Gadgets you thought were stupid until you used them....

[happyroo_bunji]

Stealing the idea from icy

What gadget you thought was stupid/useless until you used one?

For me its a t-shirt folding board, now that I work in a clothing retailer I really appreciate having something that folds the t-shirts exactly the same

[icyfroth]

We all have our own experiences 

[happyroo_bunji]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Ha haaaa Roo! re stealing my idea and  the t-shirt folding gadget.

My mother used to work in a shirt factory (Whitmonts) when I was a kid and she showed my sisters and me how to fold a shirt. Remember when they used to come folded around a piece of cardboard with pearl-headed pins to keep them in place then all wrapped up in cellophane?

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Yep I do. Those pins were ouchie!

The shirt folding thingy was missing from work the other day, I was most upset.  I even considered buying one from ebay, or at worst a DIY job with duct tape and cardboard

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

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@icyfroth wrote:

We all have our own experiences 

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Oh yeah.

Washing and ironing are not things that I'd be glad to go to my grave believing them to be my wonderful life achievements.

Whatever floats yer boat babe. You go girl. w00t.

[puddleback]

You need some more SSRIs and MAOIs in your purse there Buzz...???

[tcmsecretuseid]

Downy wrinkler releaser spray. I think it is made from watered down fabric softener. 

Just spray(it comes out in a fine mist) your wrinkeled shirt, then shake vigorously, put it on, and pull down tight for a second or two. Ta-da. No ironing necessary. This works great on t-shirts. 

[sineaterdoodah]

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

We all have our own experiences 

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Oh yeah.

Washing and ironing are not things that I'd be glad to go to my grave believing them to be my wonderful life achievements.

Whatever floats yer boat babe. You go girl. w00t.

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@buzzlightyearsgirlfriend wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

We all have our own experiences 

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Oh yeah.

Washing and ironing are not things that I'd be glad to go to my grave believing them to be my wonderful life achievements.

Whatever floats yer boat babe. You go girl. w00t.

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where did icy say anything like that? besides the fact that anything you do well IS a wonderful life achievement! 

icy making sure her hubby looks great at work probably helps HIS life achievements too,like having and keeping a good job. that's something they can both be proud of. 🙂  and i'm sure she does the same for herself ,with her own work clothes.

[icyfroth]

Thanks Sin 🙂

It's funny how threads turn isn't it? He we were talking about gadgets we thought were silly but turned out very useful and we get stuck on how to wash and iron!

Ironic much? 

[tcmsecretuseid]

Icy, the first time I went to Scotland to meet my husbands parents, she was ironing everything... even his underwear. I looked at her, and said, I hope he doesn't think that I'm going to iron his underwear. LMAO. 

I will iron a shirt for him if he asks me to do it though. It is much easier for me to do that for him, than watch him fumble with an iron. 

He doesn't wear a dress shirt to work, so luckily I rarely have to iron anything for him. Phew. 

[icyfroth]

TCM, my sister used to iron everything too, sheets, teatowels, hankies, even undies, which I've always thought ridiculous.

The only things I really iron are hubby's shirts, and I take great pride in them. We often joke around that he clinched a certain deal or got a certain contract because of his beautifully ironed shirt 

Every now and again I have to iron a work skirt for myself or a blouse, but I conciously buy easy-care fabrics that don't need ironing. Sometimes I make a mistake lol.

I think there are better uses for a man than to make him iron 

[*stuff*books*]

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@imastawka wrote:

How does this not crease them?

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I don't fold them that way.

The way I do it is fold the sleeves on top of each other,then lay them on top of the "folded" shirt and then roll it from the top down.

Where it's folded doesn't get a crease in it,(it stays "rounded").