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New inventions in our lifetime........
Katie77:
--- Quote from: 2robots4u on November 02, 2006, 10:03:43 pm ---My remotes are to TV, DVD, VCR, and CD player only. I've thought about getting a universal one, but they are too advanced for my feeble mind to understand...hell, I'm still trying to figure out the telephone ;D :laugh: :laugh:...Doug
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We had had our new tv for about 6 months, and I had always wondered why the remote was about 8inches long (in this day when everything is getting smaller and smaller)....the buttons we needed to change channel and volume were at the top of the remote.....then one day, we needed the technician to come out and fix something on the tv, and he asked me to press a certain button on the remote....when I couldnt find it, he then showed me, that the bottom of the remote had a sliding panel, which revealed about 30 other buttons....so thats why this remote is so damn long......needless to say, i slid the panel back up and still on really need to use the few buttons on the top.......
And I know this may shock some of you...but I dont use a mobile phone....I do have one, but I only use it when i go on holidays, and then i usually have it turned off and in the bottom of my handbag.....I have never sent or received an SMS message, and I dont know how to clear the "missed calls"......
saucycobblers:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on November 02, 2006, 10:23:43 pm ---And I know this may shock some of you...but I dont use a mobile phone....
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Sue, I have a friend who has never, and claims he will never, own a mobile phone. He works from home & says that if people need to reach him he's always there anyway. BUT... recently he's had a couple of incidents where even he has recognised their usefulness in an emergency. I think he might be weakening. And my parents only got a mobile just over 6 months ago, and that's only 'cos my sister bought them one! :D My mum's still scared of it, bless her... :laugh:
moremojo:
--- Quote from: saucycobblers on November 03, 2006, 09:14:48 am ---Sue, I have a friend who has never, and claims he will never, own a mobile phone.
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I too find it extremely unlikely that I will ever invest in that contraption either. I note how these now ubiquitous phones isolate and distract their users from their immediate environment, and I think that's a real shame. I can't deny their usefulness in possible emergencies myself, but don't find that sufficient motivation to become the owner of one.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: David925 on November 02, 2006, 09:58:03 pm ---
massive computers the size of a notebook
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This one really tickles me, even though I know it's true. Heck, I carry around a computer the size of a pack of cards in my purse (my Palm), still it's funny.
--- Quote from: David925 on November 02, 2006, 09:58:03 pm ---
purchasing something with pieces of paper and shiny metal.
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This one is already true - my daughter almost never sees me pay with cash. I use my debit card a lot. She has a piggy bank with coins, but I'm not sure she actually completely connects those coins with paying for something...
As to remotes, I can only add that we have a remote for our gas fireplace that has a thermostat in it. So that if you want it, say, 68 degrees where you are sitting, you can set the thermostat to 68, and as long as you have the remote sitting by you, it will be 68 degrees at the couch or even all the way over at the dining table. BUT, I've learned it really doesn't work if you hold the remote or have it on your lap - then it thinks the room is already about 98.6 and the fireplace won't kick on at all. :)
Katie77:
--- Quote from: saucycobblers on November 03, 2006, 09:14:48 am --- My mum's still scared of it, bless her... :laugh:
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Oh yes, we should feel for the oldies, with all this computer stuff, and new fangled contraptions....While working at the credit union, we found it so difficult to convince the older customers to use ATM's....I'm sure they were convinced, that if they pressed the wrong button, the whole machine would blow up....
Heres a naughty little cartoon, I got in an email yesterday....Hope you get a giggle out of it....
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