It was a dark and stormy night... No, not really, but it was dark outside and I did have the TV's volume up a good notch while I sat on the couch and edited pictures on the computer. The dogs were asleep, Charlie on the other end of the couch and Rufus presumably on my bed. Then I hear it... beep . Huh, what? A few moments later ... beep . Great. One of the smoke detectors is giving off it's low battery beep. Beep. I let it beep a few more times before finally getting my fat butt off the couch and figuring out which one is beeping and as it turned out it's the one in my roommate's bedroom. Fantastic. She's out of town and now I have to go into her room and change out her smoke detector battery before I go to bed as the beep , as quiet as it is, is indeed loud enough to keep me awake at night. Especially with her bedroom door open and mine as well (since she's out of town) I find a 9volt battery in a drawer and set it on the counter waiting for the ...
