...or just me....

i was in ace hardware running errands after lunch and an aisle sign read:  fire extinguishers.  hum, thought i, mine must be thirty years old.  maybe i should pick up a new one.  i asked one of the employees and he referred me to the fire department saying they used to exchange them for new tanks.  it was worth a try. 

the very sweet captain, meghan, took a look at my extinguisher.  it wasn't dead but it wasn't exactly lively either.  she suggested i buy a new one and keep this one as a back up.  since i had the poor girl cornered, i asked her about smoke detectors.  she offered to have someone come out and look.  thinking they had enough to do, i declined.  she, having already taken my address, appeared on my doorstep a couple of hours later.  wow.  talk about service.  she changed the battery in the one that was dead.  the other one needs to be replaced as it is hard wired and the guts are missing.  she said to take a picture of it and take it to the store to make sure i get the right one.  i tried to give her a twenty and told her to buy herself lunch, but she declined in the nicest of ways.  i need to call her boss.  kudos to you meghan.

waiting patiently for dinner.  i'm craving a greek salad with some garlic bread.  slurp.