Comments on: Just in case the world doesn’t end… http://philwelch.net/2005/10/31/just-in-case-the-world-doesnt-end/ the adventures of phil welch, student of philosophy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Laurel http://philwelch.net/2005/10/31/just-in-case-the-world-doesnt-end/#comment-149 Laurel Sat, 12 May 2007 07:51:00 +0000 http://philwelch.net/wordpress/?p=72#comment-149 Our upstairs neighbors used to do that shit. The guy was in ROTC and would get up at like 5:30 am for PT. Thing was, they would go on vacation over the weekend or - god forbid, spring vacation - and leave the fucking thing set. <br/><br/>Thus, the alarm would go off at 5:30 am and keep going off for about three hours. I guess it finally hit the end of a cycle and would reset. Only it happened EVERY DAY for DAYS ON END.<br/><br/>I called the landlord and asked them to go turn it off, and they didn't... And I asked the neighbors to remember to turn it off, and they didn't either. <br/><br/>This is a large portion of why we moved to a place where we no longer have anybody above or below us. Our upstairs neighbors used to do that shit. The guy was in ROTC and would get up at like 5:30 am for PT. Thing was, they would go on vacation over the weekend or - god forbid, spring vacation - and leave the fucking thing set.

Thus, the alarm would go off at 5:30 am and keep going off for about three hours. I guess it finally hit the end of a cycle and would reset. Only it happened EVERY DAY for DAYS ON END.

I called the landlord and asked them to go turn it off, and they didn’t… And I asked the neighbors to remember to turn it off, and they didn’t either.

This is a large portion of why we moved to a place where we no longer have anybody above or below us.

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