Who remembers the cable remote with the cord attached

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and the slidey thing to change channels????? It was brown and white, and I got where I knew just how far to go from HBO to MTV or Nickelodeon to watch "You can't do that on Television"!!

[GOPisEvil]

1. My mom used to get so mad because I slid the slidey thing too fast!

She thought I would break it and we'd owe the cable company a zillion bucks for a replacement.

I was the wireless remote control for our family. :D

[nytemare]

4. Yeah, I got yelled at too!

Your gonna break it, you'll wear the slidey thing down!!

[GOPisEvil]

10. Our moms went to the same "slidey school"!

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11. Yes, that school must have taught about eye crossing and face

making as well.

[Deja Q]

2. Or the old-sk00l remotes called 'clickers' for the sadly obvious reason,

that they made a horrid *CLICK!* noise every time you pressed a button!

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5. CLick!!!

:)

[Left Is Write]

6. My first TV remote made a big CACHUNK! sound when I clicked it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Oh, I remember those from the sixties! We were the first people on our

block to have one. My husband made it, and it was a simple clicker. Worked like a charm. We didn't mind the noise at all. Course, you still had to watch the commercial to know when to turn the sound back on, but w/out sound, the commercials were often quite beautiful. lol

[nytemare]

8. Sounds like he was handy!

The ones I remember were from around 82 or so. They were ugly as sin, and we would always trip over the cord. It was something else to get a wireless remote!

[Robeson]

7. I had a 10 ton JVC VCR that had a remote with the chord attached.

...and it was probably the best VCR I ever had. When the other ones came out, I went to them, and of course, after their habitually breaking down, I'd pull out the old JVC. It always worked, and was built like a tank.

[nytemare]

9. The old microwaves were heavy as hell, too!

I remember the old VCRs. They cost like 400-500 bucks. Now you can get one for 30 bucks..lol.

[GOPisEvil]

12. My parents still use the microwave they purchased in 1979.

It is a Sharp, bought at the Japanese department store Daiei in Honolulu. Still does a good job.

[nytemare]

13. Dang, sounds like a good machine!

They sure made them to last!

[GOPisEvil]

14. I have a Sharp that I bought in 1994.

It's still going, too. So, yeah, they're good machines.