# Just when I thought I have seen it all...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 19, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591 "2003-01-19T04:22:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/1 "2003-01-19T04:22:42Z")
So, the hubby brings home a small space heater tonight as a supplement to the central heat. Just to use on those really cold nights (our house is old and drafty). I start to unbox the heater, and for crying out loud he got one with a remote. How many remotes does a man need? We have remotes laying everywhere. We didn’t need to add to that mess, but he did. Oh well at least were staying warm:cool:. I still can’t believe it, the heater has a remote.
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/2 "2003-01-19T04:35:28Z")
So you don’t have to physically get up and kick the ashes? You do it electromagnetically now?
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### Author:  [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/3 "2003-01-19T04:36:48Z")
My [fan](http://home.attbi.com/~pattis_garden2/fanbig0127.jpg) has a remote.
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### Author:  [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/4 "2003-01-19T04:38:36Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Boscibo \*
> \*\*My [fan](http://home.attbi.com/~pattis_garden2/fanbig0127.jpg) has a remote. \*\*
That. Is. So. Cool! I want!
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### Author:  [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/5 "2003-01-19T04:52:07Z")
You might all appreciate this [Onion](http://www.theonion.com/onion3104/newremote.html) article.
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### Author:  [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/6 "2003-01-19T07:04:42Z")
Man checking in here.
Not one remote.
Not one.
I’m also not so insecure that I will not ask directions.
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### Author:  [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/7 "2003-01-19T07:34:29Z")
Also a man.
Also no remotes.
And I have no need for a new space heater, because I still have the one that my parents bought in the early eighties, which they later passed on to me. There’s nothing better than a hardy, durable electric appliance.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/8 "2003-01-19T13:38:59Z")
I had seven remotes in my living room til I bought [this.](http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=YDCnf-d5RmSnM9lTyUitdKh05TW_5v4xZdE=?ProductID=flwKC0%2eNAnAAAADyv9gSfMvC)
Now I need more things to control. I’d already planned to get some controllable light switches, but the heater and fan are great ideas!
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/9 "2003-01-19T13:41:51Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by ITR champion \*
> \*\*…There’s nothing better than a hardy, durable electric appliance. \*\*
Yes there is… the same appliance with a remote.
Imagine not having to get out from under the covers to turn it on. A remote is PERFECT for a space heater.
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### Author:  [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/10 "2003-01-19T14:22:36Z")
Both of my roomies have remotes for their car stereo’s.
I am sooo jealous.
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### Author:  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/11 "2003-01-19T17:04:55Z")
Remotes for your car stereo…now that’s just weird. I mean, you’re sitting within arm’s length of it, aren’t you?
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### Author:  [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/12 "2003-01-19T17:19:27Z")
Actually I had a remote for my cd changer in my car and it was very helpful! The changer only had a small faceplate with no controls and the remote was so intuitive that I could easily go from track to track, change settings, etc. while NEVER taking my eyes off the road. I wish I had a radio that was as easy to use.
I have a remote for my Bose Waveradio CD player. It is also my alarm clock and the snooze is on the remote so when it goes off in the morning all I have to do is reach over to where the remote is (same spot always) and get another ten minutes of snoozin’ without any bothersome getting out of the bed.
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### Author:  [@DLurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DLurker)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/13 "2003-01-19T17:29:14Z")
I don’t have any remotes. Well not since I had kids… \*\* “Go change the channel!” \*\*
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### Author:  [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/14 "2003-01-19T17:30:24Z")
> [@](#):
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> Man checking in here.
> Not one remote.
With apologies to the Rolling Stones…
He can’t be a man
'cause he doesn’t remote
the same remotes as me.
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### Author:  [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/15 "2003-01-19T17:30:47Z")
My in-dash CD player also came with a remote. Pretty silly, IMO. However, for a shorter person in a larger vehicle, I could see how it would be easier and safer than leaning forward to use the controls on the faceplate. My remote sits in a side pocket collecting dust.
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/16 "2003-01-19T19:45:15Z")
Man, that would be great. I could turn down the heat without even waking up!
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### Author:  [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/17 "2003-01-20T13:05:28Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ringo \*
> \*\*So you don’t have to physically get up and kick the ashes? You do it electromagnetically now? \*\*
When I first saw he had bought a heater with a remote, I had this sudden urge to kick his ash for being so dern lazy. He claims he didn’t know that it had a remote. Yeah right! But now I must eat my words. Thanks to,\*\* Boscibo\*\* and his remote controlled fan. I have found something I want. You see we have a box fan on top of the fridge to circulate air. Well I am short, and it is a pain in the butt to reach up there and grab the fan down and adjust the setting thus making a remote controlled fan very nice for shorty here. Now I must eat my words, because I want one too!
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### Author:  [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-thought-i-have-seen-it-all/149591/18 "2003-01-20T14:17:58Z")
**yojimboguy** , I’ve got the same remote. It is incredible! Can turn the tv, stereo, and satellite receiver on to TechTV all with the touch of one button!
Our air conditioner has a remote control. We will be setting up the universal remote to turn the AC off and on this coming summer. Hallelujah for technology!