Thursday, October 28, 2021

A Sensitive Remote Weekly Link Round-Up

 


The bathroom remodel is now in its second week, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it doesn't go into the third. There's no supply chain problems here. What seems to be the biggest problem occurred at the very beginning: the demolition. These guys are used to going into a newer house and ripping through drywall like it's butter. Demo's done in a flash. This old ranch house is a total stranger to drywall. They had to fight and pound their way through concrete and the old-style thick plaster with chicken wire. Yes, the remodel may be taking longer, but it's shaping up nicely, and I can't wait to see the finished product. All the folks who have stayed here at Casa Kittling and called that guest bath their own won't recognize it once everything is finished.

But what's this about a sensitive remote? Well, I used to have the annoying habit of laying back in the recliner with the TV remote on my stomach or chest then shifting position only to have the remote slide down between the cushions and onto the floor beneath. Poor Denis got the task of digging the thing back out.

Well... the last time this happened, instead of falling to the floor, the remote found a secret hidey hole in the recliner, and Denis couldn't find it even though he literally turned the recliner upside down in his search. However, we knew it was there. How? Because every evening for a week, whenever I'd shift my weight to bring down the footrest, I'd butt-dial the remote. The channel would change, or the closed captioning would turn on, or Netflix would rear its head. *sigh* Then on Laundry Day, I was sitting there folding clean clothes and happened to hear and feel that little devil shift and fall down a couple of inches. I immediately told Denis who crawled underneath and captured the miscreant. No more butt-dialing. Huzzah!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who's butt-dialed her TV remote. Please?

Enjoy the links!


►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►Craftsmanship & Artistry◄
 
►The Wanderer◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book.

16 comments:

  1. I'm so glad you found the remote, Cathy, and, hey, butt-dialing it is a very creative way to go about it! What a story! Now, I'm off to that shipwreck! Good luck with the final touches on the remodeling!

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    1. I just wish I'd had more finesse and could butt-dial the functions that I wanted instead of doing random ones!

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  2. I actually laughed out loud at the butt-dialing episode! And now for the links. :)

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    1. You should've heard me laugh when it happened the second night and Denis looked over at me and said, "Would you please stop butt-dialing the TV?!?"

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  3. Hmmm...I don't think I've participated in that particular 'activity', Cathy! I did enjoy your tale about it though. Glad you guys found it and life is back to normal.

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    1. I'm beginning to think that I'm all alone in my TV butt-dialing. Oh well...

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  4. The butt-dialing episode had me laughing out loud, too! I can't say that I have participated in that particular activity. My husband, however, has a touchy relationship with our remote. Since he doesn't need his glasses to watch TV, but does need them to see the remote (and doesn't put them on), the remote has been known to do something he didn't tell it to do such as turn the TV off or start the show over from the beginning. I thought remotes were supposed to make our lives easier!

    I'm going to check out some links. Have a good weekend!

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    1. Sometimes those pesky critters seem to have minds of their own. I've taught myself how to operate the remotes in the dark without looking at the keys.

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  5. Your remote control story made me laugh. My wife has exactly the same relationship with her remote control...problem is that at least half the time she can't figure out how to fix the problem she's caused by sitting on the remote again. Sometimes takes me five minutes to figure out what combination of things she's pushed. It's become a running joke around here.

    Didn't the old rule of thumb for boring books used to be 100 minus your age to determine how many pages you give it. At my age, it doesn't take so long anymore. LOL

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    1. All righty then! Your wife makes me feel a bit better. Problem is, I'm better at deducing how to get the TV out of the situation either one of us puts it in than Denis is. He's Mr. Fix-It with everything else though.

      As far as knowing when to stop reading a book, I fly by the seat of my pants. I remember stopping at page six of one book, having read the introductory description of a character and thinking to myself, "He did it." The writing style had not engaged me at all, so I flipped to the end, found out I was right about whodunit, closed the book, and said, "Next!"

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  6. I vary. Sometimes I just get to the bitter end even if the book bores or irks me. Sometimes I look at a few pages and close the book.
    Sometimes I read a few pages a day if it's available and I don't have a riveting book.
    Sometimes I read reviews and know a book isn't for me.
    But as I get older, I'm more selective.

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    1. I have so many books on hand here that the only reason why I continue to read a badly written book is because I've agreed to review it. Even then, I've emailed a publisher or two with an "I'm sorry, but..."

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  7. I know you tough out some books I can't read or can't finish. Some I want to throw across the room, but since I esteem books, I can't do it, even with bad ones.
    But what are publishers thinking? Some books are so bad.

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  8. Even books on best-seller lists are mediocre. I don't get it.

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