Oh, those remotes

[Christiern]

I was looking for a remote, so I rummaged in drawers and came across more than I can recall having! Notice that most of them have been collecting dust--do you throw them away or have they also accumulated at your place. Here's what I found, and I think I missed some...

[Christiern]

I knew it...just found another one...

[Dan Gould]

You really are a pack rat, Chris.

I can't imagine why you'd keep so many remotes, unless you still have all the electronics they go with ... but I'm glad that you had the pack rat gene when it came to keeping all of those old print ads, flyers and pictures you've shared.

As for remotes - if we're talking about old style remotes or living without them - I remember the first TV we had with a remote control was also our first color TV. It was around 1970, and the remote worked on a frequency that matched what was generated by our dog's metal tags jangling together, or if you shook a key ring. Well, to be clear, it worked on the volume control, which had three settings - low, medium, high. So the dog would get an itch, he'd scratch his ear and set off the volume, up up up up up up and we'd have to wait for him to stop scratching to see where the sound ended up. 9 times out of 10, we'd have to grab the remote to get it back to the volume we wanted.

[Chuck Nessa]

How many of those remotes have wires attached? I still have one for a DAT machine.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Oh no.....next he's going to pull out the Ball jars full of the pickled beets & other good stuff that Aunt Gladdy made for him back in '82.

[ejp626]

Not too shabby a collection. Now just bust them up a bit and paste them in a frame and you have a counterfeit Arman:

Typewriters

Razors

Clocks

[GA Russell]

Holy Toledo, Chris! That's a lot of remotes.

I am always losing mine. I have one right now for the recently acquired TV digital converter, but all of the others are AWOL.

[Randy Twizzle]

It's not as big as your collection but now I have something to aim for. Most of these are no longer being used.

[Jim Alfredson]

I think your remotes are getting it on and procreating.

Speaking of Bell jars, about two months ago we finally got rid of some incredibly nasty "preserves" that the previous owners left in the basement of our house. Most of the stuff was not even recognizable and I kept expecting a jar to start talking to me. "I've been watching your beautiful family. Please... don't kill me. I have gained sentience."

Seriously, some of the jars were labeled 1972 and the contents looked like preserved barf.

It was beyond disgusting.

[papsrus]

I am the sort of person who prefers an uncluttered living environment, and even I have four remotes!!! (One each for the receiver, TV, DVD player and music system). ...

(and, actually, several more in the closet with stored components of one sort or another. ... It's worse than I thought!!!!)

[BERIGAN]

Dan, we didn't have one, but I recall a cousin showing me how he could turn his tv on by shaking his keys!!!

Our first betamax had a corded remote! I may be the only person on this forum with beta and Laserdisc remotes still! Then again, knowing the weirdos here....probably not.

[porcy62]

Speaking of Bell jars, about two months ago we finally got rid of some incredibly nasty "preserves" that the previous owners left in the basement of our house. Most of the stuff was not even recognizable and I kept expecting a jar to start talking to me. "I've been watching your beautiful family. Please... don't kill me. I have gained sentience."

How can we know that you are the "real" JA rather then one of those body snatcher jars?

Can you whistle a John Patton's solo?

Edited July 22, 2008 by porcy62