Two years ago, I wrote about control of the television remotes. We have about six, and in a full and honest acknowledgement fair, I have no idea what most of them do. One came with the television, so that one turns it on. What the other buttons do, well, . . . . Another is cable access, thank you very much, Xfinity. Others activate “streaming” services, of which we have several and only lately have we come to use them – typically when the Princess is home and she needs to watch some obscure movie for a class. We have non-television related remotes too. Her Ladyship just got a new lamp, controlled by a remote device. She can be bathed in a warm, golden glow, or there’s a setting for a bluish light – I guess that’s in case the living room enters a cloud and fogs up. Of course, it comes with basic services too – on and off. One of its curious quirks is that, should the power blip at any point, the lamp comes on. That’s fun when I get up at 2 AM and notice light pouring out of the living room. Then I have to search for the right remote, punching off buttons on many of the wrong ones in the process and thus deprogramming as I go.
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