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The thing talks and actually says what the alarm is about. So when I set it off, it says something like "Alert, alert. Carbon monoxide detected. Carbon monoxide levels are: 0 (units)". So it's is alerting me to CO and at the same time telling me there is none present. I know it is the remote because I have tested it out. I can stand directly under it, point the remote at the detector and hit a button. It goes off every time. But whatever, I'm moving out of that place this weekend anyway.

Lines like this one make me question whether or not the article is real:

My cable remote sets off my CO detector. It's really annoying. I can't sit on one side of the couch because of it. I called 911 once when I was in high school. Kids next door were launching fireworks at my house and I saw a nasty burn mark on the front porch. I'm sure I could have stopped them myself, but I wanted to scare them.

I had to use a bathroom at a restaurant years ago when I was hit by a random stomach ailment. Like most people I'm sure, I hate using a public crappy, but when you have to, you have to. Anyway, this random guy walks in and starts prying at the door. He may as well have been using a crowbar. He essentially broke the door open and then yells out "oh what the hell man, lock the damn door". It wasn't a weak lock either. And one pet peeve for me: people who are using the urinal and start ripping off loud farts. I know you're in the right room for that, but at least wait until the room is empty. We have a small 1 stall/1 urinal bathroom here at work, so 9 times out of 10 you're the only one in there.

The only problem with that approach is that it gives a big boost to their competitor. I guess that doesn't matter all that much though because short of either side doing something catastrophic, they're both always going to have a very sizable share of the console market.

I'm annoyed by my supervisor telling me that she is recommending me for a promotion and the company has never once rejected her recommendation in the 10 years she's been here, but then finding out that there's a first time for everything. My solution? Either fire or shiv the mo'fo.

The writers could always go out on a limb and predict good things for the team. Sure, they'll lose all credibility when that prediction fails miserably year after year, but hey, they'll please a few message board posters.

The storage space for the PS3 expanded ridiculously over time. I got mine maybe 2 years after they introduced the system and it was something like 60GB. The drive that spins the CDs failed last year and its wasn't worthwhile to just replace the part, so I got a completely new one. It was about half the price of my first one and has something like 300GB. That's one thing they can't update with a patch. Maybe they do move to more cloud based stuff this time, but there will still be physical changes that will happen with the system. Maybe a new one is backwards compatible, maybe something else very useful.

I haven't been following any of the rookie stuff, so I have no idea what that means.

You'll have to buy it eventually as a part of the progression for the Squidport questline anyway. I just got that one today, but since I already bought him, it passed me along to the next step.

It say "damages estimated to Metropolis" right at the top.

I think it's that 190,000 confirmed dead number that really has me curious (not that I was going to skip this movie anyway).

The only thing I regretted missing out on with the PS3 was the backwards compatibility with PS2 games that the very early machines had. Final Fantasy, the Metal Gear games, some of those older games I like to go back to every so often. And on that note, will any of the old PS-PS2-PS3 games work on the PS4?

So clearly he's in a freezer somewhere.

This has me wondering. How many people wind up buying these things right away? It seems like a bad move to me. Let them iron out the wrinkles in the systems a bit and let the price drop. The game options at the start usually aren't all that great anyway. I held out on the PS3 until the first "absolutely must have" game for me came out (Metal Gear Solid 4).

He's just a decoration really. He walks around the water front and randomly does poses.

I like me? Are we still mocking the XFL and he hate me so many years later or is there some other idea behind that shirt?

This one is available at any level, just like the seasonal events here. They had to keep the prices lower so that the people just starting off can play it too.

It's going to have to stick around. A lot of the characters are tied directly to buildings and it seems like they only appear if you have that building placed somewhere in the city. The sea captain is tied to the house boat. I also think it is here to stay because of some lines from the end of the quests with the one armed guy. It said that they had something huge in the works that we will all be happy with and this seaport thing is apparently it. And as for the time for the planks, my last one was 12 hours and now I'm on a 16 hour one. So at some point the increases level off slightly. And speaking of long tasks, I planted corn the other day. I'm sure I'll completely forget about it when it suddenly finishes in 3 months.

Looking at how slowly you acquire the planks for the seaside, this one has to be permanent. I have enough room for maybe one building out there and it is already up to a 16 hour wait just to get another single square.

Here's some good news. I know jboyst was complaining about it before. You can now rotate your fences 360 degrees. You won't get those unaligned corners anymore!

The summer update is in the iTunes store right now! Damnit, I sent everyone on 24 hour quests this morning. I'm downloading now, so I don't know what is involved.

Will Xbox have bluray this time?

There were news stories here in Boston all throughout the summer last year about a black bear being spotted on Cape Cod. That whole period was a lot of fun. The thing had to either walk across the bridge in the middle of the night or swim over. I'd love to be the guy driving across the bridge at 2 AM and doing the "what the hell was that" double take. As for the bear in NH this weekend, I think I just was lucky to be looking out the window at just the right time. It was more than likely just passing through. If it had any interest in the charcoal grill at all, it would have had to walk right up to the house. Now that would have really freaked out everyone.

I'm in New Hampshire for a family gathering with the soon to be inlaws. I walked into another room away from everyone and spotted a black bear in the backyard a out ten yards from the house. We had just grilled some burgers so I'm guessing that was what drew it in. They've lived here for about 25 years and they've never had one in their yard. It was pretty big too. I got a cell phone picture but unfortunately it doesn't do it justice. I've never seen a bear anywhere but the zoo, so this was a very interesting moment