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4. same type of thing happened to us years ago
Thu Jan 30, 2014, 05:02 AM
Jan 2014

when the idea of having a smoke detector was fairly new

my mom didn't want one, didn't like the way it looked--i don't know!--anyway, my dad put it away in a dresser drawer under his t-shirts. and left it there.

after he died we left his things in place, including his dresser and clothes. about a year later i noticed a chirp every once in awhile when i passed by his room. my mom and i thought a bird was in the attic, just outside his window, in his room somewhere.

it took about six months or so (from what i remember) until i was able to figure out where the sound was coming from. and much to our surprise it was the hidden away smoke detector with the low battery chirp/beep going off!

mystery solved.

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