the remote - she is dead

So the DVD’s remote is dead. Bloody arse. About 2 weeks ago it stopped working. I ran to the shops to go buy new batteries (got a bottle of red while I was there) and voila, it worked. One week later, it dies again. I put it down to cheap batteries and then last night I go and spend R70 on new batteries (only 2 small batteries? Day light robbery!) (and about R48.00 on a bottle of red) only to get home to find that the remote is indeed dead. Now this is most frustrating because I can not really use the DVD player without the remote. I can put a CD in, and it will load and play, but there are no “skip” buttons on the actual DVD player. Therefore, if I put a CD in, I have to listen to the entire thing, whether or not I would prefer skipping to another song. This just irritates me. I could not cope. I opened the wine.

Now what I know about remote controls is scary. And I don’t know what I thought I would achieve, but I decided to take it apart and have a look. Those Chinese bastards who put this thing together think they are funny? Now not only do I have a broken remote, it’s in two pieces and I don’t know how to put it back together.

Now there shall be no judging of the Wozzel for his lack of technology expertise! I will have you know I can change a light bulb, connect a plug to a chord and I even once assisted with servicing a gear box on the ex’s car. I did. I even had cuts on my hands and grease in my hair and everything. lol.

Now I need to go shopping (shudder) again, and this time for a new remote.