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Originally posted by: lindagarrette
I sent it to my ex-boyfriend.
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LOL!
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Seconded.
I also think that howstuffworks a great website, whenever i dont know how something works, i go there first (BTW there is a very interesting thing in there on plasma TVs)
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It's definately interesting how smoke detector works (especially the fact that they usee radioactive materials), but i think the smoke detectors in my house also have brains and think; they always go off when it smells nice, and when food is almost ready and you are really frustrated and trying to get it just right. For example last week I was cooking dinner (BBQ pork chops, potatoes, green beans, polenta, stir fried shrimp with rice and vegies, and chicken cordon), so as you can imagine it smelled really good in the kitchen, and my smoke alarm went off, in a minute and a half of frustration of trying to get the battery out of the smoke detector food got a little burned (rice especially). And thats not an isolated incident, quiet many times when it smells really good, my smoke alarm goes off, and i have to scramble to turn it off again and wait till it doesnt smell as nice to put the battery back it, any suggestions of how to deal with it Tim, and taking the battery out for good is out, gotta have it on (landlord policy), and moving the detector doesnt help either, it smells nice everywhere unless i move it 2-3 rooms away, but what good is it there...?
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