Gentlemen, please be upstanding...

• Guest 710

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  24 May 2012     08:55174306
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  To 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.story
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  24 May 2012     08:58174309
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  without his great invention families would have had nothing to fight over.
• Guest 710

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  24 May 2012     09:13174316
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  [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     09:22174320
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  His 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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• Guest 710

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  24 May 2012     10:04174325
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  It'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

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  24 May 2012     10:36174341
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