Gentlemen, please be upstanding...
- 24 May 2012 08:55174306To salute the life of and to commemorate the passing of our 'saviour'.
Inventor of the TV remote control Eugene Polley dies aged 96.
I'll let the LA Times tell his tale...
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-eugene-polley-20120523,0,3655200.storyIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 24 May 2012 08:58174309without his great invention families would have had nothing to fight over.
- 24 May 2012 09:13174316[You poor innocent soul you, Howard.]
There was me trying to stay positive. His invention has probably added over a tonne to the weight of every laden public-transport vehicle and thus done 'wonders' for out roads and bridges.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - Jan Higgins
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24 May 2012 09:22174320His marvelous invention must surely be blamed for the growing obesity problem, just think how much exercise the compulsive channel switcher is loosing out on now he is stuck to his chair.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 24 May 2012 10:04174325It's far worse than that Jan. 'He' could still be stuck in his chair watching the BBC and learning something...Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
24 May 2012 10:36174341
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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