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Economics and the mid-life crisis have much in common: Both dwell on foregone opportunities

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. . . . . . . . . . .Richard Posner should be awarded the next Nobel Prize in Economics . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

How Many Remotes Do You Have in Your Home?

According to item #5 of "100 Things We Didn't Know at This Time Last Year" [link from The Marginal Revolution], 52% of UK households have five or more remote control units. Here's my total for our home (two adults, children grown and gone [for now]):

Television remotes -- 14
Stereo-related remotes -- 4
VCR/DVD remotes -- 4
camcorder remote -- 1
Total: 23 (and counting)

(We find it easier to buy lots of tv remotes and leave each one in a designated spot rather than carry and pass them around; also, we have LOTs of televisions)

Dueling remotes can be a fun game sometimes.