Anyone else hate this when watching TV in BED?

[friendsfan77]

on average, I lose my remote control about three times a week. lol

[coffield3]

My remote for the tv in my bedroom has glow in the dark buttons

[Janice]

Originally Posted by Mikado

Is that the remote control in your PJs, or are you just happy to SEE me?

That's a good one, and yes Solomon, losing the remote in bed is a biotch. My husband gets real grouchy when I ask him to wake up so I can conduct a full-scale search. I mean, this is important to me. Switching between Nick and TVLand, come on, we all know how urgent that can be.

I try to leave the remote on the nightstand, but I usually fall asleep with it in my hand, and it sometimes falls to the floor, causing cats to fly throught the air, the hubby to have a near coronary. It's real fun when the batteries fall out, and the remote cracks and has to be taped. What a pretty picture I just painted.

[Mikado]

Originally Posted by Janice

That's a good one, and yes Solomon, losing the remote in bed is a biotch. My husband gets real grouchy when I ask him to wake up so I can conduct a full-scale search. I mean, this is important to me. Switching between Nick and TVLand, come on, we all know how urgent that can be.

I try to leave the remote on the nightstand, but I usually fall asleep with it in my hand, and it sometimes falls to the floor, causing cats to fly throught the air, the hubby to have a near coronary. It's real fun when the batteries fall out, and the remote cracks and has to be taped. What a pretty picture I just painted.

We all feel your pain, Janice (You should see the den remote thats in front of me now, held together with electrical tape, tied in a knot...i ran out of the huge rubber bands (taken off celery stalks), that i usually use!)

[friendsfan77]

Originally Posted by Mikado

We all feel your pain, Janice (You should see the den remote thats in front of me now, held together with electrical tape, tied in a knot...i ran out of the huge rubber bands (taken off celery stalks), that i usually use!)

my VCR remote is in horrible shape because I've dropped it too many times, it's all taped up in the middle and most of the buttons are worn off.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by Mikado

We all feel your pain, Janice (You should see the den remote thats in front of me now, held together with electrical tape, tied in a knot...i ran out of the huge rubber bands (taken off celery stalks), that i usually use!)

I don't know whose story is more pathetic, mine or yours. You keep wrapping that sucker up, you'll cover all the buttons, lol.

Way off topic, but I just thought of a couple of funny stories. My husband used to wear glasses, before contacts, then had his vision corrected with that laser thing, or whatever it's called. He told me that years ago, he was painting his porch, and he couldn't find his glasses. Turns out they were inside the paint can

Another time, he told me he backed out of the driveway and ran over his eyeglasses, lol. He always had a pair of glasses at home taped up. I'm glad those days are over, lol.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by friendsfan77

my VCR remote is in horrible shape because I've dropped it too many times, it's all taped up in the middle and most of the buttons are worn off.

I know the feeling. My keyboard is getting like that. I love the way it works. It's not noisy, and has features that I like. I recently bought a new computer, tried that keyboard, hated it, and I'm back to old faithful. Only thing is, some of the letters are fading. It's white lettering on black, and there's no S, V, half a C, half an A, etc. I'm a good typist, but still, I want my letters.

[waichingliu81]

i don't have a tv, but a portable dvd player instead but yeah, i know what you mean. a few days ago, i had it set on my bed and i was ready to get all comfy and watch my dvd when all of a sudden i noticed my remote was gone. i looked everywhere in my bedroom... until i found it lurking underneath my bed. it slipped down there

[thepegsdave]

Originally Posted by waichingliu81

i don't have a tv, but a portable dvd player instead but yeah, i know what you mean. a few days ago, i had it set on my bed and i was ready to get all comfy and watch my dvd when all of a sudden i noticed my remote was gone. i looked everywhere in my bedroom... until i found it lurking underneath my bed. it slipped down there

You need a remote for a portable DVD player?

We've become so lazy.

[PZelda]

Originally Posted by thepegsdave

You need a remote for a portable DVD player?

We've become so lazy.

I have a remote for my portable, as well. It has buttons that aren't on the DVD player itself - zoom, etc etc.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I watch TV from my Desk

[waichingliu81]

Originally Posted by thepegsdave

You need a remote for a portable DVD player?

We've become so lazy.

mines came with one. although to be honest, i don't use it that often and besides it wastes a lot of energy with the batteries that are in it

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by thepegsdave

You need a remote for a portable DVD player?

That's not unusual.

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Janice

That's a good one, and yes Solomon, losing the remote in bed is a biotch. My husband gets real grouchy when I ask him to wake up so I can conduct a full-scale search. I mean, this is important to me. Switching between Nick and TVLand, come on, we all know how urgent that can be.

I try to leave the remote on the nightstand, but I usually fall asleep with it in my hand, and it sometimes falls to the floor, causing cats to fly throught the air, the hubby to have a near coronary. It's real fun when the batteries fall out, and the remote cracks and has to be taped. What a pretty picture I just painted.

OMG thanx for the laugh Janice.

[PlayOn]

I hate it when I lose the remote. I'm notorious (because I have ADHD, I always have to be doing something with my hands) for flipping the remote and it dropping on the floor. All the numbers are worn off on it (thank goodness the numbers are in order because otherwise I'd be screwed.) I have hardwood floors and they're all scuffed up from where the remote landed and skidded and flipped.
I also hate when I fall asleep (and I toss and turn in my sleep) the remote drops and wakes up the whole house, like somebody else mentioned. That's why I started putting it in one of my house shoes. I begged my mom to duct tape it to my hands, but she wouldn't do it. lol.