Priceless Maxxxie. I’ve got to forward that to my firehouse buddies.
Do you have any idea how old the unit is? The NFPA recommends replacement if it’s 10 years old or more, owing to sensitivity drift. If it isn’t that old, it probably needs to be cleaned. I found spiderwebs inside the photo chamber of one unit.
My smoke alarm hates it when I
Forget that I’ve left set on high
The flame 'neath the pot
Where my eggs boil, too hot,
Till the smoke hits the 'lectronic eye.
Then it’s rush to the kitchen, to see
What has triggered the wailing banshee.
Open windows, doors wide!
Flap that towel! Subside!
I cry vainly, while cats madly flee.
All the water has boiled clean away
From the blackened pot. Say I: “Oy vey!”
See those hot eggs explode!
Fragments far and wide throwed*
I’ll be cleaning this mess up all day.
*Yes, I know. Poetic license and all that.
EddyTeddyFreddy, I think it’s “Oy vey”. To both you and danceswithcats, thankyou for the poetry. Loving it!
Also, danceswithcats, I have no idea how old it is, except to say that I’ve been here almost five years, and it came with the house when I moved in. I will probably replace it - not because I think it’s too old (though it probably is). I just want to get its infernal, whinging self out of my house!