TV remote control

[justontime]

We have sky plus, it is supposed to make our life easier by letting us record things to view later. The problem is that children fill it up with Dr Who and all sorts of stuff that they refuse to delete, most of the time there is no space to record anything we want.

[Mickie31]

Originally Posted by justontime

When my daughter was little she 'fed' the video player a slice of bread and jam because it looked hungry! Now she is 19 she is doesn't cause too many problems with gadgets, but when the phone rings I can never find it. We have two handsets and you can almost guarantee that she will have one in her room somewhere and her younger sister will have stashed the other somewhere in her room. Sometimes I wish we could go back to the old days when the handset stayed firmly attached to the phone!

That's funny, lol! My daughter was feeding food to the printer and actually broke it because there was too much food inside it.

[mollyL]

Every couple of years, my husband will buy an new "everything" controls. I notice they look a little more "science fiction" every time.

[justontime]

Originally Posted by Green-Moo

My stereo has a remote control, but as it can't change a CD it seems a fairly pointless gadget to me.

The CD changer in my car is located in a little compartment over the rear wheel of my 7 seater. I find it awkward to change the Cd's because it involves me climbing into the boot to lift out the CD carrier. I like to listen to talking books but despite my best efforts I often often manage to put the CD's in backwards, so when I try to listen to it I press CD1 and CD6 comes on. I end up totally frustrated and I turn back to Radio 4 - it is less complicated.