i stood at the bottom of the stairs on one leg with my left hand stuck in my back left pocket. it was real hard to get started because i seemed to lose my balance when i was ready to start hopping. after a few moments to get my bearings i hopped up onto the first step. it was not easy. the second step was not any easier. on the 3 step something happened to my knee when i landed and the demonstration was over. my feckin left knee is swollen and i can barely walk today. as they say, don't try this at home!
on a brighter note i got lucky with a remote control. i have an old jvc radio/cd/cassette in my bedroom that i listen to every night and hit the sleep button on the remote so it'll turn itself off should i drift off to sleep whilst listening to the news etc. the sleep button on the remote is almost worn out, i have to press it several times really hard to make it work. i've been looking for a new radio but i have an emotional attachment to the old jvc. by chance i checked out the harmony data base and was totally surprised that my 25 year old jvc boom box was in the data base. i quickly ran out and bought another harmony remote to program for the jvc. voila, it worked!
here are all my children:
here are the harmony remotes that i'm smitten over:
i love those harmony sons of bitches, you guys too.
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LOL! The man has a set very similar sitting on our coffee table. I can use one, the others mock me! I know if I touch one button it will cause chaos later when the remote master takes them in hand.
A dozen remotes? Maybe you could glue them together and make a splint for you leg. :-)
when i visited a friend.
I had no idea you had any friends that you actually talk to in person. Maybe there is hope for the world yet. :-)
I have two remotes, use them about once a year.
Hey, you're getting too old to try that stair trick shit. At my 68 I can do the one hand and one foot launch but that step had better be only about four inches high.
Thanks for the warning!
I've been planning this project for about 15 years now, of mounting all my remotes on a board and calling it my "remote control panel" but just can't seem to get around to it.
Maybe now I won't fkn bother.
starring Galt-in-Da-Box as
silly - i hate complicated remotes. the perfect remote is a simple one you can use without looking at.
secret - i don't use them all. i need back ups in case of emergency.
bill- once i recover, i'm going to work on this until i can do it. that's if i recover.
samm - excellent idea, a remote wall of honor.
It appears to me that it costs a lot of money to put yourself to sleep when it used to just take some booze, which do you find most enjoyable?
bill- once i recover, i'm going to work on this until i can do it. that's if i recover.
You silly shit, don't try that again.
bill - years ago alcohol helped put me to sleep but it gave me a headache the next day.
have they improved alcohol so that it doesn't result in a headache the next day?
schmuck...sigh*...
holy shit..more remotes for me to lose.
have they improved alcohol so that it doesn't result in a headache the next day?
Maybe, I never get one.
If getting a little tipsy at night saves me from 12 remotes at night I can live with that. And it likely saves me money.
You've got more affection for your old appliances than your somewhat older knee! Hopping up stairs is crazy, not even a kangaroo could do it safely!
Just change the bet and hop all the way down the concrete staircase.
Easy peasy.
yellowdog - remotes should have the same feature as cordless phones, a button to press and it starts beeping.
bill - i don't use all twelve, some are duplicates. like having a spare tire in your trunk.
gb - i tried it on my other leg this morning and it might be safe to say my hopping days are over.
thims - any fool can hop down stairs, i want to be the fool that can hop up stairs.
Ha! Only a man can love a remote like that--and attempt to ascend stairs on one leg with hands behind back. Boy, there are quite a few things a guy can get done. ;)
My current sleeping pill, four light beers, a jigger, or two, of rum just before going to bed.
Ah... how much did you smoke before you made that bet?
Knees are tricky. I clobbered mine many years ago and its still trying to get revenge by going out on me suddenly when the whim strikes it.
I guess if you really want to win that bet, you can use your good knee.
But I wouldn't recommend it.
You prove my assertion that men are silly, quixotic creatures toward whom one can grow unaccountably fond.
Standing back, here, arms folded across my chest, wry smile, shaking my head slowly side to side over this post.
I use to pay my kids to find the remote. I found out years later they were hiding them, so they could make money.
Just goes to show, you should never deal with terrorists.
Nice find, BP. Sorry to hear about the knee. Hopefully you will be good to go in a few days so you can make your candy run on November 1.
jayne - i often fall asleep with the remote almost under my pillow. it doesn't snore, fart or kick. i love that son of a bitch.
bill - light beer is for girls. i'll bet leslie drinks full strength beer.
silly - i tried the stair deal on my other leg this morning. i'll drone about the results in a future post.
nance - quixotic! good idea, i'll put a wash basin on my head next time.
tex - i wonder how many tricks our kids have pulled on us that we don't know about. i could never figure out how sonny had more money than me.
mr shife - i think i have a dentist appointment on the 3rd but i'm not buying ju jubes this year. i stick to reeses pieces and peanut butter cups.
Speaking of Leslie, maybe she drank herself off the planet, I haven't seen her around, which is fine with me. Maybe she went to be with Amy Winehouse.
One the way out here in the boondocks today I almost bought the farm when a monkeymobile drifted into my lane, you have to be always alert around these damn monkeys.
bill - did you get the license number? if so, go shoot the prick.
it sounds so easy I'm tempted to try...
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