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Good evening.

In the first year after my husband and I bought our house, we kept having the security system’s smoke alarm go off, and it would auto-alert the fire department. A mess, repeatedly.

Literally the same dude would show up, sigh, and be like “you cool?” And I’d be like, “yeah, sorry.”

Eventually I was like… let’s just remove that one. It’s always the problem, it’s too close to the stove. The so-called experts installed it, but from experience it was wrong. So we outed it. Just that one.

And we did, and the problem went away forever. For us and for the firemen.

Sometimes it’s the rules that are the problem. Not the rules’ breaker. Test everything.

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Stop cooking smoky things that’s the lesson. I’m just joking 😁

Reminds me of this Ayn Rand quote: “Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong”

Nathan Simone 🏴‍☠️ · 76w

Lyn left out that the alarm would still go off occasionally when they weren't cooking because she's a total smokeshow and drops 🔥 wherever she goes! But otherwise 💯

Justin Buzzard · 76w

We did the same in our home. Our remodel required (code/rules) new hardwired smoke alarms throughout the whole home and in particular places. They went off all the time for no reason. We took them out. Kept one.

nostrich · 76w

Please don't take that same attitude with a CO monitor. You won't get a 2nd chance, you simply won't wake up. Regards, A Chemist🫡.

Recongraves · 76w

Me:Hey reply guy hope your days going great🤣. Reply guy: You to man just here working hard

have done the same thing lol

Mina 👽💜 · 76w

Two weeks ago, I got a letter from my landlords, informing me that abuse of fire alarms is gonna be fined blablabla. I got the letter one week after my alarm next to the kitchen went off when I made a steak (don't judge my cooking techniques). Alarm is connected to some central entity and I immediat...

Big Suboss Bear · 76w

How many other rules do we follow blindly, that cause more headaches than solutions. Read between the lines.

Brunswick · 76w

We have only one fire alarm on the main floor, and it goes off every time we use the stove (cast iron). Unfortunately its hard wired (and I want it hard wired.) You just inspired me to run the wire somewhere else.

Sometimes it's the "experts", in this case it was.

Satsdaddy · 76w

I do believe that this is the first time I've heard you mention your spouse.

“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” - Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr

Rules without ruler 👑

Hi Lyn! I spend me whole day yesterday working on fire safety systems at an hotel in Brazil, absolutely nothing works there a lot of work ahead for me I have never worked with home system but at larger scale has options of algorithmic versions that recognizes if it is an fire or regular dust/smoke

Steve Paul · 76w

Your expert may not have been expert enough. As a professional, you should never use a smoke detector in a kitchen. A rate-of-rise heat detector is the correct choice. If the smoke detector in kitchens are required by local codes, HOA, insurance, etc. then I’d ask for an exception with this as the...

Damn right. I've always had an insubordinate streak in that I've always disregarded rules that don't make sense. Sometimes this would get me in to trouble (especially in my youth). I think a lot of people take things too far by conflating legal with moral, and confuse rule-following with being a goo...

njelsalvador · 76w

Life experience of critical thinkers out weights rule followers of stupid peoples mistakes.

JoyID Passkey｜BTC · 76w

Sometimes the problem isn’t you, it’s the rules! Just like you moved that alarm, we at JoyID rethink the old wallet rules and provide smooth, secure wallets for mass adoption. 🔒

Same thing happened with our downstairs tenant. She set off the fire alarm multiple times a months and with a 1 year old kid it caused havoc. Despite being told numerous times that it was "code" to have multiple of these damn things in a small 2 bedroom basement apartment we just said to hell with ...

If you don’t break the rules, no one’s going to know that they’re bad.

Raenstorm · 75w

Always remember that nobody is as invested in your property than you are. Not saying these guys were careless but it is a thing.

Thaeus01 · 75w

Ben Ewing · 75w

Test your marriage😝 (just kidding, that would probably be bad!)

Niko 📚 Konsensus Network · 75w

Lyn, have you read Bourbon for Breakfast by Jeffrey Tucker? I think you would enjoy it.

Code RED · 69w

Every building code of consequence that I know of, offers 'Alternative Methods & Materials.'. The trick is getting the 'overpsid' professionals to openly assume responsibility for the alternative design. Expressing such assumptions numerically, openly, & simply pulls out a seat for AI at the d...