Surely it’s time to limit passenger ships above a certain tonnage from most ports. We see them when we visit Madeira - ugly as sin and offloading ridiculous numbers of passengers who fail to benefit anybody apart from the ship owners.
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For a moment there I thought you were suggesting adding an aerial to the head. 
But @letsmile it doesn’t work with my Manhattan remote, it might be the battery because I can’t switch it off and on to boost it into action, but after 2 or 3 tries everything works otherwise so I can change channels. 
I think it’s RF remotes that work with this little trick and not IR remotes @David_Spardo
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As I’m sure you know well, I have no knowledge of what those 2 things are 
, but after reading your interesting experience it only cost me one minor move of the hand to test it for myself. 
BTW, it requires a rather large move of the arm to open my gate and the journey in the garden has to be all the way there. 
If that’s somehow asking what RF and IR are, I’ll very gladly explain that IR is infrared which is essentially a light beam used by the remote control which relies on line of sight between the remote control and the receiver e.g tv or other appliance, and is used over relatively short distances. RF is radio frequency which relies on radio waves to transmit a signal between the remote and receiver e.g gates, garage door, and allows operation without line of sight and longer distances. Always happy to help and give, but not trudge over 50m to open and close gates to simply let visitors in or out.
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Thank you for that, but I am confused a little because my Manhattan remote, when pointed at it, at the same time turns my Karcher radio off, but just for a few minutes, when it is behind me in the opposite direction.
I don’t have to go to the gate to open and close it for visitors, of which we have many, as long as it’s easy to operate thus making sure that Jules cannot slip out if he sees a cat. I had to change it to a single some years ago because individual ones opening inward blocked the way to one of the parking spaces. The extra weight is born by a large trailer jocky wheel, but does need improvement.
Rightly or wrongly, I need to make sure my gates are secure as I previously had an incident when someone simply passed through the open gates and tried to break into the house. I live on the edge of the village in 10,000m2, so not entirely remote but no direct neighbours and quite concealed, so probably quite ideal for potential burglars. I’ve had plenty of people walk up to the gate and peer through, despite the driveway clearly being private property. So you are lucky you can have unlocked gates.
You appear to be familiar with technology. Maybe you should take a look at Home Assistant or similar and set up some devices to detect and deter unwelcome visitors. Useful for heating/cooling/charging etc too.
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I use the Amazon Ring alarm and cameras plus the Hive system for connected plugs, sensors and light bulbs both inside and outside. All operates from the phone and allows me to automate my home for all the functionality I need. It’s hugely convenient and a great deterrent from a security point of view. And I control my hot water and heating/cooling on the very few occasions I use the reversible.
Infra-red beams are just a different wavelength of light, simply one not visible to the human eye, so they can be reflected just the same way as visible light. Most likely your remote’s IR beam is bouncing off the TV screen (or perhaps a nearby mirror) and reaching the Karcher device.
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Yes but, the same model in my bedroom answers the signal when pointed at the opposite wall, which is not reflective. Also I remember someone, possibly in an evaluation, praising it for being non-directional.
Well it might be a bit reflective in the infra-red wavelengths; light does reflect off walls otherwise they would all look black.
Either that or its running on kryptonite. 
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I love brussel sprouts but find preparing them so fiddly. Small hard tight and shiny are the sprouts, which annoys me irritating so, trying to scrape off their outer leaves with a knife.
Went shopping in town recently and found brussel sprouts the size of large golf balls up to small tennis ball size, with open leaves. So much easier to prepare.
Love at first sight!
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You need kalettes! Well everyone needs kalettes actually - they are my favorite winter veg. And starting to see them in organic shops or the local market gardeners stalls at weekly markets if you don’t have a veg garden…
Actually maybe what you found were big kalettes! They look like this…
Nope. These were brussel sprouts ‘left on the vine’ so to speak, to grow bigger. Mine weren’t as big as the sprout in the photo, but this one illustrates how big they can grow. My golf ball size sprouts measure 5 centimetres across. Small brussel sprouts taste sweeter, but I quite like the nutty flavour of the large.
I’ll keep my eye open for kalettes!
I absolutely love them too, finely sliced and cooked in butter and garlic. Meteo France has to give an alert though afterwards for gale force wind in the region!
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Little kale?
I remember an edition of Farming Today where they talked about some Scottish farmers being able to grow nothing more than winter kale. Kalettes look nicer. Especially with butter and a grating of nutmeg.
They are delightful. A cross between brussels and kale. @AngelaR and @SuePJ are also fans I believe and I think every veg garden should have some. They have been giving us fresh green veg since the new year.
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We’ll ha e a look at those. Thanks.