Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 30, 2024

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    thevideostoreguy  4 months ago

    There’s a difference between frugality and insanity. This is it.

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    Da'Dad  4 months ago

    This is exactly us but I took it further. We were walking across a parking lot and met a neighbor who was having car trouble. The starter just wouldn’t grind. I told her to turn on her headlights and try it again. Wouldn’t you know it, it started right up. She just stared at me. I said “It’s a male thing. You wouldn’t understand.”

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    jondonlevy  4 months ago

    I wonder how vulgar Arlo gets with his profanity

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    Ermine Notyours  4 months ago

    If you have an AM radio handy, tune to a blank part of the dial and hold the remote near it while pressing a button to hear if there’s any life at all in the remote. These days the noise floor from wi-fi may make it hard to find a blank part of the dial, or completely defeat the purpose of having an AM radio in the first place.

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    nosirrom  4 months ago

    Doing that with batteries is part of the Advanced Replacement Notification System built into remotes. ;-)

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    ddl297  4 months ago

    At my house, it’s the Kool Ade pitcher. One inch of Grape left, and NOBODY says, “Oh, time to make more”. Oh, no, it’s “There’s some left!”

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    donut reply  4 months ago

    I have a box of AA batteries who read 1.1 volts with a multimeter. From the many remotes around the house.

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    mourdac Premium Member 4 months ago

    I do the same as Arlo as my first line of troubleshooting.

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    Darryl Heine  4 months ago

    See?

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    BadCreaturesBecomeDems  4 months ago

    Dear Arlo, Thank you for reminding me to put AAA batteries on my shopping list!

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    Allen Howell Premium Member 4 months ago

    Darlin’, he’s a guy – asking for help is like asking for directions; we can’t do that! Just come back and hand him the new batteries, and ask him to put them in for you!

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    maxiesmom2 Premium Member 4 months ago

    He’s not wrong, it usually does work – the first time!

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    Fontessa  4 months ago

    One of my favorite Christmas stocking stuffers is a hand-held battery tester. I’ve bought a lot of them.

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    Just-me  4 months ago

    Oh Arlo, just change the batteries.

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member 4 months ago

    Take the batteries out, lick their ends, put them back, and enjoy. A simple quick-fix for the lazy.

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    SnuffyG  4 months ago

    Many remotes are destroyed by people pressing harder on the buttons when the battery of cells is weak. As my old 1970’s electronics teacher would say, a single AA, AAA, etc. is actually called a cell. A group of cells is called a battery. A 9 volt is actually a true battery because it contains six individual cells. Batteries are multiples of a battery.

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    royq27  4 months ago

    Works every time!

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    gammaguy  4 months ago

    My solution is even simpler. I don’t have a TV, or any other gadget that uses a “remote”.

    (I admit, however, that I do have other, more “local”, items that use batteries.)

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    ChessPirate  4 months ago

    I’ll try just “rotating” the batteries, before taking them out. In both cases, what you are doing is “refreshing” the connections. I have actually fixed Computer problems by “re-seating” the offending add-on card…

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  4 months ago

    “…. Sometimes long enough to get by while getting the replacements.”

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    Thehag  4 months ago

    I do this. No TV but the mouse scrolling.

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    Linda Schweiner Premium Member 4 months ago

    We have this same discussion with both the remote and the garage opener remotes. I just replace the batteries when he’s out golfing.

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    eced52  4 months ago

    Arlo has turned into his father.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 4 months ago
    No comment…..
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    Rhetorical_Question   4 months ago

    Delaying Tactics of replacing the batteries.

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    Laurie Stoker Premium Member 4 months ago

    Let it go, Arlo. Batteries are recyclable!

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    assrdood  4 months ago

    I recycle my batteries into the land fill.

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    david.reichert  4 months ago

    I am the same with flickering lightbulbs. Tap ’em a few times, they might light up.

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    BlueIris Premium Member 4 months ago

    Anyone else notice how the remote changed color in panel 2? It’s white there, but not in any other panel.

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member 4 months ago

    I always swap the batteries around first before resorting to replacing them

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