My stereo in the car does have a remote. It’s always kept in one place and I use it to start the CD’s and to skip the pieces that skip. I gave up on radio, too many commercials, except for the local jazz station. As for tv, I rarely watch it. Two thousand stations and nothing on worth watching. I remember the big dea when we got the fourth station, Fox. That was a big deal, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy last century.
Oh, yes. Remote controls! It seems when I have visitors at the house they want to “simply change the channel.” Invariably, it ends up with words printed (sometimes in Chinese) on the screen that I can’t get off, or the time and a synopsis of the program that I really wanted to watch (that is now blocked by the synopsis to tell me what I’m missing), etc. At least it gives me an excuse to call a cute young friend (young enough to be my son, but we have a lot of fun together) to stop and undo the damage. The last time he was there to rescue me from the remote damage someone had done he suggested that maybe I should try hiding the remote when I have guests. I thought about it, but then what excuse would I have to invite him to stop by?
Meanwhile, we have had a car commercial on that shows someone standing outside an SUV and by use of a remote control it would parallel park–all by itself.
Nope, these things should remain “remote”–as in way out there someplace!
Janet Elaine Smith, multi-genre author
Hilarious, Wanda! Reminds me of former husband who had a remote with scads of buttons, while I had a simpler version. One time he said, “My remote has more buttons than yours.” Without skipping a beat, I replied, “But, by buttons are larger.” He then fell into ROFLHAO!
Loved it,Wanda! I don’t need a remote ,yet. We are just getting to having a car with a radio that works.
What aggravates me is to be in the backseat and someone in the front switches the radio to the back speakers then they turn it up loud so THEY can hear it.
But Wanda, don’t you know? It’s a conspiracy to get us to stop talking on cell phones while driving. You know that remote is going to make it into your purse and you know it will invariably be the one you grab when your cell phone rings.
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My stereo in the car does have a remote. It’s always kept in one place and I use it to start the CD’s and to skip the pieces that skip. I gave up on radio, too many commercials, except for the local jazz station. As for tv, I rarely watch it. Two thousand stations and nothing on worth watching. I remember the big dea when we got the fourth station, Fox. That was a big deal, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy last century.
Oh, yes. Remote controls! It seems when I have visitors at the house they want to “simply change the channel.” Invariably, it ends up with words printed (sometimes in Chinese) on the screen that I can’t get off, or the time and a synopsis of the program that I really wanted to watch (that is now blocked by the synopsis to tell me what I’m missing), etc. At least it gives me an excuse to call a cute young friend (young enough to be my son, but we have a lot of fun together) to stop and undo the damage. The last time he was there to rescue me from the remote damage someone had done he suggested that maybe I should try hiding the remote when I have guests. I thought about it, but then what excuse would I have to invite him to stop by?
Meanwhile, we have had a car commercial on that shows someone standing outside an SUV and by use of a remote control it would parallel park–all by itself.
Nope, these things should remain “remote”–as in way out there someplace!
Janet Elaine Smith, multi-genre author
Hilarious, Wanda! Reminds me of former husband who had a remote with scads of buttons, while I had a simpler version. One time he said, “My remote has more buttons than yours.” Without skipping a beat, I replied, “But, by buttons are larger.” He then fell into ROFLHAO!
Loved it,Wanda! I don’t need a remote ,yet. We are just getting to having a car with a radio that works.
What aggravates me is to be in the backseat and someone in the front switches the radio to the back speakers then they turn it up loud so THEY can hear it.
You mean they really have remote controls for car radios…I mean sound systems?
But Wanda, don’t you know? It’s a conspiracy to get us to stop talking on cell phones while driving. You know that remote is going to make it into your purse and you know it will invariably be the one you grab when your cell phone rings.