What kind of holiday would it be without some drama...

[Phantom Warrior]

Electric heat gun works better.  BTDT.

Noob.  Thermite is where it's at...

Thermite Thanksgiving

[K Frame]

"Golden Corral"

Hum... Let's see...

Roast the turkey in a tabletop oven, or drive nearly 200 miles to eat dinner at an abysmal semi-failure of a chain restaurant in which snot-nosed brats swim in the chocolate fountain?

I'd rather stun a pigeon with a book and cook it up on a clothes iron.

[Scout26]

I'd rather stun a pigeon with a book and cook it up on a clothes iron.

That would be festive.....

[K Frame]

More drama.

Got home from dinner last night and the CO alarm was screaming.

Dogs out, cats out, Mom out, called 911.

Fire brigade comes, two different monitors, and they find... nothing. Not a trace of CO in the house anywhere from basement to attic.

Seems that the battery was going low, and instead of making the 'chirp' like it should, it decided to get all dramatic and *expletive deleted*it.

At least Mom's new stove is working great.

[Jim147]

Those CO detectors are only good for a few years. I think most of them say five-seven but most of them aren't that good. It's one of those things, if in doubt, go buy a new one.

My furnace went out today. At least I know someone that can fix that on a holiday.

jim

[zxcvbob]

Those CO detectors are only good for a few years. I think most of them say five-seven but most of them aren't that good. It's one of those things, if in doubt, go buy a new one.

My furnace went out today. At least I know someone that can fix that on a holiday.

jim

I've got one with a digital readout that's about 15 years old.  It pretty much says 7 to 10 ppm all the time now, but I know it still works cuz it goes really fast when the wood stove goes out and start backdrafting, then drops again when I light some newspaper in the stove and/or open a window.