As a child
I turned the portable telly I had in my room into a remote control telly. All I needed was a long bamboo stick and job done.

Granted, I couldn't adjust the volume (because that was on a dial) and neither could I turn the telly on without getting out of bed as you had to pull the dial, but apart from that, it was all systems go for those 'late night' viewing of Prisioner Cell Block H

Cheers,

Mullered
'Tackling technology since 1974'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:57, 4 replies)

It sounds a lot like that advanced contracption
I saw on tele the other day, some 'tomorrow's world' ripoff telling us about the future. The presenter was some Professor guy, he'd invented a 'finlonger' which does exactly this!
(Evilweevil is covered in bees, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 13:03, closed)

I'm thinking
If you put a lump of blu-tack on the end, you could probably have got enough grip to turn the volume knob.
( 100% Cock Raw like carrots., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 14:51, closed)

I was just going to say that
I did this many moons ago with a TV in my bedroom.

Worked well keeping the volume just right late into the night, until poor aim means you accidentally poke the channel change switch instead.

Why's it always a war film in full flow when you do this?
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 10:59, closed)

My Grandpa..
..who will be mentioned several times during this QOTW, solved your volume-adjusting problem by cutting a wedge out of the end of his broomstick-remote which fit around the volume knob. Also, he plugged the TV into the power-point next to his bed, so that he could just turn it off at the mains.
(r0ach, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 1:39, closed)