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"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> alarman wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for your pain, Joe.
> > Some days are diamonds...
> >
>
> Thanks to everyone who commented.  Like I've said before, it means a lot
> to know people give a shit.
>
> And some days are diamonds.
>
> Yesterday was better.
>
> I tested a fire alarm system (which is what I normally do) at a township
> office that has a firehouse attached - one of the stations that
> responded to "THE" fire.  (We have been working on making a poster using
> Chris' image and story for Fire Prevention Week).  While I was getting
> my forms signed, the Fire Chief, his main Inspector and I were
> discussing trying to get folks to change the batteries in their smoke
> detectors.  One of the township clerks was nearby and commented that she
> was glad she didn't have to worry about that since her smoke detectors
> were "wired by an electrician when the house was built (two years or so
> ago)."
>
> I put my two cents in but it was hard getting a word in edgewise with
> Jim and Ron climbing all over her (figuratively of course).  As I left
> Jim (Chief) was setting a time for him to come over and change her
> batteries. (we got a winter storm last night ? it was all over the news
> that it was coming so he was concerned about a possible power outage.)
>
> Talking about Chris in that context (Smoke Detector Awareness ? if you
> will) doesn?t seem to get to me in the same way.  I?m not sure why.
>
> After that I tested a system at a store where the owner had decided she
> wanted a black ceiling.  It must have been a do-it-yourself job since a
> professional painter would have taken the smoke detectors down before
> doing it ? well, MOST professional painters anyway.  I was VERY tactful
> and polite but she seemed a bit put out when I mentioned that they would
> both have to be replaced.
>
> I?m at home today ? According to my boss, the State Police are issuing
> tickets to anyone on the road without a good enough reason.  It is real
> bad, we had temps in the 40?s yesterday and we got a misty rain that
> started in the evening.  High winds and sometime in the night it dropped
> to near zero.  They have even shut down the Mackinaw Bridge to any ?high
> profile? vehicles due to the winds.
>