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Things That Are Bullsh*t (7 Viewers)

BonScot said:
4am and the smoke alarm outside my room starts making the “new battery needed” beep every 30 seconds. No phone in the room so drag myself to reception and try to explain to receptionist who’s Spanish and doesn’t understand the delicate tones of a Glasgow accent.
End up having to ask her to come up to my room (yeah I know - my chat up lines don’t improve with age) only for her to tell me that there’s no spare batteries in the hotel.
Won’t let me remove the battery for obvious health and safety reasons. Shops don’t open until 7am so I can’t go and buy a new battery.

So now it’s 5am and me and the battery noise are living the dream

UPDATE: 5:35am and it’s stopped!!!
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My landlord sometimes ignores us when we report that a smoke detector is chirping.

I reported it on a Friday one time and they left the damn thing chirping every 5 minutes for a whole weekend.

Now, they get about an hour before I disconnect it, pull the battery, and leave it on the stairs.
 
Jimulacrum said:
My landlord sometimes ignores us when we report that a smoke detector is chirping.

I reported it on a Friday one time and they left the damn thing chirping every 5 minutes for a whole weekend.

Now, they get about an hour before I disconnect it, pull the battery, and leave it on the stairs.
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As a professional firefighter, I can't say that is what I would do...

...but lets just say I've seen it done.

However, you can always call your local fire department. If codes require a working smoke detector in a rental property, the fine can easily run into the thousands of dollars. Just mentioning that to the landlord might make it worth his time to get off his ass and change the battery (twice a year is recommended).
 
Poker Zombie said:
As a professional firefighter, I can't say that is what I would do...

...but lets just say I've seen it done.

However, you can always call your local fire department. If codes require a working smoke detector in a rental property, the fine can easily run into the thousands of dollars. Just mentioning that to the landlord might make it worth his time to get off his ass and change the battery (twice a year is recommended).
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Given how totally shitty this landlord has been the past few years, I may just call the fire department at first chirp next time.

Whatever causes the most headaches for them.
 
BonScot said:
4am and the smoke alarm outside my room starts making the “new battery needed” beep every 30 seconds. No phone in the room so drag myself to reception and try to explain to receptionist who’s Spanish and doesn’t understand the delicate tones of a Glasgow accent.
End up having to ask her to come up to my room (yeah I know - my chat up lines don’t improve with age) only for her to tell me that there’s no spare batteries in the hotel.
Won’t let me remove the battery for obvious health and safety reasons. Shops don’t open until 7am so I can’t go and buy a new battery.

So now it’s 5am and me and the battery noise are living the dream

UPDATE: 5:35am and it’s stopped!!!
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Visiting torquay?
 
BGinGA said:
Duly noted for next time we meet on the felt.
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It doesn’t take much.
I was watching a tournament with a friend, a week or two ago. Kristen Foxen, who’s becoming a legit killer on the high stakes circuit, was making stacks of ten. Fully triggered me. I was ranting about how it’s a ridiculous thing to do and how it’s always the women who do it. My buddy was just sitting there quietly . . .
 
Jimulacrum said:
My landlord sometimes ignores us when we report that a smoke detector is chirping.

I reported it on a Friday one time and they left the damn thing chirping every 5 minutes for a whole weekend.

Now, they get about an hour before I disconnect it, pull the battery, and leave it on the stairs.
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Don't want this to come across as confrontational...replacing smoke detector batteries is generally a tenant responsibility like plunging the toilet or replacing light bulbs.
 
GreekRedEye said:
Don't want this to come across as confrontational...replacing smoke detector batteries is generally a tenant responsibility like plunging the toilet or replacing light bulbs.
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Smoke detector in question is in the communal hallway.

IIRC I did replace the one in my apartment when it went out. Same as light bulbs and all that.
 
Poker Zombie said:
Man, you would hate me. I almost always make stacks of 10. I mean, if I could amass as many as 20 chips, I'd probably make a stack of 20, but unless I learn to play better, 10 it is.
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While I appreciate that in a well-run tournament it’s tough to accumulate multiple stacks of 20, that’s no excuse to start making stacks of ten. If you’re gonna do that, you might as well make stacks of five. WHERE DOES IT END???
 
upNdown said:
While I appreciate that in a well-run tournament it’s tough to accumulate multiple stacks of 20, that’s no excuse to start making stacks of ten. If you’re gonna do that, you might as well make stacks of five. WHERE DOES IT END???
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Two stacks of four with two chips bridging them on top (10 chips total). Better?
 
upNdown said:
While I appreciate that in a well-run tournament it’s tough to accumulate multiple stacks of 20, that’s no excuse to start making stacks of ten. If you’re gonna do that, you might as well make stacks of five. WHERE DOES IT END???
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So you'd rather I have a stack of 18, thinking it is 20, thank a clear stack of 10 and 8?
 
Mrs Poker Zombie said:
So you'd rather I have a stack of 18, thinking it is 20, thank a clear stack of 10 and 8?
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In all seriousness, in tournament play I’ve probably made a stack of 10 and 8 to distinguish. Though I have other idiosyncrasies to deal with that too, like capping a stack of 20 with another denom, but leaving a 18 or 19 stack uncovered.
For tournament play, I think you always should know exactly how many chips you have, so you gotta do what you gotta do. I just hope making multiple stacks of ten isn’t what you gotta do.
 
upNdown said:
In all seriousness, in tournament play I’ve probably made a stack of 10 and 8 to distinguish. Though I have other idiosyncrasies to deal with that too, like capping a stack of 20 with another denom, but leaving a 18 or 19 stack uncovered.
For tournament play, I think you always should know exactly how many chips you have, so you gotta do what you gotta do. I just hope making multiple stacks of ten isn’t what you gotta do.
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I make walls with the big blind amounts
 
BGinGA said:
Two stacks of four with two chips bridging them on top (10 chips total). Better?
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Stacks of 4 is the appropriate way to stack 25, isn't it? I mean, who counts in increments of 500? That would be like coloring up 500s by putting them all in stacks of 1!

;)
 
This is how the Pros do it

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(from the awesome tables thread ... or was that fugly tables, I get confused)
 

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