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Keychain Remote Control Turns Off Most TVs
AP via Excite News ^ | Oct 19, 8:34 PM (ET) | By MAY WONG

Posted on 10/19/2004 6:48:37 PM PDT by leadpencil1

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1 posted on 10/19/2004 6:48:39 PM PDT by leadpencil1
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2 posted on 10/19/2004 6:49:15 PM PDT by leadpencil1 (Hey Kerry, does this rag smell like chloroform to you?)
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A device that shuts off any television set?

Didn't Elvis Presley have one of these?


3 posted on 10/19/2004 6:50:51 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Visualize Smaller Government)
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Oooooh; now if only they had one for cellphones!


4 posted on 10/19/2004 6:51:00 PM PDT by Texas dog (Need any wood?)
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Dang - I want one!


5 posted on 10/19/2004 6:51:13 PM PDT by Tax-chick (A python asleep on the windowsill and a nasty smell were the first signs that all was not well ...)
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I need to get one of these to shut off that darn CNN Airport News.


6 posted on 10/19/2004 6:52:16 PM PDT by leadpencil1 (Hey Kerry, does this rag smell like chloroform to you?)
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Great, a low tech ECM device for terrorists.


7 posted on 10/19/2004 6:53:18 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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A friend of mine got a new watch that could be programmed to serve as a remote control. So we went to a bar one night and he programmed it to take over the TVs above the bar. Around closing time one of the bouncers was directed to turn off the TVs. So he did so, then my friend, with a couple subtle presses of a button on his watch, turned them all back on.

The manager yells at the bouncer, telling him to turn off the TVs. The bouncer does so again, my friend turns them back on. Eventually the bouncer was frustrated, but still clueless, so he unplugged the TVs.


8 posted on 10/19/2004 6:53:30 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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Here is said watch . I picked one up, just for kicks. It works as advertised..
9 posted on 10/19/2004 6:57:07 PM PDT by Paradox (Occam was probably right.)
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You are right about that. On a recent trip at an airport, I thought I was in "Brave New World" while standing in line being bombarded with TV propoganda I did not want to experience.


10 posted on 10/19/2004 6:57:12 PM PDT by Banjoguy (The most dangerous place in the world today, is in a womb waiting to be born.)
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Can that thing be refined to work on Liberals?


11 posted on 10/19/2004 6:58:44 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Boycotting movies since 1988)
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A device that shuts of TVs?

I thought that was called a thong.

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12 posted on 10/19/2004 6:58:58 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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You can get a cell phone blocker from an Israeli electronics company. There are churches using them now . . . search FR for an article on this within the last three days. :-)


13 posted on 10/19/2004 6:59:28 PM PDT by Norski
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We live in an apt and our obnoxious next door neighbor watches stuff like Apocaplypse Now or something similar, at too high a volume. I wonder if I could turn off his t.v.

He he he he he


14 posted on 10/19/2004 7:00:08 PM PDT by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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Now that is funny as.....


15 posted on 10/19/2004 7:00:20 PM PDT by dhouston
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I will certainly have a use for it.

Every set in every waiting room seems to be tuned to CNN.


16 posted on 10/19/2004 7:02:50 PM PDT by edwin hubble
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ping


17 posted on 10/19/2004 7:02:50 PM PDT by scab4faa (There are 3 types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can't...)
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18 posted on 10/19/2004 7:03:03 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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My wrist watch is a universal remote. Controls TV and VCR. It's great when you are at a doctors office and don't want to listen to soaps and risk your life manually changing the channels.


19 posted on 10/19/2004 7:03:29 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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On the news tonight they were saying BEWARE IF YOU BUY A FLAT SCREEN TV. Apparently some guy (don't remember where) bought one and I think used his DVD player and it sent out some kind of stress signal that brought in the Air Force and other emergency personnel.

He was told to NEVER TO USE HIS FLAT SCREEN TV AGAIN UNDER THREAT OF BEING JAILED.

20 posted on 10/19/2004 7:03:41 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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