beep once it's in position and the cats scatter.) Weirdly enough, when this gave it's warning beep, I thought it came from the basement. Even one of the cats took a peek toward the basement when it beeped, and yet, my husband is convinced it is the one from the kitchen. I hope he's right.
Rae,
DeleteOur smoke detectors might be the original ones we put in when Farmer H built the Mansion! Or only the second replacement. So they are not state-of-the-art, heh, heh!
You are right that these dang things only start beeping when I'm here alone! I didn't hear this one through the night, even though I could hear it all day with the bedroom door closed. I guess it just started as Farmer H walked out that morning.
He has not yet gotten batteries, but did take out the dying battery. I assure you, we will not perish in a fire, since the kitchen detector goes off EVERY NIGHT when I am warming supper. Your cats would be miserable here...
I'm guessing Farmer H was the student who caused most teachers to be tearing out their hair by the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
DeleteHe SAYS he was a good student. But then has said "they" all walked out of class once when the teacher didn't show up, and went uptown to play pool for an hour. Another time "they" built a fire in the wastebasket on the bus ride to vo-tech school, because the driver wouldn't turn on the heat. And another time, Farmer H failed biology because he would "catch bugs" for an insect collection, even though he worked nights at a gas station, and the teacher said he should be able to find some good bugs with all the lights attracting them.