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Rosmalen, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
Mijn naam is Marius Wanders, geboren in 1948. Voormalig koopvaardij-officier, en daarna een lange loopbaan in management en als directeur van voornamelijk non-profit organisaties en internationale NGOs in binnen- en buitenland. Gepensioneerd sinds september 2015. Gehuwd met Annemarie Holtzer in 1970. We hebben drie zoons Henk (1976), Alex (1977) en Oscar (1981) en vijf prachtige kleinkinderen: Robin (2007), Rune (2010), Estee (2012), Jesse (2012) en Hedin (2014). Op Twitter is mijn accountnaam @tweeter_opa. Op Facebook heet ik gewoon Marius Wanders. Deze blog is ter aanvulling van mijn uitingen op Twitter, Facebook en andere sociale media. Om mijn ei kwijt te kunnen. Mijn professionele website vindt u op http://www.propeopleconsult.eu

dinsdag 14 april 2009

In charge of the remote control

Robin,

You are truly amazing! I am sure you are not the first 15-months old kid that likes to push buttons on a TV remote control.

But what sets you completely apart from other would-be zappers in your age group is that you actually understand what you are doing! Cause and consequence and all that stuff!

I think anyone would be hard put to find another 15 month old kid who KNOWS that the grey coloured remote serves to switch on the TV (and that to do that you need to push that green button and nothing else), while after that you need the other black coloured remote to switch on the digital TV decoder and then zap with the '+' or '-' buttons until you hit the baby channel. And yet, that's what you do. I am totally impressed, Robin!




And not only do you already know the 'technicalities' of TV remote controles, you are also accutely aware of 'TV remote etiquette' and the time honoured traditions and role models that relate to this instrument. As demonstrated by the picture above, when it comes to remote controls, it is the MEN among us who handle that thing, and the WOMEN (like your cousin Maud) stand respectfully back. She may be an older woman, Robin, but when it comes to control over the remote control, she instinctively KNOWS that you are a MAN not to be trifled with!

Granddad is proud, Robin!

Hugs from

Granddad Faraway


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