“I’m done with this strip. Skipping “Betty” from now on.”
-I would like to skip this comic also if you know any other strips about women in the workplace other than the ones are not in reruns like Cathy or The Meaning of Lila.
Ahhh this takes me back to the 70’s when I was my dads remote control!!! and to change the channel we had two knobs and we were fancy cause to move the antenna all I had to do was turn the knob and wait for the clunks to stop!!
Back in the days without remotes and 3 channels, my aunt once called my sister and I in from playing outside to change the channel. :-) In her defense, she was pregnant with twins.
1. not so hard to get batteries2. if it was an urgency and there were no batteries around, maybe you could pop open a flashlight or a radio and use these while you go buy the batteries3. may be a good idea to keep rechargeable batteries around (I use these for videogames and stuff that eats many batteries)4. it was not so hard to push a button in the set as the cartoon in the first place5. many apps can be used as a remote, if the phone supports ir communication6. if is just to ‘watch something’, netflix, youtube etc. you don’t need batteries to use the phone
We recently lost our Roku’s remote but luckily for us, they have a remote app! So we can still change channels using our cell phones or our tablets. It’s sort of annoying but at least it’s a fix until we find the lost remote.
Sorry to wade in here, but when I write Betty, particularly the strips with Bub in them I am basing them on myself and my own tendencies. Of course I do exaggerate a little bit for comic effect, but no so much that I don’t recognize the truth in the situation.
Hey Gary!! It’s cool to see the creator of a strip make an appearance on its page! Fellow Edmontonian here just wanting to say that I love your strip. Allowing for comic effect which is, of course, a necessity in the comics, I too can see the truth underlying this storyline. Please keep lightening up my breakfast time!
Years ago, I had only one Comcast Controller box, not a DVR, and not HD. When I upgraded to HD and got the HD DVR box, I kept the old box and put a little TV on with a nature, space, or sports show playing on it. Sort of like a “Picture-in-Picture” function. Comca$t, in their infinite wisdom, set the frequency of the HD remote to the same one as the non-HD remote! The only way I could figure to not go crazy was to “block” the non-HD sensor with some folded magazine pages, then get up and put the blocker over the HD sensor when I wanted to control the non-HD. This went on for many months until I accidentally found a way to not to have to use the blocker.Apparently, I had pressed the “All On” button on the HD remote. This turned both cable boxes off. I pressed it again to turn them both back on and now the non-HD did not respond to the HD remote at all! Since both boxes still responded to the remote for the non-HD box, when I want to changethe channel on the non-HD box without doing the same on the HD box, I press the HD remote’s “Guide” button. Now I can change the channel with the non-HD remote. The HD box, being in the Guide Menu, will only change the channel in the menu. I also use this “Guide” button trick when pressing the “Last” button on the non-HD remote. This will change to the last channel on the non-HD box and simply exit out of the Guide on the HD box. I also discovered that if, at any time, only the “Cable” button is pressed on the HD remote, this “fix” will have to be done again.Ain’t Technology wonderful? :-)
This takes me back to when I was a kid and tv was still pretty new. Getting up to change the channel was no big deal then. I think we had about 4 channels to chose from. ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. And at least, there were decent shows to watch, Saturday afternoon was Million Dollar Theater, then the shows from the 50’s and 60’s. The early 70’s brought one or two cable shows, before we got saturated with the cable shows we have now, which for 99% of them are garbage.
Wait. They have a TV with buttons on the front? I haven’t seen one of those in a long time. Most are so concerned about getting the bezel as small as possible and keeping the design “clean”, that they hide the buttons on the back or the side if it’s thick enough.
Olddog1 over 8 years ago
A house without a supply of AA batteries is more unusual than a house without Duck Tape. Or Duct Tape, if you prefer.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 8 years ago
-I would like to skip this comic also if you know any other strips about women in the workplace other than the ones are not in reruns like Cathy or The Meaning of Lila.
shibler2 over 8 years ago
Ahhh this takes me back to the 70’s when I was my dads remote control!!! and to change the channel we had two knobs and we were fancy cause to move the antenna all I had to do was turn the knob and wait for the clunks to stop!!
QuietStorm27 over 8 years ago
Back in the days without remotes and 3 channels, my aunt once called my sister and I in from playing outside to change the channel. :-) In her defense, she was pregnant with twins.
Diat60 over 8 years ago
Yeah, these youngsters don’t know how hard we had it. Mind you, we didn’t have to choose between channels way back, we only had one!
redback over 8 years ago
1. not so hard to get batteries2. if it was an urgency and there were no batteries around, maybe you could pop open a flashlight or a radio and use these while you go buy the batteries3. may be a good idea to keep rechargeable batteries around (I use these for videogames and stuff that eats many batteries)4. it was not so hard to push a button in the set as the cartoon in the first place5. many apps can be used as a remote, if the phone supports ir communication6. if is just to ‘watch something’, netflix, youtube etc. you don’t need batteries to use the phone
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 8 years ago
We recently lost our Roku’s remote but luckily for us, they have a remote app! So we can still change channels using our cell phones or our tablets. It’s sort of annoying but at least it’s a fix until we find the lost remote.
gdelainey over 8 years ago
Sorry to wade in here, but when I write Betty, particularly the strips with Bub in them I am basing them on myself and my own tendencies. Of course I do exaggerate a little bit for comic effect, but no so much that I don’t recognize the truth in the situation.
erin.adamic Premium Member over 8 years ago
Hey Gary!! It’s cool to see the creator of a strip make an appearance on its page! Fellow Edmontonian here just wanting to say that I love your strip. Allowing for comic effect which is, of course, a necessity in the comics, I too can see the truth underlying this storyline. Please keep lightening up my breakfast time!
slsharris over 8 years ago
It’s the most work Junior has done around the house in since — well, EVER!
ChessPirate over 8 years ago
Years ago, I had only one Comcast Controller box, not a DVR, and not HD. When I upgraded to HD and got the HD DVR box, I kept the old box and put a little TV on with a nature, space, or sports show playing on it. Sort of like a “Picture-in-Picture” function. Comca$t, in their infinite wisdom, set the frequency of the HD remote to the same one as the non-HD remote! The only way I could figure to not go crazy was to “block” the non-HD sensor with some folded magazine pages, then get up and put the blocker over the HD sensor when I wanted to control the non-HD. This went on for many months until I accidentally found a way to not to have to use the blocker.Apparently, I had pressed the “All On” button on the HD remote. This turned both cable boxes off. I pressed it again to turn them both back on and now the non-HD did not respond to the HD remote at all! Since both boxes still responded to the remote for the non-HD box, when I want to changethe channel on the non-HD box without doing the same on the HD box, I press the HD remote’s “Guide” button. Now I can change the channel with the non-HD remote. The HD box, being in the Guide Menu, will only change the channel in the menu. I also use this “Guide” button trick when pressing the “Last” button on the non-HD remote. This will change to the last channel on the non-HD box and simply exit out of the Guide on the HD box. I also discovered that if, at any time, only the “Cable” button is pressed on the HD remote, this “fix” will have to be done again.Ain’t Technology wonderful? :-)
cbrsarah over 8 years ago
This takes me back to when I was a kid and tv was still pretty new. Getting up to change the channel was no big deal then. I think we had about 4 channels to chose from. ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. And at least, there were decent shows to watch, Saturday afternoon was Million Dollar Theater, then the shows from the 50’s and 60’s. The early 70’s brought one or two cable shows, before we got saturated with the cable shows we have now, which for 99% of them are garbage.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 8 years ago
Wait. They have a TV with buttons on the front? I haven’t seen one of those in a long time. Most are so concerned about getting the bezel as small as possible and keeping the design “clean”, that they hide the buttons on the back or the side if it’s thick enough.