tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post263140227456416709..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: Remote LivingMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-12580974880152310012010-07-18T18:39:04.813-04:002010-07-18T18:39:04.813-04:00Randal's right! Why did they have to change t...Randal's right! Why did they have to change things? Dang it.<br /><br />Back in the summer of 1988, when I spent three months in California living the illegal alien dream, I stayed with my uncle who had a strange and rather old "remote" to go with a TV in his den. The remote actually plugged into the TV and a couple of wires ran across the carpet to the coffee table, where the remote sat next to my uncle's pot bong. The remote was about the size of a typewriter with just about as many keys, and you punched them to change the channel and turn the set off and on.<br /><br />The bong was damn big, too, as I remember.El Cerdo Ignatiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646154540141962389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-63369941923240992912010-07-14T10:51:40.932-04:002010-07-14T10:51:40.932-04:00Back in my day, when we wanted to change the cable...Back in my day, when we wanted to change the cable channel, we had to get up, walk to the box on top of the TV and turn the dial and we liked it!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-1998056856910241482010-07-12T13:29:14.021-04:002010-07-12T13:29:14.021-04:00Speaking of the mass media, I found this quote you...Speaking of the mass media, I found this quote you would probably approve of...<br />"our public policies are driven and defined by a media increasingly addicted to slinging emotional narratives rather than reporting about rational discourse and engaging in principled analysis"<br /><br />This was soon after reading a report on the early history of American education. What was then something one had to struggle for is now push buttonable, but no longer thought valuable.<br /><br />Yes, that thought includes the news media quote, too -- we wade instead of swimming against the tide.muddleglumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394254712209466553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-42044954641023580042010-07-11T23:21:24.602-04:002010-07-11T23:21:24.602-04:00I used the guts out a cheap model radio controlled...I used the guts out a cheap model radio controlled airplane to make a remote control for my video camera, that's pretty cool.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-78185337383905487652010-07-11T23:19:46.791-04:002010-07-11T23:19:46.791-04:00I suppose that I was in my 40's before I got a...I suppose that I was in my 40's before I got a TV with a remote control. Never owned TV's most of the time when raising the kids. <br /><br />Now the TV, VCR and DVD player get used maybe once or twice a year to watch a rented movie. <br /><br />Cable TV? Bah, I'm not paying for that, the only thing the cable is hooked to is the computer.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-10940354251647981852010-07-11T07:56:04.706-04:002010-07-11T07:56:04.706-04:00Every electronic noise/picture maker you buy today...Every electronic noise/picture maker you buy today comes with its own remote. A normal household must have about 10 of them to be any where up to date. I used to depend on my kids to do stuff like reset everything after I pushed too many buttons. Now I just don't go near anything that doesn't have a keyboard. <br />Tanya watches TV. She has two remotes - one to turn the TV on and off and one to change channels on the satellite dish. I don't touch them.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com