Life in the 80's

Here's another glimpse of life in the 80's.

We're sitting on the couch watching a TV program we had recorded. We can't quite make out what someone just said.

“Could you play that back, please,” my wife says. I've already hit the rewind button because I couldn't understand it either. Where would we be without the remote?

The best buttons are “mute” to silence the commercials, “fast forward” to zip through the commercials, and “rewind” to catch missed dialogue or to recover the part of the program you missed when you fell asleep.

Did I mention we rarely watch anything “live?” Well, maybe a baseball or football game and I've even taped those from time to time.

It's great to fast forward through a game. You keep your eye on the little scoreboard at the top corner of the screen and watch for the changes. Then you rewind to just before the score and catch the action. You can watch an entire game in minutes rather than hours.

And drink a few less beers in the process.