Arrived home last night to discover I didn't have the garage door opener remote. My purse has a pocket that just fits it, and it's normally either there or in the center console of my car.* I hadn't used it Friday morning because Tam and I left at the same time.
Thursday night, I had messed around, bringing in a new piece of home-made furniture for my room along with my briefcase and lunchbox. I'm pretty sure I put the opener in its special pocket then. Friday morning, I managed to capsize my purse in the back seat of my car, dumping out my cell phone and a pen. Repeated car and garage searches haven't turned it up. It might have fallen out at work; the noise level at the North Campus is so high that I wouldn't have heard it. If it doesn't turn up at home, I'll go up there and check.
This is annoying. I started using the former flip-phone pocket of my purse for the garage door remote after misplacing it a couple of times; I gave up the flip-phone when AT&T started to become restive about me walking around with a 3G cellular phone and making noises about sticking me with some ugly replacement. The cheapest iPhone was a much better option, and integrates seamlessly with my other Apple devices.
But it doesn't help at all with finding that darned remote. It may be time for a garage door system.
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* The center console only at work, where I'm parked behind locked gates.
You undoubtedly know this already, (and there may well be other considerations adding weight to the 'replace the whole system' side of the scales):
ReplyDeleteMost such openers made since the mid 1990's have a 'learn' button up on the motor lump that can accomplish several useful things:
• It can 'forget' all opener-remotes that have been paired to work with the door, allowing you to re-pair only those currently under your control.
• The learn button can allow you to add a new compatible opener. The trick is figuring our which, of all the possible remotes available for sale, is one that will be a 'compatible' one.