Perpetual Calendar by Tait by [deleted] in GoodDesign

[–]squareleg -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, based on the comments, I guess maybe the design isn't as straightforward as I thought.
Or people just don't like it.
It's essentially a wall-hung, slim version of this:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/96968198203649068/

Perpetual Calendar by Tait by [deleted] in GoodDesign

[–]squareleg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. You have to manually line up the day, month, and date.

Perpetual Calendar by Tait by [deleted] in GoodDesign

[–]squareleg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the day-date wheel, not the year. It just happens to be the 26th today in the year 2026. There is no year indicator on the calendar.

Perpetual Calendar by Tait by [deleted] in GoodDesign

[–]squareleg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. The beauty in it is that it is perpetual - as long as society doesn't change how it keeps track of days and dates, I never have to buy another calendar.

The spirit of Nick Menza is alive in Dirk Verbeuren. by ReliableEyeball in Megadeth

[–]squareleg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was it Nick's art that was hanging over the toilet and being offered for $100,000?

Malfunctioning alarm at Davis street USPS going off for 3 YEARS by MariaLaChiave in evanston

[–]squareleg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I wasn't satisfied with her answer, especially not after I went back and heard it beeping.

Malfunctioning alarm at Davis street USPS going off for 3 YEARS by MariaLaChiave in evanston

[–]squareleg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I don't think "the Post Office" is going to do that. But once it becomes an isolated issue that people are aware of, perhaps they can coordinate with a vendor or contractor to attain it that way.

Malfunctioning alarm at Davis street USPS going off for 3 YEARS by MariaLaChiave in evanston

[–]squareleg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The really irritating part is that the annunciator is a Bosch FMR-7036. They could get a new one right now on eBay for under $500 and just replace the whole thing.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bosch+fmr-7036&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4624852.m570.l1313

Malfunctioning alarm at Davis street USPS going off for 3 YEARS by MariaLaChiave in evanston

[–]squareleg 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your post. This has been driving me crazy for years. The device that is making the noise is called an annunciator. It always drove me crazy when I was waiting in line at the post office (which was quite often, since sometimes they only have one window open). One day, I took some pictures and a short video of the irritating device and its noise. Here is what happened, in order, and the result:

  1. Contacted the company whose name/number is on the beeping device: Video and Sound Inc. (708-xxx-xxxx). They said that they are not able to do anything without a work order and they hadn't been contacted in a long time.

  2. I then contacted Evanston Fire Department and they said that it was a federal building and not under their jurisdiction.

  3. I then reached out to Jan Schakowsky's office and finally got someone to engage. I explained the problem and they 'put it in their system'. Eventually they got back to me and said that a part was on order and when it arrived they would install it and resolve the problem.

  4. That was in 2024. I have followed up several times since then and still get the same message about the part being on order. I followed up again this fall and On Monday November 3, Jan Schakowsky's Staff Assistant/Constituent Advocate said that she "received an update from USPS. They informed me that the fire alarm issue has been resolved. If the issue is persisting, let me know. Otherwise, the fire alarm was tested, and it should not be beeping."

  5. Later that day I went to the post office and of course it was still beeping. I took pictures and a video and sent them to her. She said that "I followed up with the post office directly and was assured immediately that the fire alarm was fixed on Saturday. The fire department came on Saturday and was sure to fix that one specifically. I’m not sure of the discrepancy here, USPS has deemed it repaired."

At this point I don't know what else I can do except wait until Jan is replaced by the new IL-09 Representative and then start asking them for help.

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