tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post6116234887280317085..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: Smoke DetectorsNew Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-90195468601898918852016-11-06T20:38:37.932-05:002016-11-06T20:38:37.932-05:00Forgot to mention, the radioactive element is gone...Forgot to mention, the radioactive element is gone after 10 years. So, the pushbutton alarm test will still work, but the detector itself no longer functions.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-89598715562477652062016-11-06T20:36:00.220-05:002016-11-06T20:36:00.220-05:00My father, born in 1925, was a StockCar racer in h...My father, born in 1925, was a StockCar racer in his twenties. (dirt tracks then) He always refused to wear seatbelts. As he pointed out, over his lifetime he had survived a fair number of vehicle crashes, all but the last one not being his fault, that would have killed him if he had been restrained. Some of them involved him being able to dive into the passenger footwell to avoid decapitation. <br />That last crash was due to him blacking out due to a medical test that required him to fast for a day prior. He didn't bother to eat before heading home, a 1.5-2.0 hr drive. Halfway there, he coasted through a stop sign and got t-boned in his door by a car at 50mph+, which deposited him in the passenger area. There was no driver area left, so he thought he would have been crushed if strapped in.<br /><br />Myself, I've been a passenger in a couple crashes that I walked away from due to being strapped in. One, I clicked the belt just seconds before we crested the top of a hill that turned out to be a sheet of ice. Long, steep hill. That 396 Chevelle was totaled when it hit the object in the middle of the "Y" where the road split at the bottom. I didn't always wear a belt prior to that, some vehicles didn't even have them back then, but I got religious about them afterwards.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.com