Let's face it, you can't depend on dogs or cats to rouse you from your slumber. By the time you smell the smoke, you are pretty much a goner. Yes, you can probably make due with a sophisticated fire alarm and suppression system - maybe even put in a sprinkler apparatus throughout the house, but the time and effort gets away from us all. I have even put, "change the battery in the fire alarm" in my palm pilot, but I forget to charge it so I get notified a fw months later. After that, kiss the Daylight Saving Time theory goodbye - we all know batteries when not used, should last years....
In any case, with my always thinking mentality, I have developed a method to not only get out of the house efficiently, but also using my device - you can snack while watching the house burn while waiting on the fire department (in my case, the volunteer fire department). Please review the photo below. Instead of spending a fortune on four or five separate devices, simply hammer a nail into the wall and hang the Jiffy Pop popcorn case (make sure it is up against the wall) so in case of a fire, the popcorn will fill the house with that freshly popped aroma you thought you could only get in the movie theater.
Once you find you are running for your life, be sure to grab the edible alarm from the wall so you are able to regenerate that emptiness of losing your most valuable possessions. Don't forget you will have a free hand, so think about grabbing other mementos - photo albums, computer hard drives, and the pets (children too if you have some).
This has been a safety tip from your friendly neighborhood Lizard Man wishing you a prosperous new year and if you haven't taken down the tree, do it today..... NLM















