I'm going to go off topic today. The racing info has been coming thick and fast and I could use a day to just sit back. While sitting back, I was reminded of one of my pet peeves. Remote controls. Now whoever came up with the universal remote was a godsend. I don't have a universal currently because my television is such an obscure brand that the signals couldn't be read by a universal remote. If you like convenience and consolidation don't get a Misakai, it was also bloody heavy.
One of the recurring problems that households worldwide have is that the remote gets misplaced. If you have several remotes then usually only the one you need right now is lost. Instead of getting up and manually selecting channels like in the old days most of us would rather scour the house. After wasting 10 minutes and finding a good many items that you imagined you no longer possessed you give up and flop on the couch only to find that you were sitting on it all along.
All of this turmoil could be avoided with a simple invention. A beeper in the remote and a button on the television that you could press (yes manually) that would cause the remote to ring until you find it. We already have the technology. Most cordless phones have a similar feature on the base so you can locate it. I have no idea why television companies haven't already done this.
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