Comments on: Marking the hours https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:53:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Jen https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313924 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:59:25 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313924 In reply to Elisabeth.

We similarly found out our kids are super deep sleepers. Where we live the building code now requires smoke detectors in every bedroom that have a strobe light in addition to the alarm and we re-built our house not that long ago so we have this set up wired into the house. We had a false alarm not too long ago because apparently dust can make it malfunction. In the middle of the night it went off and we were so disoriented with the strobe flashing trying to run around and see if there was an actual problem. Not to mention the actual ear splitting alarm that also calls out of “Fire, feu!” And the kids did NOT wake up. We will be carrying them out in the event of a real emergency. Good to know, I guess

]]> By: Sarah K https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313439 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:06:06 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313439 I am also the only one in my house who notices/cares about annoying noises. And smells. Like if a room suddenly smells, everyone else just pretends they don’t notice. Or maybe I just am more sensitive to these things.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313349 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:08:09 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313349 In reply to Gillian.

@Gillian – oh dear, hopefully eventually the batteries go out!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313348 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:07:41 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313348 In reply to Amanda.

@Amanda – somewhat less hilarious to be living it but thanks!

]]> By: Cb https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313254 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:17:58 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313254 Oh my goodness, this would drive me absolutely BANANAS! I hate repetitive noises.

]]> By: Amanda https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313231 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:02:26 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313231 This is hilarious. Thank you for sharing!

]]> By: Amanda https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313230 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:02:02 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313230 This is hilarious. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Elisabeth https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313221 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:12:14 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313221 In reply to Gillian.

@Gillian: This is hilarious. I’m so sorry because at 4:45 no one wants to be hunting down a greeting card…but it’s also hilarious.
I just wrote a blog post today about how we used to have issues with our CO detector beeping in the middle of the night (a battery-backup warning beep, not a CO leak beep) and I would sometimes THROW the detector into the trunk of the car until morning because I could not get it to stop.

But literally no one else would wake up, including my husband. Which is slightly worrying if there ever was an actual CO leak…

]]> By: Gillian https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/marking-the-hours/#comment-313218 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:56:41 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18427#comment-313218 So funny no one else is bothered. Right now there is something in my house that periodically plays an electronic sounding Auld Lang Syne (maybe a greeting card???). It is not so regular as your alarm, but its driving my crazy and none of the other 6 people in my house even notice it. I spent 10 minutes at 4:$5 this morning trying to find the source, but no luck. Will it still be chirping away when I get home from work this evening…very possibly.

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