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Old 06-16-2015, 04:53 PM
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Yep, I was the remote AND the rabbit ears adjuster.
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I bossed my little sister around and made her be the remote.

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Well, at least we only had 4 channels to deal with.
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How well I remember, LOL
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I was stronger than my sister. She did not have the strength to turn the massive channel dial. It clunked when it was turned. So it was as if I held the remote in todays world.
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When I was a kid, you never lost the telephone............it was always in the same place.
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And you better go slowly through the channels so as not to break the channel changer.
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Well, at least we only had 4 channels to deal with.
Us too, but we only got to watch TV on Sunday Walt Disney
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Back when TVs were just starting to have optional remotes, I actually said to some friends "I can never see myself needing to buy a TV that has a remote"

I am not sure it is the most naive thing I have ever said, but it ranks up there...
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