Decommissioned

This is the inside the the smoke alarm that I have smashed open to disconnect it from its failing battery. The annoying appliance had been bleeping very 40 seconds for some time when I removed it to the garage. Today it started bleeping again, so I decided to terminate it for good. For any aficionados of Friends, you may recognise the feeling that I might never be able to switch it off and I did in fact set it off on numerous occasions as I tried to get it open.

It is now completely silent and there is a new one in its place.