tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13791258.post112352134208177273..comments2023-09-06T09:07:34.447-05:00Comments on Slyeyes' Ramblings: IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFEDonnaJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492769993333488781noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13791258.post-1123775691970045682005-08-11T10:54:00.000-05:002005-08-11T10:54:00.000-05:00And how many channels did you have "when you were ...And how many channels did you have "when you were a lad", Wys?<BR/><BR/>We had 2-4-5-7-9-11-13 until cable. Now, like Sly, there are hundreds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13791258.post-1123746188881090222005-08-11T02:43:00.000-05:002005-08-11T02:43:00.000-05:00Arrrr....but when *I* were a lad, my parent's remo...Arrrr....but when *I* were a lad, my parent's remote control was one of *us*. <BR/><BR/>"'OY, Jim-me-lad", me old dad used to say, "get up an flick it over to the sorts willya!"<BR/><BR/>But o'course then me mum would say "'OY, Jim-me-lad, forget that, fick it over to the soaps willya".<BR/><BR/>By gum, by the end of the evening I were in such a lather I could barely walk.<BR/><BR/>But you tell that to the kids of today......wysiwyghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774972796991945948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13791258.post-1123696603753453312005-08-10T12:56:00.000-05:002005-08-10T12:56:00.000-05:00Sly, I'll send you my little black rubber thingie....Sly, I'll send you my little black rubber thingie. I'm not using mine. :)Leetiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16958241640306875185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13791258.post-1123616722059187512005-08-09T14:45:00.000-05:002005-08-09T14:45:00.000-05:00When my family first got cable and a remote box, t...When my family first got cable and a remote box, the "remote" was a big box with big push bottons, that was actually wired to the tv. Long wire connected the box to the tv. No possible way to lose that thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13791258.post-1123603117451897502005-08-09T10:58:00.000-05:002005-08-09T10:58:00.000-05:00Jeff - and you wonder why Dave referred to you as ...Jeff - and you wonder why Dave referred to you as the "AARP guy"?<BR/><BR/>I now have to have 4 (four!) remote thingy's for each of my TV's - this is getting ridiculous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13791258.post-1123600335711554232005-08-09T10:12:00.000-05:002005-08-09T10:12:00.000-05:00When one has several hundred channels from which t...<I>When one has several hundred channels from which to chose, this takes awhile.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!<BR/><BR/>That is a truly hilarious story, sly, especially the last line.<BR/><BR/>When we first got married we had an old, manual black & white tv. One of the tubes (remember them?) in the back was loose and we actually used a fork to hold it in! That we didn't burn down the place is amazing now.<BR/><BR/>It was years before we got our first tv with a remote. It's scary how far we've come since then, especially looking back to where we were.<BR/><BR/>When we were kids our first television had a small screen with a magnifier (literally) in front of it to make the picture look bigger. (All right, I've already admitted I'm old.)<BR/><BR/>Now we all blithely talk about VCRs, DVDs, TiVo, hundreds of channels, etc etc. I still remember getting our first VCR in the early 1980s.<BR/><BR/>Geezer bus boarding in 10 minutes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com