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Toddler dies in Spokane fire, his dog huddled at his side
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | October 22, 2016 6:35 pm | AP

Posted on 10/22/2016 7:18:09 PM PDT by COBOL2Java

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To: wardaddy; HiTech RedNeck; publius911

>> On a system if one goes out they all beep

Relatively new code requirements you’re speaking to — which is good. But the annoying “false alarm” factor is still too high.

A few years ago, I helped a friend with a detector unit the continuously faulted. Why? The instructional label within the unit describing battery placement had the +/- signs inverted. So the battery never made proper contact. But as an integral component to a house-powered system, the (backup) 9V battery problem wasn’t alerted as a major failure, but instead as an annoying, infrequent chirp.


41 posted on 10/22/2016 9:48:04 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lovely picture of a boy and his dog in heaven with Jesus.


42 posted on 10/22/2016 10:03:37 PM PDT by KittyKares (.)
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To: jonno

Thanks Jonno...


43 posted on 10/22/2016 10:13:45 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (17 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: COBOL2Java

The last time the Cubs won the World Series the WW1 hadn’t even started, Wilbur Wright was still demonstrating powered flight, the first Model T had just rolled off the assembly line, Teddy Roosevelt was still President, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were about to be killed in Bolivia later that year.


44 posted on 10/22/2016 10:35:11 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: libstripper
GoD And DoG
45 posted on 10/22/2016 10:35:33 PM PDT by kanawa (The 1st job of a 'community organizer' is to disorganize the community)
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To: COBOL2Java

Sorry, I posted to the wrong thread about the Cubs.

I will say this though, that this is the saddest story since the little girl was killed in Nice during a terrorist attack. Life isn’t fair. I just hope adults learn to love children a little more and protect them even if they aren’t their own.


46 posted on 10/22/2016 10:40:44 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: COBOL2Java

oh my. sad. but again, man’s best animal friend demonstrates true love.


47 posted on 10/23/2016 12:22:39 AM PDT by dadfly
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To: wardaddy

What breed was called “the nanny dog” because of its devotion to its toddling charges?


48 posted on 10/23/2016 12:41:57 AM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: wardaddy

In the photo, the child is gone but the teddy bear and I believe, what is left of the dog, remains.


49 posted on 10/23/2016 12:45:54 AM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: Crucial

I suspect you are on the wrong thread.


50 posted on 10/23/2016 12:47:11 AM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: COBOL2Java

As we can expect the scumedia will rush to judgement in a terrorist event a GOP event but when a child dies in an intense fire that melts the metal bed frame they blame it on the smoke detector. There is more to this story Im sure.


51 posted on 10/23/2016 4:31:43 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: mad_as_he$$

This is the saddest story of pure loyalty I have read in a long time. Profoundly sad...


52 posted on 10/23/2016 6:20:30 AM PDT by Clutch Martin
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To: editor-surveyor

But there versus showing us to care for our animals.


53 posted on 10/23/2016 6:23:04 AM PDT by Clutch Martin
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To: Clutch Martin

Well put..


54 posted on 10/23/2016 6:52:50 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ( "Hokahey, today is a good day to die!" Crazy Horse prior to the Battle of Little Big Horn)
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To: wardaddy

You are with him in his condemnations without knowing the full situation?

How do you know it is not something like they were continually bombarding the landlord with requests to fix false-alarming systems — requests that were being ignored?

How do you know that they did not believe the dog itself would serve as an alarm? How do you know whether or not in fact dogs commonly do?

Yes, there are codes requiring landlords to do this. They can be held in violation of these codes.

I imagine you are now busy trying to dig up more information. Good. Tell us what it is, if you ever succeed.

There are so many variables.


55 posted on 10/23/2016 7:52:22 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: ronnie raygun

PLUS, they DID have a dog.

I wouldn’t rule out ARSON here. This is like asking a police whistle to fix armed rape.


56 posted on 10/23/2016 7:53:43 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Clutch Martin

And contrast that to the very real possibility of sabotage. We have no broader picture — it is an almost oddly constricted story. We don’t know what kind of riff raff knew the family. To visit, undo the fire alarm, and then later come back and fire bomb the property, does not seem to be incompatible with the story.

It may be that all the condemners will be condemned.


57 posted on 10/23/2016 8:03:43 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

My reply was unless the landlord was criminally negligent

I made clear to qualify

But no just for mundane stuff I never relied on landlord for safety or fire escaping

Except in high rises where fire escapes would be paramount of course

I actually lived in a high loft above an industrial area once with one way out and a 70 foot drop

I bought a rope ladder

I was young stupid but smart enough for that

It was like living in a gym

Lead frame floor to ceiling Windows

Pure industrial

What is that called now

Steamer Punk?


58 posted on 10/23/2016 10:46:28 AM PDT by wardaddy (the traitorous GOPe deserves Third of May 1808 if ever a party did....)
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