Pluggers by Rick McKee for October 27, 2023

Headphones.

There are two such in my house that can drown out a circus barker.

In our house, miming using a remote to lower the volume is the understood signal for family members to lower their voices.

If it only was that easy ;-)

I reach to turn down my hearing aids, and they get defensive!

I try that on my wife all the time. She gives me “The Look”.

Hey, I don’t recall making a call to a chicken lady! ;-)

The mute button doesn’t work either.

Duct tape

My wife always complains that I talk too loud. I tell her that after working for forty-one years in an industrial setting, that is my normal volume. It is difficult to remember to turn it down.

When my sister in law calls my wife, I can hear both sides of the conversation, but not the TV.

Trust me it doesn’t work you may want to try Duct tape

No, but I have answered the remote thinking it was the phone (way back in cordless landline days) and been frustrated with the reception until I figured it out.. True story!!

IF ONLY!!!!

If you tried calling Sheila with the TV remote…

He’s in luck though – today you CAN use your phone as a TV remote ;-)

Did you know if you whisper into your phone in a quiet room THEY CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE!

I get a kick outta people on their cell, yelling into the phone, and also not realizing that it’s also set to speakerphone with the volume on high, so you hear the whole conversation with them yelling at each other! Lol!!

You would have thought by now (at her age) she would figure out that MOBILE phones means you can go to a different room. I’d be hard pressed to not turn the TV volume up to screech levels.

Wife gets annoyed when I turn the tv volume up to hear over her phone on speaker phone. A couple weeks ago I had to put my phone on speaker phone to hear someone. That’s when I realized why she has her phone on speaker phone. I thought it was to annoy me.