Ha, I sit here with FIVE remote controls beside me! The TV, the cable, my old VCR/DVD player, and my newer Blu-Ray surround sound system, plus a little one for my CD/IPod player (I like to mute the TV and listen to music during the commercials). I hardly use the VCR any more (I play DVDs in the Blu-Ray), but I still have quite a collection of VHS tapes and watch them once in a while, so I keep that one on the end table, but the others are all lined up on the couch. I have to snatch them and move them around when Khan comes to lie next to me for a belly rub, or he can step on a button and mess something up! It seems that neither the Samsung Blu-Ray or the cable remotes have a code for my Vizio TV. Anyway, I'm always afraid that if I try to consolidate them, I might lose access to some of the more specialized features on each device. But it is a pain!
Fricka, my mother cannot learn how to use a DVD player (or VCR) either. And she seems to take pride in it! My father sometimes got confused, but could learn them. Since he's been gone, she's given up on playing any tapes or disks. I'm surprised she can even handle the TV and cable! But she's not all that interested in watching stuff, anyway. She watches some TV, and only has the very basic cable with her local stations and a couple of others. Before my father passed away, my brother, who lives in Florida, and his family visited, and my brother got it into my head that my father should have access to the History Channel, so he called the cable company and upgraded them to a more extensive package. When the first monthly bill came, my mother flipped!!! She immediately downgraded it. I don't know why my brother thought they would like a really high bill to pay each month! He should have thought about the ongoing consequences of his action.
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Grand Dame of the Land of Oz, Duchess of Fantasia, in the Kingdom of Wordsmithonia; also, Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of Wordsmithonia
