THE REMOTE REMOTE

  SATURDAY, MAY 5TH., 2018
      THE REMOTE REMOTE!

   My wife and I keep a very
efficient portable heater in our
bedroom. It's great for those cool
evenings not quite cold enough
to turn on the furnace.
    What makes the heater
especially cool, in a "that's neat
sort of way, is the fact it can be
activated by a remote control
unit that can turn it one and off,
set it turning on its base, adjust
the temperature, or engage a
timer.
      It's the second such unit we've
owned. Our original died after
many years of faithful service.
      A few weeks before the
weather got nice around here
we were disappointed to find
our remote control had vanished.
      It was never removed from
the bedroom to our knowledge
but a careful search proved
fruitless.
      The unit does have controls
on its face as well so we weren't
completely lost.
      I wondered if my wife might
have kept the remote control from
the original heater. She had! And
knew where it was!
      But would it work and run all
the functions on the new heater?
       It did and ran everything!
       How great to have an old
remote save the day!
        And now we have two!
        When my wife emptied the
clothes from the washer into the
baskets Friday morning she
discovered the heater remote!
About as clean as it could be!
        And, to our surprise, we
aimed it at the heater, pressed
the on/off control and the unit
fired up!
        Just to be on the safe side
we are giving it a second "bath."
This time in a bowl of rice in the
hopes all the moisture inside
will be absorbed.
        If it works we'll have
controls on both sides of the
bed. Hope we don't have to use
them till about February and that
all your NEWS is good!