# Okay, which one of you jokers snuck in my house and stole my TV remote? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576 "2019-12-09T01:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/101 "2019-12-11T01:56:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Just got in from shopping. Some how I remembered light bulbs and scotchtape in the throng of shoppers bumping into me and using the aisle I wanna use :D. > I got a huge thing of light bulbs > The new twisty kind. Forgot my lamp shade clips on a roundish bulb. Dang it. > And, I forgot Charmin. Those are NOT the kind of bulbs you want these days–return them and get some LED bulbs. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/102 "2019-12-11T02:05:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > And, I forgot Charmin. No problem. Just borrow some from the bear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/103 "2019-12-11T02:26:34Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Those are NOT the kind of bulbs you want these days–return them and get some LED bulbs. Oh, noes! I bought the wrong bulbs. Are them LED ones roundish? As usual beckdawrek is 2 days late on them thar modern thingamajigs! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/104 "2019-12-11T02:41:51Z")
Yes, LED lights are designed to look like incandescents, so lamp shades with clips will fit on them. Of course, you have to remember where you put them when you come home from the store. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/105 "2019-12-11T03:02:47Z")
Oh, I saw those bulbs. I thought Walmart was screwing with me. I didn’t have time to read the pkg. a group of people were getting too close. Must’ve been 8 people acting alittle too festive for my taste. I ran. As I’m now trying to avoid Walmart anymore til Jan.??. I’ll send DIL. Yep. That’ll work. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/106 "2019-12-11T03:09:41Z")
Tell her to get warm yellow ones, not the daylight bright ones. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/107 "2019-12-11T03:15:28Z")
Oh, god. I gotta choose what color? I just want a simple plain light bulb. Preferably one I don’t have to get a second mortgage to afford. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/108 "2019-12-11T03:22:06Z")
H’m. Are you too far out of town for deliveries? Amazon or Ebay stores might be your saviour, if you’re not. At least until the crazy season is over. Otherwise, I’d suggest doing what I do - write things down as they occur to you, on real paper, and leave them on your desk. I’ve a terrible memory for such things, and I find that this helps - heck, just the act of writing it down is usually enough. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/109 "2019-12-11T03:38:10Z")
The UPS guy gets to my gate and chunks a box toward my house. Not so condusive to lightbulb purchases. I’m just grousing now. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/110 "2019-12-11T05:20:35Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/111 "2019-12-11T05:22:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, god. I gotta choose what color? I just want a simple plain light bulb. Preferably one I don’t have to get a second mortgage to afford. > :smack: There are no longer “simple plain light bulbs”. The “daylight” ones seem very blue to me, like fluorescent tubes. The warm yellow ones seem the most like incandescents, which seem more cozy to me. YMMV, of course. Oh, and they’re all more expensive than incandescents. Because they’re supposed to last longer. Until you can’t stand the “daylight blue” light anymore and unscrew it and stomp up and down on it, a week after you installed it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/112 "2019-12-11T06:07:50Z")
Thanks for telling me that. I’ll look for the warmer ones. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/113 "2019-12-11T07:49:13Z")
Seconding the warmer tones. One of my two bathroom sconce lights burned out. T I replaced the bad bulb with the daylight kind. Yikes!! New bulb was a harsh WHITE. Clearly these bulb guys need to get outside more. Ain’t no daylight that white on Planet Earth. Have DIL get “Soft White” bulbs. Soft…like Charmin. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/114 "2019-12-11T08:01:58Z")
Yeah, you know DIL is a lot of nice things. She’s a very willing and able advocate for me. Does more for me than anyone should have to. Love her to bits. But…she has 2 glaring faults: #1.Her unlimited recipe box of casseroles, she has a casserole for any occasion. #2.The girl can’t shop. I don’t know how she manages her own household needs. Generally you take what she brings back. I’m gonna show her a picture of the bulbs I want and cross my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/115 "2019-12-11T08:14:33Z")
Anecdote: One time I sent her for those semi-disposable Handi-wipes. She came back with $10 worth of shop towels on rolls. Hey, I just went with. Took me 6mos.to use those towels5 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/116 "2019-12-11T11:07:00Z")
**Beck** , I keep a pad of Post-its in the kitchen. Whenever I run out (or run low) of any food I write it down on the pad. I also add any non-food items like cat litter, toilet paper or trash bags. When I go shopping I just take the top Post-it with me, and a little pencil to cross out items as I buy them. You can glue down the pad so you know it’s always there. And I know you’re an artist like me. In the room where I do my art work, I use the daylight bulbs. They help me see better, and the warmer ones screw with colors. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/117 "2019-12-11T11:48:21Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > **Beck** , I keep a pad of Post-its in the kitchen. Whenever I run out (or run low) of any food I write it down on the pad. I also add any non-food items like cat litter, toilet paper or trash bags. When I go shopping I just take the top Post-it with me, and a little pencil to cross out items as I buy them. You can glue down the pad so you know it’s always there. If she glues down the pad, you know she’s gonna lose the pencil; or is that the topic for another thread? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/118 "2019-12-11T12:14:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The UPS guy gets to my gate and chunks a box toward my house. Not so condusive to lightbulb purchases. > > I’m just grousing now. The journey to the mail box is an armed expedition, fending off bears, 300 pound feral pigs, and gumballs. It is not for the faint of heart. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/119 "2019-12-11T18:11:17Z")
I have a magnetic paper pad that won’t stick to the fridge (stainless steel) in my kitchenm pens and pencils are hard to keep there. I bought a box of 144 golf pencils. Can’t find them at the moment. Panache, I have OTT lights in my art room. Just like a nice sunny day when I turn them on. Carni\*- you are so right. I go fully armed on the way to the mail box:D \*nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576/120 "2019-12-11T19:22:38Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > If she glues down the pad, you know she’s gonna lose the pencil > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I bought a box of 144 golf pencils. Can’t find them at the moment. I’m freakin’ Carnac! 🆒 Hey, **Beck** , why don’t you get something that’ll turn that lamp on & off that I don’t think that even you can lose; it’s always right there at the end of your [arms](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRWtFVFSx5I&t=17s). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576.md?page=7)