Ha, I made that joke to the checkout clerk that the only thing not subject to inflation was the size of the ice cream carton.
Now, of course, lithium battery fire alarms at $70 a pop are required for anything you might rent. When one of those went off, I got it down and took it outside, so I knew it wasn't detecting carbon monoxide. Then found my glasses to read the white-on-white fine print, and found a small screwdriver to turn it off. If I threw it out without turning this latch, it told me, it would start a fire. So landfill fires, dumpster fires, residential fires, plane fires from the lithium in fire alarms. Go figure.
yes one friend told me that a free energy machine created bascially all circuits close vioilently. It kind of spored off into a realm I never could imagine. But I wrote about it
None of the batteries last as long anymore. Nothing has quality or honesty or advertised worth. It's increasingly all dysfunctional junk.
When we said YES to cars made of plastic. To houses made of plastic. To food packaged in plastic which is increasingly hard to open. To food with plastic in it. Pet food as well. Breast milk as well.
We said YES to all this crap and now all we have is crap. Soon it will all be made of literal crap.
Hooray for materialism! Thank you for this insightful and in depth examination of how we are being driven mad and made poor in the dullest of ways. Not your article. Very interesting.
A little bad news for you. Once a battery is in a smoke detector, it is connected and slowly being used up. The shelf life of a battery is its storage life. Once it is connected, the battery is discharging. Smoke detectors are checking their sensors every second, many times a second. The fact that the batteries last as long as they do is a testament to the electronics in the detector being extremely low drain. Thought you should know.
The long life is SHELF life, not UTILIZATION life. If a battery lasts 1 year in a device in operation, whether you use that 1 year now or in 5 years, it still has 1 year of useful life. Shelf life is important if things go down...you will likely have bigger problems than replacing batteries in smoke detectors and you can store X year's supply of batteries for critical things like the ignitor for your hot water heater, remote gate alarms or an irrigation timer (or more critical of all...the remote control for the TV /sarc).
Best to have Li rechargeable and reusable batteries in the sizes you use. If you have grid down source of power, get reusable batteries and a charger.
Apparently I have much better luck with batteries and smoke detectors.
For smoke detectors I switched to lithium batteries (the ones that claim to have a 10 year shelf life). As others have said, shelf life is not "usage life". So far I haven't had to replace a lithium battery in a smoke detector (yes regular batteries died very quickly but at least mine would die during the day).
Also I buy rechargeable batteries, they last an incredibly long time, in remote controls, before needing to be recharged. One strategy I use is to recharge them before they "need" to be recharged.
Now my ten year old iPad is a different matter, it's battery only lasts a few days now.
Shelf life does not refer to how long they will last, they are basically telling you they last on the shelf for 5 years. No mention on how long they will last in your appliance. We bought the Duracell rechargeable batteries and I have to say I love them. The 9V was a different brand as Duracell didn't offer that one, but I always have freshly charged batteries when things wear out. They do seem to last longer than the regular ones, but I don't really keep track so....
No, the rechargables in the past were crap. These new ones tho are much better. Plus, they can be recycled which regular batteries cannot be, so they are far better for the environment.
Thank you! I had no idea so many rechargeable products existed. I tried the rechargeable ones at least 15 years ago and was disappointed. Time to revisit the decision. ❤️
lithium batteries are good for one thing.. blohing things up. unroll the battery, place the lithium sheet into a glass bowl with water, then stand way back.. glass shard bam! For when "THEY" come a knocking.. instant whep ah on!
Thank you for the heads up! Will show my husband, he likes blowing up things. (just benign stuff, like gopher holes, etc and fireworks, in case big brother is getting twisted panties)
WOW...such a great post...so true...none of the batteries work if they've been in the battery box for very long...no wonder the are turning us into batteries...!!!
LOL - the frother for the latte...you're killing me!
Don't tell Greg but I disengaged all the fire alarms downstairs in the kitchen area...done with that...I used to set it off everytime I tried to cook something...inevitably I walk away, go outside to get grounded...anything but stand there in front of the stove... everything burns...pots and pans are not safe here...very short shelf life...LOL
Thank you! I had to disengage the kitchen one because my last name is Burns and I seem to live up to it sometimes...I have burned up soooo many tea kettles it's not even funny! so yeah, not safe in the kitchen here either! 😂
2) Rechargeable is the way to go...they used to be bad...now they're less bad, but still rechargeable.
3) Smoke usually rises...why wait for it to get 10 feet up? Reposition detectors to non-ladder heights?(Subvert the paradigm created by the LIC...Ladder Industrial Complex...you might need a ladder around the house for other things, but why risk a fall for a smoke detector?)
4) I have used a few handheld battery-powered milk frothers and have been unimpressed with their performance. There are plenty of manual milk frothers on the market...one example below...strangely, it's only about $15 at Amazon...almost half price compared to direct from the mfr. I've also used a french press coffee maker with good results, as the design/method of operation is very similar.
P.S. There must be a good joke somewhere around the concept of milk frothing and rabid dogs, but I'm more of a cat person and not feline Friskie(s) enough to succumb to the Temptations(s) to whippet into existence...I'm into frothing for lattes, but for decades, canines haven't been my cup of tea.
😂😂😂 In regard to 2, I'm buying some today! In regard to 3, yes, good idea. I've already broken 9 bones in the last year and a half! LIC= 😂 In regard to 4. I love my milk frother! But thank you for the idea because I have several French press coffee makers and if the grid goes down I can rest assured that I will still be able to froth my milk! Brilliant! In regard to 5, my little Chihuahua is not rabid! I once was in a hotel with her and a snarly lady said to me, I hate little dogs, obnoxious yappy ankle biters. I told her she would really hate mine because she doesn't bite but she definitely guards me by barking! (wanted to tell her to STFU but resisted the urge) I like cats but not their propensity to jump on the counters. My daughter has 2 and they have broken so much stuff till she put all the breakable stuff away. Thank you so much for the help! ❤️
3) 18 months >> 9 broken bones? I'm buying lotto tix today...sounds like you've been corralling enough bad luck to the point where I might get lucky with Powerball.
5) I had dogs as a young boy, but since then it has been cats for me...I still enjoy other people's dogs, but I've had good luck with cats...only the most recent one has knocked anything off a counter, and that only occasionally...so maybe I've been lucky enough that way and shouldn't plan on any lotto jackpots.
🤣 Yes it's been an interesting time. Hoping it's over. I could not walk for 4 months. Had to relearn and then still use a walker for 5 more months. Left knee, right ankle and foot, in a fall. Then I broke 6 vertebrae, probably doing yoga. Not fun. Do not recommend. 😂
I had back surgery 20 years ago...started using a 4-wheel walker after getting two new hips in 2020...turns out I have 2 or 3 disks in my neck that are right up against the spinal canal/conduit & that influences balance and makes me a Fall Risk. I can walk w/o it as long as I'm careful and not in a rush. Vertebrae are fairly safe, thankfully...I swim about 1/2 mile six days a week...pretty low impact profile as long as they don't drain the pool. :-)
OK, Sundance...I'll be Hope-along Cassidy and think positive thoughts about your rehab...just don't call me Butch, now, y'heah. Seriously, my situation might be better off today if los medicos back in San Diego had more strongly emphasized building up overall core strength and, more specifically, abdominals. But even of they had, I'd still have those cervical discs influencing (being a 'bad crowd') my balance, so at this point I'm happy to be able to swim in a laned pool that's a 6-minute drive from my house. Speaking of outlaws & horses, did you ever catch these guys back in Austin? Pretty sure they're still playing regionally, so if you notice them in your vicinity, I recommend them highly. Kid brother used to do sound & lights for them when they had a larger band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8JWkAP0bwIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nea9vis7DOMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNszggwlE0
Tax record keeping tip I heard - immediately scan all paper receipts because the ink fades, and save a digital file of receipts for taxes. Or make a printed copy because the the ink fades... ;-)
Great article. Makes one wonder about how truthful they (corporations) are about so many things. If you can't trust a little old battery, what can you trust?
Totally a scam, and you just reminded me of last year when I went home to visit my Mum and the high-pitched squeak was going off on the smoke alarm every 90 seconds or so. She had gotten used to it (and she told me I should get used to it too!) but it was crazy-making and I was glad to finally change the batteries on the second day.
Batteries don’t last and food packages are getting smaller and more expensive 😡what can we do? Even the ounces are being reduced.
Yes it's a throw away world. ❤️
Ha, I made that joke to the checkout clerk that the only thing not subject to inflation was the size of the ice cream carton.
Now, of course, lithium battery fire alarms at $70 a pop are required for anything you might rent. When one of those went off, I got it down and took it outside, so I knew it wasn't detecting carbon monoxide. Then found my glasses to read the white-on-white fine print, and found a small screwdriver to turn it off. If I threw it out without turning this latch, it told me, it would start a fire. So landfill fires, dumpster fires, residential fires, plane fires from the lithium in fire alarms. Go figure.
yes one friend told me that a free energy machine created bascially all circuits close vioilently. It kind of spored off into a realm I never could imagine. But I wrote about it
https://open.substack.com/pub/saxxon/p/the-violent-circuit-bf1?r=1u8tu3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thank you, I'll read it. ❤️
None of the batteries last as long anymore. Nothing has quality or honesty or advertised worth. It's increasingly all dysfunctional junk.
When we said YES to cars made of plastic. To houses made of plastic. To food packaged in plastic which is increasingly hard to open. To food with plastic in it. Pet food as well. Breast milk as well.
We said YES to all this crap and now all we have is crap. Soon it will all be made of literal crap.
Hooray for materialism! Thank you for this insightful and in depth examination of how we are being driven mad and made poor in the dullest of ways. Not your article. Very interesting.
Thank you! I was trying to comment on our throw away society so I'm glad it came across. ❤️
Loud and clear.
A little bad news for you. Once a battery is in a smoke detector, it is connected and slowly being used up. The shelf life of a battery is its storage life. Once it is connected, the battery is discharging. Smoke detectors are checking their sensors every second, many times a second. The fact that the batteries last as long as they do is a testament to the electronics in the detector being extremely low drain. Thought you should know.
Thanks!
The long life is SHELF life, not UTILIZATION life. If a battery lasts 1 year in a device in operation, whether you use that 1 year now or in 5 years, it still has 1 year of useful life. Shelf life is important if things go down...you will likely have bigger problems than replacing batteries in smoke detectors and you can store X year's supply of batteries for critical things like the ignitor for your hot water heater, remote gate alarms or an irrigation timer (or more critical of all...the remote control for the TV /sarc).
Best to have Li rechargeable and reusable batteries in the sizes you use. If you have grid down source of power, get reusable batteries and a charger.
Good advice!
Shelf life doesn't mean that the battery will last longer in use.
That would be down to the mAh rating.
Thank you.
Apparently I have much better luck with batteries and smoke detectors.
For smoke detectors I switched to lithium batteries (the ones that claim to have a 10 year shelf life). As others have said, shelf life is not "usage life". So far I haven't had to replace a lithium battery in a smoke detector (yes regular batteries died very quickly but at least mine would die during the day).
Also I buy rechargeable batteries, they last an incredibly long time, in remote controls, before needing to be recharged. One strategy I use is to recharge them before they "need" to be recharged.
Now my ten year old iPad is a different matter, it's battery only lasts a few days now.
Thank you for this. I'll try a lithium battery next time. Which shouldn't be long now...ladder is ready! ❤️
Good luck! They are expensive but well worth it to avoid the annoyance!
Another approach for smoke detectors is to install the hardwired ones so they don't need batteries.
Thank you! ❤️
Shelf life does not refer to how long they will last, they are basically telling you they last on the shelf for 5 years. No mention on how long they will last in your appliance. We bought the Duracell rechargeable batteries and I have to say I love them. The 9V was a different brand as Duracell didn't offer that one, but I always have freshly charged batteries when things wear out. They do seem to last longer than the regular ones, but I don't really keep track so....
Thanks! I'll look into that! I had bad luck with rechargeable ones in the past but maybe it's just my karma? ❤️
No, the rechargables in the past were crap. These new ones tho are much better. Plus, they can be recycled which regular batteries cannot be, so they are far better for the environment.
I have dozens of AA batteries that I use in cameras, GPS's, and portable lights.
I have been using the Eneloop / Panasonic rechargeables for a decade.
They work very well, they can be recharged more than a 1000 times,
and they hold a charge longer than regular batteries.
https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/products/eneloop/en/lineup/eneloop.html
Thank you! I had no idea so many rechargeable products existed. I tried the rechargeable ones at least 15 years ago and was disappointed. Time to revisit the decision. ❤️
lithium batteries are good for one thing.. blohing things up. unroll the battery, place the lithium sheet into a glass bowl with water, then stand way back.. glass shard bam! For when "THEY" come a knocking.. instant whep ah on!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cP65_2JyjU
Thank you for the heads up! Will show my husband, he likes blowing up things. (just benign stuff, like gopher holes, etc and fireworks, in case big brother is getting twisted panties)
LOL.. yea, misspellings on purpose. I was joking kinda...I mean seriously!
😂 I get it. ❤️
it would probably be wiser to have fire extinguishers, in every room!
good idea!
WOW...such a great post...so true...none of the batteries work if they've been in the battery box for very long...no wonder the are turning us into batteries...!!!
LOL - the frother for the latte...you're killing me!
Don't tell Greg but I disengaged all the fire alarms downstairs in the kitchen area...done with that...I used to set it off everytime I tried to cook something...inevitably I walk away, go outside to get grounded...anything but stand there in front of the stove... everything burns...pots and pans are not safe here...very short shelf life...LOL
Thx for the laughs and the heads up...mwah!
Thank you! I had to disengage the kitchen one because my last name is Burns and I seem to live up to it sometimes...I have burned up soooo many tea kettles it's not even funny! so yeah, not safe in the kitchen here either! 😂
Ha...we do have soooooo much in common... 🔥🔥🔥🔥
1) Confirming, shelf life =/= operational life...
2) Rechargeable is the way to go...they used to be bad...now they're less bad, but still rechargeable.
3) Smoke usually rises...why wait for it to get 10 feet up? Reposition detectors to non-ladder heights?(Subvert the paradigm created by the LIC...Ladder Industrial Complex...you might need a ladder around the house for other things, but why risk a fall for a smoke detector?)
4) I have used a few handheld battery-powered milk frothers and have been unimpressed with their performance. There are plenty of manual milk frothers on the market...one example below...strangely, it's only about $15 at Amazon...almost half price compared to direct from the mfr. I've also used a french press coffee maker with good results, as the design/method of operation is very similar.
https://www.bodum.com/us/en/1446-01us4-latteo
P.S. There must be a good joke somewhere around the concept of milk frothing and rabid dogs, but I'm more of a cat person and not feline Friskie(s) enough to succumb to the Temptations(s) to whippet into existence...I'm into frothing for lattes, but for decades, canines haven't been my cup of tea.
😂😂😂 In regard to 2, I'm buying some today! In regard to 3, yes, good idea. I've already broken 9 bones in the last year and a half! LIC= 😂 In regard to 4. I love my milk frother! But thank you for the idea because I have several French press coffee makers and if the grid goes down I can rest assured that I will still be able to froth my milk! Brilliant! In regard to 5, my little Chihuahua is not rabid! I once was in a hotel with her and a snarly lady said to me, I hate little dogs, obnoxious yappy ankle biters. I told her she would really hate mine because she doesn't bite but she definitely guards me by barking! (wanted to tell her to STFU but resisted the urge) I like cats but not their propensity to jump on the counters. My daughter has 2 and they have broken so much stuff till she put all the breakable stuff away. Thank you so much for the help! ❤️
3) 18 months >> 9 broken bones? I'm buying lotto tix today...sounds like you've been corralling enough bad luck to the point where I might get lucky with Powerball.
5) I had dogs as a young boy, but since then it has been cats for me...I still enjoy other people's dogs, but I've had good luck with cats...only the most recent one has knocked anything off a counter, and that only occasionally...so maybe I've been lucky enough that way and shouldn't plan on any lotto jackpots.
🤣 Yes it's been an interesting time. Hoping it's over. I could not walk for 4 months. Had to relearn and then still use a walker for 5 more months. Left knee, right ankle and foot, in a fall. Then I broke 6 vertebrae, probably doing yoga. Not fun. Do not recommend. 😂
I had back surgery 20 years ago...started using a 4-wheel walker after getting two new hips in 2020...turns out I have 2 or 3 disks in my neck that are right up against the spinal canal/conduit & that influences balance and makes me a Fall Risk. I can walk w/o it as long as I'm careful and not in a rush. Vertebrae are fairly safe, thankfully...I swim about 1/2 mile six days a week...pretty low impact profile as long as they don't drain the pool. :-)
I get it. Had back surgery in November. Hoping it helps. 😊
OK, Sundance...I'll be Hope-along Cassidy and think positive thoughts about your rehab...just don't call me Butch, now, y'heah. Seriously, my situation might be better off today if los medicos back in San Diego had more strongly emphasized building up overall core strength and, more specifically, abdominals. But even of they had, I'd still have those cervical discs influencing (being a 'bad crowd') my balance, so at this point I'm happy to be able to swim in a laned pool that's a 6-minute drive from my house. Speaking of outlaws & horses, did you ever catch these guys back in Austin? Pretty sure they're still playing regionally, so if you notice them in your vicinity, I recommend them highly. Kid brother used to do sound & lights for them when they had a larger band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8JWkAP0bwI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nea9vis7DOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNszggwlE0
Tax record keeping tip I heard - immediately scan all paper receipts because the ink fades, and save a digital file of receipts for taxes. Or make a printed copy because the the ink fades... ;-)
yes, good idea, thank you! ❤️
Great article. Makes one wonder about how truthful they (corporations) are about so many things. If you can't trust a little old battery, what can you trust?
I don’t believe canned goods expire as soon as “they” state. It’s mandated IMO to put those so-called expiration dates on everything and I call it BS.
yes another drip of insanity to get more $$$ from us.
Totally a scam, and you just reminded me of last year when I went home to visit my Mum and the high-pitched squeak was going off on the smoke alarm every 90 seconds or so. She had gotten used to it (and she told me I should get used to it too!) but it was crazy-making and I was glad to finally change the batteries on the second day.
Yep, I switched back to the cheapest ones - I just check if they are heavy (means they are filled)...