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From: wessie on 12 Aug 2010 14:33 "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:xn0gxsjnb4g4pvv02e(a)news.eternal-september.org: > Switters wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:49:53 GMT, Pip Luscher wrote: >> >> > the bloody charge warning light hadn't come on. >> >> Well, that should have alerted you to the problem right there! >> >> It always amuses me that things with batteries start flashing when >> they're getting low on juice. Kinda speeding up the drainage in the >> process. > > The insistent but pathetic beeping of a mobile phone that needs > charging, for example. I've long thought that an opportunity for > comedy value has been missed here, as it could incorporate a steadily > more pathetic beep as time goes on, eventually tailing off as it > expires with a faint cough. > Tell me this, why don't smoke alarm batteries go flat in the daytime? -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: SIRPip on 12 Aug 2010 15:02 wessie wrote: > "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in > news:xn0gxsjnb4g4pvv02e(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > The insistent but pathetic beeping of a mobile phone that needs > > charging, for example. I've long thought that an opportunity for > > comedy value has been missed here, as it could incorporate a > > steadily more pathetic beep as time goes on, eventually tailing off > > as it expires with a faint cough. > Tell me this, why don't smoke alarm batteries go flat in the daytime? Design requirements. If they went flat during the day, you'd never hear the warning beep as it discharges the battery at ten times the previous rate. As you never think to test the thing, it wouldn't then be able to save you from the inferno that would otherwise consume you. Test your smoke alarms - make toast every day! -- SIRPip : B12
From: Catman on 12 Aug 2010 15:09 SIRPip wrote: > wessie wrote: > >> "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in >> news:xn0gxsjnb4g4pvv02e(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >>> The insistent but pathetic beeping of a mobile phone that needs >>> charging, for example. I've long thought that an opportunity for >>> comedy value has been missed here, as it could incorporate a >>> steadily more pathetic beep as time goes on, eventually tailing off >>> as it expires with a faint cough. > >> Tell me this, why don't smoke alarm batteries go flat in the daytime? > > Design requirements. If they went flat during the day, you'd never > hear the warning beep as it discharges the battery at ten times the > previous rate. As you never think to test the thing, it wouldn't then > be able to save you from the inferno that would otherwise consume you. > > Test your smoke alarms - make toast every day! > That's super. How do I test my CO alarm? -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: wessie on 12 Aug 2010 15:49 Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote in news:i41gsj$1da$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > SIRPip wrote: >> wessie wrote: >> >>> "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in >>> news:xn0gxsjnb4g4pvv02e(a)news.eternal-september.org: >> >>>> The insistent but pathetic beeping of a mobile phone that needs >>>> charging, for example. I've long thought that an opportunity for >>>> comedy value has been missed here, as it could incorporate a >>>> steadily more pathetic beep as time goes on, eventually tailing off >>>> as it expires with a faint cough. >> >>> Tell me this, why don't smoke alarm batteries go flat in the >>> daytime? >> >> Design requirements. If they went flat during the day, you'd never >> hear the warning beep as it discharges the battery at ten times the >> previous rate. As you never think to test the thing, it wouldn't >> then be able to save you from the inferno that would otherwise >> consume you. >> >> Test your smoke alarms - make toast every day! >> > > That's super. How do I test my CO alarm? > get Pip to breathe on it
From: SIRPip on 12 Aug 2010 15:56
wessie wrote: > Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote in > news:i41gsj$1da$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > > SIRPip wrote: > >> Test your smoke alarms - make toast every day! > > That's super. How do I test my CO alarm? > get Pip to breathe on it That would work. I can do methane alarms as well, especially Wednesday and Saturday mornings. -- SIRPip : B12 |