The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VII.. Stop In!!!

[ezdays]

Good morning all. Well, one of my biggest fears of buying a house with high ceilings is having a battery in a smoke detector go out, happened yesterday. Fortunately, that "CHIRP, CHIRP" didn't start until we were awake, but I knew I had to replace the battery before we went back to bed since it was in our bedroom, the one with the vaulted ceiling. Total cost came to $135.60... Uh, that included not only new batteries, but a new ladder since I no longer had one that could reach to 14' where the smoke detector was mounted. But, I am now the proud owner of one of those ladders that can be configured 23 different ways according to the ad. One problem is that the manual (one huge sheet attached to the ladder) only shows you five configurations and asks the question, "how many ladders can you make with...." I would think they would already know that, and be kind enough to tell you. Anyway, I doubt that I'll ever need more than two or three configurations, so I'm OK with not knowing the other 18. This one is not as versatile as the one they show on those TV infomercials, but then again, I didn't pay nearly as much as they're asking for that one.