Pizza pizza... 😟

What did Sneezy dwarf say to Grumpy dwarf?

"Everyone is mad AT-CHOO!"

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Plugged in dimensions and stuff in Menards design program. 65k lbs of material, $6k in cost plus two semi trucks to ship so probably closer to $8k all in for the paver patio the wife wants.

I tried talking her back into a kitchen, but she's wanted a paver patio since day 1, and we already have a kitchen that works. her words, not mine.

Arranged a skid loader. Need to talk to father in law about materials, maybe I can get the base gravel and leveling sand cheaper by the dumptruck instead of bagged on pallets from Menards. Just gotta do some maths and give him a materials list.

Making chili Colorado in the InstantPot for lunch.

Guajillo chiles
New Mexico Chiles
Chile de Arbol chiles
Puya chiles
Arbol chiles
Chipolte in adobo
Fire roasted tomato

That’s the color red part.

🤔

Wifey woke me up in the middle of the night yelling the smoke detector was chirping. I can't hear high pitched sounds so I didn't hear a thing. After looking all around the house I determined there was no smoke and went back to sleep but the wife was going crazy so I got out the ladder and ripped that one off the wall which started the other two alarms to chirping since they are hard wired in. Up the ladder again to disconnect all three of which two are about 12-14 feet up.

This morning I went to Home Depot and bought new ones as the date codes for all three were from the early nineties. Now can I get some rest. 🤬

Mine are still original. Occasionally one will chirp, and it usually happens at inopportune times. Then I get the ladder and change the 9v battery in all of them.

Got a big ol' box of them for just such times.

^^^

You do know fire detectors have a limited lifetime?

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That’s how the fire detector industrial complex gets you!

I thought it was having them made in China and Mexico.

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Well... they all still work.

Fire departments sometimes provide replacements for free.

Mine work perfectly. Haven't heard a peep from them 🤐

The new ones have dual sensors, better at screaming when I burn stuff in the kitchen.

I let Mrs. Beach do the screaming when I burn stuff in the kitchen

Fire marshall Bill says, "Don't screw with fire safety."

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Touche!

My kids go ape **** when the detectors go off, usually when I am re-seasoning a carbon steel pan. They both cover their ears and try to blow on the detector that is 20 feet up on the ceiling...

Here's hoping they stick to that and don't start throwing coffee mugs at it

I had to throw out my carbon monoxide detector.

All that beeping was giving me a headache.

^You sure it wasn't the...

Nevermind.